New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Dakota Farm RS In Council,

About 400 members of the Farmers
alliance were in session at Huron, S. D.
thought that the farmers of this stat,
should have both United States senator's
both members ofcongress, the governor and
lieutenant governor, secretary ofstate anc
the legislature, but was willing the auditor
ship should so 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 Yankto1
was Immediately introduced by Loucks as a
lawyer of ability. Campbell took gloomy
view of political affairs in this new state. He
said: The course for farmers to pursue is
from this time in their respective parties to
go into every primary caucus and conven-
ton 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
legislators; send your own servants and not
some other PERSONS servants to doyour 9TH
er work and it will be done to suit you.
Smash all states, break all rings aud 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
pledge our most earnest efforts to assist in
laying the foundation of our new and grand
state on broad and generous plan, and
pledge our united influence to secure a full
representation at all primaries, county, dis
tr1ct 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 that our object can be best at tanned
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 tho
Adjustment of the proxy system, and re-
quest our central commissioners to state in
their calls that n 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 reflections for this fall and also that
they providefor holding the election for state
and national officers on different day from
the capital, the constitution and it's amend
ments; that we demand from the Republican
and Democratic central committees that
they call the state conventions not
earlier than Sept / nor later than Sept. 10,
to the end that farmers may be able to at
tend: that as a farmers alliance we have
taken no part in any capital schemes or in
Investment companies.
Resolved, That the Dakota Ruralst be
the official paper OF 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 mem Der of the alliance for any paper to
speak of our officers in a disgraceful manner:
we further declare that our motto shall be
An 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 no
class should be allowed to exact unjust rates
Tor 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 a momentary system
in which circulating medium in necessary
quantities shall issue direct to the people
without the intervention Of banks. The ma
tlonal issue shall be full legal tender in 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
senator's direct by the people; seventh; courts
ofarbitration, that justice, not precedent,
may be given; eighth the Australian sys-
tenn of voting; niath, the abolition of the
municipal 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.