Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25

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and no quorum was disclosed.
At 11:3O p. NJ. the convention adj
journed to 8 A. NJ.
Observation-Disclosures Day.
MORNING SESSION.
At 8 O'Clock, Rev. A. z. Lyon, pastor
Of the First Methodist Episcopal church
Of Sioux Falls, opened the convention
with prayer.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE.
By unanimous consent, III. J. Camp
bell of Yankton offered a resolution
giving the president of the convention
power to excuse, at the request of a
delegation, any delegate. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
OFFICERS ELECT.
III. Campbell Of Yankton reported
back from the committee on schedule
section 5, incorporating the provision
that no officer elected at the election in
November next shall assume the duties
of his office or be entitled to receive
salary Or emoluments until the consti-
tuition is ratified by congress.
AMENDMENT.
a. B. Melville OF Beadle reported
from the bill Of rights the amendment
offered by him yesterday-that if 5000
legal voters shall petition the first leg
islature (after congress ratifies the con-
stitution) for the submission to q vote
of the people any measure, it shall be
so submitted at the next following
election, and if it receives a majority
of all legal votes cast it shall then be.
come a part of the constitution.
WITHOUT PRINTING.
w. w. Brookings of Minnehah;
moved to consider all reports received
without sending them to the commit
tee on printing. The motion prevailed
and the two reports made We're taken
up at once and adopted.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
An amendment by G. j. B. Harris OF
Yankton-that the legislature select
four presidential electors after electine
two United States senators, in Decem,
Der neXt-WaS defeated.
MOVING TIE CAPITAL.
NJ. Grigsby Of M%innehaha moved to
reconsider section 6 Of the report Of
the committee on schedule. fixing thu
place OF the meeting of the next legis
lature at Yankton. He stated that his
object in doing so was to have the leg
islature meet at a more satisfactor,
point than Yankton. He would move
it the section was rec0nsidered, tt
amend, so that the first Legislature
should meet at Sioux Falls, and thai
that legislature should decide wher'
the second session should be held. IL
announced further that Sioux Falls IVA
not a candidate for the capital, and tina
he made the move only to please thosa
who objected to going to Yankton.
The motion was lost, and the add
tional sections reported from the com
mittee on declaration OF rights Wer'
considered and adopted.
PRINTING THE CONSTITUTION. p
NJ. L. Rudolph Of Lincoln offered
resolution directing the committee OF
printing to have printed 10000 copie
of the constitution in the English Ian
guage and 1000 copies in the Norwe
gian and 1000 in the German language
The resolution was adopted.
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
w. w. Brookings Of Minnehaha sui
mitted an additional section to the con
stitution, directing that the first legis
lature shall provide for biennial cleo
lions of all state and county officer:
such elections to be held on the frs
Tuesday succeeding the first Monda
in November Of even years.
CENSUS.
The report on the ordinance for tn
taking Of a census Of the state OF d.
kota was considered, amended an
adopted.
on motion of G. N. Keith Of Spinl
the first section was amended, SO tina
the president of this convention sha.
appoint a chief enumerator, instead Q
such appointment being made by tn
convention.
A. C. Mellette of Codington move
to amend section 7, fixing the pay c
enumerators, SO that they shall receiv
such sums as may be determined b
the committee.
Robert Dollard Of BonlIomme OF
posed the section us reported by tn
committee, because it left the compel
sation open to the number Of return
to be made, and was hence IN induce
ment to enumerators to make false IT
turns and swell the sensus.
S. M. Daboll Of Hutchinson said til
enumerators should be paid SO much
day.
The amendment of Mr.. Mellette W.
laid on the table.
1t was suggested by A. sherman {
u Lincoln that the census should be take