Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-18
Will he Heard From Again.

the next few months.
Will lie Heard From Again.
The following dispatch was sent to the
New York Voice regarding the recent
prohibition gatherings at jamestown:
A successful prohibition conference,
called by Chairman Samuel Dickie, of
the national committee, has just closed
its sessions in this city. Its principal
business was to complete the state or
ganization begun one year ago at Grand
Forks. Shortly after the call for the
conference was issued, a few republicans
undertook to head off the movement by
calling at the same time and place a cit
liens meeting to organize an enforce
ment league. 1t seems to haye been
their purpose to meet with us, outnum-
Der us, and declare the reorganization of
our party unnecessary. To avert the
well-laid trap, Chairman Dickie insisted
upon securing a hall rather than the
court house, and which being rented and
paid for would be under our control. He
also announced through the evening
paper that to the deliberations of the
congress were invited all VIII proposed
to act with the prohibition party.
The conference met and completed the
organization of the state commit 90,
which was instructed to call a state con-
v~ention in March for the purpose Of Sc
Letting delegates to the national conven.
ton and transacting such other business
as might properly come before it.
Baf11ed and chagrined at their failure
to capture us the republicans had repair
ed to the court house and having met
under a call, asking all friends of law and
order to combine without reference to
party they proceeded at once
to pass a resolution condemn
Ing the action of our con
ference in going on with the organization
OF the prohibition party. This resolu-
ton wal passed five minutes before our
members reached the court house. When
we arrived there they proceeded to call
our names without informing us of the
resolution adopted. Their evident intent
was to put us in the attitude of denounc.
ing our W action. The game was 6
slick one and was engineered by G. A.
Pollock, but it did not work. Chairman
Dickie got wind of the situation and
having asked and secured the courtesy
of the floor proceeded to ventilate the
little scheme in a breezy manner. He de.
nounced the trick and insisted that under
a non-partisan call such an act was an
outrage and that the only manly and
honest thing was to reconsider and vote
down the resolution. After pouring hot
shot into the masqueraders he closed by
saying that unless promptly reconsider,
ed and tabled he would advise every self
respecting prohibitionist in the room tc
take his hat and walk out of the hall
The motion to reconsider prevailed, and
Mr.. Pollock, a wiser if not a happier mar
was permitted to withdraw his little
boomerang. The league then compelled
the organization to adjourn. In the
evening Chairman Dickie delivered {
convincing address to a large and appre-
ciative audience. I learned that after
final adjournment of the league nineteen
d~isgruntled republicans put their names
to some expression of dissent from the
prohibition party program. On the
whole it was a great day for our party ir
North Dakota. We will be heard from
in November, 1892.
Happy Hoosiers.
Wm. Timmons, postmaster of Idaville
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done