Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-05
ABOUT A SPECIAL SESSION.
Meeting of Citizens to Discuss
the Matter of Convening
the Legislature.
President Fancher Says the
North Dakota Company is
All Right.
Starch Factory Project Again
Revived-Better Prospect
This Time.


Gov. Burke and II. G. Southland o
Fargo, spent Friday in the city consult
ing with people here regarding the
calling of an extra session of the legisla.
ture. The matter of the election of presi.
dental electors for North Dakota is
causing some considerable agitation. 1t
is claimed that the last legislature failed
to provide for this. The governor
states that as 1t now stands there is
doubt as to whether the state could
legally elect presidential electors, with
out further action by the legislature.
| The cost OF this is estimated at from
$1,000 to $4,000, and if the members
forego mileage and the railroads furnish
transportation, the expense might be cut
down to $1,000 Or $4,000 at the most.
At a meeting held in Fargo it was
deemed advisable to do this, and at
Grand Forks also the feeling seemed to
be that such action was desirable.
Gov. Burke says also that he does not
want to take the entire responsibility of
calling the legislature together, neither
does he want the possible responsibility
of a future complication in the electoral
college, by reason of any possible failure
on his part or the legislature of the state
to provide for electors. The necessity is
as great for one party as the other: but
North Dakota can not afford to be the
cause of any Hayes -Tilden affair. It is
not impossible, he says, that the three
presidential candidates of the repubIi-
can, democrat and alliance parties may
have close vote this fall, IN which case
there is no telling what would be the
result if left to the legislature. He also
says that this matter is no subterfuge in
the interest of the Worlds fair, but if
the cal! is made it will be plainly stated
for what purpose.
1t is SAID that the Worlds fair matter,
and question of electors could be settled
without any lengthy session. May "a
has been suggested as the time best
suited. as the month of June is nearly
taken up with conventions at Mime
apolis and Chicago.
Regarding the failure of the legislature
to arrange for the election OF electors.
Senator Worst of Emmons county is
quoted as saying that bill had passed
the senate. and been amended IN the
house at the last session. but when sent
back for concurrence had been lost in
the shuttle, 80 no provision has been
made for the election of presidential
electors.
Chairman Spalding of the state central
committee says that the only safe way
i 8 to have the legislature make legal
provisions for the election OF the electors.
It would not be safe to leave it for the
next legislature.
The matter of the worlds fair appro-
prlation of $25,00O Is also considered by
many leading citizens of Fargo and
Gland Forks as equally important and
necessary. Governor Burke is quoted
as saying at the Fargo meeting that he
had been over the state good deal, and
he was satisfied that it was not
possible to raise the extra $4,000
for the worlds fair by popular sub.
scrlption. Fargo and Grand Forks
would no doubt do their share, but
the rest of the state was apathetic.
His own feeling was that if sufficient
sum could not be secured to make suit
able exhibit, the better way would be to
! stop all further expense and make no ex-
hlbit at all. as it would do the state more
harm than good to have poor exhibit
H. G. Southland is also of the opinion that
a proper display IS the only one that can
be of any value, and he believes that
when the case is fully stated the people
would not object to the investment of
the necessary money to give the state
her proper representation at the fair. 1t
is SAID that an estimate of the cost OF an
extra appropriation of $4,000, would be
II cents tax on each quarter section in
in the state.
Among those present at the meeting
Friday afternoon we're Mayor Fuller, Rep.
resentat!ve Lutz, Judge Rose, F. B.
Fancher, B. s. Russell, VIM. Lloyd,
Captain Ingraham, Anton Klaus, r. E.
Wallace, Col. Warnock, E. NJ. Sanford,
Rev. VIM. Glib, Rev. Father Connolly,
Editor Steinbach, Major Lyon, Angus.
tus Haight, j. Purcell Baker,
E. s. Miller, E. F. Horn,
David Goodman, E. L. Calkins and w.
, r. Kellogg. The question of calling q
special session Of the legislature was
fully discussed, and the sentiment seemed
to be in favor Of such action if necessary.
Several expressed themselves at some
length, among the speakers being Messrs.
Russell. Fancher, Fuller. Lutz, Lloyd,
Baker, Horn, Warnock and Father Con
nally.