Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-20
The -FOUR new STATES
Montana, Washington and the
Two Dakotas Hold
Conventions.
Constitutions Will Be mace
and Presented to
the People
,yeor Their Ratification or Rejection
The Conventions Organize
and Are Now at Work.
sjoux Falls Convention.
NAMED A COMMITTEE.

E4GLA fAIJH, =. ~, DhiJ . '''S -
,nny ~ over as TO who snail go to Bismarck & u
adjust the indebtedness ana divide the prop
priv of the territory. 1t has been limited tina
ther, were forty applicants for the joo, anC
as O .ly seven could be chosen X Is reasonable
to araw the inference that several were dls
appointed. The committee consists OF the fol
f9gllx gentlemen: A. q kellam, OF Brule; '
n Metsnhcuddy. OF Pennington; Henry Nell
nj Grant; T.. W. Caldwell, OF Minnehaha
VIM. Elliott, of Turner; Z. H.. Price, OF Hyde
:. f. Brott, OF Brown.
Mesers. Pdce and Brott are the two demo
Gratis on the committee. Major hellam Il
the chairman.
No word has yet been received from Bis
msrek when hat convention will be ready tt
receive the Joint committee, but the Souti
Dakota members Will probably go not late
than Wednesday.
The session Yesterday was short, the onll
matter II Importance transacted aside IRON
the announcement OF the men
toned, was a resolution authorizing NE
~-lrfnting Of 500 copies OF the JournaI LOT INT
.asc Of TIE convention.
SIOUX FALLS, s. d., July l0.-The prin
~.ipal event IA the South Dakota constitutional
c0nreuti0n yesterday was the announcement
OE the standing committees, OF which there
,are thirty-tso. The various committees rep
.resert every topic embraced In the constitu-
lftou. AS the constitution has already been
prepared AVID rattned, most or The committees
,wIts taVt uOthiDg 10 40. sill II VIII be n
f, personal qualification 10 the members and
~ ord d means OF disposlng Of the various
resolutions Introduced. The appointment OF
9he committees gave general satisfaction,
a~,ttougn The democrats have not been
accorded q single craftsmanship, while they
rep esent nearly one-third OF the members.
DaRctA mas several colonies OF Mennonites,
and q resolution was introduced today asking
sErts t-Hu-gsfpn frOm militoyV infC Thr
MeunoIStes thus want confirmed a r'gh'
Uwh ca t6s7 already eujoy In practice.
IcGllc-ddy, Of the Black Hills, offered
resolution 10 have appointed a committee L
Investigate the matter OF allowing mining
claims tiled upon school lands II seems tina
tbc Guited states land officials have receive
CllinCs or lands reserved for schools, and tina
the department has sustained such decision
on the ground that the school lande were re
s. served FOR agricultural lands, and that tn
- sot,on possessing valuable mineral wer
open 20 entry a. mining camps. As Sout
Dakota hGs already lost thousands OF acre
of valuable school lands by virtue OF squat
aers' rights IA advance of surveys, II Is . ma
Ter OF Importance that the school lands b
closely watched. The constitution provid,
that the school lands be sold at the maximum
price O. $40 per acre, but there are SOME
She convention who believe the best interes
OF tie state would be served by buying rath'
than teAlLE the echOol ianOs.
1t is likely the committee will take up u
constitution today, and then II Will devel,
whether Or not any attempt will be made
MAKE any change not specifically authoriz
an the enabling act.
TIL chlirmanships OF the respective co
mtttccs are as follows;
Congressional and Legislative Apportlo
xnent-Fan Tassel, OF Sanborn, twenty-h
members.
judiciary Sterling, OF SPHINX.
Schedale-HGh, OF Beadle, twenty-h
members.
Names Ct Boundaries and Seat Of Cover
m~cur--St0upe, OF Brown.
State, County and Municipal Indcbtedne
Sherwood, Of Clark.
Executive and Observation-Disclosures
DEUEL..
Legislative Mcfarland, OF Lincoln.
BIZ u r. gnts-SpOouer. OF kingsbury.
Election and SuffraEe--Stoddard Of Brow
FL ,crAl RelatiOns-Murphy, Of Hanson,
EiuCttl0u and School Lands--Coats,
Mi4ncLaGa.
MIui.!oal Corporatlons-Hall, OF Sally.
CORPORATIONS Other Than Banking al
Muuilig&l-Dickinson, OF Dag.
C0u4,y and Township Organization
WntriocE, Of Potter.
Revenue and Finance-Goidard, Of NJ
Cool.
Public Accounts and Expenditures
RiCg rue, OK Union.
State Institutions and Public Buildings
Young OF Love.
Mines, Mining mt Water Rlghts-O'Brie
Roads, Bridges and Other Internal Il
pcovemerts-smlth, OF Charles Mix.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Hutchinson.
Rgnis If Married Women Wills,
Aurora.
Banking and Currency-Davies, OF E
xnauds.
military Affsirs-Clough, Of Codington.
Amendments and Revision OF the Cons
tuition Boucher, OF Mcpherson.
Printirg-iIlmphrey, OF Faux.
Eeal-HOulton, OF Douglas.
Miscellaneous Subjects Eddy, OF Miner.
Compensation Ct Public Oficers-Willia
son, OF Moody.
Advancement and Phraseology- Carson,
Lawrepce.
Manufactures and Agriculture-Lee,
;Spnk.
Expenses OF the Conventlon--Huntley,
,Jc auid.
Ererosements and Observation-Disclosures
of Hand.
Major Kellam offered a resolution contra
Ing the appointment OF TIE joint commlssIc
5Ny the contention.
INTEREST INCREASES.
SIoux FALLS, s D, July II. After the Ii
eroduc, Ion OF several resolutions, the SKI
day If the constitutional convention prove
IL be the most interesting Of the session.
M ltiou Prevailed that the constitution
vesd ny Tie title VI the article and that ear
srti lie be referred 10 the appropriate coz
anttta". T~nereuJon President Edgerton d
CARED That he did not belle We this conventtc
could make any chaLge 10 the constitution
ESSS q her 'haA those spt c'ti ally mcntlone
Ga the omLi0us hi J, and that so believing /
wuu u not REFER the articles 20 the respeciiy
committees The convention could do so
Wished. After a few articles had bee
wfsl srd referred bv mo tinu the presider
sa~ 'naI u was 80 app,rtut 10 what con
ndCt~,e ar ~r,icles should go that he yieldo
for 8 m,mant or two but WI en- the work Ia
Nceu hall = ne, be called Spooner, OF Ktrg
tarv. ~ rhe cha'r. rock the floor and "a
~scItrnd tnaI 81 WAS MOI competent for tins col
V-ntiuu 10 make any Changes IN the copst
tU'ioi. tX,ep. as provided, he thought q
rt rrnce Il The constitu ion was quite ul