Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-07
The Constitutional Contention.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

special Telegram TO The Globe.
Sioux FALLS, Sept, 6.-The morning
session of the constitutional convention
opened with prayer by Rev. j. W. Skill
man, of this city. A committee was ap-
pointed to proceed at once to meet the
United States senatorial Indian commits
sion and place in its hands the memorial,
unanimously adopted by the convention
asking for the opening of the great Sioux
reservation. They will go at once to
Omaha where it is expected they will
meet the commission SATURDAY or Monday
next. The committee consists of Messrs.
Moody, Campbell, Pettigrew, Hellam and
Pagan.
Special Telegram to the Globe
Sioux FALLS, Sept. 6.-When the con-
vention assembled this afternoon the pres
ident announced the standing committees.
Mrs. Marietta M. Bones, vice president
for Dakota, of the Woman's National
Suffrage association, was given the privi-
lege of the floor by special request, and
for five minutes she appealed to the
convention that in framing the constitu-
tion they omit the word, "male." She dis
played lengthy petition from
the women of Dakota praying
for suffrage in making state
out of the territory. She said: "If there
is not another woman in Dakota who
wants to vote, do. have my opinion of
men who deny me this great privilege
which they demand for themselves" She
was applauded, but there were two ladies
and eight gentlemen in the gallery while
she spoke, although strong influence out
side the convention will be brought
to bear for the incorporation of woman
suffrage and prohibition planks in the con-
stitutioni there seems to be no disposition
whatever to recognize either subject by the
convention.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union of Dakota is in session to-day, and
resolved to urge the constitutional conven-
ton to incorporate in the convention pro-
hibition. Prominent delegates say they do
not propose to recognize either woman's
suffrage or prohibition.
The following are the names of the COM
mittees and their respective chairmen:
Judiciary-G. G. Moody.
Executive-A. G. Killann.
Legislature-J. P. Kidder.
Bill of rights-A. B. Melville.
Elections and right of sufrage--W.
Sheridan Jones.
Name, boundaries and seat of govern
ment-W. W. Brookings.
Education and school lands M. M.
Moulton.
Municipal corporations A. Murray.
Corporations other than banking and
municipal-A. G. Mellotte.
Rights of married women-Monaghan
Military affairs-W. A. Brayton.
Seal of state, coat of arms, and design
for same-F. B. Foster.
Banking and currency-R. G. Lane.
Future announcements and revision of
the constitutional. P. Lawrence.
Printing!. F. Mallahan.
Schedule-H. J. Campbell.
Miscellaneous subiects-W. G. Hough-
ton.
Compensation of public oficers---
Ward.
Arrangements and phraseology of the
constitutional. M. Hague.
County and Township Orgsnization-C.
L. Keith.
County and Municipal Indebtedness-R.
F. Pettigrew.
Revenue and Finance-W. NJ. Pierce.
Public Accounts and Expenditures-A.
Berinton.
State Institutions and Public Buildings
S. M. Liebach.
Manufactures and Agriculture-A. S.
Mitchell.
Congressional and Legislature Appoint
ment-O. S. Clifford.
Miners, Mining and Water Rights-B.
G. Garfield.
Roads, Bridges and Other Internal I'M
provements-J. G. Elliott.
Exemptions, Real and Personal-H. NJ.
Williamson.