St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-20
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
FARGO, n. D., April 19.-The near
approach of statehood has infused great
activity and spirit INTO all branches of
business and political affairs. We have
had mild winter and an early spring
and the farmers have sown an unusu-
ally large acreage of wheat. the great
staple of North Dakota. COpious rains
during the week have given the
crops a splendid start, and a
buoyant feeling pervades all classes.
The publication of the governors proc
lamation, districting the territory I'M
der the Springer bill, has stirred all
political parties into unusual activity.
Heretofore party lines have been
scarcely discernible in Cass county. or
in North Dakota. Leading members
of both parties have bOlted or formed
combinations against the nominees Of
their party conventions, when it suited
their purpose. without apparently
Wrenching their cOnScienceS. This pre-
niciouS habit will be no longer tolerated:
statehood will force the great parties to
CLOSE THEIR RANKS.
The prOhibitiOniStS are organizing.
and purpose making strong fight on
the question OF a prohibition plank in
t0rlal legislature passed very stringent
prOhibitory law which was vetoed by
the governor. This fact shows that
there is very strong sentiment in Da-
kota in favor of prohibition. There is
enough uncertainty in this regard to
make the situation very interesting and
the result problematical. Mr.. Pollock,
eX-county attorney, a mugwump Repub-
lican and an active prohibitionist, re-
Gently stated in a public speech at a
prohibition meeting, that he did not
think IT was necessary to organize the
prohibitloniSts as political party. as he
belleved the Republican party would
adopt
THEIR PRINCIPLES
in its platform, as it had done in Iowa.
Kansas and other states. Should the
mugwumpS and half-breed Republicans
like Mr.. Pollock get control of the Re-
publican organization, there will be
some lightning changes, as the liquor
dealers in this county nearly all SUPPORT
the Republican party.
The Farmers alliance will be another
very important factor in shaping the
organization of the new state. 1t should
be borne in mind that this party had a
majority of both branches of the last
legislature, and its candidates We're
elected speakers of both houses. The
party
WAS HOODOOED,
for want of leadership, out of the legis-
latiOn it expected to secure, by the
fine workers and railway lobbyists, who
kept the grangerS scattered on wild
goose investigating committees, free
excursions away out to Helena, iunkets
to see the Grand Forks university. etc.
1t is said that one member of the house.
who was elected on the alliance ticket
and who was conspicuous for his oppo-
sition to motion inviting President
Loucks to address the house, is now
travelling through Washington territory
with a lot of horses in a stock palace
car. furnished by the railroads. The
leaders of the alliance do not seem to
be discouraged by their lack of success
IN securing the legislation they wanted.
Ihey have purchased a newspaper at
jamestown and propose entering the
teld with the avowed intention of elect
ing
TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS.
congressman and governor. The farm
ers supported the Democratic nominee
for delegate to congress very generally
last fall, and the chances are. if the
Democrats nominate acceptable candi-
oates for state officers, they will receive
the alliance vote, as the platforms of
both parties are practically alike Quite
a number OF counties in North Dakota
went Democratic last fall, and many
others were so close as to be doubtful
under existing circumstances. The