The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-02

United States of America had about reached their lowest ebb. Only 15 members, represent ing seven states, were attending the sessions of the Continental congress, which making a futile effort, under the authority given it by the Articles of Confederation to function as a gov erning body. Measure after measure was pro- posed in congress to provide funds for govern meut expenses but most of these failed for lack of the necessary nine votes. Even when the bills were passed the states treated the demands upon them for funds with the greatest indiffer ence. In fact more appro priate name for the nation at that time would have been the Dis. united States of America.
 The soldiers of the disbanded army which had won the fight for freedom from England were unpaid and in an ugly mood They wanted their money, long overdue, and large numbers of them camped outside the city and began threatening to stone the building where the congress was meeting unless their demands were met Pres ently the situation became so threatening that the congress had to flee from Philadelphia to Princeton, N. J., where it sat for a while, then went on to New York.
 From New York the congress authorized the holding of constitutional convention and called on the states to send delegates to such a meeting in Philadelphia Ito take into consideration the situation of the United States, to revise the Arti cles of Confederation and to devise such further ITONlSlODS as SlOulu dppeuE tO liem utCeSSdIy to render the Constitution of the federal gov ernment adequate to the exlgencies of the Union." Each state could send as many dele gates as 1t pleased since each was to have but enc collective vote.
 Of all the states only Rhode Island, which had been at odds with the federal government almost from the beginning, refused to send any dele gates at all and, consistent with its attitude il was the last to ratify the Constitution after one was finally adopted. New Hampshire was in favor of the meeting but because of lack ot funds it's delegates did not arrive until the con yention well under way
 Altogether 72 of the leading citizens of the 1f states were accredited as delegates although some of them failed or refused to go. Outstand ing among the latter Patrick Henry, the fiery orator of the Revolution, who was sus pcious of the purposes of the convention. Or as he phrased 1t, "I smelt a rat!" Of the 72 ac credited delegates, 55 took part in the delibera tions of the convention at one time or another but only 39 stayed on the job until the end They were the following:
 CONNECTICUT-Roger sherman and William s. Johnson
 DELAWARE-Richard Bassett, Cunning Bed ford, Jr., Jacob Broom, John Dickinson ant George Read.
 GEORGIA-Abraham Baldwin and William Few.
 MARYLAND-Danel Carroll, Daniel Jenfe and James McHenry.
 MASSACHUSETTS, haniel German ant Rufus King.
 NEW HAMPSHIRE-Nichola Gilman anC John Langdon.
 NEW JERSEY-Dayd Breasley Jonathan Dayton, William Livingston and William Pat tersoD.
 NEW YORK-Alexander Hamilton.
 NORTH CAROLINA-William Blount Rchart D. Spaight and Hugh Williamson.
 PENNSYLVANIA - George Clymer, Thomas Titzslmmons, Benjamin Franklin, Jared Inger