New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-31
TWO CONVENTIONS AT WORK
BUSY DELEGATES AT BISMARCK AND
HELENA.
IopBY1NG FOR THE LOCATION OF NEW cAP1'
TAI AT JAMEsTOwN-woMANs SUFFRAGE SUE
PRESSED IN THE MONTANA ASSEMBLY

TAI AT JAMESTOWN-WOMANS SUFFRAGE suF
PRESSED IN THE MONTANA ASSEMBLY
Bismarck Oak, July 3O.-The Constitutional
Convention of North Dakota has again got down
to business, the members all being in their seats
at roll call this afternoon A lively week mas
been opened, and from now until the final ad-
ournmcnt the proceedings will be spicy.
large number of jamestown people arrived To-Day
TO put the capital on wheels, If possible Ihey
have come TO believe that jamestown may VIII
the seat of government, and are willing to enter
into almost any sort of scheme to get it, How
ever, there many jamestown people VINO 90
not approve of the scheme, and among tielr
representative citizens are men who adnlU 'n-'O
their town will gain nothing by the fight
The Committee on Public Institutions has not
reported but it is understood that the report Will
be submitted in a few days Whether or not the
committee will recommend the location OF tne
public institutions is a question of much interest,
and while it is claimed that such recommenoa-
ton will, be made, nothing authoritative can 10
given on the subject until the report is SUD
mtted.
The memorial to Congress praying that tnc
general Government take steps toward establish
ing a system of irrigation through arteslan wells
has excited much comment, and facts are DeinS
brought forth to prove that the scheme is feasible
Admitting as scientists do, that the supply lor
the artesan wells in the James River valley
comes from the Rocky Mountains, 1t IS shown
that the Rocky Mountains basin can also supply
wells throughout the entire Missouri NaIley, DIS
marck and Mandan being about ], 200 feet aD0Ne
the sea while Bozeman, Mont, IS 4,1o2, mus
giving fall of over 5000 feet in distance Dy
rail of 58l miles. .,,.
With regard to the jurisdiction over the military
posts and reservations, General Ruger, OF the De-
partment of Dakota, has sent the following COM
muncatiOn to the convention:
have the honor, in accordance with instructions re-
ceved from War Department TO request consideration
of the proposition that clause be inserted In the Con-
stittion OF the state Of North Dakota by which jurs-
dcon shall be reserved the United States as provided
in Section OF Article l Of the Constitution over tS
military reservations Of Forts Abraham Lincoln Buof1
Pembina and Totten, heretofore declared by the President
General Ruger also submits the following pro
posed section for the Constitution;
jurisdiction is ceded TO United States over the
military reservations Of Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort
Ruford Fort Pembna and Fort Toten, heretofore de-
c,ared by the President Of the United States poNuoi
legal process cvu and criminal, OF this sate Shal e
over such reservations In all OF which exclusive
jurisdiction is not vested in the United States OF o'
crimes not committed within the limits OF such reserVatonS
Tn Committee OF the Whole the question OF
selling the school lands occupied most OI Ile
time 1t was finally settled by proNdlhg Illa. uie
school lands shall not not be sG IN paTS oneh
down and the remaining four-ffths in hVe teh'
fifteen and twenty years. , ...
Gray of Cass, wanted to amend so lllao pgiSon1f p 40
located on school lands on or before lhe Gay Ol
sale shall have the right TO purchase me s'lnle
within three days from the date OF 81 sac aI n lnc
price named by the highest bidder. ms .iie.ee' ~
ment was defeated, on the ground lnuo ueS-
nasscrs should not be given an advantage .
Rolfe of Benson threw hreDrand Dy oherIhE
an amendment to the article on SuIiraee pLokEIn
H,raV No
citizen OF the United States shall have the rlght 10
vote This brought the orators to their feet, ana
many opposed the amendment. Moer, OF Lh-
mour, could not see why men VINO, IN CONVERSE
tion favored such a proposition should not 1av9r
il publicly. and intimated that they were AFRAID
Buell., @ the Minneapolis sngletax ad;
vocate, arrived today and addressed
the convention on that subject advo-
eating that the Constitution provide for that
system of taxation. The theory that all tax
should be collected from the lands and improve
ments and personal property be exempt is popular
with many of the delegates who are desrous OF
adopting some plan to reach the specnlat0rs VINO
hold unmproved land and check the development
of the country.
The convention has been informally invited TO
take trip to Standing Rock to visit that agency
wh.'r the Commission IS c H'crrinG with the SlOuN
for the opening Of the reservation
The Joint Commission IS at work placing the
agreement between North Dakota and South Da-
kota for the division of property and adjustment
Of the lebt in legal form The Territorial records
were disposed OF by dividing them into two
groups one containing the records Of the Gov
ernor and Secretary and the other containing the
records of the Treasurer. Auditor and other Ter
rtorial officers North Dakota won the toss and
took the records of the office Of Governor and
Secretary. All other details are being arranged
in accordance with the agreement entered into sew
eral days ago.
Sioux Falls Oak, July 3O.-SOuth Dakota
Constitutional Convention delegates, half dozen
in number, met and adjourned to-day. A tele-
gram has been sent TO each delegate absent from
the city TO return in time for a session Thursday
evening as the commission will have returned
from Bismarck by that time.
Helena, Mont, July 30-The Convention this
morning considered, and passed the bill on the
executive department Efforts TO reduce State
officers salaries proved fruitless.
The Suffrage bill, with the amendments by the
Committee OF the Whole, was next taken up
More desperate efforts were made on behalf of
tlle woman's suffrage order. They were cut short
made brilliant speech against embodying the
matter in the Constitution. The vote on the
proposition te-33 to 33. This relegates
the woman's sulr rage question TO oblivion for the
present The Suffrage bill was then submitted as
amended, and adopted by vote of 81 10 6.
NEGOTIATING FOR ST. LOUIS ELEVATORS.