The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-21

D~e,eootes of the Peoples party of
North Dalota assembled In
friday Mt the Elliott hotel, Fargo nav
ing for their object the perpetuatlon or
their party organization.
The delegates selected three presldeh'
tial electors, as follows
T. o. Rable, Wells county; Hugh Nc
Kuskon. Ransom county; Ole o. Burt
ness. Grand Forks.
4 full state ticket will be put in the
field and an active campaign made. u.
e. Majors of Steele county was deter
mined upon as the gubernatorial candi-
date and J. f.. Williams of Grand
Forks as the candidate for congress.
The state central committee was m
nowered to till the vacancies on the
ticket. A complete plan of organiza-
ton was adopted, which abolishes all
conventions and primaries, and that,
after this year, all nominations for Of
fee. or for platforms or amendments
thereto, shall be made by direct vote at
primaries. Each voting precinct shan
have n organization, with chairman,
secretary and treasurer n two judges
of election, which shall constitute the
precinct canvassing board. The chair
men of the precinct committees shall
constitute the county canvasslnS
board and the chairmen Of the various
county committees stall constitute the
state c%anvassing board. This plan also
includes an iron-clad provision against
fusion. The issues of the campaign
will he the initiative and referendum
and the taxation of railroads. 1t was
the purpose of the convention to ell
dorse Morgan, the Pembina nominee,
for the supreme bench.
The members of the state committee
are: NJ. S Blair, chairman; @. l..
SDrague and ]. 4. Kraft, secretaries.
The platform adopted embodies the
t~imc-horored 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-
lowing 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
be exercised by the people alone.
"We find that during Il national eX-
~isteIce, we have been gradually drift
ing from that possession, and that II
exercise Of that function of sovereignty
has, to Il great extent, been delegated
to private individuals. who have used
the same to further selfish schemes.
''rherefore, we declare it to be i'm
perative that we return to first princi-
pies.
I'VE 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-
aStS.
I'VE demand that the burden of tax
alton he equally distributed upon all
forms of taxable property, according to
it's actual value.
I'VE believe that the happiness Of
eur homes. the pe%rpetuity 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
pledge ourselves to support every rea-
sonable effort toward national prOhibi-
ton.
"Having learned by experience that
L 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..