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per cent. The report of the committee on
the rights of married women, recommending
that all property, real and personal, held in
title by women before marriage continue so
after marriage. was adopted A resolution
was adopted extending the thanks of the
convention 20 Territorial Secretary Teller
ana Auditor Caldwell for courtesies ten
dered.
SIOUX FALLS, Oak. Special Telegram. Sept
4-Th convention spent the greater part
OF the day in consideration OF the report OF
the committee on schedule. A long discus
sion occurred over section 81, relating TO the
counting of votes cast at the election to
ratify the constitution. The report by the
committee provided for q ballot, containing
the words, %For the constitution" and
Against the constitution" as well as For
the article, and against the article TO be
used in voting for an article separately sub
mitted; also blanks for the insertion of names
OF persons to be voted for for state officers.
In counting the votes. Judges, according to
the report, were authorized to count for the
constitution all votes upon which neither the
words sFor," nor against should be
erased, the same rule TO apply in
counting votes cast for articles separately
submitted. TIL discussion called out opin-
ions from nearly every membe or the con-
v%ention, numerous suggestions being offered
as to the proper adjustment of the matter.
Ihe section under discussion was referred
back to the committee with instructions TO
revise the same and report to the conven-
ton. At 3 O'clock the committee returned,
and reported that the ballots contain the
words: @For the constitution, fes-No'
SFor prohibition, Yes-Non; @For minority
representation, Yes-No." The report was
adopted without debate.
The report, as adopted, provides foT the cleo
ton and qualification of state officers, election
and meeting OF the legislature. election or repre-
7 sentativesa and United States senators. 1t pro-
Vides further for an executive of
seven, to be chosen by the convention, said
committee to have full power to perform all
things necessary to carry into effect the proyi-
sions of the schedule, TO issue instructions and
regulations as to elections, to fill vacancies IN
their WI number, and to provide funds neces-
sary TO defray all expenses connected with the
performance of their duties; the president of
the committee to appoint in each county a
county board of three members to exercise the
powers and duties prescribed in the schedule.
The president OF the executive is 60 act with
the territorial secretary and chief Justice az a
canvassing board, the first named 70 issue GER
~tlfcates OF election to all state officers. The
governor, representatives in congress and
United States senators, together with two other
persons selected by the executive committee,
are created a commission in the event of q rati-
ticatian of the constitution to present the same
10 the president and congress and request adj
mission to the Union.
The report. with the exception OF the sec
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adopted with but few changes.
PRESIDENT DGERToN OBJECTS.
When the question came for final adoption,
President Edgerton called 0went to the chair,
took the floor and said:
While he had no desire to interfere with the
work Of the convention, yet he was opposed to
certain sections OF the schedule, and begged
leave to state his reasons for voting against the
report. He objected to the state officers taking
the oath of office and proceeding with the per-
Torrance of the duties until the state shall be
admitted. The executive committee, ia his
opinion, was given too much power, and the
legislature was allowed to convene in session for
a term longer than sixty days. or until the state
is admitted, or until their term of office expires.
The motion to adopt was carried by a vote
OF 30 TO 20. Late in the afternoon the same
matter came up again in the form of the fol-
lowing resolution. introduced by Haynes of
Turner county:
Nothing in this constitution or schedule con-
taineu shall be construed to authorize the legis-
Iature to exercise any powers except such
as are necessary to its organiza lion to
past means and measures necessary. preliminary
and incident to admission to the Union, and to
assemble, reassemble and adjourn from time TO
time; neither, to authorize any officer of the ex-
ecutive or administrative department to exer-
else any powers of his office, except such as
may be preliminary and incident to admission
TO the Union: nor, to authorize any officer of the
judicial department TO exercise any OF the duties
of his Office until the State OF Dakota shall have
utcu IcSuldIly dQlultCeQ lUbO ING OHlOu.
ADOPTED.
An adjournment will be reached tomorrow,
or Saturday at the furthest The executive
committee, as elected by the convention.
tonight stands as follows:
First judicial circuit. Maj J. X. Hanson,
Yankton; Second circuit, u. p. Beebe. Sioux
Falls; Third circuit, s. G. Updyke, Watertown:
Fourth circuit, John Game, Huron: Fifth cir
cult, James A. Ward, Pierre; Sixth circuit. An
drew J.. Simmonds, Rapid City: at large and
president OF the committee, Hugh J. Campbell.
Yankton.
QUESTION OF EXPENSES
The committee of fifteen appointed last
evening to carry out the details of the work
preliminary to the appointment OF the ex-
ecutive committee, submitted the following
recommendations:
That accounts for necessary expenses of the
convention, including expenses for holding an
election for the adoption OF the constitution and
carrying into effect all the purposes of the con-
%vention, be allowed and ordered paid as follows:
Printing and distributing a hundred thousand
copies Of the constitution and address 70
the people,. Including form of ballot, as supple
ment to newspapers $3.50; printing 8, 1000 copies
of the constitution in pamphlet form. TO be.cir-
cIlated with a memorial to congress-, %5O0:
printing and distributing 10000 copies OF the
constitution in German, $l25: printing and dis
tributing 10000 copies OF the constitution in
scandinavian, 1922: printing 10000 copies Of
the constitution In pamphlet form, together with
the address TO the people, and for printing the
latter, 1878; compensation OF clerk for cesnpil-
ing and preparing the proceedings of the conven-
ton for publication, and other necessary work.
$500: printing blanks for use at the election,
and fer distribution of the same, $1.025; for
procuring documents and statistics from terri
torial officers, $75; for presenting the cOnstitu-
ton to congress-, 800; stationery and postage,
500; printing ballots, 1875; total. $l.I50.
To Offset Neill's resolution, in~structing the
schedule committee to provide for polling
places in the counties OF Emmons, Mcintosh,
Sargent, Dickey and RicEland. McCollum
moved the reconsideration of the motion.
which, upon being carried, he moved that
the polling places be ordered only in that
section of the counties named lying south of
the forty-sixth parallel The motion passed
without opposition, and this probably settles
the question finally. The committee on mis-
ce~llaneous subjects made the following re-
port, which was adopted:
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