The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-07
Admits Failure to
Stop Sinclair But
Still Plans to Run

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CONTINUED from mage oneJ
consideration Of candidates for vart-
GUS offices.
Lynner Has Edge
A. T. Lynner, mayor Of Fargo. ap-
peared to have the edge In whatever
contest may develop for the guberna-
torial endorsement. largely because
those opposed to him had not CEN
tered upon q candidate. In some
quarters it was expected that William
LANCER, Bismarck attorney, would be
a candidate and predictions were
made that LANCER had q fair chance
to win the nomination. Other names
were preached as possibilities but
there was no united support for any
candidate other than Lynner.
Mrs. Craig refused to discuss the
details Of the platform in advance Of
its presentation to the convention but
said 1t touched ''only lightly" upon
the chain bank situation. It had
been expected that the platform
would launch an attack upon the ex-
tension Of chain banks In North Da.
kota.
Townley Still Fighting
Apparently undismayed by his APP
parent defeat to block an endorse
ment OF q congressional candidate in
the Third district, Townley still was
in Bismarck today and said he may
have a statement to make later in the
Gay.
Lynner "a said to have come west
on a train last night but had made
no appearance here. He was reported
to be stopping at a hotel in Mandap,
six miles away.
Orchestra Lends Harmony
An orchestra played to open the
convention, an offering Of harmony
unusual in NonpartiSan circles.
r. w. Frazier, Crosby. chairman OF
the Nonpartisan state executive COM
mittee, called the convention to order
at 1890 a. m.
w. B. Falconer, Bismarck, chair
man Of the Burleigh county commit
tee, gave the address Of welcome. He
said the county committee had ar
ranged for the music to soothe the
savage beast" in the event any hard
words were spoken.
Frazier Loses Point
Frazier offered q report of the &C.
tivities Of the executive committee
during the bienniurn. He suggested
that a platform committee and Gre
dentials committee be selected first to
| speed the work Of the convention.
| I A Grov riehns4 sAos,aA that %hn
committee follow the regular order Of
business by naming q convention
chairman and q credentials commit
tee. Frazier indicated disapproval Of
the idea but the motion carried and q
discussion of the procedure to be
followed cnSued.
Resort was had TO the League by
laws which provide that q chairman
shall be named first.
A check showed 81 delegates pres
ent. No one was present from Burke.
Mercer, Logan, Slope. Golden Valley.
Pierce, Mcintosh and Richland coun-
ties.
Lcmke Withdraws
John w. Benson, Rolette county
and william Lemke. Fargo, were
placed in nomination but Lemke
withdrew and Benson was elected
unanimously.
Benson's election as chairman was
interpreted as a victory for the Lyn.
lier gubernatorial boom.
r. r. Smith, Bottineau, wa named
secretary, also unanimously.
A motion by Gray to make the tenn
porary organization permanent was
ruled out of order.
Name Wyums, Fine, Twete
Benson named N the credentials
committee: o. A. Wyums, First con-
g%ressional district: c. w. Fine, Second
district. and Einar Twete, Third dis
trict.
After another discussion of pro-
cedure. the executive committee was
asked to make its report. Fred Ar
CAST, Moffit, an executive committee
member. said Chairman r. w. Fra
zier had stepped out but would re-
turn with the report later.
Frazier returned and offered the
minutes Of the committees actions to
be read by the committee secretary.
Lot Of Double Crossing
Frazier offered to tell the conven-
ton of q "lot Of double crossing which
has been going on" in the league or
~ganization.
Fred Anderson, Page, read the re-
port. It showed membership funds OBJ
tanned in various counties. In some
counties the county organizations re-
tanned the money. A delegate asked
q report from the organization which
managed the 1928 campaign. F. A.
! Vogel, Coleharbor, said each candi-
date paid $3.50 at the campaigns
close to meet q deficit.
Had No Money
Frazier said the executive commit
tee had no money at the start Of the
campaign. He touched upon the or
! ganization's troubles during the CAM
paign but Vogel objected to digging
up that old stuff"
Answering a question, Frazier said
the committee has $1,000 in money
with obligations Of $3.50.
Acceptance Of the report va de-
ferred pending the formation Of .
permanent organization and the con-
vention recessed at noon until ! p. m.
The convention was late in recon-
vening. During the noon hour 1t was
rumored that q dark-horse candidate
was being sought for the guberra-
torial endorsement but Lynner and
LANCER still were the leading names
mentioned. The proposed dark-horse
candidate remained unnamed as the
business Of organizing the convention
was resumed.
The delay in opening the afternoon
session was caused by the fact that
the credentials committee had some
difficulty in Strengthening out the
question Of who should be delegates
from some counties which had sent .
bigger representation than the by