The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-07-11
ESCORTED TO TIE CAPITOL.

Meacham of Foster, the Grand Forks delega-
| ton. Lohnes OF Ramsey, Robertson and Allen
| of Walsh
ESCORTED TO TIE CAPITOL.
The caucus promptly HdjOured, and in car
| ringe4 joined the procession, which Was
nearly mile III length. 1t consisted OF
| several companies Of infantry and cavalry
| from Forts Yates and Lincoln. under com
| lnand of Maj Powell, two bands Of muse,
company OF militia, the u, A Il. post, fire
| companies fOrty-t two young ladies on horse
| lack, representing the four new Stat r, and
| the most original u squad OF Indians dressed
| IN feathers. paint and highly COlured Goth
| ing, headed by Sitting BmI; the Indian pc
| lice Of Sanding Rock, dressed in c'tZHns'
| clOthes carrying & banner, "LIw and Orlicr,"
| the Indian justices of StandIOg Rock agency
| carrying banner with Justice" inscribed
on II, and still another squad car: wing j ban
| ner inscribed The MaIcn of Civilization.
| There were several kquaws dressed in civil
| ICED clothes and II few minor Indian features
| A few minutes after - o'clock tho procession
| reached the capitol and the members Of the
| constitutional convention assembled the steps
| to the hall of the house Of representatives,
where he convention will hold its sessions.
| Secretary Richardson called the convention
to order. Prayer by the Rev. DR.. Anderson
| of Bismarck and the following
| REMARKS by MR. RICHARDSON.
| Gentlemen OF the Convention: shall not
detain you with extended remarkI. | desire
|
| highest duty possible to deYOlve upon au
American citizen. You have come together
| to form the organic laws for the great
| sovereign State of North Dakota, about TO
| be admitted into the Union with an lnde-
! pendent municipal government. This,
| gentlemen. is n distinciively agricultural
| state and this is the industry to be fOktered
| Your laws should be so adjusted that the
producer will be protected and encouraged
| TO build up the country. 1t is not the pur-
| NVIOt RI n
| senSiOn between the agricultural pro-
| ducer3 and Transporting companies, but 10
| SO adjust things that each shall receive equal
| Justice and bear their lust part OF all public
| burdens. 1t is important that there should
! be peace, not war, between them. Inc
| country can't prosper without rairOauR,
| neither can the farmer PROSPER without JUS
| tiCc. Let the difference he amlCuDlv dis
cussed and Justice allowed and you will have
performed u service to this great state which
! you are about to Duid and which will ever
| be remelubcr with gratitude by grateful
! people" Temporary OrganiXat on " as tuen
| effected by the election OF Is. +. Fancher Of
! jamestown president, ]. A Kea of Bismarck
! secretary, and r. NJ. futile OF Mandan stem
| Cgraphcr. After the appointment OF COM
Mite on rules and credentials the COnveuo
| ton adjourned until tomorrow morning.
MONTANA.
HELENA, Mont, Special Telegram, July 4
Never in the history OF Helena, or in that of
| any city OF its size has there been seen such
q grand demonstration on the Fourth or July
as that made to-day. The great programme
announced, as we'll as the opening OF the
constitutional convention, attracted thou
sands of visitors from all parts
of the territory From yesterday
morning until noon to-day the trains
coming in on all railroads were loaded with
passengers for Helena. The hotels were full
to overlooking this morning, and the surplus
| of visitors had to be looked after and housed
by the committee on public comfort. The
main streets have been almost bIochaueu
since early morning and such y scene of
| animation was never betore Witnessed in
| Helena. 1t is estimated that there were fully
! ten thousand strangers in the city.
| Entertainment for the great thrOng
was not lacking The principal
| business thorouohfares were transformed
| into lanes of bunting, flags and gay stream
ers, literally Obscu ug the buildings At in
! terVals triumphal arches SPAWNED the streets
| bearing LEGENDS of " eiCOme and notices APP
proprIate to the day. Ia the residence dis
tricts also there was a grand display of the
| national cOlOrs and no block in the whole
city was without similar decorations. All
this with long lanes of evergreens and q
| profusiOn of flowers, gave the city O gala
aspect that it
HAS NEVER BEFORE WORN.
| After artillery salutes and the ringing o.
| bells the great procession started and proved
the grandes5 pageant ever seen IN the inter
mountain country. 1t was fully three miles
in length. The column included the militia.
cars of state, public officers, civic societies,
six brass bands and over a thousand floats
|
Industries of Helena. The marshal
OF the day was Col. c. D.
Curtis Helenas postmaster, who greatly
contribute to the success of the parade
After three hours marching. public exercises
were held at Court House Park. where thou
sands of people congregated. The Grafton
was delivered by ex-De!egate Martin Magiu-
mis-, who made scholarly and eloquent ad-
dress. The Declaration of Independence
was read by Miss Bertha Resented ia ex-
celIent style. S. H. KIeinschmidt was pres!-
dent of the day, and agreeably varied the
| exercises by introducing vocal and
instrumental music by the Apollo club and
| various orcheslras. In the afternoon an
open air concert was given by the banda, AID
attended by large crowd. The days fes4
tivties concluded with y splendid display of
fireworks on tho base bail grounds toms ht
The celebration was the Grandest in all re-
SpeCts ever seen in Montana Its estimated
cost is about 80 1000, outside of the money
expended privately for the floats and decora,
lions.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL. CONVENTION
was called to order at aeon to-day by l. A
Walker, secretary or the territory. in the
elegant new hall in the county court house.
which had been finely furnished and decor
ated Tor the occasion. Notwithstanding the
attractions elsewhere the lobby and Gal
leres were crowded when, the strCkx of moon
sounded. On the call of the t<:l sixtv-eight
out Of the seVenty-tCe delegates answered
present Pursuant to the caucus action
the DeTGc4ats nominated for temporary
president Hon. Joseph TooIe of Helena, ex-
delegate in congress. George 4 Eaton OF
} Park county was nQGltnated by the Republi-
can minority. Ny toole was elected by q
| party yotA and made an excellent speech on
ty,king the chair. William H. Todd of Fort
Benton was elected temporary clerk: Sam
Alexander of Helena Temporary sergeant.
alarms, and G. p. Connolly OF Helena tenn
porary stenograpGer, The oath OF office
was administered to the members in \ BODY
by Chief Sugtice Blake After u few min
utes discussion over Committees resulting
, ia deterrlng their appointment, the cOnven-
| ton adInnrned until l. o'clock tomorrow
! The Democratic majority in the body IL FoIir
but from first appearances the Republicans
, seem to have the most QIagorS and recog.
nHed public men 1t IS understood that the
programme y to perfect permanent organi-
2ation qostnorrow, with W. A. Clark of Butte
the millionaire banker aud mining man, rs
president. Other temporary officers vii
likely be reelected.
WASHINGTON,
OLYMPIA, Wash, special Telegram, July 4
The territorial secretary called the consti
tutional convention to order at y. m. in the
capitol All the delegates were present but
three. Judge 2. Hoyt of Seattle proposed
James z Moore of Spokane Fails for tempo
rary chairman, and IVA was elected unani
mouslv He WIS formerly prominent Ken
; tNc&y Republican, Allen Weir editor of tn,
Port Townsend Argus, was cIec5cd tempo
rary secretary. kilograms of greeting frou
, President Fancher, OF the Bismarck coNveH
, ton. and President Edgerton, Of the Sou,
Fails convention, were read aud the score