Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-07-26
tFRoM our EDITORIAL CoRREspoxpESr.l
Proceedings Of the Constitutional Con
veati0n now In Session in WaIIa
Walla, w. T.
FRIDAY july 10Th.

ibo " Htit lbF tEc IuTtItT cUnsluCTdt1bn
Of schedule. Mr.. O'dell in the chair.
At 1880 A. NJ. committee arose and re
ported proare and obtained leave 10
sit again.
Convention took a recess till half past
AFTERNOON.
With le We Mr.. l.arrabce from com
mittce on revision reported he article
On suffrage and elections with sundry
verbal amendments, which were adop-
ted.
Convention went into committee
again 90 schedule. O'dell in the chair.
At ) p. ~. committee arose and report.
ed back the schedule with amendments.
and recommended their adoption. The
report was received and the committee
discharged.
Convention adjourned to s A. NJ. on
Saturday.
SATURDAY July Goth.
Convention met at 8 A. NJ. Roll call
Journal read aud approved.
Mr.. Diunison from conlnittc No. one
reported article miscellaneous which was
laid upon the table and ordered printed.
Mr.. Larrabee from committee on re.
vision reported article on education. also
article on state institutions with certain
verbal ame ndmen's which were adopted.
| On ulutios Il committee If three con.
>is'ing Of Brad haw, EIdridse and
O'dell were appointed on ordinances.
The convention then took up the
amendments to schedule and considered
hem separately. TIL, report Of the
committee on sections /, :, ), 1, 6. I.
s. 10, ii and Is was adopted. Section
IL was amended and adopted. Commit
tee report on sections Is aud 20 was
adopted Section 81 was amended and
adapted. Amendments tn sections %
and "a as reported by committee were
adopted. New section rs was adopted
with amendments ere'o. Section 26
was stricken cut and substitute adop.
ted in its place. The following is the
SuhStltnta f,t wIt.
''In the event that the Congress OF
the United States shall designate in the
act d. admission the present boundaries
Of the Territory Of Washington as the
boundaries lf the State, we the people
Of said Territory. by our Delegates IN
convention assembled Go hereby assen,
thereto
4 [Thi, declaration by the convention
was tie most severe blow given to tht
prospects for admission Of the three
counties Of Idaho as part Of the new
State. En-.
Section q was amended and adopted
Section II was stricken out. Sectiol
| 25 was further amended and an add
, tim clause was added I, section Is.
n Convention then took recess til
! half past p. NJ.
y AFTERNOON
) Convention met at tho hour Of nd
i journmcnt and resumed consideration
i schedule. Mr.. Dennison moved II
consideration Of tho vote by which Ii
. substitute for section 90 reported by tt
\ canimittee was adopted aud it was r
\ considered. The question then being Q
] the adoption Of this substitute. Niue
r discussion took place in which LAIR
' bee and Bradshaw with quiet vehemen,
!. pressed its adoption, claiming that VI
, less II was adopted or something like
y the peep'e Of the Sound weu'd 70
'e down the constitution and these Kind
= threats ihtimida,ed, some who we
fearful Of such resul, to vote for Il
substitute and thus they put the 9.
N vention in the position Of requiring Il
,e people to GO to Congress with dout
,e headed proposition asking for admissi
le as State. The vote on the substi,u
- stand as fnllnws: Ayes--And~ey
ae bradshaw, Emery l.arrabee, Lac
n Steward and Mr.. pres;dent--S. N,
he -Dennison, Gilmore. George, IIenr
Q Hanna, O'deii and Watt.
- The canventi,n then adjourned.
IS. MONDAY Jn!y I'D
Y Convention met at . A. n. Roll CT
of Prayer by Rev. MIR. Esan. Jour-
se read and approved
;, Mr.. Emery from committee on
he grcssment reported schedule as truly
crossed.