Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-08-09
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

NcW OIOOo Ut Inc Sldlc COMMITTEE.
The Platform Adopted, Cass Coun-
ty gets Three Candidates.
MinOt, Aug. 3. The democratic
state convention completed its work
at $3.50 last night and there was much
enthusiasm among the delegates.
Several of the Offices were hard to ill
with the names desired. John Burke
was one of the popular men of the
convention and he made an address
in accepting the nomination in which
he said he deplored the attaching to
his name the word "Honest" as every
man was supposed TO be honest until
found out otherwise. The contest
over chairman of the state committee
was a spirited one and Chairman
Brynj0lfson of Grand Forks was sue
ceeded by Senator Cashel of Grafton.
A good deal,of history..was gone over
and the record of the former chair
man was attacked and severely criti-
cised by Mr. Serumgard of Ramsey,
who declared that the delegation to
St. Louis had been traduced and the
fault laid with the former chairman.
Previous to the nominations a dele
gate from.Grand Forks county said
he had been requested to with draw
the name of Tracy Bangs for con-
g1ess, but on the vote the name re-
NAMED sand the result stood Burr
206,% ,%Benton .173, Bangs 66. J. A.
Cohey of Courtenay nominated ND.
Williams of Jamestown for lieutenant
governor. seconded by M. Murphy of
Grand Forks.
Three of the best nominations went
to Cass county, Benton, congres
Matte S. Davis school superintebd-
ent and G. 81. Anheier, insu1m6ea
commissioner. 1t was reported chat
Col. Benton would decline to make
the canvass and would probably with
draw from the ticket.
Platform.
The following are the resolutions
ADOPTED at the democratic state con-
vention reported by Chairman Cashel
of the committee on platform:
We, the representatives of the dem
ocratic party of the state Of North
Dakota, in convention assembled at
Minot, North Dakota, the second day
of August, A. D. 1906,do hereby prom
ulgate the following declaration of
principles:
1t is the duty Of every citizen to
obey the laws land not only to obey
them but to exert his influence to
prevent others from violating them.
Therefore, we are in favor OF the
strict enforcement of every law in
our statutes, and we condemn the re-
publican party. of this state for its
failure to redeem its platform pledges.
We demand that all property, both
individual and corporate, be taxed on
an equal basis. It is no injustice to
require that corporate property OF
railway, telegraph, telephone, ex-
press and sleeping car companies shall
pay tine same proportion of taxes as
the farmer, merchant and laborer,
and we arraign the republican party
of this state for its discrimination in
favor of these corporations.
We are In favor of amending the
primary election law to include the
nomination of all officers who are to
be elected at the ensuing general
election, including the preference for
United States senators, except candi-
dates for judicial and school Offices,
whose names shall be placed on separ-
ate ballots without party designa-
tion.
We are in favor of comforting on the
railroad commissioners of the state
power to established and enforce both
passenger and freight rates on traffic
originating and terminating in this
state. ss'h. b ....- .
We are In favor Of establishing by
constitutional amendment the. inita-
tive and referendum.
We are in favor Of cooperating
with the Wisconsin legislation in es-
tablishing an equitable grain grading
and inspection law in that state and
we respectfully request the state Of
Minnesota to amend her grain grad
ing law, making the law equitable as
to grading and dockage and that ele-
vators be prohibited from shipping
out more grain Of a given grade than
is taken In - @
We are in<favor Of minority party
Of the two, leading political parties
of this state:having representation on