The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-02
Leaguers VIII, Big
Legislative Edge
Party Seems to Have Clinched
TWo.Thirds Majorities in
Both Houses
MANY |. Y, A, LEADERS LOSE
Lynch, I. V. A. Representative
From RichIand, Has Three.
Vote Lead

Fargo, N. D., July 2-(P)-The Nom
partisan Leagues landslide victory in
the congressional and state contests
for Republican nominations In We'd
nesday's primary election was topped
off by an even more amazing display
Of strength in legislative contests in
which nearly complete returns Sat-
urday showed the Leaguers won 20
senatorial and 81 house nominations.
The I. v. AS took seven Of the ~
nominations. and 80 of the
l13 house contests. while two house
nominations remain in doubt, with
q probability that they may go I. v.
A.
The calculations include one I. v.
A. nominee who had a lead Of only
three votes over Nonpartisan rival
in district where incomplete re-
turns were available.
BY winning these contests, the
Nonpartisans are In a position to
hold at least 30 seats in the next sem
ate, since they have 10 holdovers.
The l. V. AS, If successful in seat
ing their nominees, will have only 10
places. They have IL holdovers.
In the house, the Nonpartisans are
in a position to hold better than a
two-thirds majority. A two-thirds
majority in the senate would be 80.
Landslide All Over
Spectacular as was the rush of the
Nonpartisans in the contest for con-
gressional and state nominations. it
was more so in the representative
field. When returns began coming in
late Thursday disclosing that the
Nonpartisans had faade heavy iureads
on the I. v. A. strength in the senate
it was clear that they would do equal
~ as we'll in the house. but the de-
vastation wrought within the I. v. A.
ranks by Wednesdays whirlwind was
even more complete.
To the losses the I. v. AS had to
chalk up in the senate Thursday they
were forced Saturday to add the loss
of one more senator. Walter Bond,
long time member of Ward county,
who was listed among the defeated
ones.
Then came the deluge in the matter
of house nominations as one county
after the other returned Nonpartisan
nominations in the Republican COL
umn.
Several Counties Contribute
Ramsey county contributed one Of
these. Pierce another, and Towner q
third. Morton swung in with two. The
29th district In Ward county had two
more, Hettinger and Adams contribute
ed one, the seth district made up of
Golden Valley. Billings, Slope and
Bowman, put two more in the Nom
partisan column and Nelson joined
the procession with one.
All of these were added to the de-
Election previously reported. and by
which the Nonpartisans gained one
in Burleigh. one in Walsh. one in
Grand Forks and two in Trail, one
in Barnes. one in Cavalier. two in
StutSman, three in Stark. two In Nc
Intosh and Logan. To make the day
complete. Mercer. Oliver and Dunn
ousted two more I. v. AS and replac-
ed them with Nonpartisans.
The Ward county rejection Of I. v.
A. Senator Bond had been preceded
by the turning back of I. v. A. sena-
torial candidates in Grand Forks.
Stutsman. Burleigh, Pembina, Ran
som, Eddy and Foster for places they
had held in the last election.
One of these, Pembina county, re-
suited in the election Of candidate
who had been allied with the I. v. AS
suited in the election of a candidate
this time as Republican Independent
and without allegiance to either fac
ton.
Lose One In Ramsey
Independents took a loss Of one
house nomination in Ramsey county,
an old I. v. A. stronghold that has
consistently elected members Of that
faith. The senatorship was retained
by the Independents. Mack Traynor
defeating P. H. Miller to succeed to
the place from which Frank Hyland
retired. Two of the three house posi-
tons are definitely determined with
G. o. Arneson, Nonpartisan, Edwin
Traynor, former speaker. assured Of q
place on the ticket. There was one
precinct missing when e. A. Lunde
led A. E. Sylvester by six votes. Both
of these men. however, are I. v. AS.
In Pierce county Andrew Ostrem,
I. v. Il. member of the last session,
has been defeated for nomination,
while D. L. Peters, chairman Of the
house appropriations committee two
years ago, an I. v. A.. was nominated
along with Lewis Hagen, Nonpartisan.
Towner county counted for another
I. v. A. reverse when B. w. Lemke
and w. ]. Gilchrist were nominated.
both being Nonpartisans. 8. p. Smith
was the lone I. v. A. candidate In
the county, landing in third place.
Towner had one I. v. A. and one
Nonpartisan In the house last year.
Rollette county remained in the
Nonpartisan column, renominating
Senator John Renault and also NOM
mating McManus and Atkinson. Re-
nault defeated A. Stormon.
Nonpartisans Face Losses
Nonpartisans wre confronted with
the possibility of losing two places In
Grant and Sioux county, Joined this
year In Z new legislative district by
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