Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-09-19
Constitutional Convention.

John Cain, Of Huron, secretary II. N
Avery, assistant secretary, and Nj. B
Kent, of Elk Point, sargeant-at-arms.
Only seventy one delegates out Of on,
hundred and two elect were present.
The anti-diyisionists tried to get il
their work the first day by introducin,
a resolution to adjourn the convention
sine die, but were defeated by vote o
50 to l2.
The personnel Of the convention j,
considerably above the average Of tn,
last legislature, the delegations from
! Yankton county and the Black Hill
district being particularly strong. AL
evince desire to get at the work befor
them and adjourn at an early date. TIL,
pricipal questions that are liable TO pro
| duce spirited discussion are prohibition
| woman suffrage and Dakota's chroni,
ailment, the location of the capital tn,
prohibitionists are represented in force
in the convention and will insist upol
the insertion of "a prohibition clause il
the constitution. There are also few
woman sull'ragists who will demand rec
ognition. When the capital question
comes up there will probably be music
inasinuch AS there are several aspirants
for capital honors, among the more
prominent being Pierre, Huron and
RnH ,ni m nf "A
taxation will he also productive Of con-
siderable discussion Some favor the
taxation OF gross earnings and others
taxation upon the assessment plan, as
in the case of other property.
THE COMMITTEES
The committees as announced by the
president are as follows
Judiciary Moody, kellam, Campbell,
Brookings, ballard, wallner, NJ. :
Collun, Taylor, Carson, Haynes, Ower,
Wright, Fowler.
Executive and administrations Nell.
am, Weeden, Mason, Ryan, Walton,
Grant, Gantz.
observation-disclosures, Hanson, Jones,
Lowthian, Snow, Maynard, Grant.
Education and School Lands More
Ward Of Yankton, Updyke, Owen, Phil
lips, Mcleod, Miller, MYERS, Haynes.
e Congressional and Legislative Appor.
tionmen ballard, Fisher. Frank
Baker, Wright, Mason, Gregory, Bowen
Lowe, Lichicnwuliner, Teusiev, God.
dard, schultz
Seal OF state, Coat of Arms and Design
Of Same -Clellaud, Ward Of YanktCr,
McCol!um, Blair, Miller, Westfill, Gra,
Prnting-Neill, Gunderson, Tousley
Cranner, Jeesup.
Bill of Rights-Owen, More, Craig,
Clifford, Goddard.
Elections and Right of ofSuffrage-W West.
fall, Dow, McCallum, Ward Of Hugh es,
Parker, Campbell, Lansing
Name. Boundaries and Seat of Gov
ernmeut-frank, Patten, Fisher, Blair,
Reed, Lowthean, Murphy.
Federal Relations-Fowler, Ashton,
Andrews, Raker, Bellon
Municipal Corporations-W Wright,
Buechler, Murphy, TycTsen, Beebe.
Corporations Other than Banking or
Muniripal-Ward of Hughes, Brookings,
Biitton, Hanson, Jessup, Lansing, Lay
bourne, Commit, Elfes, Ryan, Genon,
Gray, Gault
County and Township Organizations
Allen, Coffin, Berkahl, Brown, Buech-
Ter, Churchill, Rose.
State, County and Municipal lndebt.
edness-Corson, Tychsen, Andrus,
Baker, Beebe, Bellon, Churchill, Cram
ner and Dow.
Revenue and Finance-Reed, Allen
Churchill, Crosse, Goddard, Potter,
White.
Public Accounts and Indebtedness -
Williams, Huntley, Kendall, Lay bourne
MAYNARD, Oaks Ryan.
State Institutions and public build.
ings, including penitentiaries and other
Leod, Walton, Ward Of Yankton. Oaks
Clelland, Fellows, Wright and Kanouse
Mines, mining and water rights
Booth, Hanson, Clifford, Frank, Grand
Fowler and Phillips.
Roads, Bridges and other Internal I'm.
provements-Blair, Craig, Weldon
Pendleton, Patten, Weatherwax, Crosse
Exemptions, Real and Personal-Bel.
Ion, Allen, Craig, Dahl, Elfes, Gehon
GRAY, Gundcrson. Wright.
Rights Of Married Womcn-Coffin
Gault, Fellows, Westfall, Haynes, God
dard, Cramner.
Military Affairs-Taylor, Weatherwax
Tousley, Huntley, Jones, Sheets, Buech
Ter.
Banking and Currency-Beebe, Jes
sups, Andrus, Goddard. stone, Cramner
Alexander
Amendments and Revision ofthe Con
sti.ution Dow, Corson, Ashton, Brit
ton, Reed, Stone, Clifford
Scheduie--Cainpbell Mellam, Dollard
Ward Of hughes, Booth, Kanous :, Neil
Lansing, Patten, Coffin, Huntley, Coun,
iff. Mc.irath.
Miscellaneous subjects--Alexande
White, Mason, Brown, Elfes, Schultz
Gnndeison.
Compensation Of Public Officers
Brookings, Snow, Laybourne, Phillips
Taylor, Clelland, Lowthian.
Arrangement and Phraseology Of the
Constilution--Ward of Yankton, Moody
More, Lchtenwallner, Myers, Neil, Wal.
:ol, Williams, Wright.
Engrossmentand Potter
Peudleton, Sheets, Dahl, McGrath.
Expenses of the COM ention Fellows
Murphy, Snow, Weatherwax, Gregory
PfeImble-Updyke, Parker, Berdahl
Viii Jams, Bitton.
III lufactures and Agriculture Myers
Greco Brown, Kendall, Commit, Ber.
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