The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-08
Our Minnesota Correspondence.
81. PAUL, MINNESOTA, July 81, 1881

81 PAUL, MINNESOTA July 81, 1851.
7he fDo Constitutional Conventions Organised
Bo.h CONVENTIONAL yentions organised and
hard Of work. the business for which the delegates
SEM here Neither body have yet progressed for
enough TO indicate what viii be the prominent features OF
the documents they will bring forth. believe, however,
tina; bo'h viii submit ennenty conservative constitutions,
and that there viii be essential difference In the two
The great ngh which 10 come of over the productions
os hem two rival bodies viii take place on the Issue OF
that nrss days procee gs, and the republicans have
hoed the Eastern papers with sided accounts OF the
occurrences Of that day, propose to give plain state
meet Of the grounds which the democrats have acted,
anc Of the positions they viii assume before the people
Be! few Of the democratic delegates reached the city
until the day before me meeting Of the convention and no
general consultation took place among them On The saoec
Of the organisation, until committee OF republicans sp-
peared al the Fuller House-he democratic headquarters
Sunday night, to coufer Sith them, when q small
number collected In privae room to hear the PROPOSE
ton OF the republican, hich proposition was, that the
convention should at IL O'Clock ~ on The next
day They immediaely passed q resolution saying they
would meet al the .lhour, and the next morning
pase1 another resolution saying that usua hour was IL
O'Clock H. In the meantime, however, 1t had
become generally known that twenty fovr hours
previous the republican caucus had passed resolution
that they would proceed to the capitol ct IL o'clock
Sunday night, Y they found the intention
Of the democrats to take possession OF the hall The
dernoci ats were, Of course what indignant They
had held 40 meeting for any purpose. The idea
Of going there at IL o'cl,,k Of night had not
been mentioned and for their opponents to tell them In
advance awe believe you are scopndTes, and wen be
ready for you was hardly The cvilty to be expected
from highmndsd adversary. The republicans did as
they had threatened to dowent in body the capitol
at IL O'Clock Sunday night AM nndug the hall OF the
House Of Representatives locked enamped in adjon
II room until the hail opened in the morning, when
they Immediately took possession general Of
the democratic members who had ART ged called In
the morning. AZ the extraordinary proceedings Of the
pubhcADs taken into consideration A large number OF
ther men had BOT reached the city They bell we'd
t6a when their own men were all here they had legit,
mstely and properly majority Of the Convention notwth-
standing the fact me oriiy OF he certificates had
been given 70 the republicans and they considered them
selves justified In ourpug the Conventon as soon Is
I'd convened they elect II in any parliamentary
way
10 pursuance OF this re- olutoD, they entered the
q member Of the Convention, had good q right
to call II to order ~ any oiner nenber, and
r sa, E: see,e M , TOE s tue pre-
perior to any other member-rsppcd the desk aud
called to order, when m ,ton WAS instantly made that
the COW enoa adjourn About the same rae Mr. Norh.
repu oican member, also called to order and moved
huieK that Mr. Gsbrsth be elected President pro tenn
pore.
Now admitting that Mr. North was the legitimate chair
the two motions before the convection and
cordpg to eli parliamentary rules and PRACTICE the motion
- adjourn mui be 1rst put, and M North should have
put that motion. Again admitting thai Mr. Chase
the legitimate chairman, he fac: that mao lily OF the
even the republicans do no. denyendorsed the a.. AMI
made II valid. The motion Put, And all the democrats
voted "sye while large number Of The republicans,
they themselves acknowledge, voted "no making, alto
gether, large majority OF the convenon beyond doubt
or cav, who voted on the N ton Secretary Chase de-
cared the motion 10 DO carried, and calling for
division, he declared the adjourned The re-
pubicans howsy not recognizing the proceedings In
which many Of themselves bad participated remained in
the hail. and Organized the BODY which now ho s lis ses
siors In that ball. while the democrats Acting pursuance
Of that adjournment have also organized and constitute
You win see from this statement OF facts, 50
far - regularity u concerned, the democrats have
and that anything which may appear unusual or
extraordinary In moving to adjourn Ut the moment
OF the meeting, was fully J1staed by the unusual
forty eight hours before.
The entire number delegates elected TO the Convention
In los, OF which Is 70 constitu quorum
Tho republicans have 80 si,vg hall -Four Of
these from st Anthony received certificates from the Re,
gister Deeds ground that the d,mocrac cand
daes not voted for councillor and representative
delegates, respectively. But there no Law recognizing
any such distinction, and there half Of the
publican members hold their eidcAtes up der precisely
similar MISUNDERSTANDING been voted for simply as
deesatcs No questions the fact that the democratic
candidates received large msority Of the votes cas and
selves ready to turn out the st. Anthony members when
ever their contestants will present themselves. Mr. Coo,
from Houston county, holds his seat uuder about
the same circumstances, being in q minority, accord.
Ing 10 the official returns, Of 40 votes. This will
duee the number Of republicans legally elected 10 81
less THAI quorum There is also one o.her dce-
gate sitting In that body whose seat Is contested.
On the democratic eide 10 one preteuds 70 hold seat
who VAS not elected by undoubted majority OF
votes and the official returns their men repre-.
sen, majority Of 1900 OF the popular vote Of the Terri
tory 10 true that the six femblna delegates sitting
there but Pembina has been m.renresentet IL was re-
ported here that the Pembna en- wore elected west OF
the ne fred by Conress for the proposed State The Of
hca returns, which recently come show that they
oude limits Of the proposed state which renders their
election m valid IN every respect 10 the election OF the
members from 81 Paul The democrats will therefore 90
before The people prepared to show
1 TnA, they have legally majority OF the delegate
elected 10 the Con ven,loa,
tina, ,hcso MEMBER, roprc'cn, 800 majority of the
people, and
g. That by all parliamentary rule aud practice they arc
tho Constitutional Convention
The republicans have JUS, woke mp TO the conviction or
the @ that all those speeches and resolutions the demo
cratic tide lerg with the people and have started
opposition Ere. President Balcombe came down from his
chair and Introduced the following preamble and resoiu-
lion into their convention
WHEREAS has been dermcsd by the ,irus leaders Of
mission q Nnns-oa ia,o be Union Of states ss spyersgn
snd independent STATE snd wher s our belief that ary
admission ss possible, therefore
T,u.ry bold meetn,s in their respecv. precnsis coun
dssires upon this inporisnt occasion
These resolutions no supported in a two hour scccch
In which he established 10 the satisfaction OF all good
pubucsns that II WAS the democrats who the rcvo-
luonAry party the only object ibey are driving
al Is 10 prevent Mime ,o,a from coming in A. a.e Pre-
sdent Bacombe promising young man. bu bis spec n
Vas q very tame reply 10 that Of Governor German.
American BibIe Society.
The stated meeting Of the managers held at the
Bbe House Aston place, on Thursday eh inst, a, hsf
as p nr ding ad bv