Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-07-25
3RD PARTY CAMP'AIGtI
FORMALLY LAUktssitD,
N. d. STATE CONVENTION OF
NEW PROGRESSIVE PARTY
AT FARGO, JULY 20.

Fargo, July 21.-The third party
cccMpaign was formally launched in
North Dakota last night when the
call for a state convention, to be
held at the Sons of Norway hall in
Fargo next Friday, was issued by
A. Y. More, of Fargo and Wimble-
don, new national provisional COM
mitteeman from North Dakota.
More Than 100 Signers.
In addition to Mr.. More there
were more than 100 signers of the
call for the convention. Friday
night the national committeeman for
the third party sent messages to rep
resentative Progressives in all Sec
tions Of the state, asking them to
state their attitude toward signing
the call for the convention. APP
proximately so kilograms were
sent. Last night answers began
coming in. Many Of those to whom
Mr.. More telegraphed sent names OF
other men who were willing to sign
the call.
The Signers.
Among those who have signed
the convention call thus far are: A.
M. Baker, advertising manager OF
the Courier-News and Telegram; $.
M. Ferris of Dickinson, for years
foreman of the Roosevelt ranch on
the Little Muddy; w. S. Lauder OF
Wahpeton, delegate to the national
Republican convention at Chicago;
w. D. Sweet, mayor of Fargo; Q. J.
Sorlie of Buxton, chairman of the
Republican. county committee OF
Trail county; Tolluf Paulson, editor
of the Kenmare Journal; Dorr H.
Carroll, editor of the Minot Report
er; Alfred Kyello of Lisbon; A..
Beecher Cox, Valley City; A. o.
Hazen, Larimore.
No Elected Delegates.
There will be no elected delegates
to the mass convention Of third par
ty men here Friday, but all Pro-
gressives who attend this meeting
will be considered delegates from
their several counties. According
to the statement of National Com
mitteeman More, the convention VIII
endorse Progressive candidates al
ready selected at the state primar-
les, where such endorsement seems
proper: other places on the ticket
will be filled at the convention FIJI
day.
The Call.
4 The convention call was sent out
fast night. It follows:
"a call to all Progressives OF the
state of North Dakota to gather In
mass convention.
'.The Progressives of North Dako-
ia who realize that the world-old
struggle for supremacy between
principle and privilege cannot end
till the people rule themselves n
deed as well as name, and who de-
sire to bring about those reforms IN
government which this enlightened
age demands, are invited to meet IN
mass convention in the city OF Far
20 on Friday, July 26, at 10 o'clock
a. M. in Sons of Norway hall, to Sc
lect five delegates to the national
Progressive party convention to be
held in Chicago, ILL.,, Monday, Aug.
s. 1912, and to nominate Progress
siye candidates for the several state
Offices to be filed at the next cleo
tion.
An Unending Battle.
A"It must be apparent to all think
ing men that an attempt to control
the machinery Of either of the old
parties as they are at present con-
stituted will involve an almost un-
ending battle of the great mass OF
the people against the highly orga-
nized class who seek to control gov
ernment for selfish reasons. Mean
time needed reforms are delayed,
the citizen is robbed Of his inherent
right to. participate to the fullest ex-
tent in his own. government and
great interests are fostered which
with every step of growth become
more greedy for power and privt-
leee, more difacult OF control.
Who Are Involved.
.'All electors Of North Dakota
who wish to join q movement hav-
ing for its object the overcoming OF
these obstacles to right national
growth; all who wish to rebuke ma
chine controlled conventions in their
bare-faoed theft Of presidential
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