The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

The Vote Almost Unanimous la Faoor Of IN
Measure.

The Yote almost Unanimous Ia Faoor Of the
Measure.
Huron Oak special: There is re.
joicing in South Dakota. to-day, over
the result of yesterdays election.
From the returns received 80 per cent
of the entire vote is for the adoption Of
the Sioux Falls constitution. Nothing
20 nearly approaching n unanimous vote
has been experienced in the ratification
OF any fundamental law as that which
characterized the adoption of a consti-
tuition for the new state Mt the polls yes
terday. In some districts SO per cen OF
the entire vote was for the constitution.
The Thirteenth district had 25, and the
Nineteenth "a votes against the consti-
tuition. Those are two of the principal
districts and contain some hard kickers.
In one precinct in the Thirteenth dis
trict, which cast 900 votes, only one was
against the constitution. The Eleventh
district had but ten votes against adop-
ton. The result of the election is re-
garded as q grand victory and a confirm
alton of what the people, for three years,
have claimed, that they are satisfied
with the Sioux Falls constitution for the
state of South Dakota. The democratic
delegates received q fair proportion of
the vote polled, in some districts receiv-
ing more than the entire vote
of the party, while the prohibitionists
laid aside their third party notions and
joined with the old parties in getting
out the vote, which, although light,
compared with that of 1885, or of last
November, is sufficient to indicate the
unanimity of sentiment regarding the
Sioux Falls constitution.
Messages of congratulation and greet
ing have been received here and sent to
various cities in South Dakota. Sew
eral were also sent to Congressman
Springer, advising him to the vote, and
asking him if he now believes the peo-
pie of South Dakota know what they
want.
Following are the delegates chosen
by the districts reported: Sixth, Stroupe,
Stoddard and Barrett; Ninth, Wood,
Sterling and Lee, Eleventh, Hartley,
Huntley and Campbell: Thirteenth,
Hale, Vantassel and Cooper; Sixteenth,
Sherwood, Mcintyre and NATION;
Eighteenth, Williamson, Clifford and
Boidepal; Nineteenth, Coates, Van
Epps and Caldwell; Twenty-second,
Edgerton, Buechler and Harris; TWEEN
~ty-fourth, Edgerton, Holton and Ram
sey; Twenty-fifth, Goddard, Diegen-
dorf and Murphy.
Yankton special: E. G. Edgerton
and Chris Buechler, republicans, are
certainly elected to the constitutional
convention from this district, and
the result between Sweet and Har-
ris, democrats, is in doubt, with the
chances in favor of Harris. The vote of
the county is less than one-half the full
vote, but it is almost solid for the Sioux
Falls constitution. The vote of the
county will not exceed 700 or 800. The
convention is to meet the 4th of July.
It can alter, change or amend the con-
stitution only as permitted by congress.
The constitution is to be again submit
ted in October, together with tho p
rate clauses of prohibition, etc., and if
the constitution, as amended to conform
with the net of congress providing for
the admission of the state, is adopted
and Is found acceptable. the state may
be admitted by proclamation. The July
convention will make ordinances and
frame all the machinery for the submits
sion of the constitution and for the vote
on the separate clause and the election
of the state officers and the legislature
in October. So that while the conven-
tion will have no constitution to make
there will be a good deal of important
work to do. The state will have to be
divided into Legislative districts and all
the preliminary work for the October
election and for putting the new state
government into operation will devolve
upon the convention.