Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-16
POLITICIANS AT JAMESTOWN.
A Significant Visit to That North
Dakota Village.
CANDIDATES REPAIRING FENCES.
Prospects That the Coming state Con-
vention Will be a Warm One
Little Business Done ut
Sioux Falls.
w,re.pulline Commenced.

BISMARCK, N. D., July 15.-[Special Tele-
gram to THE BEE. THE number Of politicians
who visited jamestown Saturday last and re-
NAMED over Sunday caused no little excite
ment among the aspirants for nominations on
the state ticket which will be placed in the
field August 81. 1t was reliably reported
that the object of the meeting at jamestown
was TO scope the nature of the horde of poll
ticians now congregated there and TO make
q combination for the control of the first re.
publican state convention. Among those in
attendance were Governor Pierce, one of the
u. p most prominent candidates for the United
States senate, and II. B. Fancher, president
OF the constitutional convention and
en- aspirant for the governorship
or the United States senate. 1t
was noticeable that Ex-Governor Ordway,
who is classed with Pierce as in the lead for
the United States senate, was not at the con-
ference, and some believe that the meeting
was far from friendly to his interests.
Friends of Ex-Governor Pierce claim that
his visit to Jamestown was purely of busi-
ness nature, but the politicians here are sus-
picious. 1t is becoming more evident daily
that the republican state convention will
next month be the warmest and most i'm
portant ever held in Dakota. The North
Dakotians, who have always in the past gone
to territorial conventions solidly united to
fight the South Dakotians and who almost
Invariably defeated their southern adversary,
now find no common foe and must cross
swords with each other The farmers
alliance is cutting n wide swath, and Presi-
dent Fancher, Of the constitutional conven-
tion, who is vice president of the
alliance, must be taken care of. The politi-
clans are beginning to realize this, and the
question as to who must be crowded out to
make room for him is now botherinR the can
didates. While it has been conceded that ex-
Governor Ordway and Ex-Governor Pierce
would go to the United States senate, there
may be sudden smashing of the slate
Judge Cortland, the democratic chairman Of
the judiciary committee, is n candidate for
the republicans are beginning to fear that he
Is endeavoring to so district the state as to
secure his election. He has recommended to
the committee against the abolishment of the
office Of the justice of the peace or the estab-
iishment of county courts. The proposition
to have but one body for the legislature as
sembly, abolishing the senate, was today
submitted, and there IS much discussion on the
proposed innovation. The question delegates
are endeavoring to solve Is whether or not
it Is in the interest of the corporations or the
people. Some of the farmer delegates are
suspicious, while those favoring the PROPOSE
tion resent the claim that it Is a corporation
move, claiming that the corporations can
much easier block farmer legislation by
electing the few senators than by controlling
the representative body
There was very little discussion to-day, as
every body is waiting for the committee re-
ports. The first proposition, to embody
prohibitory legislative clause in the consti-
tuition, was submitted, but the sentiment is
so strongly against it that it will hardly be
given serious consideration unless sentiment
undergoes rapid change at once. In all
probability the question will be submitted
10 the people as separate and distinct prop
ostion.