The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-02

soil, Thomas Mifflin Gouv erneur Morris, Robert Morris and James Wilson,
 SOUTH CAROLINA-Pierce Butler, Charles Iinckney, Charles c. Pinckney and John Rud- ledge.
 VIRGINIA-John Blair, James Madison and George Washington.
 Of this number more than half, 21, were law yers. Six are classified a Statesmen" three were farmers landowners or planters, three were merchants, two bankers or "fnanciers," one an educator, two phy sicans nd one a soldier. Most of them were we'll educated Nine of them had studied in the Inner Temple or the Middle Tem- pie in England, one at Oxford under Blackstone and two in Scottish univ erses. Half of the delegates were graduates of American or Euro pean colleges three were professors and one, Dr. William s, Johnson, was president of Colum- bia college, on leave of absence to act as dele gate from Come tlcut
 Moreover 1t was a convention Of young men. The patriarch Benjamin Franklin was then eighty-one years old, but 20 of the 55 were un- der forty years of age Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey was the "baby" of the conventicn-only twenty seven years old. Charles Pinckney, who submitted the first draft of the Constitution, was only two years his elder Alexander Hamilton of New York, destined to play leading role in the convention but more important one in se- curing the ratlfi cation of the Constitution, was barely thirty, and James Madison, who would become known a the IF a ther of the Constitu- | tion" was thirty-sx.
 | John Marshall. then only thlrty-t two years old was not delegate to the convention. But be- cause of his part in secur ring the ratification of | the Constitution and the work he did as chief justice of the United States later in Interpreting | 1t and strengthe ming the federal foundations ot | the government by means of 1t, he Is entitled tC a high place among the Makers of the Constitu | tjon."
 The date set for the opening of the convention was the second Monday in May. The roads o that time were poor and travel was expensive and slow, so 1t was not until two weeks late that the first meeting was held.
 The convention met formally for the first tim on Friday, May 25, although only a few nor than half the delegates had arrived by that time Seven states were represented at this meeting according to enc authority according to another there were nine Whatever the number thos present got dow n to business at once by electin presiding officer. enjamin Franklin, becaus l of his age and the fact that this was his hom city was the logical choice for this position bu he graciously aived that honor and suggeste the choice of George Washington, the late con mander in the struggle for liberty. | Washingt0nS election was unanimous and presided throughout the convention with hi usual dignity. His chair was on raised pla form and 1t was rule of the sessions that tn members should stand al their places, upon at burning, until he had preceded them from tn room. occasion ally the great Virginian yielde the chair and took the floor as Virginia del' gate to express his views on the question { issue
 On Monday, May 2S, the convention entere upon the business for w hich 1t had been calle and from that time until September F these me struggled daily with their great task in tha stuffy room in the old State house, suffering tel riby from the heat and-it must be admitted l. also suffering from wearlness with the lon speeches of some of the delegates. One of thel actually spread his speech over period of tw