Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-07
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a satheringt nGHSankton Gonnty5 spele-
Oi gates at City Hall. lsati 81
Ihe two .tate county convention to pf.
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'i,sls ,atslI it@ @ ~ ,n. ,n.aI na,I32ith,
as auioE oon'en'u as ,tre Q6ss ilfAAs
afternoon and organized o! the eieoioh
OF j. NJ Fogerty chairman and u. u. Il
Ponre secretary, t'5ssE2tl4fH s'@ ~
p9s,o II, ,rE,r,7.,tt Tos.,,,l Ward .5i,sR
:, = - .,,sna u.,,..
i1ahson' N NJ Inns anu ~ ''i.oo>
b8ere appolnted Q commlttee' e'on' credeh-
tials and H, j. CaniDbell, j. L, Shaw
a,a % 4 ~ N5o.ris,n Sou q o,,nmittes on
tesoiusiohs' Y ~ ~
| The credentials, CON mltsee repofsen Se
| delegates u. present, as iolloWs: Efrsti
,rao,nc. 2,seoon5 nrerinct. Il .t3f,- ure.
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"a. Ihe report was aaa&op,tTsfsuS;' a&pt,TfsS; ie=.fa sfd,
the following resolutions, were SUBJ
mi,ted nv the resolutions committee
-, aoon,aa. 20 yf1e
anu "oop.o m ,LtF
ReseS0ea. lnat IL rs 1ne sense .. 'ne
irenas OF DIVISION anu TWO s'A'es "a
4ahkton county ~.
le'' AneS aih tne at"i, poa
ana moral interests Oh 'Ee peopio VI
nofth hha soutn OsAota' aeualo 'ne
DIVISION OF this territory, ana tne ioins m
tioh VI s"o States Vi sou'n ahu noi v" ~"
kota.
zho' Lhat III ,he wo!us y, .no su
preme court OF the United STATES the
present territorial government oi DAKota
ls contrary To the spirit OF the Ame.losh
constitution, that IL was orgahizeo as
matter OF necessity, because she people
were TOO few IN numper ana 100 soanl
In resources 10 MAINTAIN d ssa'e govern
: menb,
!, 3. Ihat this necessary no longer eA-
Ists, because the people OF potn Nosth
and Soutn Dakota nave now suhioieut
people ana hihpie tesoutoee W naih'aih
} state government.
} A., Ihat the lerfl'orial eoyethhene' ~ ~
the ifIguage OF the supreme court rs
to be tolerated ana eontinued only 30
long as the above named necessary e2-
: lists.
D. Apat as Ine neoeeoi.y uoes ho ions
er ex 81, then 1t follows from the Ian
gnage OF the supreme court that TINS
: territorial government should not be
longer tolerated or continued.
: 6. That congress has no power to
create new state
That the people OF the territory have
the power to create new state or states
8 in the language OF Hon, Benz butter
4 worth, of Ohio, in congress, ana tha'
4 congress is in duty bound to admit such
new states.
Il Ihat IN the iahRaaBe VI Mf
Is butterworth-the refusal OF congress Il
sunil we ssate % ooutn nm Daho.a ""s
It That the neonle of the territory Of
e Dakota have light. through their leg
: islature, or in their primary capacity &c
8 form the two states OF North and soatl
e paho.s, u, anu 70 seasnnan, ps1 ~, n ~ nrest,
n those two states and TO organize thei
state governments
ie That q government which does no
Royetn Teta is no .ae soaef ~ &C. hold that tb,
ID manila of the territury have right Il
create state government. real GOV
p, ernment AMI not mock governments IL
meant. mn. ,o n oxoar;zo,
s. and eernest affors on the mart OF the ueo
pie this fall to elect Legislature tha
will pass acts conyoklng two constitu
.lonal cohyeh.lons M one iof noi'n 'n'' o'
~ That will take away from the eoyerno
the unusual and despotic powers con
al teired upon him by the last Legislature
ano that VIII use alI 1he p1weas n VI han ~
~ an % I,,,;.a;an ~ those Two state
into The union.
!. On motion a committee consisting
; j. r. Hanson, v V. Barnes and j. Har
n. sen was appointed to select fourtee
N delegates to Hnron. The committee II
ported the names of H.. Campbell, 4
i'll -. u ~ Soel' a H,ad Iasonh wa,d F,s