The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-01
CT CANDIDATES And
FIVE MEASURES
0NPRIMARY BALLOT
Period For Filings With Secre.
tary Of State Expires
Tuesday Night
BELIEVE FILINGS COMPLETE
Murray, Roosevelt, coxey, and
France Are Aspirants For
Presidency

Sixty-seven candidates and five
measures were assured of places on
the March is state primary ballot as
the final hour for filings approached
Tuesday.
The last opportunity to file for the
primary will come at the close of busi-
ness in the secretary of states office
late Tuesday. Indications were that
no further filings would be made.
Governors William H. Murray Of
Oklahoma and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Of New York will contest for the
presidential preference on the Dem
ocratic ticket, while on the Republi-
can side General" Jacob Sechle.
Coxey ST., Massillon, Ohio. and for
mer Senator Joseph Irwin France Of
Port Deposit, Md. will make q bid for
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton. President Hoover is not q can
didate for the preference vote.
Three Ccrnered Fight
For Republican national commit.
teeman, three-cornered fight will be
evidenced, with F.. j. Graham, Ellen
dale, incumbent, who has the indorse-
ment Of the Nonpartisan League,
making the race for reelection against
William Stern. Fargo, Endorsed by the
Real" Republicans or I. v. A. group.
and H. G. Schumacher, Fargo, who
filed Monday without any party In
dorsement.
Representative Minnie D. Craig,
Esmond, national Republican COM
mitteewofnan, Endorsed by the Nom
partisan League, will be opposed In
her fight for reelection by Mrs. Selma
Stenerson, Minot, I. v. A. Republican.
H. H. Perry, Glendale, Endorsed by
the Democratic state convention for
Democratic national committeeman,
will be opposed by the incumbent. j.
Nelson Kelly. Grand Forks. who failed
to receive the support of the state
convention, and filed as an individual
candidate. Nellie Dougherty, Minot,
has no opposition for national Dem
ocratlc cOmmlCCeeWOman.
Without Opposition
The four candidates for presiden-
tial electors, Endorsed by the state
Democratic party, have no opposition.
They are Pierce Blewett, jamestown;
p. H. Costello. Cooperstown; w. D.
Lynch, LaMoure, and w. H. Porter,
Calvin.
Two States Of presidential electors
will compete for election on the Re-
publican ballot. The Nonpartisaa
League has filed E. H. Brant Of Lin
ton. Ida M. Fisher of Fargo. Nels
Magnuson of Souris. and Gilbert Mos
kau of Grand Forks. while the I. v. A.
or Real" Republican group has filed
Sid Bergenthal of Cakes. Anne A.
Cary Of Mandan. Vine D. Lord OF
Cando and p. D. Norton of Minot.
Two sets of candidates for delegates
to the national presidential conven-
tons have been filed on each of the
major party ballots.
The state Democratic party has
filed slate Of delegates pledged to
Governor Roosevelt. while George T.
Murray, Berthold. brother of the Ok
lahoma governor. has entered dele
gates pledged to Governor Murray.
The I. v. A. Republicans have filed
delegates pledged to President Hoo
yer. while the Nonpartisan League
has entered delegates who are unin-
structed but pledged to support a
Progressive" candidate at the ma
tional Republican convention.
Candidates Are Listed
The Democratic delegates are:
Roosevelt delegates:
Gertrude Dwire. Minot: Jonathan
G. Eaton. Fargo: J. E. Garvey, Cava-
lier: William E. Glotzbach, Ana
David Kelly. Grand Forks: p.
w. Lanier. Jamestown: r. H. Lea
witt, Carson: Leo ]. Mcdonald, Man.
dan, r. B. Murphy, Bismarck; A. G.
Murray delegates:
Charles Baldwin. Williston; L. T.
Berdahl, Rugby: s. s. Clifford. Bis
Emil Emanuel. ST.. Berthold:
G. j. Lee, Valley City; P. H. Miller, |
Washburn; George T. Murray, Ber-
thold; D. J. O'Ccnnell. Towner: J.
simonson, Turtle Lake, and Sara M.
Wood, Fargo.
John j. Sprafka Of Mimic has filed
as q candidate for delegate to the
Democratic convention. He is aligned
with neither the Roosevelt or Murray
forces.
Republican delegates are:
Hoover delegates: Il. v. Az
j. E. Davis. Bi3marck: Mark I.
Forkner. Langdon: A. I. Hunter.
Grand Forks: H. p. Jacobson, Mott;
r. A. NestoS. Minot: Oscar J. Olson,
Wahpeton; "A. J. Rulon, jamestown: |
Burleigh F. Spalding. Fargo: Miriam |
Taylor. LaMoure: Edwin Traynor.
starkweather;;- and Lillian M. Wart-
me-. Harvey.
Uninstructed Progressive" dele
gates, (Nonpartisan).
A. M. Bergseth. Fargo: James p.
Curran. Watford City; Jennie A.
Dale, Bismarck: Thomas Devaney,
Langdon: J. M. Gibbons, Finley:
Theodore Kaldor, Hillsboro; e. q.
Larson. Valley City: L. H. Mccoy.
Mott: Emma G. Maggie, jamestown;
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