The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-31
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league to express it's wishes. He
asked anyone with an idea to so
ahead.
The appointment Of the steering
committee broke the silence which
ensued.
Hamilton Gives Views
Senator D. H. Hamilton said the
backbone of the league is the $4,000
Democrats who thought enough of
the league progrsm to come into the
Republican party, opening the after
noon session.
Putting an independent ticket in
the field means certain failure, he
said, whereas by putting candidates
on the Democratic ticket there was a
possible chance Of success.
Hamilton and others who spoke
reiterated that the chief interest was
in the three places on the state in
dustrial commission. Hamilton
favored putting candidates in the
Independent column rather than have
none at all.
j. A. Gray. Lisbon, said the Non
partisans fought for the primary
system and should abide by the re-
suit of the primary. Internal strife,
he said, was the cause of the Nom
partisan failure in the primary. He
urged that the Nonpartisans bind up
their wounds and lay plans for the
election two years hence.
"The Independents didn't beat us,
we beat ourselves Gray said. Lets
get together and two years from now
give them the beating we can give
them If we are united"
Jones Wants Fight
Jones Of Ward county said the
fight must be continued to support
the legislative ticket. The Independ-
ents never hesitated tn join with the
Democrats in opposing the Nom
partisans, he said, and the Nonparti-
sans should not hesitate.
William Lemke, Fargo, cot a big
cheer when he rose t. speak. He
warned against supporting the Inde-
pendents who were successful at the
primary and said that Shafer, as
governor, would build a machine
which would make him senator four
years hence in contest with Ger
aid P. Nye
Lemke said the Nonpartisans must
have candidates, that candidates are
the only foundation for rcjuvenating
the party. He does not care where
they are placed, he said, but they
should be placed on the strongest
ticket they can get on.
It IS necessary. he said, to have
candidates if the Nonpartisan league
is not to dissolve. Surrender now,
he said, means decay and continuing
defeat. Unless candidates are
named now, he said, the Ncnpartisan
league will be "deader than a door
nail" in four years.
Cause for Defeat
F. w. keitzman, Nelson county,
said the branch bank planl. defeated
the league in the primary campaign
and that what the league needs is
more sense in drafting a platform.
W. J. Goodwin, a labor delegate
from Morton county. said the Nom
partisans stole the Republican party
to ride into office but that they never
really had any business there. The
thing to do, he said, is to steal some
other party organization end ride
into power on that.
Senator Etlestad took exception to
the statement that the Nonpartisans
are not Republicans. Just because
the money power has won control of
the party, he said, doesn't mean that
the rank and file of the party isn't
sound. Others who spoke as the fight
wore along were DR.. L. S. Platou,
Fargo, F. A. Vogel, Fred ArRast, a
member Of the Nonpartisan execu-
tive committee, j. Joos of Stutsman
county; T. Dacheson, Bcttineau
county: s. S. Mcdonald. Burleigh
county; G. p. Peterson, Bishee.
Ole Gunwaldson, Fargo, United
States marshal for North Dakota
said BY failing to oppose the indie
pendents in 1925 the Nonpartisans
brought on defeat this year. The
Nonpartisans have done better when
they have kept fighting, he said.
ArgAst took the same stand.
Democratic Will Cooperate
Mcdonald said he knows that the
Democrats will cooperate with Nom
partisans by withdrawing their can
didates and letting the Nonpartisans
name new candidates. There will be
some mora. there, he said, and some
real support. Some Nonpartisans.
b said. were knitted In thu primary