The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1917, Page 3

f \ | | \} i Sele aeRO te ssc 2 MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1917. ALT. KRAABEL, Lieutenant Governor HUNDRED LEAGUE HOUSE MEMBERS JOIN IN CAUCUS » Leaders Claim All But Thirteen in Lower House Have Es- poused Non-Partisanship WILEY STILL REFUSES TO LEAVE WOOD FIELD Morton County Member Regard- Med as Candidate for Speaker- ship by Friends “One hundred’ house members will participate in the league caucus this afternoon,” A. E. Bowen, league or- ganizer and certain choice for clerk of the house, declared today. This means, if Mr. Bowen's estl- mate proves correct, that the. league has gained 19 legislators since the No- vember election. At that time the league elected 81 members, and 32 were named on independent Republi- can or Democratic tickets. The league at all times has been conceded a clear majority of 49 in the house. This es- timate gives the league all but 13 members of that body—and 13 is a very unlucky number for a minority, when the majority has 100. Hendrickson Minority Leader. ‘Staale Hendrickson, minority lead- er, and onéof the few former house members returned in the face of league opposition, may have other views on the subject, but he is not making medicine today and could not be induced to talk. The 32 members of the house who were not elected by the league last November are: J. H. Sinclair of Kenmare, Democrat, ond; P. G. Hanson of Grand Forks, Republican, from the Fifth; J. F. T. O'Connor of Grand Forks, Democrat, from the Sixth; B, G. Tenneson and J. Wilson, Republicans, and E, E. Cole, Democrat, from the ‘Ninth, Cass county; A. G. Storstad and ‘Berndt Sandbeck, (Republicans, Tenth dis- trict, (Cass county; A. G. Divet of Wahpeton, ‘Republican, trom the Twelfth; Nels Peterson, Republican, Thirteenth district, Sargent county; Bert Carr, Republican, Barnes coun- ty, Fifteenth district; R. A. Lathrop, Republican, Sixteenth district; P. H. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER $. A. OLSNESS, New Rockford Farmer and merchant. He has been connected with several mutual insur. lance companies. Mr. Olsness is a bachefor. He homesteaded in North Dakota and is in close touch with the jon-Partisan league movement, ni Kelley, Republican, Ramsey from the Sec-|_ , Veterans of the house and re-elected county, Twenty-first district; Dana Wright and S. 0. Allen of Jamestown, Repub- licans, Twenty-third district; C. E. a4 GOVERNOR LYNN J. FRAZIER Elected by the largest majority ever given any gubernatorial candidate in history of state. Knox, Kepublican, Dickey county, Twenty-fifth district; S. D. Smith, Re- may remain so. In view of the fact publican, Kidder county, Twenty-sixth that no legislator likes to see a pet district; C. C. Turner, H. A. Macoff] bill slaughtered, a stecring committee | and H. J. (Blanchard, ‘Republicans, | berth is no sinecure. Stark county, ‘Thirty-first district; Will Not Talk i John Rott, Jr, and Christ Geiszler, Representative ie ees in Republicans, Thirty-sixth district; C-| sdvance of the caucus to discuss pos- H. ‘Ebel and ‘M. G. Myhre, Republi- cans, (Richland county, Thirty-seventh district; 0. A. Olson, ‘Republican, Thirty-ninth district; Staale Hen- drickson, Republican, ‘Fortieth dis- trict; Fred Eckert, Republican, Forge first. district; James Rice, Republican, t McLean county, Forty-sixth district; Haare at the ery ae i August Izaak, Republican, - Forty-| over any ossibility Se rate worried eighth district; Henry Moen, ‘H. J. » pt etene Stinger and John M. Cartgnan, Rep licans, Forty-ninth district. sible committee appointments with- out consulting a committee which is | to be named this afternoon to confer | with him, and that furthermore he | would not anticipate any possible ac- | tion. of the caucus relative to the| STENMO FOR TORRENS ATTORNEY GENERAL ing for Elimination of Red Tape Senator Albert Stenmo, successor from the Seventh district to Har Bronson of Grand Forks, whom he re- tired at the primaries last June, is a germ believer in the Torrens system of land tansfers. He has made a very thorough study of the subject, and no doubt will introduce a bill in the sen- ate, after constitutional preparation has been made. Mr. Stenmo contends that under the Present abstract system, the abstract fees on a small lot which has chang- ed in Illinois in 1895, after Chicago to more than the purchase price. He believes that everyone would benefit from a more simple plan of perfecting titles, The Torrens system, now in opera- tion in several states, fitst was adopt- e din Illinois in 1895, after Chicago had suffered for several years from the confusion in property titles result- ing from the destruction of all rec- ords in the great fire of the seventies. The American Bar association at its Salt Lake session in 1915, adopted a uniform bill based on the Torrens idea. Senator Stenmo expects to adapt this Dill to the conditions pe- culiar to North Dakota. Before the bill can finally be enacted into law, the Grand Forks senator is of the opin-} ion that a constitutional amendment will be required. WILLIAM-LANGER Made a phenomenal run ‘at the pri- maries, Pledged to strict enforce. ment of prohibition laws, Republicans in Majority. So far as party lines go, the Re- publicans are in the great majority in the house, with 97 members, to 16 for the Democrats. Of the house Re- publicans, 68 were elected by the league, leaving 29 non-leaguer ‘Repub- licans. Of the Democrats, 13 were named by the league, leaving but three independents. If the league has in caucus this af- ternoon, at 2 o’clock, when the course of the ship of state as regards the house is to be determined, 100 rep- resentatives, it will leave just 13 in- dependents, and it should not be dif- ficult to pick them from the above list. ABOR COMMISSIONER Wood Beyond a Doubt. Howard R. Wood of Deering seems to be the speaker beyond any doubt. The league, at least so far as its lead- ers are concerned, is openly for him,, He has the Ward county delegation and practically all of the other north- SYSTEM. OF TRANSFER | OF DAKOTA PROPERTY’ Senator Will Prepare Bill Provid-! Survived the Landslide JOHN STEEN, State Treasurer Will have charge of state’s strong box for two more years. Ran neck and neck with PL M. Casey of Lisbon. DEFEATEO)(CANDIDATE NO RIGHT 10 OFFICE," IS COURT OPINION ered in Favor of Superin- tendent-Elect Jensen (By Special Correspondent.) Mandan, N. D., Jan. 1—A decision was rendered in favor of County School Superintendent-elect. H. K. Jensen by Judge Hanley this morn- ing, sustaining the demurrer of Jen- sen’s attorneys, Sullivan & Sullivan, who appeared before Judge Hanley last Thursday afternoon answering to the complaint made by H. L. Woll. western counties committed to his candidacy, and it is anticipated that he will run strong with the eastern part of the state. Wiley Still a Candidate. D. Wiley of Odense, one of the L. this year as a league candidate, has, however, refused- to withdraw and leave Wood a clear field. Wiley will not be interviewed; likewise ‘he will not state he is out of it. Yesterday evening he was regarded by league leaders as a candidate, but they de- clined/ ty “scuss his candiacy an its possible bearing on this afternoon’s caucus. Meet at Northwest. Today’s caucus will held at the Northwest hotel, the former dining room, which will seat several hun- dred people, being utilized. In addi- tion to naming Wood speaker and Bowen clerk of the house, there will be appointed a. committee to confer ; with Wood on committeeships and a| ~---4OHN N..HAGAN, Deering. steering committee probably will be A ‘prominent League worker, farmer named. and intensely interested in immigra- The personnel of this steering com-|tion. His full title is commissioner of mittee is a dark secret to date and, laber and agriculture, H. L. Woll, defeated candidate for the same office, brought action against Jensen through his attorneys, Langer & Nuchols, avering that Jen- sen had not taught school the re- quired length of time, and was there- fore not. eligible ;to the office, and that he ‘being the next highest at the election was entitled to the office. Sullivan & Sullivan demurred to Woll’s compalint, holding that a de- feated candidate has no right to office, and as Woll was considered a de- feated candidate, he had no right to make the complaint. SENATOR STENMO HERE. Senator Albert Stenmo, who’ deféat- | ed Harry ‘A. Bronson at the primaries last June, is here from Grand Forks, One of the easiest things. Senato: Stenmo does is to look like Governor | Frazier from the eyes up. He more loquacious than the chie? utive, however,.and it is anticipated that he will make a very worthy suc- cessor to the progressive Grand Forks statesman, who is to become Attor- I ney General Langer’s first. deputy. Decision by Judge Hanley Rend-| TO THE SUNNY SOUTH. Judge W. A. Carter, who has so ef- ficiently greeted visitors to the exec- utive chambers during Governor Han- na’s four-year term, cleans up his desk today and, after hovering around for the doings next week, will hie himself back to his old stamping grounds at Dickinson, After a month there, he will journey to Musgogee. Okla., where he has important inter- ests and where he expects to spend the remainder of the winter thawing out. Judge Carter has made a legion of friends at the capitol, and he w be genuinely missed. SECRETARY OF STATE, THOMAS HALL . One of the old faces to be seen at state house ras | OLSNESS. RETAINS AUSTIN: SENATE SENATE, ver nome wns MAD HAS SEMTE Deputy Insurance Commissioner Will Remain on Job— Regan were | DAY'S QUESTION Insurance Commissioner elect Ols ness announced today that Deputy Control of Upper House Remains. Commissioner W. D. Austin, whe has! been connected with Une insurance Question—Both Sides Claim department for many years, will te] It HOLD-OVERS HOLD KEY TO»: retained in his pr capacity, will Mrs. Lewis, chief stenographer It ll be generally gratifying to his many friends throught the state to | learn that Thom: moheo, depaty . . in charge of the state ha! insurance INTERESTING SITUATION fund, remains on the job, also. Mr, Olsne: Should Seven Veterans Switch Ta’ new a | i | Aslakson of Sieyemu of the commisioner graduue of a; League Complete Domination. ' Fargo business college and recentis employed in a Regan b to be Would Result Ida Kvale, who+ = «ional ban | Just now the all-important question four or fi | is, “What will the senate do?” or, pher to chief clerk; and M has been with the | at Sheyenne for the years, to be personal stenog ; more particularly, “Senate, . senate, the comm oman, mind} who has the senate?” Miss Kvale su Leila Die-| The league answers, “We have it.” sem and Mis: Reale, | The same answer may be had from - ——————— | uny number of independents. : A cau- STATE AUDITOR ‘cus to be held this evening, it a suf- | ficient number of members — shall | have arrived, m tell. Or the true {condition of affairs may not be re- aled until the time comes for or- {yanizing the constitutional conven- | tion, Superfine Leaguers. The leaguers this year elected 18 jout of members of the senate. These senators, who may reasonably | be expected to be leaguers from the -off, are: Walter Welford of the . Christ Levang of the Third, Hemmingson of the Fifth, wl- IP, ‘bert Stenmo of the Seventh, Charles KE. Drown of the Eleventh, * Richard McCarten of the Thirteenth, C. I. Mor- jkrid of the Seventeentr, John Ben< |son of the Nineteenth, Thomas Pen- idray of the Twenty-third, William | Zieman of the Twenty-fifth, Carroll ! PD. King of the Twenty-seventh, Thor- wald Mostad of the Twenty-ninth, | James A. Wenstrom of the Thirty: | third, F. Hunt of the Thirty-ninth, Morten Mortenson of the Forty-first,' | Edward Hamerly of the Forty-third, | Ole Ettestad of the Forty-fifth, and J. (1, Cahill of the Forty-seventh, : | The league did not elect Gilbert W. | Haggart of the Ninth, Frank E. Ploy- \ har of the Fifteenth, Frank- H, Hy- yifirst, M. ia Me- in As CARL R. KOSITZKY Formerly secretary of tax commis- sion and also until Jan. 1a member of | board of Burleigh county commission. | ers. (Continued on Page Seren) i NEW BOARD OF RAILR OAD COMMISSIONERS Farmer. One of candidates selected by League to carry out its grogram. CHARLES W. BLEICK, Elgin Morton county farmer. He has tak- 4 “ en a leading part in the farmers’ move- M.\. JOHNSON, Tolley 3 pf Equity Seeiety Slated to be ¢! ments of the state. One of th he ri members of the League in that gec- No! t tion, he had much to do with ifg guc- of new: cess on the Slope,