The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-03
PROGRESSIVE GROUP
OPPOSED TO PAIR ON
N0NPARTISAN TICKET
Dark Horse May Get lndorse-
ment Because of LANCER
Thoresen Deadlock
CARBERG AND BURDlCK GAIN
New Party Favors Moe While
Ben c. Larkin Is Mention.
ed For First Time
GARBERG AND BURDlCK GAIN

A Suggestion that the name
Of the Nonpartisan League be
changed to that Of Progressive
Voters League" was rejected
overwhelmingly by the Leagues
state convention Thursday after
noon.
Debate broke loose In the con-
vention over the extension Of
power Of the committee Of Is
negotiating with Progressive Re-
publicans for . fusion ticket.
Out of a meeting of a joint COM
mittee of Nonpartisan Leaguers and
Progressive Republicans, char e d
with drawing up fusion ticket, came
a plan Thursday to eliminate Will
liam LANCER. Bismarck, q candidate
for the Endorsement for governor
and william Lenke, Fargo, an as
pirant for q congressional post.
The state convention of the Nom
partisan League recessed Thursday
morning until afternoon as the joint
committee resumed its deliberations
in an effort to straighten out situa-
ton which threatens to throw the
session into confusion.
LANCER and Lemke are not accept
able to the progressive element, while
nine of the Is Nonpartisans on the
Joint committee approved q slate
from which their names are elm
mated.
A report of the Nonpartisan COM
nittee, appointed at the opening SEES
lion Of the convention Wednesday
Sas to be submitted Thursday after-
aoon, with indications that, unless a
,hew plan is devised. majority and
minority report will be submitted.
F. A. Vogel, Bismarck, Thoresen
supporter and member Of the Non
partisan committee, left the joint
meeting when majority of his col
leagues voted to abandon LANCER.
Three Are Mentioned
Acceptable to q majority of the
Progressives and Nonpartisans on
the committee are Peter Garberg.
A. T. 'Lynner, and Ben G. Larkin,
Bismarck, as candidates fo1. governor.
For congress the majority report,
drawn up when the meeting adjourn
ed in the early hours of the morning,
favors Usher L. Burdick, Fargo, and
!. j. Moe, Valley City.
Efforts were made by several del
egates at Thursday mornings ses-
sion to smoke out" the committee's
report. but after some parliamentary
jockeying this move failed, and the
convention recessed to permit the
committee to continue its delibera-
tons.
C. N. Lee, Dodge, chairman of the
Nonpartisan committee, told the con-
vention that new Developments made
it necessary to call the committee
into session.
LANCER obviously is the strongest
candidate for governor, while Lemke
forces came to the convention with
considerable strength. The problem
of asking the convention to eliminate
strongest candidates confronted the
committee.
Convention Must Okay
While the Progressive committee
men have authority to speak for their
party, the Nonpartisan committee
men were at disadvantage in that
their action must be approved by
the convention.
Second to LANCER In strength Is
Thoresen. but neither appeared to
have a pledged majority Of the del
cgates. In the prospective deadlock.
possibility of a dark horse" loomed
With Garberg one Of the strongest
candidates mentioned. The Progress
sive committee, however, was un-
animously agreed on Larkin as one
of the candidates for governor, and
for the first time the head OF the
state railroad commission was
brought into the running.
The joint committee began its
work Wednesday with an agreement
that each political faction would
name certain candidates on the fu-
sion ticket to receive the combined
support of Progressives and Nom
partisan Leaguers.
The Nonpartisan group advanced
the prior claim to the privilege Of
Endorsing a candidate for governor,
but the ProgreSsiveS desired a hand
in the matter. After considerable
discussion, 1t was agreed that Of the
available candidates for the post In
the Nonpartisan ranks that the Pro-
eressives name their choices, result
Ing in the approval Of four candt-
dates.
Moe Then Advanced
The Progressives then sought to
advance Moe as q candidate accept
able to both factions for congress
but the Nonpartisans insisted also on
placing Burdick In the running
I,emke appeared to have little
esrcrgth among the Nonpartisan
committeeman, and none among thu
Prcgressives.
Delegates looked for bitter 0on-
test on the floor Thursday afternoon.
LANCER forces continued to hold their
support, while little had been done
to take away any Of the pre-conven-
ton Lemke strength.
Some delegates turned their efforts
to bringing about the withdrawal OF
LANCER and Thoresen from the race
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