The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-07
DEMOCRATS APPEAR
|CHEERFUL IN MOVE
| TO BLAST CHARGES
lPIan Disclosed to Check EliQi.
bility Of All Candidates
Elected Nov. s
EjANSONluS WILL PRESIDE
Both Olson and Wexford Seen
40 Successors to Office Il
Contest Succeeds
JANsoNIus WILL PRESIDE

Legal batteries moved behind Gov.
ernor- Elect Thomas H. Noodle FRI
day in the first formal steps to com
bat the attempt to disqualify him
from taking office, while conflicting
claims to the governorship operated
to keep the state In political confu-
sion likened to the turmoil that ex-N
listed six months ago when william
LANCER was ousted from the COVER
norship.
Republican forces dominated By
LANCER consolidated their strength 10
the hope the move against Noodle
would again restore to the chief ex-
ecutive's chair one Of their group. The
Democratic party, on whose ticket
Noodle was Z candidate, considered
plans for investigating qualifications
Of their elected. political opponents.
Developments included:
Serving Of demurrers to the
Noodle complaint. which charges
he fails to meet the five-year
residence requirement provided
for In the state constitution.
the Noodle case, Democrats
planned TO check the eligibility
Of Ill candidates elected to state
office In tho November election:
with exception At Noodle. SUE
cessful candidates wsrs LANCER
Repu6e1eanS. se 49, 7 80
Announcement By District
Judge Fred JanSon1uB Of BIZ.
marck he has Withdrawn his -.
quest that Judge w. J. XueeehAW
preside ct the hearing heTe naxt
Tuesday TO permanently .en5otn
the secretary Of state from issu-
ing q certificate Of election 70
the governor-elect: Jausouius,
declaring his action WAS taken !,
because LANCER participated IN
delivering the request 70 Knee.
shaw, said be himself viii Ut n
the case.
See Welfora - Oevssnse
Langerites expressed optimism that
Walter Wexford. lieutenant governor
eject, viii be the next governor Of
North Dakota" They hoped that
through Wexford the LANCER political
organization could be repaired ana
10 start "housecleaning" Of appointees
Of Governor Ole II. Olson, who b.
came chief executive In July when
the state supreme court held EAnger'S
conviction Of felony disqualified him
from serving out his term.
Noodle supporters, ct first stunned
BY the news the governor-elect's a.
gibility was challenged, appeared
more cheerful Friday Is attorneys
buried themselves In law books and
extracted decisions which they Claim
will show the Noodle case Is founded
On thin legal reasoning. They pointed
to Noodles long residence In the
state with occasional absences, "a.
vancing arguments that the fact h6
voted IN Minnesota four years ago
did not cause him to lose hts resi-.
dence In North Dakota.
Supporters Of Governor Olson, R.
publican who supported Noodle In
the campaign, claimed that Il the
governor eject + disqualified the IL.
cllmbent chief executive continues IN
office.
Langerites held that should LANCER
b absolved In hts federal circuit
court Of appeals case. he would Be
in . position for the governors chair
II tho present eovernor-elect IS Ia.
eligible.
Study Weleeed's Qualilica&jous
Lieutenant +. Governor Elect VEL
ford's residence was the object Of
Investigation BY some Democrats, ap-
parently acting IN unofficial capacity,
but there was no indication any evi-
dence had been uncovered to Ques-.
ton his or other successful candi-
dates eligibility.
In answer to Hum0es that his. qu0d..
ifications for office were being scru-
tinized, Insurance Commissioner
Elect Harold Hopton IN FUyo Friday
said he was ct . loss to understand
what question could be ratsed over
his eligibility. He said he had spent
. two years in Canada, adding that he
was there on Z special mission, was
under Z special permit. had not lost
his American ctti1enship, and had ct
no time cast . ballot elsewhere than
1t Bismarck, his home. He said be
returned 70 the United States i'm.
mediately after his mission w1s CON.
I pleted.
Nonpartisan League county ctair-
men. who had lent strong support to
h LANCER, had completed their confer.
ence In Bismarck. and left With their
executive committee authority de-
Esigued to consolidate their forces.
4 Attention again conferred on the
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