Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-05-30

| or delegates who were OF the OplnlOl
that an enthusiastic meeting could not
be arranged and thought that a poo
meeting would be worse. than ne
meeting. The motion prevailed, however
and the chair appointed as the commit
tee: Mr.. Young, Mrs. Barker, and Mr..
White of Casselton.
A little technical and parliamentary
skirmish consumed half an hour of time,
and then the executive committee, ap-
pointed at the recent Grand Forks con-
vention, reported articles of association
Of the ''North Dakota Non-Partlsan Tenn
perance alliance" under which, if they
are adopted, it is proposed to re-organize
the North Dakota temperance forces.
The plan Of organization is similar to
that which has proved satisfactory in
Washington territory, and will, it is
thOught,put the association upon amuch
more desirable footing. It solves the
financial question in very satisfactory
manner. AS The Alert's report closes,
the report is beng discussed.
When The Alert went to press yester-
day, the prohibition convention was dis
cussing the articles Of association of the
| North Dakota Non-Partisan Temper
ance alliance" under which it was pro-
| posed to re. organize the temperance
forcesEof North Dakota and form new
and stronger association to supersede the
one reces.;i; organized at Grand Forks.
| After a lengthy discussion, few minor
changes we're made and the articles of
association were adopted. The commit
tee also reported a form for county Or
ganizations which was adopted. The
plan Of this new organization is very
| similar to the old one, except that a sort
| OF stock scheme is engrafted into it. This
stock scheme is identical with the one
now in operation in Washington terri
tory, known as the Sutley plan. It has
been remarkably successful on the coast
in settling that always greyious question
with the prohibition people, viz: how to
raise the necessary money FOR campaign
purposes The workings OF The plan in
North Dakota are expected to be about
as follows: 25,OO0 shares will be issued
to be sold among the temperance people
at SO per share, payable one dollar
down and balance in nine yearly INSTALL
ments, with the privilege OF paying half
or all OF it at any time. The purchasers
of this stock Will receive in return for
their money, when S. has been paid, a
handsome, Autographed certificate OF
| life membership in the association. Any
one, taking ten shares will be entitled to
an honorary life dictatorship. By the
sale of this stock it is calculated that
s25O,OOO will be raised in ten years, and
that the good work will not be hampered
as heretofore, by reason of lack of cam
paign funds.
Immediately upon the adoption of the
new articles of association the following
committee on permanent organization
was appointed:
F. Young of Valley City, chairman;
Rev. E. H. Teall of jamestown, Rev. E.
E. Tyson, New Rockford; Rev. D. J. Nc
Kenzie, Carr1ngton; H. D. Dickinson,
| Grand Forks: A. NJ. Barnum, Trail
county; and F. J. Ellison, Mandan.
While waiting for this committee to
report number of gentlemen made five
minute speeches to kill time and the
convention adjourned until eight o'clock
Just before the committee filed into the
hall with It's report ready.
LAST EVENING.
Last nights meeting was in the nature
OF a prohibition rally, the remaining
business Of the alliance being left over
until this morning. Rev. n. D. Tanning
opened the meeting with prayer, South
Dakota "battle song" was sandwiched in
between two selections by the James
town Brass band and then Chairman
Mallory introduced Mrs. H. NJ. Barker
of Fargo president of the territorial W.
G. T. u, who made the address of the
evening. She ingratiated herself into
the good will of those of the audience
with whom is not already favorite, by
saying in her opening remarks that she
was never before SO proud of Dakota
audience or so proud that she is resi-
dent of Dakota-because she had just
returned from an extended trip through
Montana, Washington and Oregon and
the contrast was so noticeably in our
favor. Later on in her address while re-
lating some personal experiences she in
terpolated tear starting cauterlzation
of Butte, and life there, which was en-
tirely at variance with the reports that
the boys bring back with them, j. G. that
Butte is "the bird of them all Mrs.
Barker's address was an argumentatlve
effort to show that prohibition and not
license is the proper way to deal with
the liquor traffic. She SAID that were it
not for the revenue which the licensing
of the sale brings into the city and com
| ty exchequers. Dakota would vote for
prohibition four to one. Starting with
this proposition she drew the conclusion