The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-29
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RENVlLLE COUNTY IS CONFIDENT GROVER
TOWNSHIP WILL REDEEM ITSELF June q
Heresy in Ranks of Independ.
ents Growing in That Sec.
tion and Greatly Increased
Majority for ThOresen and
Other Nonpartisan Candi.
dates Is Predicted
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Mohall. N. D., May 29.-Renville
county looks to Grover township ia
redeem itself in the Forthcoming
state primary election.
For years Grover township was
strong in the faith of the Nonparti-
san League. Its vote was registered
100 Per cent for its candidate when.
ever and wherever there was oppor-
tunity.
Then came a heresy anc evidence
that Grover township was slipping
in the faith upon which it laid strong
hold in the earliest days of the
League in the state.
At the last primary election to
name state officers Grover township
gave James M. Hanley l, j. A. Nc
Govern l and Arthur G. Sorlic 81.
All Renville county marveled at
this unheard of thing. Ever since
it has wondered who slipped out un-
der the tent. Grover was the ban
ner township of the county in re-
spect to the vote it cast for the pro-
gressive candidates.
Will it return to the fold 100 per
cent strong in the forthcoming cleo
ton? That is q sporting question in
Renvillc county. The betting is that
it will.
There were other townships in
Renville county that were clio. upon
the record Of Grover township, but
they never quite attained it.
SOrlic q FavOrito
Two years ago in the primary
election Renville county's 80 voting
precincts gave Sorlie 114O, Hanley
81 and McGovern "a. Those closest
in touch with the situation this year
are confident Thoresen and his run
ming mates will get q bigger vote
this year than Governor Sorlie and
his running mates were given two
years ago. There are positive indi-
cations Of that.
Renville county has favorite on
the state ticket. 1t is Mrs. Berta
E. Baker, candidate for state treas
urer. Her husband, the late Bert
Baker, was most popular here. G.
E. Colcord, county auditor. is her
brother as is G. D. Colcord, Minot,
editor Of the Ward County Independ-
ent. Renville county folks are es-
pecially interested in rolling up q
big majority for Mrs. Baker.
There is another significant de-
velopment here. Travelling sales
men from Grand Forks seem to be
quite largely responsible for it..
Many stalwart Independents are
openly declaring they will vote for
the industrial commission candidates
endorsed by the Republicans Of the
Nonpartisan League.
An Independent Heresy
They reason like this: The state
has = mill. The Grand Forks term
inal is increasing in Importance. It
would be foolish to wreck the mill,
close it down, or take other action
that would cripple it. There should
be an industrial commission that
up to its fullest oppor-
tunities. It has possibilities of serv-
ice for all this section of the state
and it is q real asset to Grand Forks.
This heresy in the ranks of the
Independents is growing apace.
Grand Forks statesmen are talking it
up throughout all this section Of the
state. To the old stalwart Leaguers
it is = namazing development. It
pleases them immensely. They see.
a majority much increased
for Thoresen over that given Cover
nor Sorlie in 1926 with the entire
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