Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-08-15
CAMPAIGN PLANS
WILL Be DRAWN
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS MET
Ar FARGO WEDNESDAY.
STATE CONVENTION
LATER.


The. campaign plans Of the Pro-
gressive party in North Dakota were
developed at meeting of the ex-
ecutiye committee of the third par
ty called at Fargo Wednesday after
noon, according to an announcement
made by A. Y. More, national COM
mitteeman from North Dakota.
Delegates of North Dakota to the
Chicago convention met with the ex-
ecutive committee; plans for out
side speakers, organization of pre-
cincts and other matters were taken
up. The members of the executive
committee are:
w. D. Sweet, Fargo; Dorr H. Car
roll, Minot; D. j, Times, North
wood; George A. Perkins, Dickin-
SON; David Bartlett, Cooperstown:
Dan H. Jones, Wahpeton; and A..
Beecher Cox, Valley City.
At the meeting, dates for the Sec
ond state Progressive party conven-
tion will be set, and as Theodore
Roosevelt and Gov. Hiram johnson
will both be in North Dakota on d
two days speaking tour in Septem-
ber, it is probable that the state
convention will be called at Fargo
when Roosevelt is present. The
placing of a third ticket in North
Dakota will also come before We'd
nesday's meeting.
Baker Optimistic.
A. M. Baker of Fargo, who at
tended the session of the third par
ty national committee as proxy for
A. Y. More, the provisional commit
teeman, has returned from Chicago
and is enthusiastic over the outlook
for success in both national and
state affalrs. He said:
Z There is a tremendously impCr-
tant misconception as to Roosevelt 8
connection with the Progressive
movement. Notwithstanding the
fact that he occupies remarkably
prominent position in the party,
through his dominant position in
the public mind, the still greater
fact remains that the movement has
far outgrown one-man idea, and
no single man or dozen of men are
so important as to impede the prog
ress of a movement which, judged
by the character and standing of
the great concourse of delegates who
came from all parts of the country
to attend, is destined to sweep over
the country.
II am accused of optimism, but
to my mind Mr.. Roosevelt will be
triumphantly elected by one of the
greatest popular majorities ever re-
ceived by a president. The people
of the west are living in the midst
of the Progressive movement"
Will Not Leave Party.
Minneapolis, Aug. 12.-Senator
A. j. Gronna of North Dtkota, who
was here for a few hours late to-
day, said he was going home to sup
port the Republican ticket in the
coming campaign from top to bot
tom, including the presidential elec-
tors. Senator Gronna made state
ment that at conference of Pro-
gressive Republicans in Washington
Saturday night in which Senators
LaFollette, Borah Of Idaho, Kenyon
of Iowa, and others, took part, a
statement was agreed on, which
gives the reasons why the LaFollette
followers should refuse to leave the
Republican party and join the third
party movement.
Senator Gronna said: IF I left
the Republican party, l should feel
under obligation to resign my seat
in the senate. l was elected by the
Republicans as a Republican, and I.
am still q Republican"
Gronna to Support Hanna.
Senator Gronna said further: II
shall support Mr.. Hanna for govern
or because he won the nomination
under the primary law, which we
spent years to get on our statute
books. am unwilling to repudi-
ate the choice made by the people
in the primary"