Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-07-05

sumed the duties of members, a direc-
ton which the people had not author.
lied them TO give. have further cited
him TO the case of the last convention
of delegates of the state of Pennsylva-
MIA, wherein called to review and a.
mend the constitution of that state Ly
the authority Of the people without any
limitation of their authority by the pco-
pie the legislature had restricted the
convention by an act to leave uu
touched an article in the Bill of RICH s.
and requiring them to suffer said ar.
ticle to pass into the new constitution
without alteration. In this latter case
the convention by II vote of about 40
to Is ignored entirely, the said act of
the legislature after an elaborate dis
cussion ofseveral days upon the prnci-
pie involved Of the authority Of the con
v"nton in regard TO the Bill of Rights.
10 this discussion Mr.. Clark "a ,uember
OF the convention took similar grounds
with the gentleman from Island uton
the necessity Of confirming to the act
vt the legislature, and cited frequent
passages from Jameson on constitutions
al conventions. the same work from
which the gentleman frpm Island has
just read TO us 30 eloquently, and with
SO much en'phacis. But other mem
bers OF the convention pronounced the
doctrines OF jam son federal in their
nature, and not the American doctrines
upon which American constitutions EN-
aua,ing from the people directly, were
founded. That as applied t. such con-
>'i'u'ions. (and the constitution ..hich
we are about to form is one Of that
CLASSY Janesons tt enries were rank
heroes, which if followed. it would
place 1t out "f the power OF the people
to change their form of government or
overthrow it aud establish new one
in its place, except it were done in all
of Its parts in conformity with the di.
rect'"ns of the legislature of the old
90 crnment, who themselves were
sworn to support the old government.
This much in regard to the p,we.s of
the legislature OF Washington tn resrric,
the acts Of the convention. Now as to
the policy. admit this body has no
direct instruction from the people OF
Washington to admit the ieiegat, from
Idaho, or to give him vote upon this
floor. But | say that the generally ex-
pressed opinion of the people OF eastern
Washington. and the fully expressed
opinion of the people of North Idaho as
ev'nced by their sending IA delegate
here for that pnrpurss. is that both SIC
tons waut Il union Of boundaries in the
formation at the new state. This con.
vention has already admitted said dele.
gate to a seat in this body, aud so far
as their act 1T admission i, concerned.
without any discrimination az inst his
full rights. And further. this cnnvcn.
ton has in the expressions of its mems
bers made On this Goor, said that they
wanted to make North Idaho part If
the state OF Washington, and have gone
so tr as to adopt in The committee ef
the whole by vote of | to 3. bound
aries for the proposed state including
these counties of North Idaho. Now
with tina, object in view. is it policy to
present state constitution with these
hound ares to Congress with The expec
ta,ion that it will be acceptable to tha,
body when it is known that the people
of that part of the new state embracing
these cnunties were entirely dis
iranchised in the making Of this cons
stituticn
WouId it not be an anonulnus conii.
ton Of a people seeking admission ito
the Union under government to which
only part of the people had given their
assent grant that constitution
made by the people Of Washington aud
submitted to the people of both Wash
ington aud North idaho and adopted by
both, may be made acceptable to Con.
gress, ecause the adoption by the peo
pie makes it their act. The sane womb
be true It said constitution were made
by one or two or dnzen laen in Cali.
fornia, if it were afterwards submitted
to the people of Washington and North
Idaho, and adopted by them |, would
thus become their act and deed. and
would cnttle it to the consilera,i. If
Congress. But the right Of the people
of North Idaho to aid in the nak,n. OF
the constitution. if they insist upon il
remains the same, and nll systems and
fine spun theories which have been eu
cidated on this floor to the contrary.
have to my mind failed to disprove that
right. With these views | leave the