, 1889-08-22
That Is What the Olympian Dele.
gates Consume Their Time in
Asking For.
Mr.. Prosser Still in Good Condi-
tion and Willing to Continue
Talking.
The Schedule Article Was Taken
Up, Read, Amended and Re-
committed
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE REVIEW,

Nh"'i' iIuNtV ny NV i diiliN' va ~" ~
pin. Roll call showed thirteen vacant
chairs. The records were read and APP
proved. Cosgrovc Dunbara and Iibbetts
were excused for the afternoon
Brownies report of the special com
mittec on the state seal with three de-
signs for seal, three members on the
committee, was presented, tabled tenn
porarily aud ordered printed.
The state lands article was taken up
and the amendments proposed by the
committee of the whole were considered
and those In section | were concurrod in.
The next amendment was Turner's dec
laration of the states sovereignty over
tide lands, etc.. and on the question of
concurring in this amendment JOY
called for the ayes and nays with this
result-ayes %, noes 26. The
roll was called on the next sec
tion also, which was disclaimer
Of the states claim to pre-emption,
homestead or donation lands covered by
a United States patent. Concurred in
Ayes 40, noes %.
On concurring in the amendment re-
quiring the successive legislatures to
agree to laws for the sale of the tide
lands another roll call was ordered and
this section went out-Aycs 49, noes 36
The next point of difference was upon
the proposition to exclude from the sale
of school lands the value of the improve.
ments thereon.
Cosgrove said it was "confiscation,'
but the convention either
DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM
or else was in confiscating mood, for 1t
adopted the proposition-ayes As, noes
18.
On what has been known as "Crow-
ley's proposition, to confirm the sales
of university lands, etc, the roll call
was 46 ayes, 20 noes, so that was con-
trned.
All the other amendments made by
the committee of the whole were con-
Cured in, The gates were now wide
open under the rules for the usual
stream of amendments, and Joy moved
to amend 30 that the whole ofany school
section, any part of which is within n
nile of any incorporated city, shall be
sold in lots instead of by the acre.
Griffitts thought this would not ac-
.omplish the result sought, particularly
At Spokane Falls, where the whole
school section is just outside the one
mile limit.
Stiles disapproved ofthe whole section,
and thought the legislature would attend
to these details.
A division was called for and had, and
the proposition prevailed - ayes 33,
noes H.
FroSser offered n substitute for'section
b, providing for the perpetual retention
by tho state of the school lands. and for
tic leasing OF the same, which was his
proposal OF yesterday. He had not
hcatd one single argument in favor of
inserting in the constitution II direction
for the sale of the school lands. The
only thing approaching that was Dun
bars suggestion that
MONEY WAS WANTED
now for the school purposes; but that
was wholly unnecessary FOR the timber,
coal, etc, could be sold. The legisla,
lures could not act fairly, for in every
county there were men OF influence who
wanted to- purchase these lands for their
own purposes. As to Bowen's comments
he claimed that ho CBowen) had only
CpTTODOIdtStl MS SltltliltlllS. l ntI gem
tleman had admitted on this floor that
the primary school money of Michigan
had been used to build state capital,
and to pay the deprecated state warrants
OF that state.
Bowen asked question or two which
presently the chair stopped, as running
into coloquy.
Prosser proceeded, claiming that if
private individual had administered
trust as Michigan had handled her
school lands, he would have been pro-
ceeded against criminally even in Mich
igan. He protested vehemently against
putting the school lands upon the mar
ket III the near future in competition
with the cheap lands of the United
States and the Northern Pacific railroad
and called upon the convention to per
sorm its duty to the people and to all
Che children of the future.
Cosgrove thought his county was we'll
enough protected, and they wanted
money for the schools without taxing
themselves.
Moore entered his protest along with
that of Prosser in behalf of the future
generations of this state. He would
CALL A HALT HERE,
knowing that the people could through
amendment of the constitution, de emand
that these lands be sold if they desired
to do so. Money could easily be bor-
rowed for immediate use instead of sac
rifiCing this magnificent heritage for a
few thousand dollars that are Mt present
needed in school matters. He demand
ed the yeas and nays and they were or
dered.
Buchanan would handle this land just
as he would his own, and if he owned it
HE WOULD SELL 1T.
lie compared leasing with selling. He
commented on Prosser's argument and
stated his own experiences in public
lands in Wisconsin. Land was very
much more plenty in Michigan and
Wisconsin and prices much lower, so
hat it was difficult to sell them, even
At Sl.20 per acre. 1t was of more import
ance to provide means for the honest
management of the moneys received
nom the sale.
Bowen, again in the interests of time,
moved the previous question and 1t was
ordered 10 be put and again the con-
icntion showed its want " sympathy
yith Prosscr's proposition by voting it
tuMn-aycs -, noes 43.
The roll being called on Moore's de-
mand, Browne moved to amend so that
10 more than onc-third of each school
'ectlon shall be sold in the first tve
iears nor more than two-thirds in the
1rSt ten years, so that the improve
monts on what was sold would tend to
raise the value of what was left.
Turner favored that amendment, Cos
grove opposed ii, snd Browne demanded
II roll call and il carried his proposition
ayes 10 noes 81
Weir moved an additional section as
follows; The legislature shall provide
by general law that all persons owning
land abuttlng upon the shores of any
nuVigablc water within tho limits of the