The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-20
POPULlSTS
MAY HOLD A STATE CONVENTION
AT FARGO.
Pre- esfaeAtial Electors Are Selected-
o. 6. Majors Nominated for Gov
erner and j. f. williams for Con-
grees-The State Central Commit
tee Empowered to FIJI Up the
.Balance of the Ticket-Issues OF
the Campaign Will BE the Initia-
tive and Referendum and the
EaxatiCn Of Railroads.

Delegates Of the Peoples party Of
North Dakota assembled in convention
Friday at the Elliott hotel. Fargo haV-
ing for their object the perpetuatioh' OF
their party organization.
The delegates selected three lTesiden.
;;tial electors, as follows !:
T: o. Rable, Wells county, Hugh Nc
KuskOn, Ransom county; Ole y. Burt
ness. Grand Forks.
A full state ticket Will be put in the
field and an active campaign made. ~.
G. Majors of Steele county was deter
mined upon as the gubernatorial candl-
date, and J. +. Williams OF Grand
Forks as the candidate for congress.
The state central committee was en-
powered to fill the vacancies on the
ticket. A complete plan of organizal..
ton was adopted, which abolishes all
conventions and primaries, and that.
after this year. all nominations for Of
flee, or for platforms or amendments
thereto, shall be made by direct vote at
primaries. Each voting precinct shall
have one organization, with chairman,
secretary andotreasurer and two Judges
of election, which shall constitute the
precinct canvassing board. The chair
men of the precinct committees shall
constitute the county callvasslnS
board and the cllairmen Of the various
county committees shall constitute the
state canvassing board. This plan also
includes an iron-clad provision against
fusion. Tie issues of the campaign
will be the Initiative and referendum
{ and the taxation Of railroads. 1t was
the purpose of the convention to en-
dorse Morgan, the Pelnbina nominee,
for the supreme bench.
The members Of the state committee
are: NJ S Blafr chairman; G. L..
Sprague and j. A. Kraft. secretaries.
The platform adopted embodies the
time-hoEored tenets of the Peoples par
ty and approves the amendment to the
state constitution relating to the liquor
traffic The state platform is as fol-
lows:
'.'The Peoples party of North Dakota.
in convention assembled, adopt the fol
towing platform of principles:
''We affirm our allegiance to the ten
cts Of the Peoples party as set forth in
the platform adopted at Cincinnati,
May 3, 1900. We remember that those
who instituted this government de.
clared that the sovereign power should
bexeXercised by the people alone.
tNVe find that during our national ex-
lstence, we have been gradually drift
ing from that possession, and that the
exercise of that function Of sovereignty
has, to a great extent, been delegated
TO private individuals. who have used
the same to further selfish schemes.
Therefore. we declare it to be i'm
perative that We return ITO first princi-
pies.
1--WE demand the adoption in this
state of the initiative and referendum,
that the people, in their sovereign ca
pacity, shall be enabled to propose and
compel the adoption of such laws as
they desire and to repeal such laws as
they may deem injurious to their inter-
psts.
1--WE demand that the burden Of tax
alton be equally distributed upon all
forms of taxable property, according to
it's actual value.
1--WE believe that the happiness OF
eur homes. the perpetuity of our free
institutions, the best interests of our
state and nation demand the entire sup
preston of the liquor traffic, and to
this end we heartily approve of our
constitutional amendment, and we
bfedge ourselves to support every rea-
sonable effort toward national prohibit
ton.
"Having learned by experience that
law of this nature will not be en-
forced by officers not in sympathy
Herewith, we, therefore, will support
for office only those men who favor the
suppression of the sale of intoxicating
liquors"