The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-07-18
THE TWIN DA.K,O)TA;s<;.
How They are Getting Along In the
Work Of Transferring T~llemselyes !
u Into States.
SOUTH DAKOTA.

delegates who were not sworn in when the
convention assembled yesterday took the
oath ut the session this afternoon with the
exception of Judge Thomas, of Dead wood,
who declined to serve. and whose seat will
remain vacant. @~f - "'" g 90
The secretary read. kilograms, from the
constitutional conventionsin session ct Bis
marck, N. D., and Olympia. Wash. ~
mated by the Republican caucus last night:
Secretary, Rcv. F. A. Burdick, Yankton; en-
rolling and engrossipg clerk, DR.. A. W. Hyde,
ofBrookings; sergeant at arms, JOS. Kearney,
Of Lawrence; Waterman, E.. C. Warner, of
Day county: messenger, Frank Hopper, OF
Beadle; chaplain, Rev. J. A. Wakefield. Of
Aurora. The Democrats placed in nominal
ton candidates from their party for each
Office and they received from 10 to % votes
each, 70 delegates voting.
The constitution OF the United States was
unanimously adopted as a part of the state
constitution. The committee on rules re-
ported in favor ofmaking the commission on
part of this convention to go to Bismarck
and act jointly with q similar commission
from the North Dakota convention for q
division ofthe territory property, and debts,
consist of seven delegates. There was OBJ
lection to the commission being SO large. and
the question was made a special order for
tomorrow afternoon, when the proposition
to appoint n commission to act with one.
from the North Dakota convention for q set
Element Of the boundary line will be consid-
cred.
1t is held that there are two distinct and
officially recognized seventh standard paral-
lels, and that to adopt the seventh parallel
without determining which one would make
confusion. It is proposed to make this co M
mission consist of three delegates from
South Dakota.
A disposition to be tedious was shown to.
day. which, if continued, will prolong the
work into several weeks. Delegate Kellam,
of Brule county. presided in the absence OF
President Edgerton.
PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS
Sioux FALLS, S. D., July 6.-The South
Dakota constitutional convention was called
to order by President Edgerton. After the
reading of the Journal Clark Coats of Mime
haha was sworn in as clerk.
The convention then went into O committee
on rules. The report was adopted and so re-
ported back to the convention, where it was
formally adopted. A motion by Mr.. Price
to appoint q special committee to consider the
northern boundary line was withdrawn, and
the whole matter referred to- the regular
committees Col. Jolley, as chairman, re-
the adoption of the report. After two or
three Intellectual attempts to mend tho re-
port it was adopted.
The day would have been tame indeed hac.
it not been for the meeting Of the Prohibit
ZIONIST members of tho convention who re-
mained in the hall to the number forty:four,
after the adjournment. The object of the
meeting was to call to account certain news
papers, both within the territory and with
out, which had been asserting that the cause
of prohibition was waning in Dakota. Col.
Clough presented Mr.. Dickson of Day, who
stated the object of the meeting, and said
they wished formally to correct some mis-
representations which had been made.
He believed the northern counties were
ton, Gov. Mellette and the strong
est representative men of the state were for
prohibition. Messrs. Lee, Wel'es, Kerl,
Spooner. Ramsey and Wood all spoke IN
Enthusiastically of prohibition in their part Of
overwhelming. Mr.. Wood thought the
Black Hills would give a majority for prohi-
bition. Col. Clough earnestly and feelingly
complimented an lows daily which circulated
in Dakota, INT commended it for the fearless
position on the temperance question. He
hoped Brother Caldwell, editor of its Press
and member of the convention, would hasten
to catch on to the band wagon m lend his
aid.
THE JOINT COMMISSION.
Sioux FALLS, s. D, July S.-After Presi-
dent Edgerton called the convention to
order Mr.. Caldwell announced that he had
received from the commission of emigration
maps Of South Dakota and North Dakota
and hangers for distribution to members Of
the convention, and from the secretary cop
ies of Longs legislative handbook for the
same purpose. The president announced the
following members of the joint commission
to Bismarck as provided by the enabling
act;
A. J. Kellam of Brule, v. r. McGillicuddy
of Pennington, Harry Neill of Grant, E. W.
Caldwell of Minnehaha, William Elliott of
Turner, Charles H.. Price Of Hyde, and S. F.
Brott of Brown.
GUARDIANSHIP Of COMMITTEES.
The craftsmanship of the committees is as
follows, as reported July 49, sruag-eeas ogg>sy
Congressional and legislative apportion-
ment. Van Tassel of S%anborn; judiciary,
Sterling of SPHINX; schedule, Hall of Beadle;
names; boundries and seats Of government,
Stoupe of Brown; state; county and munich
pal indebtedness, Sherwood of Clark; execu.
tive and Legislative, Wescott Of Deuel.; legis-
lativs, Mcfarland of Lincoln; bill of rights,
Stoddard of Brown: federal relations, Muir.
ply Of MISREPRESENTATION and school lands,
Coats OF Minnehaha; municipal corporations,
Hall of Sully; corporations other than bank
ing and municipal, Dickinson of Day; county
and, township organization, Whitlock Of
Potter; revenue and finance, Goddard OF
~McCook;public accounts and expenditures,
a sna public Gi pn'0n iui! siass 'nS''' Senns
of Lake; mines, mining and water rights,
O'Brien of Lawrence: roads, bridges and 9th
err Internal improvements, Smith of Charles
Mix; exemptions, Buercher of Hutchinson,
rights OF married women, Willis Of Aurora:
banking and currency, Davies of Edmunds;
military affairs, Clougho OF Codington; amend
of McPherson; printing, Humphrey Of Faulk;
seal, Houlton of Douglas; miscellaneous sub
jects, Eddy of Miner; compensation of public
officers, Williamson OF Moody; arrangements
andaphraseology, Carlson ofLawrence; manu-
facturers and agriculture, Lee Of Sphinx; ex-
penses of the convention. Huntly Of Jer-
aull; engrossment and enrolment, Hartly
of Hand.
Maj: Killam offered q resolution confirming
the appointment Of joint commission by
the convention -gFrank~E. Clough has been
appointed as additional page. 1t was or
dered, upon motion of Mr.. Clough. that 500
copies Of the journal be painted each day
at the opening of each session. Mr: Clougha
suggested thGt4 thereswas ga CAB from the
newspapers Tor Official copies of Proceedings
One of the stenographerssW was ordered to ac-
company the commission to Bismarck under
direction of the president.
4 MIST AXE HERE.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, July a.
Delegate Price, who in the Sioux Falls con.
~yention declared that there were two stand
ingN parallels and intimated that trouble
~wouldlikely ensle aboutssthe drip Fot land
between The States Of DAKOTA, had not In
vestigated the matter thoroughly. There is
only one seventh standurd parallel and that
is the one designated for the dividing line
between the OAK otas..% The error Of Delegate
Price ia madeson accountso OF the error in sur
veying the Sisseton reservation. In this sur
vey all township and parallel lines were run