Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-12
THE INFANT STATES.
Proceedings I'm the Constitutional
Conventions Yesterday.

| SIOU8 ALLS, .. ~, July ll.-ln The
Constitutional Convention today it was
proposed to memorialize the President
to suspend mineral entries upon school
lands near large cities until the State is
organized and can defend its rights
thereto. There was strong opposition,
on the ground that the ordinary opera
ton OF the law was sufficient to prevent
such fraud, and that to ask the President
to suspend an entire class OF entries was
equivalent to petitioning him to do the
same thing which resulted in such bitter
Remuneration of Cleveland's Land Com.
missioner, Sparks. Despite these con-
siderations, however, the memorial
was adopted by vote of 80 to 30. All
| opposition to the reference of every part
cf the Constitution of 1885, to appropriate
com mittees, was Withdrawn, notwith-
standing the strong opposition of the day
previous. A petition was received from
the Methodist Minister'S Association Of
Southeastern Dakota, asking the conven-
ton to provide safeguards for an honest
election on the Constitution, and also
that the vote on State officers and the
temporary location of the State capital
be taken at different times than that of
the Constitution.
THE MONTANA CONVENTION.
HELENA, Mont, July lin the Con
vention today, Conrad Choteau intro.
duced resolution that there shall be no
more new counties established unless
the assessed valuation W thin their limits
or boundaries shall be SO 900 900 or
more. Eaton introduced compulsory
education resolution also a resolution
prohibiting the employment of children
under IA in mines or factories;
Burns, of Lewis, a resolution that
irrigation is subject of para
mount importance to Montana, and
deserves the serious consideration
of the Convention; by JOY, of Park, a
resolution that no corporation shall en-
ploy in any capacity Chinese or Mon
golian labor, and that no Chinese shall
be employed on any public work Magin.
mis-, of Clarke, introduced resolution re.
citing the fact that Congress usually
granted swamp lands to new States, and
as there was no such land in Montana
reques ting Congress to cede the State a
corresponding amount of land for the
purpose OF defraying the expenses OF irri.
CATION and the construction of reser-
voirs. The Convention adjourned until
Monday.
THE WASHINGTON ORGANIZERS.
OLYMPIA, W. t., July 1.-THE princi.
pal business this afternoon was debate
in Committee OF the Whole on the report
of the Legislative Committee, fixing the
number to constitute the State Legisla.
ture. The Committee recommended the
Senate to be half the size of the House,
not less than GA nor more than 100; the
first Legislature to consist of 35 Senators
and 20 members. In the course of the
debate, it developed that the Democrats
were nearly all in favor of provision for
minority representation. The Committee
of the Whole finally arose without action.
A preamble and bill of rights were re.
ported by the committee and adopted.
A number of propositions were intro.
duced, all aimed at corporations.
NORTH DAKOTA.
BISMARCK, OAK, July IL The stand.
ing committees of the Constitutional
Convention announced by the President
today are twenty-three committees, of
which the Democrats receive the chair
manship of three. Mr.. johnson is made
Chairman of the Corporation Commit.
tee, and it is worthy of notice that he is
classed among the so.cslled anti-railroad
people. The Chairman of the Commit.
tee on Temperance, Mr.. Hughes, is pro-
nounced in favor of constitutional pro.
hibition, and the majority of the com.
mittee are of the same view. 1t is prob.
able that this question will be submitted
to vote of the people in the form of An