The Bismarck tribune., 1934-02-28
ASKED TO INDICATE
POSITION IN REGARD
T0LEACUE'S TICKET
Hettinger and Logan nonparti.
sans Demand Statement
by March z
LANCER MEN ORGANIZED
"Pay.RolIers" Steam.Roll Way
Through Burleigh Con-
vention Tuesday

"A Oculd1lu tIldL ". =. 0clAVOI 4yEJ
J. Frazier make known before Marcel
2 his position In regard to the Non,
partisan League gubernatorial en-.
dorSement for the June primary
reverberated Wednesday among the
echoes which arose Tuesday through
out North Dakota as the divided
party elected delegates to two state
League conventions-Langer and anti
LANCER.
Showdown challenges were issued to
Senator Frazier via telegram by the
Hettinger county convention ut Mott
and the Logan county convention at
Napoleon. At Mott It was reported
that l.. H. Mccoy, motor vehicle reg
istrar In the LANCER administration
suggested the procedure. Mccoy, Incl.
dentally, denied that he was = pay
roller" 1t was reported.
Results Of the county conventions
had been forecast accurately long in
advance, following the ''steam-roller
tactics employed by the Governor
LANCER "pay-roller" organization in
the precinct sessions.
As expected. "pay-rollers" In most
counties elected sets Of LANCER dele
gates to attend the convention at
Valley City March s while anti-Lan-
gerites. in separate sessions. named
other sets OF delegates to attend the
Jamestown convention . few days
later. which was called by precincs
elective state officials who have re.
pudiated the governor.
Had Mimeographed Sheets
The extent to which the "pay.roll.
ers" were organized is indicated by
the fact that the LAnger-employed
delegates came q the Burleigh coun-
ty convention here armed with MIN
eographed instruction sheets. on which
were outlined the step-by-step pro-
cedure for the meeting. listing By
name the persons who would nomin.
ate candidates for delegates and List.
ing exactly what was to transpire
from opening to adjournment.
In addition, typewriter ballots with
the names Of tho five LANCER candi-
dates for delegates had been prepared
in advance.
LANCER delegates named in Bur.
leigh county were William B. Fall
coner, Harold Hopton, J. B. brennan,
A. C. Jordan and Mrs. H. A. Car
Isle. S. S. Mcdonald will represent
labor.
Anti-Langer delegates named in
separate session were Fred Ur-
bach, Fred Uhde, ]. D. Olson, Olaf
Lein and Howard Gramling. o. C.
Croonquist, railroad conductor, will
represent labor at the anti-Langer
convention.
| Followed Instructions
Langer-controlled delegates mus.
tered from 79 to SO votes against .
maximum of Is for their opponents
here. At no time were the results
in doubt, as the "pay-rollers" car
ried out the details Of the mimeo.
graphed sheet to the letter.
Immediately after the convention
was called to order, County Chair.
man w. B. Falconer appointed C. J
Myers, j. B. brennan and C.. G.
Boise as the credentials committee
Myers is an employe Of the regula.
tory department and Boise is EN-
ployed in the office of the state bee1
commissioner.
/ A protest against the appointment,
Of the committee was voiced b,
Richard Middaugh, state fire mar
shall under the Frazier administra
ton. and by L. ]. Wehe, Bismarcl
attorney. who contended the com
mittee should be elected. They wer.
met by jeers and catcalls and erie,
of 'sit down." Wehe characterized
the tactics as "illegal, dirty, an&
rotten," and the worst spectacl,
North Dakota has witnessed sine,
the days of Alex Mckenzie. Haven
we come to a fine condition Of af
fairs when we see Nonpartisal
League convention STOPPING to prac
tices like this ?" he asked. He va,
heckled by LANCER delegates, includ
ing Chairman Falconer, who asked
who assumes the responsibility 70,
leadership
i Wehe called attention to the fac
that League precinct meetings orig
, inally were called for 2 o'clock i
the afternoon in the country pre-
cincts and 7:S0 o'clock in the eve
ming in the city at private home
, where we would have had to use
jimmy to get in, il we weren'
wanted" Then the committee late
changed the time and place of cit
, precinct meetings to 2 o'clock in tn
afternoon. "When I went to ii,
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