New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-08-14
NORTH lDHIEzqlIA IA.
The Constitution Architects Stiil rat
Work Ueen the New States Politd 4
seal Eaitieeo
A Review Sf What Has Been Said and
Done at Another Weeks sSessionsat
BISMARCK

A Review sf What Has Been Said and 4
Done at another Weeks ssSessionaat
Rismaroko
REPoRg J0FsCoataaTTEEs.
The repout,ofrthe ,eolnmibteenon..'el ecoive
franchise was ,egRsi deredsagain ION Wedaes
day in the oonsta tutlonalroonvention and
the Woman suffrage question fnrnlsho g. q
most interesting ltises1ssign. The woman
suttragists have:asked that:5She legislaturesbe
given power to extend suffrage to women
and 1T was upon tbhis point that the ora5ors
crossed. 1t Was finally: agreed to leave the
matter to THE Legislature. Another
report that gave rise ito much: discussion
was that of the eeunmitteetna judicial DEPART
ment, the section providing that the three
terms OF the supreme eourbSGha all be heid at
the seat of tlbeing the main.bone
OF contention. Rnncell moEad to amend 1by
providing thattone term sshsalibe helds.taRe
capital, one at Fargo end cone at Grand
Forks, but the ;alGendment Was idefeated.
r When it Mas meNed to stttend the report
OF the Judiciary com mittee,s SO that aaaan
can be eligible to rthe office 7of judge, OF sShe
supreme court ;aftee living in hhe st ates three
years instead of five, las reported, thereaAras
a lively row. members claiming that foae
change was made ant thetTequest of 4 ataIaan
who recently arrivedin the city, 0Whos,1s a
candidate for the supreme baRch, and ssWno
amendment was made, however. and sibhen
Rolfe, who was defeated in san attempts TO
have the convention make some provision
against foreign voters. moyadHto -sEEikseast
:, all limitations. This Was defeated.
THE SUPREME co URTo
At Thursdays session of the canyenJinns
4 fthe convention, Through the tefsfts OF Will
) iams of Burleigh, ameEaed theRsp ortuofsthe
Judiciary committee by providing thatathe
supreme court shall give it's opinion on any
Il bill or question pending before tho leglsla-
ture or the governor. This MSS adopted an
Sc, committee of the whole, and there was an
.. other lively tilt, when Jadg Garland led the
! opposition. 1t is looked nlpon asia handicap
. en the supreme court and an ,injnsy ito the
d judiciary of the state. Williams defended
i, the proposition on the gnound; that it placed
/ the farmers of the legislature on an equality
! with the lawyers in passing upon the constl-
h. nationality of an act The;amendEaent was
!. defeated.
Z The article for the establishmenttsf ccoun-
ty courts with probate and other ialrisdic-
! .tion also the sui jeet of a>spiEitea discus
/ sion. The convention being pretty evenly
divided this question lis still ito he decided.
a resolution was adopted providing fer rthe
appointment of committee of three, ,,of
which the president shall be chairman to
prepare an address to the people of North
!, Dakota giving reasons for the adoptian of
/. the, constitution. Aimen created a little
It stir by offering a resolution ,dlscharg-
ing all clerks of committees. 1t was amended
/ so that the clerks must be discharged AS
,soon as the committees have eS&a petedlthair
iabors. The committee on printing has rac-
Commended that the constitution when
4 adopted be printed in every newspaper ID
n North Dakota, and that each paper be given
Fl !, $685. This proposition was defeated. nhe
faction ofdhe committee OF the whole in de-
Gliding in kvor Of the holding OF three tennis
tof the supreme court at the capital was
changed by voting that one term SHOULD be,
held each wear at the capital, at Fargo, and
lat Grand Forks. Johnson of Nelson renewed
Ibis, motion 40 make tho office of clerk of the
supreme court elective, but it was defeated
by a vote OF As to %. On the proposed
!. adoption ofGhe report of the committee of
the whole giving the legislature the power
-"-So extend the right of suffrage to women, an
Aher,oratorbsal contest was had. Moer of La
cure Offering as an amendment that before
She action ofphe legislature becomes law it
must be ratified by vote of the people.
After several hours Of debate and filibuster-
ling the amendment prev allied, and the sui
.Iragists are desgondent.
THE work ON FRIDAY.
The county court question came up again
A compromise has been offered and the en-
tire subject was postponed. Judge Garland,
rSNho has led the opposition to the establish
ament of the, county courts. offered a ubsti
tute providing that whenever the voters Of q
ccQupby having q population Of 1000 or
overshall decide By a majority vote that
they desire the Jurisdiction Of county
3cour6increased above that limited by the
constitution, then such courts shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the district
,courtsin all civil actions where the amount
in controversy does Rot exceed 81 900, and
lin all e.Si1ninal actions below the grade of
felony. and in case of each decision by the
county, the justices of the peace shall have
mo exclusive jurisdiction The principal fight
of the day was over the proposition to
give every organized county a
represents i've in the legislature.
This was opposed by the Red river valley
counties and all of the eastern portion OF the
tarritofY, as CRYING the spaGsely settled west
ern portion ofrthe territory more power in
the Legislature than it is entitled to. In re-
ply to this argument the mena bers from the
west elaimed, that inasmuch as the Red river
valley will have absolute control of the
senade, thewestern counties should be given
Representations The western men were de-
feated, and ythe convention decided upon
having thesmambers of the house of repre-
sentative elected at large from the senatorial
districts WILLIAMS of Burleigh introduced a
resolution THAI 1.-THE homestead exemp-
ton laws sof the territory shall
never he repealed by the state,
but it a,as jumped on by nearly every dele
n gate, and was defeated by an almost unani-
nous vote. Allaneof Walsh moved that the
salary of the governo or be So, 500, instead Of
SO 900, as pro Nided in the report of the com
mittee, and that the lieutenant governors
salary be reduced from$ 1000 to
an amount equal to twice the amount of
state senator, which Moold be $500 This
amendment was also defeated, and the salary
of the governor and lieutenant governor re-
mains at So, 600 and $l 900 respectively.
SATURDAYS DsCUssIoN.
At Saturdays session of the constitutional
convention the salaries for members OF the
legislature was thequestion under discussion.
The economists favored paying So per day
but they were defeated. and it was decided
that the pay should be So per day. 1t was
also agreed that the length.e Of the legislative
sessions shall be 60 days. aud the first ses-
sion 100 days.
'rhe proposition allowing members $50
esch in lieu of stamps and NeWspapers was