The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08

win the Qubernatoriai nomination
unless his opponents AN unearth .
"darkhorse" candidate. william
LANCER, Bismarck attorney, also Is be-
Ing urged Is Q candidate but his
strength appeared to be slightly less
than Lynner's.
Resolutions adopted last night de.
manded that the rural schools 70.
ceive q larger share Of the state
school fund In comparison with in
stitutions Of higher learning: urged
adoption Of q state old-age pension
system and establishment OF an old
peoples home and favored establish.
ment Of q state home for dependent
and neglected children.
A proposal by the resolutions COM
mittee to commend the late G. r.
Green for his management Of the
Bank OF North Dakota but condemn.
ing the appointment Of "a group bank
man from q distant city, as his sue
cessor, failed.
Speak Kindly OF Green
Various speakers expressed kindly
sentiments for Mi. Green but the
proposal not to publicly commend any
leaders Of the opposing political fac.
ton found too much support.
Among other things the convention
Friday provided for q committee Of
five to draft q tentative platform for
presentation to the 1882 convention;
named Ole Olson, New Rockford and
j. p. Kelly, Garrison, to serve with
members Of the executive committee
rs q publicity committee and appoint
ed a committee on the revision Of the
bylaws. Members of the latter com-
nnittee are G. Hall, Williams county;
r. A. Kinzer. LaMoure county, and b.
Salzberg, Benson county.
Adopt Lemkc Plank
No sooner had the convention got
under way than another parliament
tary tanele developed on the banking
plank.
Lemke accepted an amendment to
his proposed plank which eliminated
the branch bank feature. His plank
attacked chain banks as Financial
monsters" and called for an investi-
CATION b. the federal government un-
der the anti-5475 law.
Lemke's plank, with the branch fea-
ture eliminated was adopted 81 to Is.
The convention took out Of the res
olutions a declaration on old age pen
sionS and an old peoples home and
added 1t to the platform.
Oleo Causes Dispute
An attempt to add q plank deplor.
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by farmers developed another dis.
pute. The plank proposed q state tax
on Oleomargarine. It was taken out
of the platform and added to the res
buttons.
Ole Olson, Eddy county. offered q
plank to levy q sales tax Of one-half
cent q bushel on all grain, the money
to be placed in the Bank of North
Dakota and used to finance the con-
structionof more elevators by loans to
co-operatives.
T. H. Thoresen, opposing the plank,
said the convention did not need to
put everything down in black and
white. He predicted that the plank
would lead to misunderstanding
among the voters as the branch bank
plank did in the campaign two years
ago.
Scratch Shafer's Name
Christ Levang, Walsh county,
moved to eliminate q paragraph in
the platform condemning Governor
Shafer, on the ground that personal
references had no place in the plat
form. The paragraph was taken out
Of the platform and added to the res
olutions with the personal reference
to Shafer eliminated. AS adopted the
plank condemns the opponents Of the
Nonpartisans.
A motion to approve establishment
Of additional agricultural high schools
lost and the platform as o whole was
adopted.
After having been defeated when
offered for the platform a proposal to
endorse agricultural high schools was
added to the resolutions. The rcsolu-
lions as q whole were approved.
Other changes in the league by |
laws were to combine the resolutions
and platform committees and revision !
OF the dates for holding precinct,
and state conventions.
The precinct meetings will be held
the first Wednesday in February;
conventions on the second |
Wednesday in February and the state
convention on the last Wednesday In
February.
The business of nominating candi-
dates for state offices got under way
at $50 p. m. It was decided to NOM
mate candidates for governor by
secret ballot. thus blocking any NOM
speeches. A blackboard was
used to show the result of the vote.