The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-04
MENTION FRAZIER
AS FAVORITE SON
IN MARCHPR|MARY
Committeeman Hints Senator
May Be Entered in Lists
Against Hoover
POLITICAL POT BUBBllNG
indications Are Murray May Be
Candidate Before Demo-
cratic Voters
POLITICAL POT BUBBlING

With little bubbles appearing here
and there on the surface OF the
states political pot, indications are
that plenty Of steam will be rising by
the time the political conventions Of
the major Republican factions roll
around early in 1882.
Already one campaign Is In full
swing. It Is that to initiate a law
tightening the restrictions on use of
the absent voters ballot, loosened by
the legislature last winter. It bur-
geoned forth Thursday as al over
ture to campaigns on several other
items to be staged In connection with
the March presidential primary cleo
ton.
The more intricate job Of oiling
party machinery also Is proceeding
although not without handicapS. 1t
takes money to make political oil and
the greasepots r none too well filled
at present.
Nonpartisans have that blank look
when they talk about campaign
money and the prospects for the I
v. A. group are none too roseatt
either, although they are reported t.
have had their emisSaries out II
search of the needful, both within
and without the state.
Leading the list of political specu'
lations right now IS the possibilit!
that Lynn J. Frazier, senior senator
may be offered at the March election
as a f~avorite-son candidate for tn
presidency. The suggestion Is re-
puted to come from Fred J.. Graham
Ellendale, Republican national com
mitteeman for the state. It probabl.
will be considered at a meeting o
the Republican state committee II
be held here early In the year, Prob
ably around Jan. 20.
The Garrison Independent, now ed
tied by L. j. Siljan, quotes Graham
as saying: Il believe it would be
good move to present the name o
Lynn J. Frazier as our favorite-sor
candidate. It would relieve the ten
sion among Progressive Republican
as to what candidate to support ant
I have no doubt that the nationa
administration would keep hands Of
rather than enter the lists against /,
son of the state"
The tension referred to doubles
Is the fact that Nonpartisan leader
generally are u~nfavorable to the re-
nomination Of Hoover, but they can
not vote against Hoover without hav
ing someone to vote for. The ide;
also may be to enter q favortte Sol
to bolster their slate of candidate
for seats in the Republican nationa
convention, slated for next June.
There are prospects, too. tina
Franklin D. Roosevelt, seen as a sur,
entry in the Democratic primary, ma.
have opposition in the person Of al
falfa Bill" Murray, governor OF Ok
lahoma.
George T. Murray, a brother o
Alfalfa Bill, lives at Berthold AM
early in the week visited Bismarcl
to set up q few fences for his brother
He limited that friends Of Murray ar
prepared to throw quite an organi
zation into the field If prospects loo|
right, and it may be they will selec
the North Dakota primary to ties
their wings. It is first on the lis
Of presidential primaries in the ma
ton and the theory Is that Murray
II he runs we'll anywhere, should d
so in North Dakota where the agri
cultural vote rules.
Murray talked with State Senate
w. E. Matthaei Of Wells county, tenn
porarily living here, with forrne
Governor Walter Maddox, and 9th
ers. About Is years ago he edited tn
Plaza Pioneer but left that occupa
ton for the farm. At one time h
and Alfalfa Bill" were partners l
the publishing business.