The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25

gate, and had WINGED perceptibIy under
Moody's charges. rose excitedly and made i
personal explanation. Moody again took
the tioor to reply, and had proceeded but a
short time when calls for order were heard
Smith OF Hand county. who was in the chair,
had 40 comprehension of parliamentary
practice, and was completely Disconnected
a scene of confusion followed Finally
quiet was restored, and a number of long
winded speeches were made, the speakers
using arguments in favorof woman suffrage,
After recess for dinner the matter was
taken up again, and Moody's amendment.
defeated. When the committee rose to
report was adopted, with the exc option Of
section 2, which was stricken out, and sec
ton 8 was sent TO the schedule com
mittee, with instructions to prepare and
report a section for the separate submission
of the same. The section as adopted grants
to women the right TO vote at school cleo
lions, and TO hold all offices except as other
wise provided for IN the constitution The
report of the committee on name, boundary
and seat of government was adopted with
but few changes. The 9TH standard par
allel was fixed as the northern bound
airy east of the Missouri river, and
the 10th parallel west of that point; the
temporary and permanent seats of govern
ment to be located by a vote Of the people.
ALL AGREED AS 10 RAILROADS
The report of the standing committee on
corporations other than banking or munich
pal was adopted with little or no debate. A
lively time had been anticipated when the
subject of regulation of railroads should
come up, but these expectations were disap-
pointed. Section is was so amended as
TO prevent the consolidation of rival rail-
roads, by lease or otherwise; and section
10, as adopted, gives the legislature power
TO prevent discrimination. unjust or other
wise, in rates of transportation. The re-
malnder of the report, as well as that of the
committee on public accounts and expend-
itures, was adopted unchanged. The ques-
tion of the separate submission of certain
articles of the constitution was settled
this morning, by the adoption of a resolution
offered by Campbell of Yankton. The reso-
luton provides that all such articles, includ-
ing the location of the permanent seat of gov
eminent be printed in a separate division of
the constitution headed, articles Co be separ-
ately submitted, Hprescribes the form of ballot
to be used, and provides that a majority of
all votes cast for and against any separate
proposition shall elect or reject, except seat
Oh SONeTLulSHb WHICH SHAT require Il pluIall-
ty. Resolution introduced and referred TO
appropriate committee.
Defining jurisdiction, OH waters in or border
ing upon the state: exempting from taxation all
church property of less value than $4,000;
providing that all appropriations, exceeding
S20.O 600. be submitted TO a vote of the people.
Upon reassembling at 7:30 the convention
took az the report of the committee ON
county and township organization. The fol-
lowing amendments were adopted:
Enlarging the minimum area of organized
to twenty-four townships: requiring
four years instead of six TO intervene between
removals OF county seats: doing
away with choosing county officers at the same
election as that at which the constitution is