The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-07-04
Dakota Farmers IN Council,

About 400 members of the Farmers
alliance were in session at Huron, 8. D.,
thought that the farmers of this state
should have both United States senator's
both members Of congress, the governor and,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state and
the legislature, but was willing the auditor.
ship should go to the press. His speech was
fiery and deprecated any third party move
ment, and urged the farmers to stick to the
old parties. Hugh J. Campbell of Yankton
was Immediately introduced by Loucks as q
lawyer of ability. Campbell took q gloomy
view of political affairsin this new state. He
said: "The course for farmers to pursue is
from this time in their respective parties to
60 into every primary caucus and conven-
ton n nominate o friends and not
you enemies for all the Offices from United
States senator down to constable. Nuke
your W governors, senator's, judges and
legislators; send your own servants and not
some other persons servantsto doyonr 9TH
er work and it will be done to suit you.
Smash oil states, break all rings and control
the constitutional convention"
The committee on resolutions reported the
following, which were adopted:
Resolved, That we, the farmers and labor
ers Of South Dakota, believe and most en-
phatically reiterate the saying that GOD
ueipb UHOSe WHO Help UueLuSclFco, uuu
pledge our most earnest efforts to assist in
laying the foundation of our new and grand
state on a broad and generous plan, AND
pledge our united influence to secure q full
representation at all primaries, county, dis
trict and state conventions, and see to that
no delegates are elected to represent us ex-
cept such as are in full sympathy with our
aims and interests, as expressed in our alli-
ance platform, as we'll as men possessing the
ability to procure legislation as will best
meet outjustice and prosperity to men who
till the soil, as well as those who toll in
mines and shops, for under God the people
should rule; that it is the sentiment of this
alliance hat our object can be best attained
shrct;gh til the st;o machinery hi w.. OF .re our in re,
large. majority in both Of them, and
we have only to make a systematic
effort to possess ourselves of them: that we
deem the use of proxies in all meetings and
conventions rs against good public policy
and government, and strongly favor tho
adjustment of the proxy system, and re-
quest our central commissioners to state in
their calls that no proxies will be accepted:
that in the interests of economy and justice
we ask the constitutional convention to pro-
vide something similar to the Australian
system ofelections for thisfall. and also that
they provide for holding the election for state
and national officers ON q different day from
Ulle CuplUul, Cue COu6GIGuUlOu uuu lUb dlucuU.
ments; hat we demand from the Republican
and Democratic central committees that
they call the state conventions not
earlier than Sept. 1 nor later than Sept. 10,
to the end that farmers may be able to at
tend: that Us q farmers' alliance we rave
taken no part in any capital schemes or in
investment companies.
Resolved, That the Dakota Ruralist be
the official paper of the OAK Farmers al.
liancp- Re IL, further
Resolved, That we will not support any
that is not in sympathy with the alli-
ance movement and will not give it friendly
support; that we consider it an insult to ev-
cry member Of the alliance for any paper to
speak of our officers in O disgraceful manner:
we further declare that our motto shall be
A injury to one is the concern of all.
THE PLATFORM.
The following platform was also adopted:
All public necessities, as far as practicable,
should be owned and controlled by the gov
eminent and managed in such a way that NJ
class should be allowed to exact unjust rates
Tor the use thereof; second. our railroads
as to be run in the interests of the people
upon an actual cost basis; third, the estab-
lishment OF a mOmentary system
in which a circulating medium in necessary
quantities shall issue direct to the people
the Intervention of banks. The ma
tlonal issue shall be full legal tender in pay
ment of oil debts, public and private, and
that the government shall not recognize or
grant any private banks or create any
banking cor operations; fourth, equal and
taxation; fifth, prohibition, state and
national; sixth, election of United States
s~enators direct by the people; seventh; courts
Of arbitration, that justice, not precedent,
may be given; eighth, the Australian sys-.
of voting; ninth, the abolition of the
governments; tenth, the prohibit
ton, by law, OF the employment of children
under fifteen years OF age in mines, factories
and shops; tenth, to prohibit the hiring
out of contract labor.