The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
Dakota Farmers in Council,

About 400 members of the Farmers
alliance were in session at Huron, s. 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 Ofstate 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 a
lawyer of ability. Campbell took gloomy
view of political affairs in this new state. He
sand: The course for farmers to pursue is
from this time in their respective parties to
go into every primary caucus and conven-
tiOn and nominate your friends and not
your enemies for all the offices from United
States senator down to constable. Make
your own governors, senators, Judges and
legislator send your own servants and not
some other persons servants to do your 9th
er work and it will be done to suit you.
Smash all slatcs 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-
phaticully reiterate the saying that God
pledge our most earnest efforts to assist in
laying I he foundation of our new and grand
state on Il broad and generous plan, aud
pledge our united influence to secure a full
representation ut 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 tull sympathy with our
aims and interests, as expressed in our alli-
ance platform, as well as men possessing the
ability to procure legislation as will best
meet out Justice and prosperity to men who
till the soil, as we'll as those who toll in
mines and shops for under God the people
should rule; that it is the sentiment of this
alliance that our object can be best attained
through the machinery of our 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 as against good public policy
and government, and strongly favor the
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 this fall, and also that
they provide for holding the election for state
and national officers on q different day from
ls
ments: that we demand from the Republican
and Democratic central committees that
they call the state conventions not
earlier than Sept. l nor later than Sept 10,
to the end that farmers may be able to at
tend: that as farmers alliance we have
taken no part in any capital schemes or in
investment companies.
Resolved. That the Dakota Ruralist be
the official paper o: the Dakota Farmers al
lance Be it further
Resolved, That we will not support any
paper 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 a disgraceIul manner:
We further declare that our motto shall be
An injury to one is the concern of all
TIE PLATFORM.
The following plat orm was also adopted:
All public necessities, as far as practicable,
should he owned and controlled by the gov
ernment and managed in such a way that no
class should be allowed to exact unjust rates
for the use thereof; second, our railroads
should be SO controlled by the government
as to be run in the interests of the people
upon an actual cost basis; third, the estab-
lishment of mOmentary system
in which circulating medium in necessary
quantities shall issue direct to the people
without the intervention Of banks. The ma
! llOudl ISSUE SlltLll DC IIll III pay
ment OF all debts. public and private, and
! that the government shall not recognize or
grant any private banks or create any
banking corporations; fourth equal and
just taxation; fifth, prohibition, state and
national sixth, election of United States
senators direct by the people; SEVENTH courts
| of arbitration, that justice, not precedent,
may be given: eighth, the Australian sys-
tenn of voting; ninth, the abolition of the
municipal governments; tenth, the prohibi-
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 Dor.