The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 2, 1920, Page 1

ty THE wiht { " Ungettled ‘RCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR FRAZIER WI BRYAN TAKES PROHIBITION AND LEAGUE OF NATIONS FIGHT TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FLOOR Commoner Also Has Other Planks to Offer as Amendments to Resolutions Committee Report Read by Chairman Glass—New Jersey Man to Offer Wet Plank—Nominations May be Held Up by Battle Over Platform—Republicans Are Assailed Auditorium, San Francisco, July 2. and the drys, the Democratic nation for a long session. The first skirmish of the fight was wet plank by James R. Nugent, of liam J. Bryan. There was little pros fore tonight. + Growing used to late starts the ever in arriving for the fifth day's Mr. Bryan came to the convention hall prepared to present five planks to the platform. His dry plank was the same as the one he announced on his arrival here last week. In another plank he renewed his fight for a natural bulletin to’ be published by the federal government. He also had a profiteering’ plank for the eli- mination of “unnecssary of middlo- men” and force the disclosure of buy: ing and selling prices and creating within the state commissions similar to the federal trade commissions, Another plank very briefly stated opposition to universal compulsory military ‘training in time of peace. His treaty plank was the same as one he previously had announced. Another minority report dealing with soldier relief was ready to be presented by Tom D. Lyons, of Okla- homa. It made no mention of a bonus put declared for a system of farm and home loans. Just what form the fight of the Irish sympathizers for the recognition of their plank would take had not been revealed. One of the planks under consideration in a ‘back-stage conference of leaders was a suggestion that all debate on the platform be limited to three hours and that balloting for a presidential candidate should follow. There was some objection however and the con- sultation continued. At 10.45 o’clock the long-awaited reported on the platform committee was formally brought before the con- vention and read by Chairman Glass. the _ resolutions committee. {t was the opening business of the big day’s fight. Bryan Cheered At 10:27, Chairman Robinson, Mr. Glass, and Mr. Bryan, appeared to- gether on the platform and there was scattered applause. Some cheers for Bryan followed from corners of the galleries and there were a lot of im- patient demands that the convention get under way. ‘ At 10:35 Senator Robinson pounded |* for order and the hall quieted down quickly. Amid more cheering Senator Rob- inson presented Senator Glass and the reading of the platform began. Galleries listened attentively and in- terrupted the opening references to President Wilson by loud applause. At the point where the platform declared for a league of nations, Sen- ator Glass put the emphasis on the “cheers resounded.” Senator Glass began reading at the rate of 56 words a minute. The platform exceeds 5,000 words. Without intrruption the read- ing could continue and hour and forty minutes. END NOMINATING SPEECHES After sending the police through the aisles to clear, at the session yester- day afternoon, the Chairman got the delegates seated and Bishop Nichols of the Episcopal Diocese of San Fran- cisco offered a prayer concluding by leading the convention in the recital of the Lord’s prayer. When the organ pealed off “the Star Spangled Banner” and the con- vention chorused in the strains of the majestic air. At the close of the singing, Judge Murasky of San Francisco took a place at the speaker's stand and re- cited the battle hymn of the republic while the great organ softly throbbed the melody air in accompaniment. The judge recited the first stanza. Organ Sounds The judge recited the first stanza while the organ trembled out its me- lodious strains, and then coming to the chorus, turned his eyes to a far gallery where a clear toned soprano rang out with the refrain, beginning softly at first and then joining in the peal of the organ as it burst out into) the mighty thunder of “Glory, Glory; Wallelujah.” Then, the audience joined in the rolling chorus and the great auditorium was filled to the very roof with song. At the conclusion of the singing the secretary of the convention continued the call of the roll of states for nominating speeches. New Mexico, first on the call, sim- ply seconded the nomination of Wil- liam G. McAdoo. It was the signal for a demonstration which started in —All set for the battle of the wets al convention asembled this morning to come on the submission of a New Jersey, and a dry plank, by Wil- pect of balloting for a nominee be- dolegates and crowd were slower than convention. RR ee HALL, KOSITZKY | RUNNING AHEAD | OF WM. LANGER Complete Returns from One Strong League County Shows Good Vote for Them There is still hope for Hall, Kosit- zky and Christianson. The Tribune is in receipt of complete returns from Mercer county which gave-Frazier a lead over Langer of 470 votes. In this county Kositzky ran 44 votes ahead of Langer; Hall ran 138 votes ahead and | Christianson ran 121 ahead of Langer. It remained for Minnie Neilson to lead all anti-Townley candidates ‘in this league stronghold. She got 520 votes to 828 for Johnson. Railroad gdmmissioners afso ran ahead of Langer here by from 75 to 90 votes. Gronna also got 51 votes more than Langer. The vote: Gronna 358, Ladd 623, White 82, Norton 442, Sinclair 601, Uanger 307, Frazier 777, Streeter 34: Wood 682, Hall 445, Cahill 607, Ke sitzky 351, Ponidexter 695, Steen 375, Walker 646, Gallagher 316, Lemke 729, Quanbeck 329, Olsness 692, White 295, Hagan 724, Stutsman 394, Krueger 373, Williams 376, Dupis 565, ° Milhollan 382. McDonald 644. ristianson 428, Richardson 587, Neilson 520, Johnson 829. Sixth dis- trict judges: Pugh 428, Lemke 637, Hyland 583, Bitzing 276, Casey 169, Berry 550, McBride 252. Smelling Committee ‘eague referred measures—the smell- ing committee, the state sheriff law and the amendment to theabsent vot- 2rs’ law—will be defeated. In many counties league members turned against these. In Morton county where a majority was registered for Frazier, the majorities against these measures ranged from 400 to 500. If this ratio is kept up the measures will be defeated badly. In Mercer county the vote on re- ferred measures was: Red Flag bill yes 418; No 549. Absent voters, yes 501; No 372. State sheriff, yes 505; ng 399. Investigation, yes 563, No 04. BURTNESS WINS, YOUNG IN LEAD FOR CONGRESS Pat Norton Has Chance to Beat { Sinclair—Townley Couldn’t Mass Socialist Vote Burtness’s election to congress in the first district is assured, John Baer, league congressman, has been decisively defeated. In 370 precincts out of 558 in the first district give Burtness 12,080 and Baer 10,952. In this figure are no returns from Cav- alier, Richland and Traill. In these counties Langer received about 1,350. Jt is reasonable to suppose that Burt- ness will at least reach and may ex- ceed Langer’s vote so that there is jno question of his nomination. Norton is running ahead of Lan- | ger’s vote in the Third district. His ; nomination is very likely from scat {tered reports. In many league stro! | holds, ‘Norton almost split even with | Sinclair and his friends are claiming tory for him. In the Second district the race is It is quite possible that the three | , vention; I rise to second the nomina-! ‘ tion of Senator Simmons of North Car- the galleries and spread to some dele-| very close between George M. Young gations on the floor but did not last! and Thomas Pendray. Mr. Young long. North Carolina sent W. C. New! claims his nomination by 1,000. !t land. of Lenoir to the platform to| seems very reasonable bécause ‘he place in nomination Senator Simmons | goes out of Burleigh, Barnes, Stuts- for whom Ye Nora Carolina delegates ; man, Logan, Emmons, McIntosh with Mrs. M: ere ob naks, nn of Cal < The aeattedatoual fights were hard- ifornia mate & seconding "epeech for | oh aa Pownles, for. a rae giairict 5 could he mass his socialist support Simmons, merely Bayne i he did in the contest for gover- nor. In the gubernatorial Republican ! primaries, Townley was able to vote olina.” 110,000 socialists solid. Returns front North Dakota passed and Oregon! counties where before the league wip- announced that the delegation “‘join-| ed out the socialist party, the social- ed the movement to draft the Honor-| ists had a big following are solid for able Wm. Gibbs McAdoo.” H Adoo boomers helped out by the band.’ ed that 10,000 voters who would have made that the signal for another brief under normal conditions voted in demonstration. j socialist primaries made their weight Rhode Island passed, so did South felt in the Republican primaries Carolina, Tentiessée and Texas and, Which is legally possible under our (Continued on Page Hight) | primary system. “Ladies and Gentlemen of the con- The Mc.| Frazier. It is conservatively estimat-| ‘PLATFORM IS WRITTEN AND and Favorable Irish Plank | Arouse BRYAN IS ON Refers to Great Varicty of Sub- jects in Suite of Efforis to Make it Short San Francisco, July : ter days and nights of struggle with clashing interests and opinions tic resolutions draft of the platform w laid before the Democr convention today for a Further conflict in the to: convention itself w tain. Trish sympath delegates had served purpose to have that pi to include a flat demand ic ic recognition of the republi land, Decisively defeated in hi to force a bone-dry de. the committee’s structur Bryan announced his purpose ‘of re- newing his demand on the fidor, He jase their purpose. Silent on Prohibition The committee platform wa on prohibition enforcement, jas It a long document, eff silent was A wide range of subjec including agricultural, soldi and a score or more of dom: tions. The preamble was was confined to a trilute to th ership of President Wil ‘Foremost among the p endorsement of the league Lack of Plank on Prohibition Fe WARPATH |; to produce a a 1 and condemnation of the Republ senate of having interpose envy and personal hatred” way of world peat The Pre j stand against “res i to. cut to piece: | of.the Versailles treat, ed, but coupled with’ !was the statement, v ja prolonged committee struggle, !the Democratic party did no reservations making « y specific the obligations States to the associated nat War. ‘Declaration Accompanying this w tion that the. President ly declared and the re-affirms that Ame: asa league membc filled in strict conform constitution of the United S) bodied is the fundamer of necesary declaratory action b gress before this nation may becom a participant in The Irish plank, af mittee dispute, was brief. cific reference followed a sertion reaffirming the 1 national self-determin aim which victory merely renewed v tions of internat Democratic party with tions for self-government. menian plank a expre pathy. but was silent on t of accepting by the Uniied Sta mandate over that country for which the President asked authority of congress. Armenian plank Consistent with constitution and American prix ment should “lend proper aid to the Armenian set up a government of their touched on was the non Asiatic immigrants declarc a national policy a trv of the judgment of our pe report: was to placate stat enforcement of that policy 5 particular concern. i Mexican Plank The Mexican plank asserted that) the administration, rei (Continued on Page County Adams . Bowman . Burke Cass Divide Dunn Eddy .. Foster . Golden V: Griggs . Hettinger LaMoure McKenzie Morton . Mountrail Nelson .. Ramsey Ransom Renville Rievhland . Sargent Slope . Sioux Stark Steel .. Stutsman Towner Walsh Ward Wells Williams Totals ..... ring int 3 ) ’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. RIDAY, JULY 2, 1920 SS PRICE FIVE CENTS VOTE ie Pem| Ramsey RUD A C control 2 promise and } merican di patched to M orities 4 Admiral Townle nl, at ON GOVERNOR BY COUNTIES | Precincts-Reported Langer, Frazier . - 356 437 43-55 1747 1270 | ae 1692 2 1463 Bh, - 46-5 800° 1498 ‘ jpornuete 3 act 539 DES eters ~ 1 427 Complete 159 150 1172 1060 ae 2560 ‘ ° 238 867 .Complete 36 7924 913 . 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RKS ICANS In a concerted ng about the release of Paul Nilson, of Illinois, ho are held by Turkish nationalists iroyershas been dis 1 andyFrench auth- > holding Tugkish hostages, ‘onstantinople, BIG POLITICAL CONVENTIONS 1AGUE CONTROL LEGISLATURE Y SHAKEN will not have ab- the next Yegislature, folling the where ntation is the larg-; lost solid j voice to a room full of Ohians why he Great Commoner Finds Pleas- ant Thought in Inability to Tell What Convention is Go- ing to Do BY MABEL ABBOTT San Francisco, July 2.—You can’t ‘measure this. convention by its hotel corridor aspects,” said William Jen- nings Bryan with his justly celebrat- ed smile. “One of the pleasant things ;can tell what is going to happen.” Mr. \Bryan was ond of several of whom I got a glimpse on the eve ox the big fight. A few floors higher up in the St. #rancis hotel than Mr. Bryan, is Sena- tor Owen of Oklahoma, the part Cher- okee candidate for the presidenc. He thinks the. whole H. C. of L. que tion, from production to consumption, is the biggest one to be faced by the next president, and he hopes to have the job. ‘ Love Talks McAdoo T. B. Love of Texas has the deli- cate job of managing a balky candi- date. Mr. Love was assistant sec- retary of the treasury during the war, and, when anybody wants to know anything about the candidacy that is going merrily on without Mr. Mc- Adoo, he is generally told “see Tom Love,” E. H. Moore, campaign - manager for Governor Cox, dinnerless and hag- gard and explaining at the top of his hadn’t ‘been able to get seats for ail of them at all of the sessions, was | to the" state depart- o AGronna 425 * 480 i 270 3922 ) 542 342 470 504 402 504 596 571 1549 GAL 928 1577 785 167 1666 1019 136 736 592 2227 455 919 1221 564 937 25051 White 26 37 19 58 186 1059} 51 went to sleep at home. stil cheerful. “We think Governor Cox is going to be elected because he has the record that will make the strongest appeal to the American people,” he summarized. Palmer Backers Busy Mitchell Palmer has headquarters right down on the street, like a store. There is no Quaker quietness about this Quaker’s campaign . His sup- porters invade cafes and hotel lobbies with bands and campaign songs; a scenario with himself as the central figure will be thrown on the movie screens, and his picture is being} distributed as a souvenir fan. C. C. Carter of West Virginia ,his campaign manager, said: ‘We be- lieve Mr. Palmer will lead from the first ballot and will be nominated. We represent the administration poli- cies.” ‘| SLEEPS ON AS FLAMES RAGE Sioux Falls, S. D., July 2.—Rein- hold H. Baer, a resident of Mobridge. He awoke in a hospital some hours later. Baer’s home caught fire about midnight. Firemen soon extinguished the flame. While they were inspecting the house .|to see what damage had been done, they found Baer unconscious from smoke and gas. Baer said he dreamed he was at the Democratic convention. ; NOMINATION SENATORIAL FIGHT I$ CLOSE BUT RETURNS. INDICATE LADD. WINS; BURTNESS SAFE IN VALLEY DISTRICT League Masses Socialist Vote Against William Langer Who Wins Majority of Republican Ballots in Wonderful Battle. Williams, Divide, Dunn, Mercer, Mountrail and Other Counties Having Big Socialist Registration Six Years Ago Defeat Anti-Town- ley Candidate for Governor BIG GAINS ARE NOTED IN LEGISLATURE _ Governor Lynn J. Frazier has been nominated for governor in the Republican primaries, but his success has been won by the participation in Republican primaries of avowed socialists. His majority will be between 4,000 to 8,000 wholly dependent upon ine returns from slightly over 300 rural precincts to be heard rom. Dr. E. F. Ladd probably has defeated United States Senator A. J. Gronna for the senatorial nomination. The available re- turns indicating that Dr Ladd’s total vote will be in excess of that cast for Frazier. VOTE OF 12,000 OUT At 3 o’clock this afternoon, when 1,665 precincts had been re- ported, and 97,362: votes accounted for, Langer retained a lead of IS. The missing precincts, all rural, most of them in counties that have been returning league majorities,.are expected to wipe out Langer’s small remaining majority, and establish a safe major- ity for Frazier. The bulk of the:399 unreported precincts are in the northwest- ern section of the state, strongly Nonpartisan. They are likely to account for a total vote of about 12,000 on. the basis of the average number of votes per precinct. The vote in 1665 precincts follows: 48,302. Ladd, with 997 precincts reported, Ladd having 25,370 and Gronna, 24,898. Langer, 49,060; Frazier, SWING TO FRAZIER __ The swing against Langer, who held a lead over Lynn J. Fra- zier all the way up to the time that nearly 100,000 votes had been reported, set in about mid afternoon on Thursday. At 1 o’clock ; Wednesday Langer’s strength reached its crest, when he had a lead of 11,900. At that time approximately 57,000. votes had been reported, then reports began coming in from the strong league districts in the. northwestern part of the state, as did the rural precincts in counties that had gone for Langer. The Langer lead receded rap- idly, and-in-the next 37,000-votes that were reported, Langer had dropped more: than 8,000 of his earlier lead and he retained a margin of only 1,600 when about 94,000 votes had’ been ‘reported at noon today. j MARS SOCIALIST STRENGTH J In sections of the state where Townley could not mass his solid socialist strength, the Republicans found it easy sailing, Langer winning not in all instances by large but in each case by comfort- able majorities. t Burtness of Grand Forks has defeated John Baer of Fargo, the league leader. The Red River valley farmers gave Townley the worst trimming he has ever had and reflected what could be done when the issue is clean cut as between Republicans and So- cialists. In centers of the state where the vote is more radical, Townley won substantial majorities, but even here Langer cut his old time majorities of four and two years ago. Four years ago Frazier defeated Steen by slightly under 17,000 about a convention is that you never! votes, so that the turn over that has taken place upon present ° returns is quite apparent. 2 YOUNG CLAIMS VICTORY George M. Young claims his nomination by 1,000 and P. D. Norton is running ahead of Langer in the Third District with excellent prospects of winning the nomination. On the balance of the ticket, it will be hard to predict or fore- cast. The Nonpartisan press at Fargo and Grand. Forks claim a complete victory including chief justice of the supreme court and state superintendent of public instruction. Nothing but an official tabulation by the county auditors which is in progress today can determine that. Upon the face of scattered returns Christianson, Hall, Kositzky and Neilson are giving their league opponents a merry chase. Miss Neilson’s prospects are brightest of the four anti-Townley candidates men- tioned. She has shown remarkable strength and the fact that the women vote was so heavy in the cities may pull her through to victory. Arthur C. Townley has put Frazier over because the league -was able to mass 10,000 socialist votes in his support. It was in counties where the socialists used to cast a heavy vote in their own primaries ‘before they invaded the Republican primaries that Frazier maintained his old time strength. In counties of estab- lished Republican supremacy, Langer had an easy victory and if the socialist vote had not been able to invade the Republican primaries, the result would have been different. In a close fight such as this proves to be, the concentration of the socialist vote upon Frazier has won the victory and the Re- publicans again have been powerless to prevent the capture of the Republican nomination by Frazier. It is very likely, however, that the Republicans may have a chance to control a very con- siderable number of the county republican organizations and it has a very good sporting chance of controlling the State Republi- can organization of which William Lemke is now chairman, FRAZIER LOSES If the Republicans have watched their step carefully in the 31 counties that Langer has carried as against the 22 which Fra- zier has carried, the Republicans at least have the solace that while Townley has robbed them of the nomination, the Republi- cans have gained the state organization and can begin a serious effort to restore the party organization to its rightful control. Two years ago Frazier carried 45 counties and received sub- | stantial support in Republican strongholds. This year the op- posite is true. His big victories are in counties where the socialist vote has always been strong. When the socialists last partici- pated in their own primaries they had approximately 7,000 or $,000 votes. It is very reasonable to suppose that in the six years that have elapsed since the socialists have lost party entity in North Dakota that they now have a voting strength in this state of at least 10,000. This is a conservative estimate, because the league regime has attracted several thousand more socialists to North Dakota because they are heartily in sympathy with the league program. ‘ : ; Just how the socialist vote turned the trick this year is best evinced in the legislative and congressional fights. There Mr. Townley was unable to concentrate his socialistic support. In ( (Continued on Page Eight)