St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-24
North Dakota Statemakers
Decide Upon a Double
Legislature.
Two Candidates for the Gov
ernorship Are Now On
the Ground.
Sioux Falls Solons Dispose OF
Over Half Of the Con-
StitutiOn.
The Westinghouse Squeleh
Prospective Governor
Ferry.

BISMARCK. OAK, July 23.-PrOhibi-
tion petitions are beginning to pour in,
and it is evident that the boys have not
given up hope of having a prohibition
clause embodied in the constitution.
The delegates from Cavalier county re-
ceived a numerously signed petition
praying for prOhibitory clause. Presl-
dent Fancher, of the convention to-day
received the following telegram from
Elliott F. Shepard. of New York, dated
at Blue Mountain Lake, n. Y:
The American Sabbath Union, whose office
is at % Park Row, New York, earnestly rec
ommend that provision should be inserted
in your constitution protecting and encour-
aging Sabbath observance Perhaps the fol-
lowing form would be acceptable to the con-
vention:
No work or trade shall be carried on on the
first day of the week, usually called Sunday,
except such as may be strictly charitable or
necessary, and the legislature shall pass laws
regulating and encouraging the observance
of the holy Sabbath by all the people.
If the matter has not already been fayora-
bly, acted upon by the convention, will you
not kindly take the necessary steps to have
this or similar proposition adopted by the
convention and thus lay the constitution for
the new state upon the sure foundation of
lut ulfIllG WUIu anu lCdp IuC SIUllIuOC VI
your own people, and thus of the whole
country? Signed ELLIOTT T. SHEPARD,
President American Sabbath Union.
The complete constitution introduced
by Williams, of Burleigh, came up for
reference to-day, bul Oh motion Of Will
Jams its reference was postponed until
tomorrow, when an effort will be made
to have it 90 at once to committee of
the whole for discussion. The PROPOSE
ton to vest the legislative powers in
single body was again discussed in COM
mittee of the whole, and furnished a
field day for the orators, Judge Garland
leading the opposition. He denied that
the question is new one, and cited the
fact that number of states had in
their early history adopted the single
body and it proved failure. He also
reminded the convention that the
national legislative power was at one
time vested in a single body and that
it had proven failure. He denied the
claim of Stevens that if the single body
be the north star of the republic to
which all other states would look with
admiration, but beleTel that it would
come nearer changing the boundary of
the Union. so that when the traveller
passes beyond the western boundary of
South Dakota he would feel that he
was in the province of Manitoba, under
the
CONTROL OF HER BRITANIc MAJESTY.
Judge Garland was answered by
Johnson. of Lakota. who made bril-
liant historical address, and by Lauder,
of Richmond, who surprised the con-
vention, which had classed him as OPP
posed to the single body. The PROPOSE
ton was defeated, and the convention
will now make an apportionment for
two houses. The remainder of the aft
ernoon was passed In discussing the
article OH county and township organ
iZatiOn. The greatest controversy was
on the question of locating county seats,
and after spirited debate, lasting the
entire afternoon, the article was stricken
out. Gen. Allen, of Fargo, and John
Miller, of Richland county, are prom
inent candidates for governor. Both
arrived here to-day, and it is rumored
tn at the recent withdrawal of Stimmel,
of CaSs county, has SO strengthened
Allen that Miller will withdraw. At
least Allen is jubilant over the recent
developments in the Red river valley.