The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07
'Jeffers0nian' Democrats Enter Political
Picture to Cause Ne,v Campaign Interest
New Faction, Headed by G. O.
P. Appointees, Seeks Place
on Guide Card

A new state political faction known
as the "Jeffersonian Democrats
made It's appearance Monday to
promote the candidacy of three men
who have filed for nominations in
the June primary in opposition to
leading candidates Endorsed by the
North Dakota Democratic party.
The new faction with John GAM
mons, secretary of the state secur-
Titles commission, as chairman, GER
titled candidates to the So county
auditors of the state as entitled to
have their names appear on the Of
ficial guide card under the heading
Endorsed and supported by the JEFF
fersonian Democrats" Leo Winters,
Bismarck. deputy commissioner of
agriculture and labor, signed the
certified list as secretary of the Dem
iotratic faction.
Gammons. as secretary of the
securities commission, Is the execu-
tive officer of a board controlled by
three Republican elective officers.
Winter. as deputy commissioner
of agriculture and labor. is the ap-
pointee of another Republican. Both
have long been active workers in the
I. v. A. political organization, headeI
by l.. L. Twichell.
Some Democrats were claiming
Tuesday that the new party which
labels itself as Jeffersonian is really
Republican and Is dominated by Re-
publican interests. There were ru-
mors that a demand would be made
that the so-called "Jefferso n a n
Democrats" reveal just who they are
and the influences behind them.
Have Been Republicans
Halvor L. Halvorson. Minot, their
senatorial candidate, was elected to
the state legislature as Republican
two years ago, while w. E. Cook. Har-
vey, one of the two congressional.
candidates, was not presented in NOM
nation at the Democratic convention
at New Rockford in April as result
Of the charge that he voted the Re-
publican ticket at the presidential
preference primary In March, ac-
icording to local Democrats.
Each county auditor was asked to
list Halvorson as candidate for U. s.
senator; Cooke and w. d. Lynch, La
Moure, for congressman; and Tobias
ID. Casey, Dickinson. for governor.
! Lynch was Endorsed for congress by
the Democratic convention but Casey
was defeated as candidate for the
leubernatorial Endorsement.
, Halvorson, Casey and Cooke have
been filed with the secretary of state
to contest for the nominations, with
p. w. Lanier, Jamestown. Endorsed by
4, the state Democratic party for U. s.
senator; H. G. DePuy, Grafton, IN
,dorsed by governor. and r. B. Muir
ply, Bismarck, Endorsed for congress.
Besides Lynch, all unopposed indor-
sees of the North Dakota Democra-
itic party were certified by the "Jef-
ifersonian Democrats" for entry on
THE official guide card.
| Must Be Endorsed
Under an act of the 1881 legisla-
,ture, county auditors are directed to
provide voters with guide cards list
ing candidates under the heading OF
I the faction by which they were In
dorsed. Candidates who file without
party Endorsements are not entitled
to be listed on the cards. Halvorson
Casey and Cooke, as individual can
didates, would not be entitled to the
listing, but heads of the Jefferson
ian Democrats requested the candi-
dates be listed on the ground they
were Endorsed by q political faction
so far as could be learned, however
Inc statewide meeting has been held
leading up to this action.
News Of the new party came t.
state Democratic leaders as q sur.
prise, and they indicated steps would
be taken to seek to prevent listing
Of the "Jeffersonians" on the ground
the group did not constitute 20.
litical faction Is contemplated b
law. None of the political leaders
however, was prepared to say what
form their action would take. Charles
Simon, assistant state attorney gen.
eral, who recently gave an opinion
construing the guide card law, sait
It was his belief that under the law
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