Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-08-01
THE H1GH.JoISr COMMISSION

THE HIGH.JOINr COMMISSION.
How the North Dakota Members
Have Raxzle-Dazzled the Boys
From Below the Seventh Standard,
as Uusual---The Library Deal.
BISMARCK, July 29.-[Special The
delegates who on Friday voted against
the proposition to adjourn until Tuesday
ana renamed III Bismarck, prepared to
religiously discharge the duties which
their constituents expect OF them, have a
kick coming. Saturday only sixteen men
answered at roll .all and nothing was
/. done. Today thirty delegates were pres
emit. but that number is eight short OF a
quorum and again an adjournment was
taken without accomplishing anything.
It is a little bit curious for one OF the
uninitiated to understand how forty odd
delegates will one day vote against adj
iournment on the grounds that the pub
lie good is likely to suffer, and then on
the next day only sixteen men are IN
their seats when the roll is called. One
of the delegates said today that the
moral to this whole proceeding is this:
Never demand roll call when a major
ity want to adjourn. The proposition
will be defeated to save records. but the
majority will 60 home just the same and
a quorum will always be lacking next
day"
THE JOINT COMMISSION RAzZLE-DAzZLE.
The high joint commission has been
dut1fully at work during the two days OF
convention idleness, however. Saturday
night an agreement was practically
reached but there yet remain a number
of minor details to be settled. 1t is
thought possible but hardly probable
that the whole matter may be concluded
by tomorrow night, in which event tie
North Dakota commission will present
their report to the Bismarck convention
Wednesday. The South Dakota mem
bers are very anxious to have the matter
settled SO that they can leave for home
Tuesday night. As one Of the members
said, Our passes expire on the first
and we want to get away before that
time''
After getting facts and figures enough
to load down a dray, the members OF the
commission gained a pretty accurate idea
OF the past ana present of the territorial
finances, and prepared to talk business.
There we're some fifty items to be taken
INTO consideration and there was objec-
ton raised to making the settlement on
an itemized basis 1t was argued that
the members were all in possession Of the
desired information anu knew about
what ought to be right, and that the
quickest way to get at the matter was
for each side t.: make a proposition for
Jump. settlement. The idea was very
frankly stated by South Dakota man,
who SAID that what he wanted was to
have the settlement made in such a way
that he could 20 home to his people and
saw This was in consideration of that
and the North Dakota people could tell
their constituents Its no such Id
thing" Well, the two propositions were
submitted, but they were wide apart
inst how wide is an interstate secret
which it is not permitted to divulge
Here the members began to feel that
they had struck serious snag. Some
of them got up with chips on their shoul
ders and acted as though they wanteo
to dare the other fellows to knock them
off. It looked as though an agreement
was thing Of tie dim, distant future
and for time there was fear Of Sc
rious rupture. But the angel of peace
was lowering near and whispered in the
ear of an acquaintance maybe it was
Caldwell's s, the suggester has escaped youl
correspondents memOry-to suggest thai
Mr.. Camp and Mr.. Kellain, the respective
chairmen, be locked up in room anc
deprived of all weapons, and that they
talk over, discuss and elucidate the two
propositions, try to reconcile the differ
ences and report back joint PROPOSE
ton that they would recommend for &C
ceptance. The suggestion was taking
one. It stllled the troubled waters and
was Immediately acted upon. Mr.. kel
lam, the South Dakota chairman, is
smooth article, an able jurist and sue
cessful diplomat. He will be one OF the
supreme court judges Of South Dakota
He is fair spoken gentleman and un
questionably won title to "palavar man
of The commission. What occurred II
the private conference of the two char
men is not known, but the result shows
that Mr.. Camp was equal TO the occa
sion. 1t is no flattery to Mr.. Camp tt
say that the North Dakota chairman
came out of the fiery furnace with an IN
creased reputation and-the best OF 1t
The proposition finally agreed upon b.
the chair.nen and accepted by the com
mission, is for South Dakota to pa.
North Dakota s42, 500 in settlement o
differences on the two larger items owe
which the commission has been wrang
ling. There remain but a few details t
close up before the joint commission TO
the division Of the property and archive
OF the territory will have completed 1t
work.
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