The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-01
NO1pQrtiSat1S to It1dOrse
Slate in City Wednesday
Thoresen, LANCER, and Lynner
Loom as Cubernatorial
Possibilities

North Dakota's first state conven-
ton designed to draw up a state
ticket Of candidates to be entered in
the June primary election will be held
here Wednesday when the state con-
vention Of the Nonpartisan League
opens.
Endorsements Of candidates for U.
s. senator, governor and the lesser
state offices will be the principal bust
ness before the meeting.
The candidates Endorsed by the
convention will compete for nomina-
ton at the June primaries with the
slate to be entered by the Independ-
ent Voters association group, which
designates itself as the Real" Repub-
licans.
Endorsement OF U. s. Senator Ger
aid P. Nye for reelection was consid-
cred as certain at the Nonpartisan
convention, but free-for-all race for
the gubernatorial Endorsement was In
prospect.
Most prominently mentioned as
candidates for the leagues indorse-
ment for governor are T. H. Thoresen,
Grand Forkss former candidate for
governor and one-time state tax COM
missioner. and William LANCER, Bis
marck attorney, former attorney gen.
eral.
Mayor A. T. Lynner of Fargo also
is a candidate for the Endorsement for
governor. His supporters believe that
should LANCER or Thoresen be unable
to obtain a majority In the conven-
ton, Lynner will become the strong
man.
To be settled at the convention is
the plan for proposed fusion by the
newly Progressive Republican
party OF North Dakota The Prog
ressives have offered their support to
the Nonpartisans If the new political
faction is permitted to name certain
state candidates for the Nonpartisan
ticket. H. N. Tucker, secretary of the
Progressives and a member Of the
committee charged with comforting
with the Nonpartisans, said that he
hoped the two factions could reach
some agreement.
I. J. Moe. Valley City, IS mentioned
as one of the Progressives' candidates
for governor.
Numerous delegates were on hand
Tuesday and indications were that
nearly all of the SO selected at county
conventions would be on hand by
Tuesday night. In addition there
will be four or five labor delegates,
making the total number Of votes in
the convention 70 or "a with 81 or 80
necessary to elect.
Preliminary polls showed that none
of the gubernatorial candidates had
enough votes to go over on the first
ballot.
Among the names to 60 on the
blackboard, the usual Nonpartisan
method OF nomination, were those of
U. L. Burdick, Fargo attorney, Wal
ter Maddox. former governor, and
Peter Garberg. Fargo, U. 8. district
attorney. Each candidate has some
votes pledged to him but there was
little indication that these candida
cies would be a major factor, except
as their supporters swung to one OF
the leaders.
Among candidates for congressman
to run with ]. H. Sinclair, who will be
renominated. were Burdick. William
Lemke, Fargo and Garberg. There
was no indication as to which had
the most strength as the convention
gathered and Lemke was the only
avowed candidate.
Such talk as was heard Of plat
form indicated that the plank to be
most strongly stressed would be one
calling for curtailed expenditures IN
government, lower taxes and elimina-
ton Of many state commissions.
WOULD UNSEAT BANKHEAD
washington, Mar. 1.-tF)- Senator
Hastings Of Delaware will seek to UNI
seat Alabama's Junior senator, John
H. Bankhead, on the ground that the
election in which he defeated the vet
eran J. Thomas Helm involved wide
spread violations. As chairman Of the
elections subcommittee which for
months has been investigating the
1880 contest, Hastings Is completing
q final report which will recommend
for declaring 1t no election. He ex-
poets to submit it to the group FRI
day.