The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-07-19
The South Dakota Convention

tonch0r CHOSEN In the NOrth-Th0 Proc
ceesllngs.
The South Dakota Convention.
At noon Of July 4th, to the music of
half a dozen brass bands and the hearty
acclamatiod Of thousands of patriotic citi-
e Of Dakota, the seventy five delegates
to the third constitutional convention Of
Dakota marched to Germania. hall, in
Sioux Falls.
The convention was called to order by
D. Carson, a member of the convention Of
1885. DR.. Stratton, of the Congregational
@ urch, offered prayer. Gov. Mellette's
proclamation Of the election of delegates
was read and certain corrections made in
the names.
Judge Thomas, Of Deadwood, refusedto
take his sent on the ground that US q fed
eral officer of the government he did not
think, after mature elaboration, that he
was competent to sit as q delegate. Tho
oath of off, was then administered by
Chief Justice Trip, who was president of
the Sioux Falls convention of 1881. Judge
A. j. Edgerton was unanimously chosen
president of the convention. Upon taking
the chair Judge Edgerton said: "Gentlemen
of The Convention: lean not express to you
upon this occasion the feeling l have, not
only for the appointment of myself to this
place for the second time, but the manner
in which it has been done. All that l can
say to you now is that / shall endeavor to
perform the duties the best ] know how
for the best interests of South Dakota, and
l trust that you will mid me in presenting
to tho people of South Dakota and the
world n constitution that is unrivaled, and
that we may hereafter under it succeed y,
all of those rights that in the opinion of
some Of us We have SO long been
prevented III securing. I thank you again,
gentlemen, for this selection"
u. w. Caldwell was ele ted temporary
secretary. A committee of five, consisting
of Jolly, Wood, Clough, Humphrey and
Young. was appointed to provide rules for
the government of the convention. On
motion of Judge Kellam, the president
was authorized to telegraph greetings and
congratulations to the constitutional cou-
ventions of North dakota, Montana and
Washington.
Caldwelrs motion prevailed that the
rules of the convention of 1856 be adopted
so far as they obtain, until the report of
the committee on rules be n opted.
The following congratulatorv kilograms
We're enthusiastically received on the 5th:
OLYMPIA, Wash, July 4.--Illo Washington
constitntional convention returns greetings
is suspicious. The empire state of the Pacific
northwest will join nor sister in every onward
development.
J.M. MOORE, President.
BISMARCK, July 4.--Ihe constitutional con-
vention of North Dakota sends greeting nnd
bids you God speed in your ndvancement to.
ward statehood and full American citizenship.
t'onnl flag not lose in brilliancy through ln.ls
OF care in laying tho foundation of tho states to
he. Let Washington bring fruits and flowers,
heuuty and wealth of the nation, while tho two
Dnkotas will bring wheat and corn to feed the
people Of the world;
The convention then proceeded to tho
election of the following officers: For
chief clerk, Rev. F. A. Burdick, of Yank-
ton; engrossing clerk, DIR. Hyde, of
Broetsings; sergeant-at-arMs, James Car
NY, OF Lawrence; E. C. Warner, of Day,
was elected Waterman; Frank Hoppin, Of
Hamlin, messenger: and Rev. j. A. Wake.
field, of Brookings, chaplain.
The clerk OF the 9th read the following
congratulatory telegram:
HELENA. Mont, July 5.-Hon. AID. Edgerton:
Montana. standing OH the threshold of state
hood, rcciprocntes your cordial greeting, ,nd
indulgcs the hope that tho constitution Which
you hnve met to form may be based upon tho
virtue .nd intcllisence of the people, and when
soformcd, it mily survive the years to come III
al it's vigor unimpuired until IL lnlnd- I'd sover-
eign states shall huve been erectet. into one
eonfederacy, there to remnin an indestructible
md indissoluble union.
lsignedl j. X. TooLE,
Temporary President.
The convention then went into commits
tee of the whole to consider the report of
the commi tee on rules. The report was
adopted and SO reported back TO the con-
vention, where it was formally adopted.
l. W. Goodner, of Huron, and Il. G..
Brown, of Sioux Falls, were chosen official
stenographers.
At the session of the convention on the
8th the following committee was appointed
to confer with a like committee from
North Dakota: A. G. Kellam, of Brulc;
v. T. Gillicuddy. of Pennington; Henry
Neill, of Grant; Z. w. Caldwell, of sin-
nehaha; VIM. Elliott, of Turner; C. H.
Price, of Hyde; s. T. Brott, of Brown.
Messrs. Price and Brott are two democrats
on the committee. Major Kellam is the
the chairman. The session was short, the
only matter of Importance transacted aside
from the announcement of the committee
mentioned, being n resolution authorizing
the printing of 500 copies of the Journal
for the use of the convention.
North Dakota.