Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-12-20

Third, Believing the people of Nort]
and South Dakota will be soon calle(
upon to take action in framing ant
adopting constitutions for their prospec
tive states, we deem it of great impor
tance that the people, especially the far
'mers of Dakota, be fully alive to the i'm
portance of standing ready and united tt
see that the framing of those constitu
tions be entrusted to tried and true mer
who will engraft into said constitution
the right of the people to control all cor
porations or institutions which may use
or are using the right of eminent do
main.
Whereas, We have noticed with alarm
ing solicitude, that under our present
| system of voting, corruption and fraud is
| possible and very often practiced to the
detriment of the peoples rights we dc
| most emphatically urge the engraftine
| into the constitutions imperative proyis
ions, adopting principles known as the
Australian system of voting.
Also we favor the control Of ownership
and working of mineral lands by the gov.
ernment.
We respectfully recommend that this
convention put itself on record as oppos-
ed to the government selling any more
coal land aud in leu thereof, to lease
such in limited quantities to parties de-
sirlng to work the same on conditions
prescrihed'by the government for the
equal privileges of all.
We deem it for the best interests of
the people of the northwest that North
Dakota be admitted to the union as soon
as practicable under constitution TO be
framed by the people. and that the di-
viding line be the seventh standard par
allel.
Resolved, That we extend the right
hand of fellowship to tie Knights of La
Dor in the territory, and invite their CO.
operation in relieving the farmer and la
borer from the burdens and expressions
under which they now suffer.
Resolved, That all officers of territory,
appointed by the president, should re-
ceive no further compensation, direct, or
indirect. than that provided by the ma
tional government.
Resolved, That we believe the alliance
work has been directed under the pres
enJ management in an able and highly
satisfactory manner, and that we heartily
endorse this action.
The following additional resolutions
upon which the committee was divided,
were reported without recommendations
and adopted:
That law should be enacted making
notes and contracts, obtained through
fraud, void even though in the hands of
innocent parties
That the executive committee be re-
quested to take steps to insure the dis.
semination of information concerning
work Of legislation.
A resolution approved by the South
Dakota members of the committee favor
ing a new constitution for South Dakota
was promptly tabled.
I. S. Lampman introduced resolution
requesting legislature to devise some
means to assist destitute farmers who
had no crop this year to secure seed
wheat for next spring. Carried.
For place of next annual meeting
Aberdeen, Redfeld, Watertown and HUI
ron were placed in nomination. Aber-
deem was chosen.
Rev. John Allison made report on
farmers institutes.
On motion of d. G. Needham of Aber-
deem, a vote of thanks was extended to
the managers of the Dakota department
of the st. Paul Globe and Minneapolis
Tribune and especially to Col. c. A.
Lounsberry of the latter paper.
F. 3. Fancher, in an eloquent speech
presented President Loucks with a
handsome gold badge on behalf OF the
delegates.
Treasurer Scott made his report. Total
receipts during the year were S3504.72;
balance on hand now $233.53.
A resolution thanking the people
of jamestown, the jamestown alliance,
the officers of the territorial alliance and
The Alert, was introduced by J. B.
Wolgemuth and unanimously adopted.
A resolution that railroads should be
compelled to plow fire breaks on right
of way was adopted.
The matter of establishing an alliance
national bank was taken up and referred
to the executive committee as was also
the proposition of Motfett & Gray to run
the Bismarck Settler as an alliance daily
during the legislature.
J. II. Fletcher of Brown county was
entrusted with the McCumber railroa d
bill to champion through the legislature.
Fifteen delegates to the meeting of the
Minnesota state alliance at St. Paul were
chosen and the following - delegates were
elected to represent Territorial alliance
at national alliance which meets at Des
Moines Jan. 10th and l1th: F A Leavitt,
w D Chase. H w Smith, J L Carlisle,
w W Emmons, w H Eddy, L F Dow,
D G Needham, CHI Meyers, AV Van
Doren, Geo G Grose, J B Sweet, J B
WolgemuJh. J L Scoville, q L Sphinx,
Walter Muir, F p Wright, w J Burnette,
H Mathews, HC Kelley, E B Ander-
son, J " Goodrich, S w Unkenhaltz, H
Il Loucks. F B Fancher, A Wardell, G A
Soderberg. Geo B Dyer, J W Harden. N
II kingsman, Hugh Mcintyre, z d Scott.
Election OF Officers.
At regular meeting of jamestown
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