The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-01
CAPTURE DECISIVE
MARGINS IN both !.
LEG|SLAT|VERACES.
Returns Indicate Working Ma.
jority in Two Law.Mak.
ing Branches
BOND is BEATEN IN WARD
Veteran Senator From Barnes
Barely Manages to Sur
vive Onslaught
BOND Is BEATEN IN WARD

Fargo, July l.-(P)-The Nonparti-
san League landslide victory spread
to the legislative contests in which
the League met with outstanding
success, according to returns from
Wednesdays primary tabulated Fri
day.
AS The Associated Press election
bureau closed its compilation of re-
turns on the senatorial. COMPRESSION
more than two-thirds of the state
showed that every Real Republican
and I. v. A. official had been ousted
from office.
Interest Friday turned to the leg
islative races in which the Nonpar-
tisans carried on with striking re-
suits. Friday, the defeat of seven
independent candidates for the SEN
ate for places now held by that party
was assured, while seventh place
was lost through remuneration of I.
senator, nominated to succeed him
self.
In the contest for house control the
Nonpartisans were equally victorious.
They had accounted for defeat of Is
candidates for places formerly held
by the I. v. AS while the latter made
only one gain on the face of avail
able returns.
Nelson in Doubt
The result in Nelson county was in
doubt with r. j. Gardiner, 1. V. A.,
having lead of As votes over L. c.
Fredrickson, Nonpartisan, incumbent.
in q of IS precincts.
In the new Kidder- Sheridan coun-
ty district, 0. E. Erickson, member
of the house for several years, has
been nominated for the senate while
Herbert SWEET, and H. @. HAPPIER
have been nominated Tor the house.
Nonpartisans picked up two house
nominations in the Logan and Nc
Intosh district, where the, I. v. AS
nominated only one. Two years ago
the independents had three men,
bers In the district.
On the face of incomplete returns
from Sc out of 81 precincts in the
2sth district, Walter R. Bond. long
time I. V. A. senator, has been de-
feated for Republican denomination
by G. A. Jones, Endorsed by the Nom
partisans. Jones has a. lead of .4l4.. E.
Three Nonpartisans were nominat-
ed for the house In the Goth district,
these being Jack Patterson, H. l.. Mel
son, and Alfred Mostad. Eiliar MUS,
I. v. A.. was the fourth nominee.
The district in the last legislative ses-
on was represented by three I. V.
ASCEND one Lacquer.
Upse. in Grand Forks
In the second district in Ward
county, j., E. Stoa. Nonpartisan, was
renominated over H. S. Coles, I. v. A.
Grand Forks county provided two
upsets for regularly endorsed I. v. A.
legislative nominations. In the sew
enth district, Philip r.. Bangs, I. v. A.
indorsee for the senate, was defeat
ed by D. j. Times who was recon-
mended" by the Nonpartisans.
In the sixth district, previously
served by c. Vernon Freeman, speak
G. Vernon Freeman, speaker of the
house in the last session, the en-
dorsed I. v. A. candidate, H. L. Ed
wards was defeated by A. j. Sand
lie. listed as Progressive Republic
can"
In the seventh district e. M. Kent
was nominated for the house without
opposition as an I. v. A., while in
the fifth district, also In Grand Forks
county, j. E. Eastgate, for the SEN
ate, and David Steedsman for the
house, were nominated without OPP
position.
In Richland county a close contest
was waged for the nomination to the
house, with M. H. Lynch and G. II.
Morgan polling 1850 and 1044 votes
respectively with one precinct miss
ing for the two nominations. Their
closest opponent received 1924.
In the last session Independents
counted ~ senate members and on
the face of available returns are
down to 10, with Is needed to con-
troll. In the house the loss of at least
Is nominations trims the prospective
I. v. A. membership to around 40
votes with 81 necessary to control.
The returns so far disclose the In
dependents had been beaten out Of
three nominations In Stark, one II;
Burleigh, two In Logan and Mcintosh.
one In Grand Forks. one in Walsh,
one In Barnes and two in Trail. while
they had scored by single gain. one
in LaMoure.
Frank Ployhar Of Valley City is one
of the few old timers in the senate to
survive the day. He defeated John L
Micklethun by margin. Of 1854 votes
in the 18th district. That same dis
trict, however, elected q Nonpartisan
house member, Ben Northridge being
defeated by Sam Ollesby by major-
ity Of 1866 votes.
Sperry Is Defeated
In Burleieh county Lynn J. Sperry
was ousted from a senatorial berth by
8. s. Mcdonald. Nonpartisan. In the
house in that county; William Fa:-
.coner, Nonpartisan. displaced Martin
!, j. Olson, Independent, while Gordon
/, Cox was renominated and Milton Rue
was named on the Independent
ticket.
Hugh Mcdowell, an old-time 1nde-
pendent legislator from Cavalier
county, Vas defeated with the result
that tho whole Republican ticket IN
that county Is Ncnpartisan. william
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