The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 30, 1932, Page 1

RNA ea Cn sing no concessions. It was their hope North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper . ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1932 Nonpartisans \Victor ~ y in Rep = The Weather Fair and cooler tonight; Friday and somewhat warmer. au PRICE FIVE CENTS core Complete ublican Races Democrats Favor Repeal BIG MARGIN GIVEN | MAJORITY PLANK BY | CONVENTIONALLOT, | Party Delegates Move Forward Thursday Toward Nomina- tion of Candidate EVEN WETS ARE SURPRISED Had Not Expected Such Over. | whelming Triumph; Vote is 93434 to 2133, i Chicago, June 30.—(}—The Demo- | cratic party wrote repeal of prohibi- tion at the head of its 1932 platform ‘Thursday and then moved on toward the nomination of its candidate, with Governor Rosoevelt of New York Pressing his advantage against a scattered field of rivals. In a session which began early | Wednesday evening and surged through tempestuous seas of debate until the early morning, the national convention accepted in a landslide a plank which said directly “We favor the repeal of the 18th amendment” and ended with a pledge of immediate modification of the Volstead law. It was an anti-prohibition triumph of proportions which even the most insistent opponents of the dry statutes never dreamed of a week ago. In a sudden surge of enthusiasm. amount- ing almost to a stampede. the repeal- ists rolled up a vote of 934% against 213%. They were urged to their vic- Turn to Page 7 for Text of Platform The complete text of the Demo- cratic platform as adopted at the convention in Chicago will be found on page 7 in this edition of The Tribune. tory bya speech in which Al Smith, the nominee of four years ago, sum- moned all his old-time fervor to the condemnation of the prohibition regime. Weary after hours of oratory, inter- spersed with a succession of as wildly whirling demonstrations as any con- vention has seen in recent times, the delegates recessed in the small hours until noon. They had before them then completion of the platform, ani the beginning of the last act of the drania—presentation of the presiden- tial candidates in a seires of nominat- ing speeches. May Be Over Friday It appeared a session Thursday ‘night might possibly set the long- awaited first ballot for the presidency an accomplished fact. It was certaii that unless a real deadlock developed. the convention would end Friday. The near approach of the suprem> test, after months of pre-convention | campaigning, found the Roosevelt generals in firm command of a ma- jority, and driving hard to break down the resistanec of the numerous! blocs of favorite sons. Rumors of momentous. developments spread across the convention scene. but there was little that had the color of! reality. One unquestioned factor was an im- | pressive effort to pull over to the; Roosevelt camp the 36 Missouri votes pledged to James A. Reed, and the 90 from Texas and California which are enlisted for Speaker John N. Garner. } Missouri showed definite signs of, weakening. It was reported, but de- nied by his friends, that Garner was ‘listening to talk of a vice-presidential nomination with Roosevelt. _. 770 Votes Are Needed It takes 770 of the convention's 1154 votes to nominate. Computations made from the results of state cau- cuses indicated Roosevelt's first-bal- lot strength might mount beyond 650, and a second-ballot swing was possible putting him past 700. If two or three of the favorite son blocs go to pieces between now and the first roll call,; it would be all over. There were signs of weakness with- in the Roosevelt ranks themselves, however, and the opposition was mak- | to hold the New Yorker below the) needed two-thirds long enough to dis- courage the least enthusiastic of his followers, and start a slow withdrawal from him. Such a development, in many a past convention, has been fa- tal to the leader. i ‘While a continuous round of nomin- ation conferences kept the leaders) busy, the delegates seemed to be more occupied with thoughts of prohibition as they were called together sgain in the stadium. "The slide toward repeal began late Wednesday, when the platform com- mittee voted unexpectedly, 35 to 17, to substitute the repealer for a plank originally prepared by Roosevelt men, Proposing only that the question of of Dry Law au | Nonpartisans Swept Into Office by Landslide 4 MRS. BERTA BAKER Shown above are the successful can- didates for Republican nominations at the primary election Wednesday as disclosed by late returns. Senator Nye swept the state by a tremendous majority which may ex- ceed 50,000; Langer held a substan- tial lead over Frank H. Hyland, his I. V. A. opponent; Congressman J. H. Sinclair led the field in the five- sided contest for the two congression- al-seats and was followed by Wil- Mam Lemke, Fargo. ¥ O. H. Olson, New Rockford, was (¥Qr% nominated. for lieutenant governor; (ii 8. A. Olsness was renominated for in- surance commissioner; Robert Byrne for Secretary of state and Ben C./ Larkin for railroad commissioner. Mrs. Berta Baker, present state treasurer, defeated John Steen for the state auditor nomination while Al- Williston, ALFRED S. DALE ceed Mrs. Baker as state treasurer. A. J, Gronna, James Mortis, another I. V. A. in- cumbent, while John Husby unseated J. A. Kitchen for the commissioner- fred S. Dale was nominated to suc-iship of agriculture and labor. defeated ROBERT BYRNE A. J. GRONNA WILLIAM LEMKE “ 4 ey a BEN C. LARKIN JOHN HUSBY \Burleigh County | Goes Nonpartisan All But Four: |. V. A. Candidates Trailing When Most Pre- cincts Are in DERBY AHEAD OF ISAMINGER William Langer, gubernatorial candi- date, were leading their 1.V.A. oppon- ents, Governor George F. Shafer and Prank H. Hyland, by 3,859-2,668 and 3,294-2,647 margins, respectively. Regular Democrats led “Jefferson- jan” candidates in the only contest with most of the precincts reported. Capturing attention in the no-party Accident Is Fatal To Grand Forks Man Grand Forks, N. D., June 30.—(@)- | Clarence Thompson, 22-year-old vic- tim of an auto accident here Tues- day, died from a skull fracture early Thursday physicians at a Grand Forks hospital announced. _ Hospital attendants said his broth- er, Elmer, 18, also injured in the crash, was unconscious and that he was in a selous condition but appar- ently slightly improved. Clarence drove the truck that col- lided with a small sedan driven by B G. Skjei, Grand Forks, released from the hospital yesterday. Nine persons were injured in the accident’ and three of them in addition to Thomp- son still are in the hospital. Geneva, conference Thu: plan. of time. WRECK KILLS NINE Hamilton, Ohio, June 30.—(?)—Ninz persons were killed in the collision of a passenger and freight car of the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Tractior. company near Trenton, north of here Tepeal be submitted for whatever ai tion the states might care to’ take. Many of the Roosevelt members of the committee voted for the substitu- tion, after the governor's generalis- simo, James A. Farley. had declared would keep hands off. 1 Senator Walsh Author Senator David I. Walsh of Massa- (Continued on page eleven: Thursday morning. NUNS ARE ARRESTED Mexico City, June 30—(?)—Pive nuns were under arrest today follow- ing a raid by police last night on a Catholic girls reformatory in the su> burb of San Angel: tion in violation of the religious law. [pace “Say France Weakens On Arms Reduction June 30.—()}—Evidence that France is becoming more favor- able to the proposal Hoover for a world-wide one-third re- duction of armaments was reported by the American delegation to the arms y The Americans were preparing, however, to carry the Hoover plan before the general commission of the conference if the British continue to delay acceptance for any great length American delegates who talked with members of the French cabinet, al- most all of whom are in Paris, said thoy were impressed with what they called a growing desire on the part of France for genuine arms reduction. Italians to Protect Price of Home Grain Rome, June —()—The government | grain committee Thursday voted. ap- propriation of $20,000,000 to protect wheat prices in the domestic market, | The money will be supplied by agri- ; The nuns were | cultural credit institutes to enable the accused of giving religious instruc- | farmers to hold their wheat for gcod | | County Votes Against Four Ini- tiated Measures; Regular Democrats Lead For the first time since 1924, Bur- leigh county voters in the primary election Wednesday gave Nonpartisan candidates substantial majorities, ac- of President The prospect greatly encouraged the | cording to practically complete returns Americans, although the position of Great Britain continued uncertain on the question of supporting the Hoover from the county's precincts. With 58 of the county's 63, precincts tabulated, and only one Bismarck precinct missing, Nonpartisans led in all but four instances on the Repub- lican ballot. In these four instances Attorney General Morris led Gronna, the Non- partisan, by 3,427 to 2,957; Congress- man Hall was nosing out Lemke for second place in the al tab- ulations by 2,642 to 2,618; and Cox and Rue, LV.A. candidates, were ahead of Anderson and Uhde, Noripartisans, in the race for the house of representa- tives. However, in the congregsional and ‘house of representatives races, Non- partisans were the leaders, Congress- man Sinclair having a total of 2,953 |and .W. B. Falconer, candidate for the stats house, pacing the pack with 3,346. The almost complete returns indi- cated that McDonald had replaced State Senetor Sperry in the Republi- can column. ‘ Nye, Langer Ahead | U. 8. Benator Gerald P. Nye and races were five contests—those for superintendent of public instruction, county auditor, county treasurer, and ; commissioners in the second and fifth district. In all other contests, how- ever, incumbents had safe leads. With 56 precincts reported, Thomp- son, Nonpartisan, led Superintendent of Publi¢ Instruction Bertha Palmer 3,179 to 2,947; Derby led County Audi- tor A. C. Isaminger 3,212, to 2,778; | Arnot and Elness were nominated for the county treasurer race in the fall; Second District Com. Swenson turned back the challenge of Cline 381 to 322; and H. F. Tiedman led Fifth District Commissioner Moynier 907 to 670. The county voted against all the initiated bills except those providing for reductions in county and state officials’ mileage and traveling ex- Penses and reductions in salaries of county officials. Burleigh county returns Thursday noon included: Republicans one, Srnes a BE “Dedatnats, fol, OW: For U, 8. senator—Nye 3,859; Shaf- er 2,638, Z i For congressmen—Burdick 1,585; Burtness 2,381; Hall 2,642; Lemke 2,618; Sinclair 2,953. Foz governor—Black 350; Hyland 2,647; Langer 3,204; Moe 334. For lieutenant governor—Cuthbert, 408; Johnson 2,731; Olson 3,020. For secretary of state—Byrne 3,738; Garnes 2,551. For state auditor—Baker 3,618; Steen 2,825. (Continued on page eleven) | BEFORE NATION ON - MLITANT PLATFORN Contains Sensational Declara- tion For Repeal of Dry Law Amendment | | | | | i iMinority Report, Asking Party | to Be Noncommittal, is Voted Down ; Chicago, June 30.—(7)—The Demo- (cratic party will go to the country ‘this year with a militant platform, | sensational in its declaration for re- peal of the 18th amendment, and conspicuous in a _never-before-at- tained brevity. Only the prohibition plank, which carried also a demand for immediate Volstead Act modification to legalize beer and other beverages, had re- ceived approval—by more than four to one—of the entire convention in the session which ran past midnight, but adoption of the rest Thursday was assured. Contests still were faced on three planks, favoring cash pay- ment of the bonus, bi-metallism and protection of depositors in federal reserve banks. The party’s extreme wet declara- tion came to the convention as a maj- Yority report through the surprising 35 to 17 vote of the platform com- | mittee Wednesday. It swung through the convention 934 3-4 to 213 3-4 jagainst the minority report calling for submission of a repeal amend- ment to the states without party recommendation. platform demands “drastic change in }economic and governmental policies” and among other things advocates: Would Cut Expenses A billion dollar cut in federal ex- penditures with the states making a “zealous effort to achieve a propor- tionate result,” and a balanced bud- get. A “competitive tariff for revenue,” and repeal of presidential power to change rates. Opposition to cancellation of the war debts. Federal aid to states for jobless re- lief when states exhaust their relief funds and expansion of “necessary |and useful public construction.” ; Unemployment and old age pen- sion insurance, under state laws. Refinancing of farm mortgages at | low interest rates, extension of farm | cooperatives, control of crop sur- pluses, and “every constitutional | measure” to give the farmer “prices | in excess of cost.” | Maintenance of 4 sound currency and an international conference to consider the rehabilitation of silver. | Federal regulation of security and commodity . exchanges, of interstate utility company rates and of holding companies selling securities in inter- state commerce. Generosity for Veterans Generous treatment of war vet- erans and their dependents, without mentioning the bonus. Relief of depositors of suspended banks and prohibiting the use of their money for speculation “to the detriment of local credits”; also re- striction of federal reserve facilities for “speculative purposes.” Armament, reduction, adherence to the world court with the pending re- servations, and non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations. An adequate army and navy, but one in times of peace which will not burden the peopie “by an expendi- ture fast approaching. a billion dol- lars annually.” Philippine independence and ulti- mate statehood for Porto Rico. Better protection for labor and the small producer and distributor un- der the anti-trust laws and “use of the nation’s waterpower in the pub- lic_ interest.” Speeding up of administration of justice through simplification of legal Procedure. Strengthening of the corrupt prac- tices act and continuous publicity for campaign expenditures. The 1,400-word platform—shortest in modern political history—con- demns in strong terms the Hawley- Smoot tariff, “improper and excessive” use of campaign funds; utterances of high public officials designed to influence stock prices; “extravag- ance” of the farm board; “usurpa- tion” of power by the state depart- ment in passing upon foreign secur- ities floated in this country, and paid lobbyists. who are staking out claims, Governor Roosevelt has indorsed the wet plank. In a telegram to Farley the gover- nor said the country and the party ought to be congratulated on the plat- form and that he was for the prohi- bition plank, which he said was sub- stantially the same as one on which he ran for the governorship two years ago, i REPORT GOLD RUSH Cordova, Alaska, June 30.—()— Alrplane pilots who flew over Goat Mountain, scene of a huge low-grade ore discovery gold reported the mountain “swarming with men” a N: Besides prohibition repeal,” the; Candidates DEMOCRATS 1060 Forge Ahead in Primary Returns Nye Overwhelms Shafer With Avalanche of Votes Unprecedent- ed in State Political History and Carries Entire Slate With Him; Langer Defeats Hyland | STEEN, MORRIS AND OTHER |. V. A’s BEATEN | CONVENTION VOTE DECISIVE i... Baker Defeats Veteran Incumbent For Auditor While Will- iston Man Ousts Morris as Choice of Party For Attorney Generalship The entire Nonpartisan ticket swept to victory in the Re- publican contests at the state primary election Wednesday. | Led by Senator Gerald P. Nye, who appears on the way to ent state treasurer, | by Prohibiting corporation farming. the greatest majority ever scored by a candidate in a state elec- tion, the Nonpartisans swept everything before them and even such an I. V. A. stalwart as John Steen went down to defeat at the hands of Mrs. Berta Baker, Nonpartisan indorsee and pres- Attorney General James Morris, who had been expected | by the I. V. A.’s to win whatever happened, fell beneath the | avalanche at the hands of A. J. Gronna, Williston attorney and | Son of a former United States senator from this state. j The Nonpartisan incumbents all returned by rousing majorities as city | joined with country to send their totals upward. - | On the Democratic ticket, the regulars all had won nominations, de-, | feating the so-called Jeffersonian indorsees. | On the initiated ballot, all the measures proposed by the state taxpay- ers’ association were approved by the electorate while all of those sponsored by the Farmers’ Union were defeated with the possible exception of the law [LATEST _RETURNS Nye took the lead from the start and his majority mounted steadily up- j Ward as the I. V. A. leaders regarded |Shafer's marked weakness with the electorate with pained surprise. Dis- tricts which Shafer was credited by his friends with having aided in the | For Governor |Langer . Hyland . | 705 precincts gave: For Congressmen Burdick | Burtness Hall .. 16,852 | 27,290 | lection was the solidarity with which 27,660 |the country preeincts supported the 793 precincts out of 2,235 in North | drouth period were among those which Dakota gave: For U. S. Senator contributed heavily to his defeat, Langer was behind Hyland at the 52,879 | Outset, since most of the ently re- 30,522 | turns came from I. V. A. strongholds, but crept closer and closer as the re- turns came in and passed him when 35,272 | Approximately a third of. the precincts 32,528 |in the state had reported his. major- ity was indicated as in the neighbor- | hood of 10,000. One of the significant trends of the Lemke . 30,132 | Nonpartisans and the gains which | Sinclair 33,951 | they scored in the cities and towns. | 447 precincts gave: |In many precincts which heretofore | For Secretary of State had not been solid for the I. V. A's \Byrne .. . 23,888 | the Nonpartisans scored victories, |Garnes .... .. 12,631 | While not since the early ‘days of the | For Attorney General | Nonpartisan League have the country ;Gronna .. 19,746 | districts returned such rousing major- | Morris 17,545 | ities. | For Insurance Commissioner Olsness .. 434 precincts gave: For Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Husby .. Kitchen ... . For Railroad Commissioner Larkin ... : jJohnson .. DEMOCRATIC RACES 39 precincts gave: For U. S. Senator Halvorson o Lanier .... Murphy 32 precincts gave For Governor Casey ... DePuy .- Initiated Measures Five-year moratorium; 240 fees: 234 precincts, yes 840. Grand Forks Giving the proposed five-year moratorium. in favor. Hall, by 250 votes. Lemke was third place with 942. for Shafer. Gress with 288 votes. Lynch Johannson, 103, and Cooke, 66. and Casey 79. +» 20,312 17,213 20,737 pre- cincts, yes 7,980, no 16,977; outlawing crop mortgages; 234 precincts, yes 9,- 049, no 14,102; reducing salaries of county officials: 234 precincts, yes 15,- | ‘753, no 7,803; change in basis of as- sessment: 235 precincts, yes 13,845, no} 12,387; prohibiting corporation farm- ing: 234 precincts yes 11,861, no 12,- 889; reducing state officials’ mileage 4, no 6,~ Burtness Heavy Vote Grand Forks, N. D., June 30.—(?)}— Returns from 26 precincts in Grand Forks county indicated that a heavy negative vote would be cast against The vote was 1746 against and 716 Representative Burtness piled up a majority in his home district to re- ceive 1,595 votes to lead his colleague, Nye was given 2,051 votes to 1,408 On the Democratic ticket, Lanier |¢ Jed Halvorson, 287 to 123, in the sena- torial fight while R. B. Murphy of Bismarck led the candidates for con- | In the 48th legislative district, com- 21,536 | Posed of Dunn, Mercer, and Oliver Dahl ... 14,983 | Counties, it was apparent that E. W. 425 pret gave Jones had been recalled as state sen- For State Auditor jator, although definite figures were Baker .. 20,194 | NOt available. Steen . 16,436 | Returns from legislative contests 428 precincts gavi | Were not available. For State Treasurer | Rturns from legislative contests .. 22.272 | Were slow in coming iz: but it apnear- :. 12,777|¢d probable that the Nenpartisans Would control both branches of the \Iegislature as tne result of the tre- | mendous sweep in their favor. | Agricultural Chiefs Like Democrat Plank | Chicago, June 30.—?}\—Partisan Democracy’s 90-word platform prom- |4se, of better financing for farmers, development of cooperative move- 181 | ments, effective control of surpluses 281 /and stabilization of farm prices, was ill 106| American Farm Bureau federat 240 said the plank os 296 | and hailed today as a workable plank. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the tt “sounded pretty good” | ‘would justify study.” He was disappointed at some of its omissions | but found it included echoes of some 185! of the language he had urged uy 204| the drafting committee. cai Red Cross Issues Appeal for Shoes Miss Mary Cashel, executive secre- tary of the Burleigh County Red Cross, Thursday issued an appeal to Bismarck citizens for old or discarded shoes in men's sizes. The shoes are to be distributed to transients, many of whom are ex-service men. Those having old shoes in a service- able condition are asked to communi- -|cate with Miss Cashel at 840 or with building. Boys Scouts will cooperate in the Project and will call for the shoes. Billings Favoring Nonpartisan Ticket Medora, N. D., June 30.—()—Non- For governor De Puy had 337 votes