Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-09-15
THE PROHIBITION TICKET.
Roger Allin Nominated for
Governor at the Fargo
Convention.
Some Republicans and Several
Independent Candidates
IndOrsed.
Completion of the Capital
House-Increased Hotel
Facilities.

Facilities.
The independent prohibition conven-
tion of North Dakota met at Fargo
Wednesday morning. There were seven
teen persons present when Chairman
E. e. Saunders OF jamestown, called the
convention to order and read the call.
Chairman Saunders stated that the
central committee had met and selected
A. j. Carver of Leeds, as temporary
chairman, aud NJ. H. Kltf of Tower City,
as temporary secretary. Chairman Gar:
YER on taking the chair said he was
proud Of being selected to preside over
the greatest convention held in North
Dakota this year.
Rev. MacNamara was called and in
voked the tlevine blessing. On motion
of A. N. Barnum the temporary organi-
zation was made permanent. Chairman
Gar yer said the time had arrived VIXEN
the prohibition party in this state were
called uron to &C to work: "There is
treason right hero in North Dakota" :"
seid Chairman Carver, "as great as there
ever was down sogth. Go back to 81
and whst would you or think of gov
'ernor OF Michigaa or Ohio who would
appoint slave holder to the highest
position in the state: azd yet that is
being cone IN North Dakcta today. 1t
is not more thee ten days ago that our
governor appointed man to the highest
office in his pewer, who would trample
our constitution under bis feet.''
E. e. Saunders, chairman of tho com
mittee on resolutions, introduced the
following: Resolved, that it is the sense
of this conversion that no person should
be Nominated or endorsed for any office,
who does not publicly declare himself in
full accord with the prohibition OF the
liquer traffic, state and national. The
resolution was adopted.
Nr. Saunders also sntroducel the
following resolution and moved its
adoption: '+sEesolved, that it is the
sense of thae convention that . full
state ticket be nominated" Mr.. Eaun-
dees SAID that the republican party and
thepeople'spsrty had nominated oendi-
dates who profess to favor the enforce
meat of prohibition, but who deem their
relations to the party to be such that
they entirely ignore the prohibition
question. (
Raw s. ERyan of jamestown, was
not,a delegate to the convention, hut
being called upon for remarks, said
he sid not approve of the an-
dependent prohibition movement mani
tested at this convention. He was
always a republican, because it had been
trne to the prohibition party, until lately
when II seems as if some new devil has
got hold of it. Re was now in favor of
endorsing part Of the peoples ticket,
because many of the nominees
on that ticket are known to
be staunch prohibitionlste. The peoples
party. Mr.. Ryan said, had placed pro.
hibltion plank in their platform at the
Valley City convention. The democratic
party did not fuse:.with the peoples party;
they did not get the opportunity; the
democratic. party is at the mourner's
bench. and simply swallowed the dose
prepared for them yesterday.
Mr.. Barnum did not agree with Rev.
Ryan, and thought the democrats jumped
on to the peoples platform for the pur-
pose of swamping the ship. He was in
favor of putting an independent state
ticket in the field.
It was now manifest that the mortal
combat was on, the question being
whether the convention should nomi-
nate straight prohibition ticket, endorse
the peoples ticket or endorse such candl-
dates now in the field on other tickets
who are known to be prohibitionists.
Chairman Carver called Rev. E. E.
Saunders to the chair while he took the
floor in favor of the independent ticket.
Bartlett of Fargo, followed in favor of en-.
dorsing the peoples ticket. Saunders and
Barnum were for the independent ticket
and Secretary Klff made
strong speech in favor of indorsing none
but known prohibitionists. The con-
vention took recess, at u O'Clock
noon, to meet again at 8 o'clock
This afternoon, when the following nomi-
nations were reported by the committee:
Presidential Electors Rev. j. G. On
land, Park River; G.. s. Baskerville,
A. NJ. Barnum, Mayville.
Congressman-M. N. johnson of
Petersburg.
Governor Roger Allln OF Grafton.
Lieut.. Governor-E. D. Wallace OF
Steele.