New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-24
cHE, WESTERN CONVENTIONS
.,,-,r n,xe CONSTITUTIONS FOR THE NE"
STATES.
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:. Miscellaneous Subjects, 10 WIZ WIZ s.r.oa tl,o
~. rronosition relating TO gamoins' So tho
~ hao, having resolved that ~ was iU ~
,.-.s,.,i,,e mower TO act; also resoiu'rV" 80
~ s...e masses A substitute ior IL WILL '' An''O
spced at some futu-e aaE' a;n and the
IN 1ahor question came up again. anu ,He
=, relating to convict LABOR c"useu iur'N'A
s;s.,ssion IL was finally reJecueu' .
,bink. said Mr.. Carpenter, 'haC ~
II and barbarous TO allo" conVID's W oo M
s.t.ored without anything 10 no. iheS ool"o 0s'
pii'o p"ssor diseased and useless as citizens. L 90
NOT believe in letting them interfere WIN noneIS
ma -,yo,ldnC men. but there is work they coulu
Tohorino men are not so plentiful in the
Sta,o but we could find work for convicts. Ihey
couH work on roads, grade mountains, etc. This
sor1d not interfere with Woodworking men,"
Nv HOGAN said he did not think it right TO
hire out convicts for % cents per day when they
were doing 81 so TO 81 worth of work
Mr. Carpenter's motion was loSt-39 to 20.
Tho afternoon session was devoted TO further
d;scpssion of the preamble. Several members
yere opposed to bringing God or religion into the
Constitution. and the preamble was finally adopted
as previously reported
Sioux Falls, Oak, July 23.-The South Dako'a
Constitutional Convention held short session to-
dav The great part of the session was deVoteu
to the consideration Of the reports of standlnS
committees that had been made special order
Among reports submitted was that of the judiciary
Committee An attempt made to defer acton
ON the report of this committee untl Ihursu"J'
possibly with the purpose of tiring out the deles"
tons that have come here from the dssausiieu
districts TO lobby for the defeat o. the majority
report and a new deal in the arrangement oI uho
judicial districts. The report was finally maze d
special order for tomorrow, at which ume IUS
adoption will be hoty contested and an attempt
made TO substitute minority report
The feeling is general that the arrangement OF
the districts is an excellent one, ana tue report
of the committee will doubtless DC auoPueu. -
A notable feature Of to-day proceedings was
the presentation of a Communication from tne
American Sabbath Union, signed by Ellott +
Shepard, Major-General Q. y. Howard, d; H.
vention 10 insert in the Constitution provision
protecting and encouraging Sunday Observance
The communication was referred 10 speclal
committee of five, including three clef2Nmch
The Committee on Legislative App0ruomenI
has made some progress 1t reached an agreement
to-day as to Senatorial appOrtionment by when
the number of districts IS nxed at Ior! anu
the number of Senators at fOrty-fve the latter
number being the limit as provided IN the
Constitution. This arrangement - pI7icncalIy IN
accord with the apporiOnment agreed upon some
time 90 being one Senator for every 800 voters,
or major fraction thereof. The report OF thc
committee is not unanimous one, tin vote sItnu-
ing 13 to in its favor Inc minority CO.. 0DJGco JtSo
that the number of Senator's is too great Tor the
present populations and further, that couh'leS
having a voting population Of 1000 ana over over
get but one Senator, while other counties naNln5
/ 100 or / 200 voters are equally represented
WORK DONE AT BISMARCK AND OLYMPIA.
bismarck Oak, July e8frofrhitfcn petitions
are beginning to pour in on the convention here,
and il is evident that the boys have not gwen
up hope of having a prohibition clause emoodleu
in the Constitution. The delegates from cavalier
County received numerously signed petition pray
ing for prohibitOry clause. President fahcher'
of the convention, to-day received this TELEGRAM
from Elliott F. Shepard of New-1orlI dateu aV
Blue Mountain Lake, y. y:
The American sabbath Union whose office is at No. .S
park Row earnestly recommend that provision should be
Inserted in your new constitution protecting and encour
aging sabbath Observance. perhaps the following ioEm
would acceptable the convention: mo work OF Iaue
shall be carried on the first day Of the week usually
called SUNDAY except may be strictly chaIlaDe OF
Dosarv aad the Legislature laws regu atins
and encouraging the OF the holy Sabbath by al
the people" II the matter has already been favoraoS
acted upon by the convention viii you not kindly take the
necessary steps to have this similar proposition adopted
by the convention and lay tn cOn tn O. 70 sl' new
state up,q, tho sure foundation Of the Divine Word and
reap the gratitude yodr people ami those OF e
,vbo,o country ELLIOTT X. SHEPARD.
President American Sabbath Union
The complete Constitution introduced by Will
Jams, of Burleigh, came up for reference to-day
but on motion of Mr. Williams its reference was
POSTPONED until tomorrow when an effort VIII be
made TO have it so at once TO the Committee ol
the Whole for discussion.
The proposition TO vest the legislative powers
in a s,pale body was again discussed in Committee
FINN bod fold -6aU foP the
orators. Judge Garland leading the opposition.
lie denied that the question was new one, and
cited the fact that number OF States mad IN their
early history adopted the single Do9y, ana II
proved failure. lie also Ieminded the
convention that the National legislative power was
at one time vested in single body and that 1t had
proven failure He denied the assertion OF Mr..
Stevens that If the singe-b0dy plan were adopted
North Dakota would be the North Star of tue Re
public 10 which all the other States would look
with admiration, but he believed that 1t would
come nearer changing the boundary OF the UhiCh
that when the traveller passed beyond the
northern boundary Of South Dakota he would feel
that he was in the province of Manitoba, under
the control of the Queen
Judge Garland was answered by johnson, Of Da-
kOta, who made brilliant historical address, and
by Lauder, of Richmond, who surprised the CON
convention, which had caSsed him as opposed 10
the single body The proposition was defeated, and
the CONVENTION Will now make an appOrbOnment
for two houses.
Tie remainder Of the afternoon was passed
in discussing the article on county and town
ship organization. The greatest controversy was
ON the question of locating county seats and after
spirited debate the entire afternoon session relative
thereto Was stricken out.
General Allen, Of Fargo, and John Miller, Of
Richland County, prominent candidates for Gov
ernOr, arrived here to-day, and il is rumored
that the recent withdrawal Of Stimmel of Cas-
County. has 80 strengthened Allen that Miller
will Withdraw. AT least Allen is iubilant over
the recent Developments in the Red River Valley
Olympia, W. IT, July 23-There was short
session of the convention this morning, after
which the body went to attend clam bake
rendered by the Board of Trade. Short as the
session was. however, it decided probably one i'm
portant judicial question, which was one affecting
Governor Ferry, who has been mentioned as a
possible candidate for the United States Senate.
Ferry wants to be the first Governor, and un-
doubtedly will be, as he has no rival for the
Rennhlican nomination II was thought when fhn