Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-09-10

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opened with prayer by Rev Z. b.
Meredith of the First Baptist church.
Sioux Falls.
The roll-call disclosed the presence Of
elghty-tive delegates. The hall flowly
filled with delegates, however. and at
1880 most of those in the city were in
their seats.
Al. knight OF Lawrence, L. G. John.
son Of Brown, and w. NJ. u. yanvelsor
OF Hughes were sworn as delegates.
PROHIBITION.
A petition from citizens of Brookipgs
county, praying for the insertion Of
prohibition clause in the constitution,
was read and referred to the committee
en- legislation.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
A memorial from the National Women's
convention was read to the convention.
1t asks Tor a woman's suffrage plank in
the constitution. Referred to the com
mittee on elections and rights of suffrage.
EXECUTIVE.
The state executive committees report
was read. 1t was the duty of the com.
mittee appointed at Huron to procure
the necessary printing for conducting the
election of delegates to the constitution.
al convention; that an apportionment of
the expense 1t incurred was made to the
several counties south of the 46th
parallel, and it was found to be $50 for
the membership in each county. The
committee found it could not rely upon
the slow process of making collections in
the manner at first prepared, SO it called
by telegraph upon several of the Oldest
counties for specific pledges
of certain amounts. All of
them responded and readily paid their
quotas, except one county. The commit.
tee had printed $500 copies of the pro.
ceedings ot the Huron convention, 500
of which were in pamphlet form; also
1000 poll-books and 200 abstracts, to.
gether with circulars, postals. etc. Had
all the counties responded to the assess
ment in accordance with the original re-
quest of the committee, it would have
received s., ,l25. The committee actually
received S590.50, of which they paid
S4l3.5O. leaving balance of sll7, which
was turned over to this convention to be
used Tor similar purpose.
COMMITTEES, ETC.
The president announced as additional
members of the ways and means com
mittee Hugh j. Campbell OF Yankton,
Henry NJ. Miller of Hand, A. j. Knight
aud Dolph Edwards of Lawrence.
The president also appointed the fol.
lowing pages: Sioux Grigsby, Willie
Mccormack, George Dickson, Lynn
Parmley.
The following were appointed special
committee on contested elections: A.
Boynton of Lincoln, Orange Still of
Turner, j. G. Elliott of Grant.
PRINTING.
G. W. Mcdonald of Jerauld, from the
committee on printing reported that the
committee had provided for the printing
OF the rules and order of business and
the standing committees. 500 copies, to
cost three cents each. and that they
would be ready for distribution to.mor.
row. The committee requested the del.
egates to report to the secretary the
number of copies desired. The commit.
tee reported that they had had under
consideration the most expeditions way
OF getting reports of the various commit.
tees before the convention, and had
ascertained that the reports could be
printed at an estimated cost of 5000, or
81 to each delegate. A bill of $40. so had
already been contracted for printing,
The report was adopted.
CENSUS TAKING.
Hugh j. Campbell of Yankton called
up his resolution presented the previous
day, providing for committee to frame
an ordinance for taking the census Of the
territory south of the forty-sixth paral.
lei. He offered as substitute resolu.
tlon creating O committee of thi1teep
with the president of the convention as
its chairman, to devise plans for having
the census taken. In support of the
substitute Mr. Campbell stated that
census should accompany the memorial
to congress and that the constitutional
convention was the proper and only BODY
to have such census taken. The CEN
sus should be begun by the latter part OF
next week. He wanted the committee
called for by his resolutions because all
other organized committees had all they
could attend to already. Not more than
thirty days, he thought, should be occu-
pied in taking the census.
The resolution was adopted.
ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES.
j. w, Taylor Of Lincoln submitted
resolution, which was adopted, instruct.
ing the president to appoint the follow.
ing committees: On preamble to consti.
tuition, five members; administration,
nlne: impeachment, nine; and tenure of
office, five.
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
A resolution was read and referred to
the committee on legislative department.
asking that that committee be requested
to consider the question of minority re.
presentation in the legislature, with
view to incorporating provision for
such representation in the constitution.
COUNTY COURTS.
NJ. e. Rudolph of Lincoln offered
resolution, that the constitution to be
framed by this convention ought to pro-
vide for the establishment of county
courts in the several counties of the new
state, and that the said courts, in addi.
tion to the probate jurisdiction now con.
ferred upon them by our territorial laws,
should be vested with jurisdiction in ali
cases of misdemeanor and with lurisdic.
tion in all civil suits where debt or dam.
age claimed shall not exceed $1,000. Re
ferred to the judiciary committee.
CHANGES.
A number of unimportant changes
made in subordinate positions on CON-
mittees were announced by the presi.
dent.