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TIE CAPIrAL SITUATION.

1t is Thought the Town thar Gets ii
will Have to Buy it---The Suffrage
Question a Fire Brand.
BISMARCK, July 3O-[S2ecial -Inthe
convention today communication vas
read from General Ruger, department
commander, stating that in accordance
with instructions from the war depart
ment, he wrote to request that some
article be inserted in the constitution
providing for United States jurisdiction
over military posts and reservations, and
submitted this: -..
The jurisdiction is ceded to the United
States over the military reservationsof
Fort Abraham Lincoln, Ft. Buford, TT.
Pen1bina and Ft. Totten as heretofore
declared by the president OF the Un1tesi
States, provided the legal process, civil
OF, criminal, Of this state shall extend
over such reservations, IN all cases OF
which the exclusive jurisdiction IS not
vested in the United States: Or of crimes
not committed within the limits of such
reservations. .s -
In committee of the whole the ques
ton of the disposition Of school lands
occupied most Of the time. It was de-
cided that no land should be sold in
tracts of less than 16O acres.
Mr.. Rolfe of Benson county, rung the
bell by Offering an amendment to the
article on suffrage, providing that after
five years no man who is not full citi \
zen of the United States shall have the
| right to vote This aroused consider
able opposition from certain timid and
| interested individuals, but it is very evl-
dent that the necessity of some such
measure has impressed itself on many of
the members Mr.. Moer OF LaMoure,
could not see why men who in the con-
vention favored such proposition
should not favor it publicly, and lntl-
mated that they were afraid OF the for
eign vote.
Mr. Buell. of Minneapolis. addressed
the convention on the single tax theory.
ON THE 81 DE. s
Guy G. Fl. Corlss Of Grand Forks: who
has been frequently and prominently
mentioned as a fit man for one OF North
Dakotas supreme court judges. was IN
Bismarck few days ago. He has won
an env,able equation IN the legal pro-
fsssion and does not hesitate to admit
that he would like seat on the supreme
bench of the new state. The judiciary
committee has reported and article Which
makes five years residence in the terri
tory requirement. for eligibility to the
4 supreme bench. Mr.. Corliss has only
been resident three years and was here
to have the article fixed. There seems
to be a general disposition to do ths
clever act and the article will prob
ably be amended when it comes up in the
committee of the whole tomorrow, so as
to permit the gentleman from the Forks
to make a .'stab"-as the boys say-for
one of the three judgeships. By the way,
these judgeships are among the choicest
of the plums which will fall to the lot of
the prize winners in the political lottery
this fall. The salary will be $500 or
$4,000 and the term of Office six years.
Out here Attorney General Nickeus is
generally looked upon as strong candi-
date and fit man for one of the places.
Fargo is said to have two candidates for
these positions in the persons of Judge
Walhn and Hon. D. H. Twomey. Judge
Levisee of Mayville, is another aspirant
so it is rumored.
Some papers have mentioned Mr..
/ Camp for district Judge. 1t is well known
to his friends here that he is not candi-
date for the place and that if Judge
Rose is to be superseded by any one, Mr..
Camp would be glad to say good word
for his friend, MIR. Bartholomew, the able
and experienced LaMoure county lawyer.
Jacob Lowell of Fargo, uho is fre-
auently spoken of as the probable demo-
cratic nominee for governor, is clever
gentleman and one of the Oldest resi-
dents of North Dakota. He came to
Cass county nineteen years ago and has
resided there continuously ever since.
Mr.. Lowell is entirely too modest to be
in politics. He says he is not a candi-
date for anything; that he now fills the
ouly Office he ever held, and that his
election to that was more OF surprise
to him than to the other fellows. Some
. Cl6 OclSgdttS ouC uSl q say CLdO IL ALO"-
| ell don't want the nomination, there is
liable to be another case of the nomlna-
ton seeking the man.
A gentleman yclepted Buell., a Mime
apolis disciple of Henry George. told the
statesmen something about his new
tangled notions this afternoon. He be-
gan talking about five o'clock and soon
wearied the delegates. He failed to take
the hint from the noise the tired dele
gates were making, and at 6:l5 Judge
Garland. the grave and learned iurlst OF
the slope, arose, interrupted the speaker
and, addressing the president, solemnly
moved to adjourn. Buell's nerve stayed
with him long enough for him to remark
that he was not insulted and then disap-
peared. johnson made little fun fol
the boys once. Buell. was talking about
the taxation of the Minneapolis street
car line, when the gentleman from Sa-
tan's lake arose, shook his long whlskers
and remarked: ''Iell us something that
we want to hear. We are body of far
J | mars and many of lis never saw q street