St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-06
North Dakota Yeomanry Will
Work Within the Two Po-
litical Parties.
Both Must Indorse the Vital
Points of the Alliance
Platform.
Grangers of South Dakota Al
most Certain to Flock by
Themselves.
Freeborn County Alliances
Also Favor Independent
Political Action.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
JAMESTOWN, N. D., June 5.-The
North Dakota Farmers Alliance de-
cided to-day to work within the two
great political parties and not from
third party. They adopted the majority
report of committee on future political
action which recommended that for the
present the alliance endeavor to
work within the parties; that the COM
mittee on resolutions formulate an alli-
ance platform, and that the political
parties be requested to incorporate it in
their party platforms and nominate can
didates i'll sympathy Herewith. In case
of Noncompliance with these requests
the committee further recommended
that the alliance launch out upon
its proposed plan of independent
action. The report was signed by four
of the five members of the committee.
The other member submitted minor
ity report, recommending that independ-
ent action be taken Immediately; that
the alliance men cut loose from
present party affiliations, organize a
party of its own and nominate alliance
tickets. Up to the time the alliance
met this morning the third party men
were in the lead, and in fact the COM
mittee had drawn report signed. by
four members recommending such a
course, but Fancher and some OF the
leading conservatives turned the senti-
ment the other way. The secret work
was adopted after a hard fight,
and resolution demanding that
the next legislature extend the
elective franchise to women was also
adopted. The legislative committee re-
viewed the work of the last legislature
and indorsed it. The report demands
of the next legislature submission of an
anti-lottery amendment to the cOnStitu-
ton, the passage of the Australian cleo
ton law, asks congress to pass the But
terWorth bill and the bill to prevent the
importation of liquor into prohibition
states. The platform is as follows:
First-We recommend the passage of the
sub-treasury bill or something better by our
national representatives.
Second-We demand that our legislature
pass the Australian ballot bill.
Third-We favor the speedy passage OF the
ButterWorth bill
Fourth-Your committee recommends the
unlimited coinage of silver.
Fitth-We heartily and unanimously in
dorse the action of our executive, Gov. John
Miller, particularly on the lottery question.
Also, we approve of his course in the ap
pointment of the seed wheat commmissoner,
believing he acted wisely and honestly un-
der existing circumstances.
Sixth-We are favorable to giving employ
ment to the prisoners in our state pen1ten-
tiaries which will make these institutions
as nearly as possible self-sustaining; but we
do not approve the letting of the prison labor
to outside bidders to the detriment of honest
labor as we believe the state should be the
recipient of all profit from such labor.
Seventh-We recommend the provision of
copies of the legislative journal mailed direct
to parties ordering and paying for the same
| at the actual cost of production.
Eightt-We reaffirm the prohibition plank
| of our alliance platform, and are unanimous
| ly in favor of a strict enforcement of the
temperance law passed by our last legisla-
| ture.
The ninth and last resolution relates
tothe lottery and urges the state repre-
sentatives in congress to restrict the
operation of lotteries. 1t acknowledges
a debt of gratitude to Gov. Miller and
his associates for their opposition to the
lottery, and declares in favor of sub
mitting a proposition to amend the con-
stitution so as to exclude lottery COM
panies. The alliance was in executive
session all day. Ben Terrill, the Ma
tional alliance lecturer, delivered the
| address tonight.