The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-11
ALLIANCE NOMINATIONS.

lance, ct al, met ut Hamilton OH Mon
day for the purpose of nominating {;
county and legislative ticket. Til.
ticket is printed elsewhere and is {;
fair representation of the work done
We doubt ii one candidate nominate,
feels bound to support all Tie others
and there is still greater doubt that
any number of the delegates present
will support the ticket as u whole
1t is probable that some of the candi.
dates will be re-nOmilated by the lie.
mOcratic or republican conventions
and some will get no other nomination.
1t is also very probable that many of
the delegates who appeared in Mon.
days convention will also be seen in
either the democratic or republican
conventions and vii; lie thereby
bound to support. at least in some
cases, other candidates than these
they have already assisted to nomi.
nate.
The basis Of representation was one
for each ten of the local alliances, as a
result the representation Of voters at
large was very irregular; many large
townships being entirely without rep.
resentation. The small precinct Of
Wexford and vicinity belonging to the
cooperative association was allowed a
Of ten delegates,
who were admitted rs a sort
of allied organization, but many
of whose members, being alliance
members, also had representation in
the local alliances. Mr.. Anthony
Garrett was admitted with four votes
from the Farmers Trust Association
of st. Thomas OH the same basis. took
part in the deliberations and would
have probably been nominated as u
but refused to promise to
agree to the platform and its candi.
dates! There were distinct democrat.
ic and republican currents running
through the convention. and of the
county officers nominated scarcely one
was nominated Oh account of his per.
sonal alliance prOclivities.
Many more incongruities and ab.
surdities might be pointed out in the
working of this remarkable convention
but we have shown enough and those
most prominent. We do not know,
but we think that but few delegates,
who came with honest purpose, went
home fully satisfied with their work,
AMI it might be we'll to ask them.
$. Ives US they look back "Vvllat did we
60 there for anyway
Did they go there to form a distinct
party! lfso. they faile,l in several
important particulars, but most in not
establishing clear and distinct party
lines. To establish party lines there
must I've a platform Of principles, u set
Of candidates who agree to that plat.
form and to each other, and support.
ers to agree to both as against all
others. Again, no successful party
can be organized who elect delegates
in secret caucus, or who attempt to
place candidates in nomination for Il
whole county, when large portions of
the county are unrepresented, and
where the basis of representation is
unequal.
If the convention did not seek ia
form a distinct party, then their work
was only to co.erce the regular parties
into nominating the candidates men.
toned. AS we said, it is probable
that some of them would he nominal.
ed any way, and some would not, and
will not be. So far as the alliance is
concerned, they would probably have
been just about AS well represented. il
they had let the parties take their OWL,
choice. AS the matter now stands. we
don't see as the convention on Mon.
day changed the political status in
this county TO any extent, except to
bring some individuals into more
political prominence.
The above criticisms are not writ.
ten in the sense of opposition either
to the ticket. which Is not by any
means Il bad one as u whole, or to the
convention, the members of wlic, are
generally speaking, intelligent and
honest in their motives. We NAV lie
wrong in our assumption that there is
All evident lack of glue" in the ticket
and its promoters, but VIC are not
wrong in saying, that this new move.
ment has all the SYMPTOMS of want of
organization which are common 10
such movements. Sometime 1t NAV
be an army, now it looks like a mob.