The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-28
V. AS Nominate
SO House Members
And N. Prs Get 81

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the Independents will control the SEN
ate q to %, providing they a elect
the Democratic nominee in La Moure
county. which they have done for the
last eight years.
The Independent reverses were
taken In Stutsman county where the
Independents lost two nominations,
two in Cavalier, each in Nelson
and McHenry, In the Emmons-Kid-
der district and in the Adams Het.
tinger-Sioux district.
Two Independents Win
The gains recorded by the indie
pendents are two in the Dunn-Mer-
cer-Oltver district and one in the
Burke Divide district.
The Independents will benefit in
the fall election through the coalition
plan heretofore employed in Cavalier
county which is strongly Independent.
It has been the practice there to
nominate q full Independent Demo-
cratic ticket and q full Independent
Republican ticket and prior to the
general election effect q compromise
or coalition by which the Independ-
ents Of the two parties would concen-
trate their whole strength on three
candidates chosen from the two
tickets. In the primary, however,
Nonpartisans got two Republican VIC
tories so the Independents are left
with only one Republican nomination
while they have a full set of Demo-
cratic nominees.
The Independent nominations &C
counted for include seven in Cass;
four In Richland, three each in Grand
Forks, Pembina, Ramsey, Trail, Bur-
leigh, the Logan-McIntosh district;
and Morton. Stark and Ward; two
each in Ransom, Walsh, Pierce, Suits
man, and in the Dunn-O Oliver Mercer
district; n each in Cavalier, Nelson,
Towner. Barnes, Wells and in the
Adams ettinger Sioux district. and
the Burke-D Divide district.
Nonpartisans had nominated five
in the Williams mckenzie district;
four In Bottineau and four in the
Emmons-Kidder district; three In the
6teel-G riggs district; three in Nc
Lean: two each in Benson, Dickey,
La Moure, McHenry, Rolette. Suits
man, Cavalier, Sargent, Grant, Noun
trail, Ward, in the Burke-D Divide dis
trict, the Eddy-Foster and in the
Hettinger- Sioux district, and
one each In Barnes. Sheridan. Wells,
Nelson. Towner, Walsh. Renville, and
in the Dunn Oliver Mercer and in the
Slope Golden Valley illings-Bo
man district.
Nonpartisans Gain
The first gain the N~onpartisans ac-
counted for was In the Griggs- Steele
district where the Independents, who
had 1. W. STANDBY in the house dur
ing the last two sessions, put him up
In an unsuccessful race for the SEN
ate. They failed to nominate a candi-
date to succeed him and Nonpartisans
swept the district.
In Nelson county an Independent
member, ]. q. johnson, was worsted
by r. r. Lofthus, Nonpartisan, while
r. e. Hamilton, the other 1ndepend-
ent member seeking reelection, was
successful.
Representative Hugh Mcdowell,
county, was The lone Inde-
pendent to survive the Cavalier up
set, his running mates K. J. Gronvold,
and Charles NJ. Lawson being de-
feated by Ed A. Hill and William
Crockett.
In StutSman county, where the In
dependents have had four members
for several sessions. they nominated
only Fred G. Kneelard and Arthur J.
Rulon, their ticket mates, e. A. Watt
and M. M. Cone being defeated by r.
E. Strutz and w. j. Flanagan.
The independents lost Carl Larvick,
Emmons and Kidder. after having
him In the house two sessions. the full
r~"-"~ertisan ticket being nominated
there.
Wcstford Loses
In McHenry county. where Repre-
sentative J. z. Westford. Independent.