Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-04

n btttcF feS1lnG At BISMARCK.
BISMARCK, OAK, July 3-[Special Tele-
gram to The BEE. ALI but five of the dele
gates to the constitutional convention, which
will convene here o-m row, have arrived
The Farmers Alliance men are making a
desperate effort to secure the organization,
and the fight between the warning factions
is very bitter. Last night h. b. Fancher, of
jamestown, a Farmers Alliance candidate for
president, withdrew IN favor of NJ. N. John
son, of Lakota, another alliance asoiraut. 1t
was conceded that johnson had some chance
of victory, but to-day the johnson men were
dumbfounded to find that Fancher had re-
turned to the race. The leading republican
candidate is II. +. Miller, of Fargo, ana al:
though distasteful TO the temperance repub:
licans, it is believed he has majority The
factions are caucusing to-day. An effort to
have republican caucus having failed, an
effort is being made by the republicans OPP
posed to Miller 10 unite on E. A. Williams,
Of Bismarck. While the republicans and
farmers allians men have been
auarreling, the democrats have held
caucus and now present a
Garland, of Bismarck. Although they
have but seventeen of the nineteen mem
bers, they express some hope of success.
The convention will be organized at noon
tO-mOFTOW uHlGSS utuulOCk Is reacleu.
The Fourth of July reception to the conven-
ton by the city promises TO be the most
brilliant event iu the history of Dakota. The
military from Fort Yates arrived to-day.
The seventy-iive Indians who will parade
are also here, among them being Sitting
Bull, Gall and John Grass, whose
presence has created a genuine sensation
among the visitors. Sunset Cox will arrive
saturday and an effort will be made to have
him address the convention.
What the Farmers Alliance Wants.
BISMARCK, Oak, July 3.-Tomorrow the
constitutional convention for the new state
of North Dakota will assemble in this city,
and already large NUMBER of delegates are
on hand According TO agreement repub-
lcans of the territory, who are in the ma
jority, allowed the democrats to have one
third of the delegates TO this conven-
tion, and there will be strong
effort to keep up the minority
representation idea in the new constitution.
While much attention is being paid to
elections as individuals as means of
stopping into the official positions of the new
state government, the subject matter of the
new organic law is not by any means being
overlooked. The Farmers alliance, an
organization having large membership and
being very powerful politically, has enun-
ciated platform OF principles which
they wish TO place in the constitution,
and they have a sufficient membership in the
convention and enough power in the state 10
make their demands have great weight.
Among the planks in the platform
are the following: Government
control OF railroads and OF all public
necessities; prohibition of the liquor tIaffic;
courts of arbitration; election of United
States senators by popular vote; abolition OF
the contract system in public works; self
sustaining criminals; woman suffrage; few
Rppoinuve and many elective officers, and
the Australian system Of voting. All these
principles can not be exDectea To obtain q