The Bismarck tribune., 1928-09-27
4PRESIDENTIAL
ASPIRANTS MAY
BE0N BALLOTS
Preliminary Work on NOvem-
Der Ballots Begun by Secre-
tary of State

Preliminary wor,. on the form of
the ballot which will be presented to
the voters at the election Novem-
ber s was started at the secretary
of states office this morning. The
time for filing petitions Of candi
dacy will end tonight.
Present indications are that four
presidential candidates will be listed.
In addition to the Democratic and
Republican nominees it is probable
that the socialist and workers party
candidates will find a place on the
ballot.
Petitions carrying lists of presi-
Dental electors for the latter two
parties were received by the secre-
tary Of state today. No mention
was made in the socialist petition
Of the presidential candidate of the
party but the workers petition spec
flied that the electors nominated
were supporters of w. z. Foster and
Benjamin Gitlow.
May Follow Precedent
Charles Leissman, deputy secre-
tary of state, said his office prob
ably would follow the precedent es-
tablished four years ago and list the
names Of the presidential candidates
Of the various parties but not the
names of the candidates for the vice
presidency. This plan was adopted
four years ago when difficulty in
placing the La Toilette candidacy
before the voters was experienced.
Under the law the form of the
ballot must be certified to county
auditors by the secretary Of state
by October l. Liessman indicated
that the ballot form would be print
ed here and distributed to the audi
tors in order to avoid both the diff
ficulty of mimeographing and con-
fusion in understanding it.
In addition to lists of electors
for the Workers and Socialist par
ties, several petitions of candidacy
for legislative posts were received
today. Three Of these were candi-
dates named to fill in the Demo-
cratic column and two were inde-
pendent candidates..
Socialists Endorse Electors
Electors for the Socialist party
whose names will appear on the bal
lot are Bert o. Morris, Robinson;
Alex De Groat, York; Mrs. T. C.
Peterson, Fargo; Goodwin Olson,
Ruso, and A. Halvorson, Butte.
Electors for the Workers Party
are Arthur. Starr, Bismarck; James
Pearson, White Earth; Andrew Om-
holt, Williston; w. J. Husa, Belden,
and w. E. Pesonen, Wing.
Candidates. for the legislature in
the Independent column are those
Of ]. A. Michels, Wahpeton, for rep
resentative from the twelfth district
and Ben Northridge, Valley City,
for representative from the 18th
district.
Democratic legislative candi-
dacies are those of H. D. Jones,
Fredonia, for representative from
the Seth district; T. E. Sleight,
Drake, for representative from the
45th district and John p. Jungers,
Regent, for senator from the 49th
district. i
In an opinion to Secretary of
State Robert Byrne today, Attorney
General George Shafer held that
only two Farmer-Labor candidates
will have places on ballots in Novem-
Der. These are Alfred Knutson, Bis
marck, senatorial candidate and K.
P. Loesch, candidate for governor.
The attorney general held that P.
j. Barrett, who was unopposed at
the primaries for the Farmer Labor
nomination for congress from the
third district, had failed to get the
nomination because he failed to re-
ceive enough votes.
Knutson had 1877 votes and Loesch
had 181 votes at the primaries. This
was more than three per cent Of the
number Of votes cast for the Farm
er-Labor candidate for governor at
the last general election.
In the case Of Barrett, however,
there was no Farmer Labor candi-
date for congress from the third dis
trict at the last general election and
he would be required to have 800
votes as required by the statutes to
win the nomination.
In view Of this fact, Attorney
General Shafer held that his name
had m valaca IN thu h~11n%