The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-07
TWichell Still Boss
In l. V. A. Camp

i WlCIlc1l OClll DOSS
In l. V. A. Camp
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the table, after the chair had refused
to rule its presentation out Of order.
Tphe dry chorus Of ayes was q thun-
dering one. Some of the VETS hol-
Tered just as loud but there not 50
many Of them. There was no discus
sion OF the resolution.
Another sensational moment came
just before the vote for the governor
ship. Newsboys had entered the hall
selling early editions of the Fargo
Forum. It carried headline Morris
Entry Clears Governor Field" and
was based on q story written by H. d.
Paulson, Forum editor. telling Of Nor
ris' decision to enter the race.
Plot Shrieks Davidson
Violent exception to the headline
and the story was taken by william
Davidson, Williston banker and a
strong Hyland supporter. He assert
ed that 800 Of the papers had been
brought into the hall lust as we are
about to begin balloting on the COVER
norship." He asserted that it had the
appearance of q deliberate plot" to
| force the Endorsement Of Morris by
telling the delegates that no one else
had a chance and declared III the
Morris supporters are going to use
that kind of tactics we want to know
it, because II they are, we are
through" There was more, much
more, in the same vein and with
equal heat and Davidson got a great
cheer when he finished.
The Morris forces were caught un-
awares and made little response.
Fred Mau, Ransom county, said he
had paid for his newspaper, that they
! were not being given away. as David
son if1timated, and that 1t was not
binding upon the convention to rec
cgnize any of the statements made. A
Grand Forks delegate asserted that,
if the convention could be swayed by
a newspaper story it needed q dicta-
tor. Davidson had charged Paulson
with an attempt to dictate selection
tof Morris. The rest of the proceed
ings were conducted peacebly enough.
The program outlined by Twichell
struck a snag after the I. v. A. con-
vention had Endorsed the candidates
selected by the Real Republicans, IN
line with his suggestion early In the
convention. The motion had no more
than been declared carried when
Joseph McGauvran, Cavalier county,
former legislator and long a Demo-
crat, made violent objection.
McGauvran said he was little
deaf and therefore had not caught
the proposal as it was voted upon but
wanted to object anyhow. He point
ed out that there were Democrats
among the I. v. A. group which was
formed primarily to consider state
issues. He asserted he did not ap-
prove putting the Democratic I. "
! AS on record as favoring Republican
candidates for national office and
that, If this sort of thing were to be
the rule, he wanted to know it. He
limited strongly that persistence IN
| the action would eliminate his inter-
est in the I. v. A. cause.
No One Defended Action
Several others spoke In favor OF
McQauyran's stand but no one raised
his voice in favor of the action which
had lust been taken and the indorse-
ment of the Real Republicans was
expunged from the record. Twichell,
who had made 1t part Of the pro-
gram, said nothing, although he orig
inally had declared that such action
was a matter of custom. McGauvran
contended that 1t was not and many
delegates said later they could not
recall such action having been taken
in the past.
McGauvran's victory, however, en-
abled the I. v. AS to maintain the
Republican Democratic coalitio n
theory If they wish to do so. Sue
cess of Twichell's plan would have
labelled 1t as the joke 1t has been
ever since the I. v. A. Democrats lost
control of the Democratic party ma
chinery four years ago.
It made little difference, however,
since there were very few Democrats
at the convention and those were
largely men put on the state payroll
by the I. v. AS McGauvran and a
few others provided enough excep-
tons prove the rule.
The Burleigh county delegation
was on the losing side Of the gov
ernorship contest. It was the only
large county to vote solidly for pro-
noting the attorney general.
The candidacy of J. p. Cain, Dick
inson, for lieutenant governor, was
not even formally presented. It had
been tied up with the MorriS-for-
governor boom and when that failed
Gains friends saw no chance tor VIC
tory.
The Burleigh group, however, won
the Endorsement for secretary Of state
for A. l.. Garnes, Regan, who had
been defeated In an effort to win
Endorsement for the treasurership
when the convention decided to favor
q woman candidate. 0arnes got 4
chance at the secretary Of state con-
test when Henry Handtmann, Man
dan, who previously had been in
dorsed, notified. the convention that
he could not accept. There was no
opposition to Handtmann on the
first round nor to Garnes on the SEC
ond.
TO ENLARGE WATERWORKS
Willkton. N. D.. April 7.-{R-The
general contract for enlargement Of
the winston waterworks plant has
been let to J. p. Murphy Of Willis
ton. His bid was $4,000 for the
building.