The Dickinson press., 1889-08-17

ieries and lobby of tie capitol upon the
rc-asselnbling of the convention. The
attraction was the expected fight over
the article in tie constitution locating
the public Institutions. and the report
that Il delegation of 100 citizens OF Grand
Forks and 6 delegation from jamestown
were coming with money and schemes
TO break the combination and defeat tie
plan for the location of tho institutions.
Much to the general surprise many of
the protesting delegations that arrived
did not number over fifteen, while nearly
2OD citizens from the counties of Cass,
Ransom and Barnes came to inIorsc tho
action Of tho convention and oppose the
work of Grand Forks and jamestown,
the defeated candidates for the capital.
appropriation shortage.
IL is ROW known that the $780, GOO APP
propriatell by congress will fall short of
d~cfraying the expenses OF the conven.
fer with the secretary of the territory
reported that the money would pay the
expenses of the convention. Including all
subordinate officers provided for by tn"
enabling act for thirty-one days. Asthe
convention has already gone fourteen
days over this limit, and As numerous
officers not named in the enabling act
were necessary, the amount 10 he paid
by the territory will reach at least
$4,000. and one estimate il as high rs
$lo.O0a. In this connection it is asserted
by thoac who were in Washington at tho
time of the passage of the enabling act
| that congress will make good the deIis
cheney. that being the understanding
when the bill was passed.
The committee on revision submitted
its report, but it was no! acted upon.
Klacl, List Section stricken Out.
BISMARCK, N. d.. Aug. l4..-At the
evening session the chief point of discus
sion wa the Parsons black list section,
which the committee on revision recon-
mendel to lie stricken II The recom-
incubation of the committee prevailed.
icgislul!ve Ginri-iuns.
The convention finally adopted
the report of the committee on
legislative department. fixing the NUM-
Der of senators at not less than thirty
nor more than fifty: representatives at
not less than sixty nor more than li0;
limiting the sessions to sixty days, bu,
providing that the first session may con.
tinuc ls0 days: requiring a two.thirds
vote of the ''memberS elect mslead OF
.'membrrs present" to override the gov
crnor's veto; fixing the compensation al
s., per day and prohibiting members OF
the legislature from being appointed tt
Office during their terms of Office.
Salaries.
The convention also adopted finally, a
a part of the constitution, the report o
, tie committee OF executive, providing
! that the governor shall receive $500
: per year. and that the other clectiv
: state officers shall be Il lieutenant gor
ernor, secretary Of state, auditor, treas
urer, commissioner of insurance, alto,
rev general, commissioner of railroad
I and commissioner of agriculture an
9 labor-a!l of whom snail receive $500
q per e with the exception Of the lier
u tenant governor and the commissioner
y agriculture, the former to receive !sl.ou
u and the compensation of the latter to b
IS fixed by the legislature.
Governors Sot Eligible to the Senate.
. An effort was made to amend the art
Gle SO that the governor might be clecte
II to Office while serving his term, but
was defeated on the ground that ii
Il governor should not lie permitted to I
10 II candidate for the senate while exc
cising the power of the executive: IN
report of the committee OH judicial y
m ti1llillGlll Is llON l.NliIt-
=. motion was made by Noble to SO amer
~ the report of the committee on revisit
% that instead of having terms of the S
pre1ne court at the seat of government
Fargo and Grand Forks, they all he he
at the seat of government. y call eft
- house Was ordered, and before the q
VI sent members were returned To the h;
ID the convention ad journed.
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Heels and HiddIed with Bullets.
On CATIETTspuRG, Ky. Aug. 81
IN ryv Hollis brothers, who crlminally.
=, !, saulted and then murdered Mrs. Cells
d. widow and her two daughters in y
"a Dowcll county last week, met q just ii
~ Sunday. The captain of a push-b'
that arrived from Pikeville, down
he Big Sandy river, says that the two II
Ia were captured by the regulators, stu
up by the heels TO the iimn of q tree 4
40 then shot to death,
mr. Hnwson', Stepaon Released.
Jed CHICAGO. Aug. l2.-William Ra
*. Lee. the boy who shot his stepfati
in Banker Stephen W. Rawson. one ),
day morning in the fall of 1881 as
Rawson was coming out of church
been released iron, jail, Jaa vas S
ger tenued to tenn Of eighteen mont
ny, He will leave for New York on Mcnd
m and OH Wednesday will sail for {
M. many, where he will join his mother.
icy Burk. Identified Again.
49, ". ,,n, ,
CHI. Nhi. Wv y" ~ az CARLSON
OF s"isoi'i wv "" u,. t;,iod "
be taSe. MneiI na. -" ~ III.
where they identified Burke as ON
the Williams brothers. who rented