The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-08-17
THE CONVENTION.

THE CONVENTION.
q Synopsis Of Proceedings of the Constitr
r ton Makers of Montana.
= : THURSDAY, AUGUST S-Little bushes
! was transacted outside of efforts to SC
!. cure the temporary location of the stat
= capital. No conclusion was arrived a
and the matter went over until Friday
: A special committee was appointed t
! meet the senate irrigation committe
: and to inform them that the privilege o
the floor of the convention had been ac
y corded them. The committee consiste,
i Of Maginnis, Bickford, Kohrs and Hob
y son, President Clark to act as chairman
! A telegram of congratulation from tn,
Q Idaho convention was read and received
with applause. The chair was request
9 ed to make suitable response.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9.--The capital ques
< tion again came up, and after some de
bate it was laid over till Monday. The
' time OF the convention was principally
$ occupied in listening to speeches on irri
CATION by members of the senate com
! mittee and others. Witter moved that
) the rules be suspended and that propo
t sitlon 81 on public lands be taken up fol
: consideration. The motion to suspend
prevailed and the clerk proceeded tc
| read the proposition. Kanouse moved
EHhat the first section relating to grants
OF lands made to the state for the estab.
lishment and maintenance of school OF
mines, state normal schools, agricultural
colleges and other institutions, and
which prohibited the sale of the same,
be stricken out and proposition 80, in
troduced by Bickford be substituted
therefor. The substitute was adopted.
It provides that all lands of the state
are held in trust for all the people, and
requires that none of snch lands aaalI
ever be disposed of except in pursuance
of a general law providing for such dis
position. Section one of Proposition No.
81 was amended and added to section
one OF proposition Nc 35. Reek moved
to strike out section 3 of proposition
No. 35 as it was provided for in the En-
abling Act. This clause prohibits any
lands from being sold for less than SO
per acre. The motion to strike out was
agreed to, it having been shown that
the section was unanimous. Luce
moved that line one of section one of
the proposition be amended so as to
cover all lands which may hereafter
come into the possession of the state by
a gift, grant or devise. The amendment
was adopted. The section providing for
the classification OF lands by the Board
Of Land Commissioners was read Ka-
mouse offered an amendment providing
for the classification of anv lands,
when necessary, and it was adopted
Myers, Of Yellowstone, offered an amend
ment which provided that lands Of the
fourth class Shall be within six miles of
the limit Of any town or city. Hersh-
field moved that the limit be made
three miles, and this agreed to-ayes l5,
nays IL. Breen moved, that in view Of
the fact that the members did hot take
any intelest IN amy question, other than
that of capital location, that the conven-
ton adjourn. He withheld his motion
to give Collins a chance to introduce
resolution regarding the pay of the adj
ditional clerks and pages which was re:
ferred to the ConlmitLes oh Judiciary.
Hartman offered a resolution authoriz
ing the appointment of a special com
mittee on inconsistency and ambiguity,
whose duty it shall be to examine all
propositions that have been. vii, lie
adopted as 9, part OF the constitution.
| They are authorized to correct any mis-
takes or Inconsistencies. The resolution
provided that the chairman of the Com
mittee on Judiciary be designated as
chairman of the Special Committee.
| Collins mDAed that two additional mem
bers be added to the Committee ON
Phraseology and Adjustment and that
they be given all the necessary power
Hartm ans resolution prevailed and the
pres ilent appointed Messrs Dixon,
Hartman and kanouse as the commit
| tee.
SATURDAY, August 10. Convention
met at 10 a. m. A dispatch was re-
ceived from the town of Stuart, which
ran as follows:
President Constitutional Convention What is
the matter with Stuart for permanent capital:
Citizens getting wrathy because " atte.tO,i has
been bee ,d paia to then r4as s;:aa to eonyen'on
Telegram read and referred to com
mittee on irrigation. Proposition 80, re-
lating to public lands was taken up
amended and passed by vote of ~ to
6. 1t was then referred to committee
on enrolment and then to committee
on revision and phraseology. Hickman
introduced a resolution providing for
the payment of the assistant sergean mt
at arms, chaplain and such other Off
GERS as are not already provided for in
the resolution already before the judi
ciary committee. Read and referred to
the committee on Judiciary, after which
the convention adjourned until 4 D. m.
Monday.
MONDAY, AUGUST T.. Convention met
at p. m. Middleton, chairman of com
mittee on enrolment, reported PROPOSE
tions Nos. "a, q and 35 correctly en-
rolled; report received and adopted.
Rotwitt, chairman Of the committee on
rights Of suffrage, to whom was referred
proposition No g, relating to womaD's
suffrage, together with petitions an the
same subject, reported back without rec
ommendation. A motion to receive re-
port and lay proposition on the table
was lost. Burleigh moved that the rules
be suspended and the proposition be
adopted as a separate proposition to be
incorporated in the eonstitnti tiun, and his
motion was lost-ayes "a, noes "a, alb
sent Z. Maginnis moved to amend by
indefinitely postponing, but it was de-
cided unnecessary by the chair, who
ruled it had already been lost
J, X, Too!e asked the status of the
capital question. The clerk read the
minutes on the subject and found that
when the convention adjourned the sub
stitute by Kanouse was up for consider
alton. J. K. Toole moved further con-
sideration Of the substitute be dispensed
with, but was ruled out of order by the
president, whereupon Judge Luce sub
mitted an amendment to the substitute
providing that until the seat of govern
ment shall be permanantlF located it
shall remain at Helena. The substitute
with amendment was read and the ayes
and noes demanded by Luce. Motion
carried. Those voting in the affirmative
we're as follows: Breen, Brown, Buford,
Bullard, Burleigh, A. F. Burns, A. J.
Burns, Galloway, Cardwell, Carpenter,
Cauby, Chessman, Collins, Conrad,
Cooper, Craven, Eaton. Field, Gibson,
Gillette, Goddard, Graves, Hammond,
Hershfeld, Hobson, Joyes, Kanouse.
Loud, Maginnis, Mayer. McAdoN. Mid |
dleton, Mitchell, Math, Myers, Parberry,
RotYitt, f. K Toole and Witter; total
50. Those voting in the negative were:
Aiken, Bickford, Brazleton, Courtney,