Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-04 | Page 12 | Non-Partisan League Still in Secret Session

IN-PARTISAN LEAGUE STILL II SECRET SESSION ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 4. The forenoon fore-noon session of the annual convention of the National Non-partisan league today to-day was marked by tho same secrecy as were the opening sessions yesterday. yester-day. A written statement given out by the league regarding the forenoon session reads as follows: "The national convention has approved ap-proved permanent articles of association associa-tion for the league. These articles place the management eff the affairs of. the organization entirely in the hands I of the membership under the following follow-ing procedure: "Each ' state organization of the league is to be governed by a committee commit-tee of five farmer members. These state committees are to be elected by the state convention of the league in each state. Delegates to the state conventions con-ventions of the league will be chosen as in tho past by the members themselves them-selves in township or precinct meeting, meet-ing, "The chairman of each state committee commit-tee will bo a member of the national committee of the league. The members of the national committee will bo as many as there are states in which the league is organized. The national committee com-mittee chooses a national executive committee of three. The national executive ex-ecutive committee chooses its own j chairman who also become president and chief executive officer of the league. "After taking action on the articles of association and the re-election of President Townley, tho national contention, con-tention, now in session, commenced the work of auditing the books and accounts ac-counts of the league. This work will probably take some time. "The national convention will appoint ap-point a committee and formulate; rules for holding a referendum of the membership mem-bership in regard to Mr. Townloy's reelection. re-election. The articles of association of the league do not provide for a referendum ref-erendum of this kind but this referendum refer-endum is being held at the personal request of Mr. Townley himself."