St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-02
LEFT UNTRAMMELED.
North Dakota's Supreme
Court Not to Be Handi-
capped by Changers.
Woman Suffragists Knocked
Out in One Round by Del
egate MOer.
Montanans Finally Decide to
Recognize the Deity in
Official Oaths.
Combinations Of Capital
Rounded Up in the Olym-
pia Convention.

BISMARCK, Dak., Aug. 1.-At last
evenings session of the convention, the
convention, through the efforts OF
Williams. of Burleigh, amended the re-
port of the judiciary committee by pro-
viding that the supreme court shall
give its opinion on any bill or question
pending before the legislature. when
requested by the legislature or the gov
ernor. This was adopted in committee
of the whole. and there was another
lively tilt to-day when Judge Garland
led the opposition. 1t is looked upon
as a handicap on the supreme court,
and an injury to the judiciary of the
state. Williams defended the PROPOSE
tion on the ground that it placed the
farmers of the legislature on an
equality with the lawyers in passing
upon the constitutionality of an
act. The amendment was defeated.
versed. The article for the establish
mept of county courts, with probate
and other Jurisdiction, was also the sub
iect of spirited discussion, the con-
vention being pretty evenly divided.
This question is still to be decided-a
resolution was today adopted, provid-
ing for thC 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 adoption of the cOnstitu-
ton. Almen created a little stir by
offering a resolution discharging all
clerks of committees. 1t was amended
so that the clerks must be discharged
as soon as the committees have CON-
pleted their labOrs. The committee on
printing has recommended that the con-
stitution, when adopted, be printed in
every newspaper in North Dakota. and
that such paper be given s25. This
proposition was defeated. The action
of the committee of the whole, IN de-
Gliding in favor of holding three
TERMS OF THE SUPREME COURT,
at the capital was to-day changed by
voting that one term should be held
each year at the capital, at Fargo and
at Grand Forks. johnson, of Nelson,
to-day renewed his motion to make the
Office of clerk of the supreme court
elective, but it was defeated by vote
of 46 to 25. On the proposed adoption of
the report of the committee of the
whole. giving the legislature power to
extend the right of suffrage to women,
another oratorial contest was had,
Moer, of La MOure, offering
as an amendment that before
the action of the legislature becomes
law it must be ratified by vote of the
people. After several hours of debate
and filibustering the amendment pre-
vailed and the suffragists are despond-
ent. At this evenings session the
county court question will be discussed,
and the statemakerS are preparing for
brilliant skirnish. The committee on
public institutions was unable to report
to-day and will meet again tomorrow.
The report of this committee is awaited
with intense interest by the representa-
tives of localities where public lDstitu-
tions have been located, and with pain
full suspense by those who hope to Sc
cure their location hereafter.