Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-18

u VIII make IL good feeling and hrinu
oat q full sentiment if We elect stats
officers now. We e'ee' sea'e
Alonzo Converse of Sanborn-J c,ma
sere FULLY in favor Of electing state Of
ncefs at the time the constitution is
.oted upon. but | now think il disas-
tF0,s and am firmly against II.
W. W.. Brookings of Minnehaho-It
Is useless to ask congress to admit Ms
mi.louI officers to take charge of the
s.a.e Wnen we are admitted. If we
come mere with patriotism there is no
uanger OF trouble over the election of
STATE officers. The officers are to he
eleGted only for one wear, and there
w! De no quarrel over the officers. We
should have biennial elections for ali
STATE officers and biennial sessions of
!he legislature. City and town cleo
IONS should be held at the same time
state elections are held.
T. y. Campbell of Yankton replied
mat unless the officers could be elected
~ a hearty majority be did not
want an election. He read an
editorial from the Pioneer Press which
commented upon the proceedings of
.ne convention, compllmented the con-
nelltloh upon the of the PROPOSE
tion to elect state officers and pro
iouhcIiigi 1t a business way of proceed
ing. lie thought the people of south
Dakota should not fear to assert their
manhood. rights and wishes. even ia
the election of state officers at this
time. He would oppose the proposition
however, it he believed that the officers
would not be elected by a good MAORI.
" n perfect harmony would be main.
tanned. 1t there was nothing more in
this constitution than a mere petition
to congress. the Huron convention
might as well have adopted the co1sti.
tuition and this convention should not
have been.
c. L. Wood of Pennington-If we
We're coming into statehood by an en-
abling act it would notbe required that
We elect state officers. but we are not
proceeding that way, and the wise
course i, to elect our state officers. 1t
is necessary that we have Il state or
ganization. and the constitution should
go to congress 10y the very state officers
elected. There is no danger OF sore
heads because some n is not non,i-
mated.
Eli johnson Of Hyde--It is merely
Il question OF whether or not we are
here on dress parade or here under the
constitution OF the United States at
work. -
r. L. Pettigrew of Minnehaha-~The
majority rules, and it is Il question of
expectancy, Of success. hope the con-
vention will not act upon this question
now. l move that the question he
made the special order for 1870 o'clock
this evening.
~. c. Mellette Of Codington-This is
a matter of great Importance and
should be postponed. It is our implied
right to be admitted to statehood, vet
we cannot be without the consent of
congress. and this question will have
much to do with our success IN con
gresS.
G. G. Moody Of Lawrence moved an
amendment, that the officers be elected
on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day after congress admits Dakota into
the union. The amendment was ruled
out of order.
+. NJ. Ziebach of BonHomme-Noth
ing succeeds like success. and we can.
not succeed unless we present all the
provisions of the convention which
created this assembly. This must be
non-partisan. | favor the election of
state officers, two members of congress,
the legislature, two United States sen
tors and all'other officers and present
them to congress with the constitution.
j. w. Taylor Of Lincoln-Let us dis.
pose of this without fear. We should
elect officers.
A. S. Jones OF Hutchinson came
here under the belief that we would
have no conflict, and if we had a con-
tiict to oppose it. [ cannot see that the
officers elected would conflict with ter
ritorial officers, as has been suggested
Provisions are incorporated that will
prevent any conflict, and l am heartily
in favor of electing officers, although
am not a candidate and do not propose
to be.
John NJ. Pease of Davison-Compro.
misses surround us on every side. 1t is
only a matter of politics, of expediency,
We have the right, but we dare not as.
sert it.
W. W. Brookings of Minnehaha-It
it is a matter OF eNpediency, it is eA-
pedient to elect these officers, and elect
them now.
AlonZo Converse Of Sanborn-There
has been a great deal said about what
congress will do about admitting us.
For my part, [ came here to adopt a
constitution for the ratification OF the
people of Dakota. We should frame a
document for Dakota, not congress-.
j. r. Gamble OF Yankton-All this
can he summed down to this question,
"Can we be admitted better without
state ofticers?:' 1t is a matter Of eN-
pediency only.
1t was said by a delegate that many
Of the delegates wanted to leave the
city on Saturday evening for their
homes, not to return, upon which an
nouncement Mr.. Moody said it was
said that the delegates were in duty
bound to remain until the work was
completed as they were to come here
in the first place, and not a man who
could possibly remain would leave who
came actuated by patriotism.
"Did we come here to have a good
time, to attend the circus, or did we
come here to perform a high duty: ~
pleadingly inquired b. q. Caulfeld OF
Lawrence. Il hope,' he continued,
"that no n will run away until we
are done with the work before us"
He said he doubted the propriety of the
election of state officers now, and hoped
the delegates would remain until that
and all other questions We're fully set