. Recollections of the civil war and going West to grow up with the country . ined and di-vision and statehood secured, this convention appealsto every citizen of Dakota south of the forty-sixthparallel to give his vote and influence for delegatesto the constitutional convention to meet September4th, 1883, and spare no effort that honest, able andloyal men shall be chosen to represent them and thatthe support thej^ maj receive at the polls shall dem-onstrate our numbers and patriotism so that the con-stitution framed shall reflect our intelligence andg-uarantee our rights, privileges and immun
. Recollections of the civil war and going West to grow up with the country . ined and di-vision and statehood secured, this convention appealsto every citizen of Dakota south of the forty-sixthparallel to give his vote and influence for delegatesto the constitutional convention to meet September4th, 1883, and spare no effort that honest, able andloyal men shall be chosen to represent them and thatthe support thej^ maj receive at the polls shall dem-onstrate our numbers and patriotism so that the con-stitution framed shall reflect our intelligence andg-uarantee our rights, privileges and immunities asAmerican citizens. In pursuance of the ordinance adopted by theHuron convention an election for delegates to theconstitutional convention was held throug-hout thatpart of Dakota territory south of the forty-sixth par-allel of latitude in which deep interest was takenand the deleg^ates thus elected assembled at SiouxFalls on September 4th, 1883. They organized bythe election of Hon. Bartlett Tripp as president, Wins^r as secretary and H. \1. Avery reading- sec-. HON. TRIPP. FORMING A STATE CONSTITUTIOISr 253 retarj. Rules and order of business were adoptedand the following- committees were appointed: Judiciary—Moody of Lawrence, Kidder of Clay,Bollard of Bon Homme, Gifford of Lincoln, Grig-sb}^of Minnehaha, Sterling- of Spink, Westover of Sullyand Potter, Harris of Yankton, Wood of Pennington,Mellette of Codingfton, Lichtenwaller of Hug-hes,Murray of Lake, Cheever of Hamlin, Farmer of Mi-ner, Dawson of Clay. Kxecutive—Kellam of Brule, Reed of Beadle,Turner of Bon Homme, Kelsey of Brooking-s, Duncanof Brule, Whiteside of Clay, Murphy of Grant, Mc-Donald of King-sbury, Harve^ of Lawrence. Leg-islative—Kidder of Clay, Gamble of Yankton,Taylor of Lincoln, Elrod of Clark, Pettigrew of Min-nehaha, Gatchell of Deuel, McCoy of Bon Homme,Keith of Spink, Day of Edmunds. Bill of Rig-hts—Melville of Beadle, Brooks ofYankton, Cleveng-er of Brooking-s, Johnson o
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