St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
The FUN OPENS UP IN CASS
Over The Deal Of The Fargo Politicians
in Making Up Districts.
COL. PLUMMER INDIGNANT,
And Rallies The Country to Hold Down
The Wicked Netrop-
Oils.
OIL. PLUMMER INDIGNANT,
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
CAssELToN, n. D., March 22.-This
has been very exciting week, politi-
cally, i'll Cass county. Last Saturday a
sort of star chamber meeting was held
at-the office of b. +. Spalding, IN Fargo,
to fix upon a plan for forming three
districts to elect delegates to the con-
stitutional convention. This secret
meeting figured out the districts as fol-
lows:
One district to consist of the portion
of Fargo lying north of the Northern
Pacific track and the fractional town of
Fargo north. together with the towns of
Reed, Harwood, Wiser, Noble. kinyon,
Gradn, Berlin, Raymond, Harmony,
Rush, River anu Hunter-l,64 votes.
Another to consist of the portion Of
Fargo lying south of the Northern Psg
cific track together with the towns of
Barnes, Map!eton, Durbin, Stanley,
Warren. Addison, Maple River. Leoii
ard, Davenport, Norman and Pleasant
-1,62 votes.
The third to consist of the towns of
Arthur, Armenia, Casseton, Everest,
Empire, Erie, Down, Page, Rich. AYR,
Buffalo, Howes, Eldred, Highland,
Pontiac. Clifford, Hill, Tower. Cornell,
Lake and Rochester-1,6 $40 votes.
This plan looks very fair upon the
face OF it, but a careful examination
will show that it
WOULD GIVE FARGO
the absolute control of two districts
and the power to elect six out of the
nine delegates to which the county will
be entitled. Although this scheme was
concocted behind bOlted doors and
closed window curtains, the matter
came to the knowledge of Col. Plum
mer Saturday evening. He Immediately
issued circular calling upon the peo-.
pie to meet i'll mass convention ON
Wednesday,. March 20. These circulars
were very generally distributed through
all the country districts, and in response
thereto about 500 farmers and business
men from all portions of the country
gathered here upon the day named.
The meeting was called to order just
meeting to consider the binding Irvine
business. The object of the meeting
was briefly explained, and a map was
unfurled showing what the Fargo
scheme meant. Hon. J. c.. Gill was
elected chairman and s. j. Small, Frank
GOge and E. S. Melbourne secretaries.
Then the fun commenced. 1t seems
that Walter Muir, the man who de-
SireS to
REE FORM HE WOR1D,
by speech and series of setreSOlutiOns
and making the constitution of the
Farmers alliance the fundamental law
OF DakOta-having all business done
through an alliance agency and run
ming all our wheat through Louck's
scandinavian elevator-was in attend
ance at that secret meeting held in the
office of Money LOaner Spalding. He
was asked to explain and he did. He
said he went down to that meeting with
honest intentions: he fought the Fargo
SchemerS for two mortal hours, and
then gave in his adhesion to the
scheme. The fact developed that he
succumbed after the Fargo ROSTERS
agreed to take Hunter, his township.
into the North Fargo district and make
him delegate to the constitutional
convention. Mir. Muir, the great all
wool and yard wide reformer. thus
plainly showed that he is one of those
men possessed OF that easy virtue that
yields to wanton allurementa most will
ing assent, and who are for this reason
totally unit to represent a constituency.
After Muir's feeble explanation had
been made,
COL. PLUMSIER TOOK FIN
as subject for few minutes, and
treated him to one of the most royal
roastings he ever experienced. His
course is in glarlng contest with that of
Hon. George Brandenburg, of Wheat
land, or that of Hon.. E. Mcneil, of |
Armenia, who side with the people
against the Fargo scheme.
Col. Plummer replied to Mr.. Francis.
arguments and explained Mr.. Muir's
explanation, after which the following
resolutions were adopted by rising |
vote, every man in the large audience
standing up except Muir, Francis and
j. g. White-the latter man who is al |
ways constitutiOnally wrong. A COM 4
mittee was appointed of one from each
township to go to Bismarck and lay the
following resolutions before the officials |
who have the dietrieting to do:
whereas, Such division would give
the city of Fargo the control of two dis |
tricts and two-thirds of the representa- |
ton from the county Of Cass to said con-
vention, be it
Resolved, By the citizens of Cass
county, in mass convention assembled |
in the city of Casselton, on the Goth days |
of March, 1889. That such division as. |
that contemplated by the above plan |
would be manifest injustice to the |
large majority of the people of the
county; that it would be giving an un-
due and unfair preponderance of influ- |
ence to the city of Fargo in the consti+ |
tutional convention, enabling her to |
control the forming of our legislative |
districts. and thus obtain absolute POI
litical control of the county for years to |
come.