Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-07
IN. D. Democratic State Ticket
Nominated Friday Even
Ing in Fargo.
Lowell and LELAND for CONGRESS, Gro
nan for Governor, McGin-
mis- for Lieut..
Opposed to Merger, Favor Resubmis.
sion and Condemn Gov.
Whites Conduct.

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2.-The follow
ing ticket was nominated at the N.
d. democratic state conventions:
Congress r. Lowell, Cass, and
e. "A. Ueland, LaMoure.
Governor-Joseph e. Cronan, Cass.
Lieutenant Governors. *. McGin-
mis-, Stutsman.
Secretary OF sState-John Quarum,
Richland.
State Auditor-John f. Morrison,
Bottineau.
State Treasurer-Ja as. +. Mcdonald,
walsh.
Attorney General-M. J. Barrett,
Ward.
Superintendent Of Public Instruct
4 ion-V. Stevenson, Grand Forks.
Commissioner of Agriculture-Os-
car H. Will, Burleigh.
Insurance Commissioner-F. A.
Wilson, Pembina.
Supreme Judge-John NJ. Cochrane
(endorsed).
Railroad Commissioners-P. u.
Pritchard, Chas. Peterson, 0. Knud-
son.
THE PLATFORM.
This convention hereby renews its
faith in and it's allegiance to the prin-
ciples of the democratic party.
We declare our opposition to- tar
if system that robs the producer and
that fosters the growth and strength
ems the combinations that lead to the
establishment Of trusts. We oppose
any and all system Of taxation levied
for any purposes than to provide the
necessary revenues for the economical
administration Of the government.
We are therefore in favor Of a tariff
for revenue only, and especially favor
such modification OF existing tariff
! schedules as may be required to pre-
vent their longer atfording shelter to
monopoly.
We favor and recommend the adop-
tion Of constitutional amendment
providing for the election of United
States senators by a direct vote OF the
people.
While we firmly believe in the en-
forcement Of law and order, we are op-
posed to government by Injunction.
We are opposed to the merger OF
consolidation of parallel OF competing
lines of transportation. 1t destroys
competition and creates monopoly
which places the industries OF the
state at the mercy Of the railroads.
We condemn the republican party
Of North Dakota for being dominated
in its late convention and for being
influenced in favor Of perfecting such
consolidation. We are opposed to the
republican nominees because they were
dictated to by a political machine
supported and maintained by these
corporate interests, and we condemn
the nominee Of the republican party
for governor because Of his vacillating
and weak conduct on the merger ques-
tton.
We favor the enactment Of a pri-
mary election law for the nomination
Of all public officers and we denounce
boss rules as destructive and un-Amer-
I. ican.
We favor the adoption of such legis-
alton as shall repeal the SO called fel-
ow-servant law in this state.
We ravor JUST and equitable taxa
tion Of all property in this state and
we condemn therepublican party for
it's failure to tax property of CORPORA
tions on the same basis as other prop
erty is taxed, and recommend that all
property be taxed on the lands Of its
market value.
We are heartily in favor of the initi
atiye and referendum and favor the
passage of a law that will enable the
people to institute and control legisla-
tiOn.
We condemn the republican party
for It's failure to enforce the prohibi-
tion law and we recognize the right OF
the people to believe they should have
q chance to change the laws Of this
state, and we therefore favor the re-
submission OF this law to the people
that they may change the present sys-
tenn either by the adoption of state
dispensary system of the. Gottenburg