The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-07-25
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
MORE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
MEANS ANOTHER TICKET
Prominent Progressives From All
Parts Of State Sign Call for
Convention at Fargo
on Friday.

HS IillIu party CdIIlpdlSU was 1OT.
mally launched in North Dakota when
the call for state convention, to be
held at the Sons of Norway hall in Far
go next Friday, was issued by A. Y.
More, of Fargo and Wimbledon, new
national provisional committeeman
from North Dakota.
In addition to Mr.. More there were
more than 100 signers of the call for
the convention. Friday night the nat
ional committeeman for the third party
sent messages to representative Pro-
gressives in all sections of the state,
asking them to state their attitude to-
ward signing the call for the conven-
tion. Approximately 60 kilograms
were sent. Last night answers began
coming in. Many of those to whom
Mr.. More telegraphed sent names of
other men who are willing to sign the
call.
Among those who have signed the
convention call thus far are: A. M.
Baker, advertising manager of the
Courier-News and Telegram: S. 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; o. j. Sorlie of Bux-
ton, chairman of the Republican county
committee of Trail county; Tolluf
Paulson, editor of the Kenmare Journal;
Dorr H. Carroll, editor of the Minot
Reporter; Alfred Kvello of Lisbon; A.
Beecher Cox, Valley City; A. o. Haz-
en-, Larimore.
There will be no elected delegates to
the mass convention of the third party
men here Friday, but all Progressives
who attend this meeting will be con-
sidered delegates from their several
counties. According to the statement
of National Committeeman More, the
convention will endorse Progressive
candidates already selected at the
state primaries, where such endorse
ment seems proper; other places on the
ticket will be filled at the convention
Friday.
The convention call was sent out last
night. 1t follows:
IA call to all Progressives of the
state of North Dakota to gather in
mass convention.
"The Progressives of North Dakota
who realize that the world-old struggle
for supremacy between principle and
privilege cannot end till the people
rule themselves in deed as we'll as
name, and who desire to bring about
those reforms in government which
this enlightened age demands, are in
vited to meet in mass convention in
the city of Fargo on Friday, July 26,
at 10 o'clock a. M, in Sons of Norway
hall to select five delegates to the nat
ional Progressive party convention to
be held in Chicago, ILL.,, Monday, Aug.
S, 1912, and to nominate Progressive
candidates for the several state offices
to be filled at the next election.
''It must be apparent to all thinking
men that an attempt to control the
machinery of either of the old parties
as they are at present constituted will
involve an almost unending battle of
the great mass of the people against
the highly organized class who seek to
control government for selfish reasons.
Meantime 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 privilege, more difficult
of control.
"All electors of North Dakota who
wish to join movement having for its
object the overcoming of these obsta-
cles to right national growth; all who
wish to rebuke machine controlled con-
ventions in their barefaced theft of a
presidential nomination; all who wish
an immediate and downward revision
of the Tariff and to effectually dispose
of the Taft brand of reciprocity; who
want the farmer and the manufacturer
each to prosper, without regard tt
previous party affiliations are invited
to join with the undersigned and parti
cipate in convention to put these
principles into effect.
"There will be no elected delegates
at this MACS convention but all Pro
gressives who attend will be considered
as delegates from the several counties.