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  4. Session: 1889-09-06 10:00:00
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Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889

The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.

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Session 5542: 1889-09-06 10:00:00

The drafts of additional articles were read and referred. Reports of standing committees were then read.

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FOURTH DAY.

HALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,

CAPITOL BUILDING,

Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 5, 1889.

The convention assembled at ten o’clock a. m.

In the absence of the president, Mr. Riner was chosen president pro tem, and took the chair.

Roll call—Forty members present.

Prayer by the chaplain.

Journal of the two previous sessions were read and approved.

The committee on credentials reported the presence of Mr. N. Baldwin, a duly elected delegate to this convention from the County of Fremont.

On motion of Mr. Grant the report was adopted, and Mr. Baldwin was sworn in by Justice of the Peace W. P. Carroll.

On motion of Mr. Fox the oath of office was then administered by Justice Carroll to Assistant Secretaries Mrs. B. Recker and H. Glafcke, Sergeant-at-arms O. P. Yelton and Doorkeeper J. B. Walsh.

On motion of Mr. Teschemacher the convention took up the motion to employ an official stenographer.

Mr. Chaplin moved that we do not employ an official stenographer.

Mr. Teschemacher offered an amendment that we do employ an official stenographer.

Mr. McCandlish called for the yeas and nays on this question.

The amendment was adopted by the following vote:

Ayes—Messrs. Baxter, Burdick, Burritt, Butler, Campbell, Casebeer, Coffeen, Conaway, Davis, Elliott, Ferris, Foote, Fox, Frank, Hay, Holden, Irvine, Jeffrey, Johnston, Jones, Morgan, Morris, McCandlish, Nickerson, Organ, Palmer, Potter, Preston, Reed, Riner, Russell, Scott and Teschemacher .— 33.

Nays—Messrs. Baldwin, Barrow, Chaplin, Menough, Sutherland. — 5.

Absent and not voting—Messrs. Clark, Davis, Downing, Grant, Hopkins, Hoyt, Knight, McGill, Smith, Vagner, and Mr. President. — 11.

Thereupon the president pro tem announced that the convention had adopted the amendment of Mr. Teschemacher.

The original motion, as amended, was then adopted.

Mr. Chaplin moved that Miss Louise S. Smith be appointed official stenographer.

Mr. Baxter moved to amend by referring the matter to the committee on ways and means, with power to act.

The amendment was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Teschemacher the privileges of the floor were extended to the Governor and Secretary of the Territory, Delegate in Congress, Judges of the Supreme Court and Ex-Secretary Shannon.

The convention then stood in recess until two o’clock p. m.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The convention re-assembled at two o’clock p. m.

The president in the chair.

The president announced the following standing committees: STANDING COMMITTEES.

No. 1. Preamble and Declaration of Rights — Geo. W. Baxter, S. W. Downey, C. D. Clark, N. Baldwin and Mark Hopkins.

No. 2. Legislative Department — E. S. N. Morgan, W. E. Chaplin, H. S. Elliott, D. A. Preston, R. C. Butler, H. A. Coffeen, De F. Richards, T. H. Moore, M. Hopkins, C. W. Holden.

No. 3. Executive Department — Jesse Knight, John A. Riner, A. L. Sutherland, J. C. Davis, Thomas R. Reid, Charles Vagner, T. H. Moore.

No. 4. Judiciary — A. B. Conaway, C. N. Potter, C. D. Clark, S. W. Downey, A. C. Campbell, D. A. Preston, H. S. Elliott, G.C. Smith, R. H. Scott and F. H. Harvey.

No. 5. Elections, Right of Suffrage and Qualifications to Office — J. K. Jeffrey, John W. Hoyt, H. E. Teschemacher, C. H. Burritt, G. C. Smith, H. A. Coffeen and R. H. Scott.

No. 6. Boundaries and Apportionment—M. C. Barrow, Joseph L. Stotts, J. A. Casebeer, John McGill, John M. McCandlish, H. E. Teschemacher, E. J. Morris, F. M. Foote, N. Baldwin, H. A. Coffeen.

No. 7. Education, Public Buildings, Public Health and Public Morals — John W. Hoyt, C. N. Potter, A. B. Conaway, E. S. N. Morgan and C. D. Clark.

No. 8. Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Rights — J. A. Johnston, C. W. Burdick, W. C. Irvine, A. L. Sutherland, C. W. Holden, N. Baldwin, C. H. Burritt,.

No. 9. Mines and Mining — John L. Russell, C. W. Fox, L. J. Palmer, H. G. Nickerson, C. Vagner.

No. 10. Manufactures, Commerce, Live Stock Interests and Labor — George Ferris, John McGill, T. R. Reed, H. G. Nickerson, C. P. Organ, E. J. Morris, Jonathan Jones.

No. 11. Taxation, Revenue and Public Debts — M. N. Grant, J. C. Davis, DeForrest Richards, H. S. Elliott, H. G. Hay, D. A. Preston, H. E. Menough, Jesse Knight, H. A. Coffeen, Meyer Frank.

No. 12. County, City and Town Organization — C. H. Burritt, Geo. W. Fox, A. C. Campbell, J. A. Riner, Jonathan Jones.

No. 13. Corporations — H. A. Coffeen, C. N. Potter, F. M. Foote, C. W. Burdick, George W. Baxter, S. W. Downey, John L. Russell.

No. 14. Railroads and Telegraph — G. C. Smith, J. A. Riner, M. N. Grant, M. C. Barrow, J. M. McCandlish, H. G. Nickerson, A. B. Conaway, Jesse Knight, H. A. Coffeen, Meyer Frank.

No. 15. Salaries of Public Officers — F. M. Foote, H. G. Hay, H. F. Menough, N. Baldwin, J. M. McCandlish.

No. 16. Federal Relations, Public Lands and Military Affairs — H. G. Nickerson, C. P. Organ, R. C. Butler, H. F. Menough, G. W. Fox.

No. 17. Printing, Publication, Accounts and Expenses — R. H. Scott, W. E. Chaplin, J. A. Casebeer, M. C. Barrow, H. G. Hay.

No. 18. Schedule, Future Amendments and Miscellaneous Matters — L. J. Palmer, J. K. Jeffrey, F. H. Harvey, R. C. Butler, W.C. Irvine, J. L. Stotts, A.L. Sutherland.

No. 19. Revision and Adjustment — H. E. Teschemacher, A. C. Campbell, C. D. Clark, J. A. Casebeer, J. W. Hoyt.

Mr. Hay moved that the list of standing committees be printed with the rules. Carried.

The president presented the following communication from his Excellency, the Governor of the Territory:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 5, 1889.

Hon. M. C. Brown,

President Constitutional Convention,

Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Sir: I have the honor to enclose you herewith, for the information of the members of the constitutional convention, copy of a letter recently received with relation to the contemplated visit to Wyoming of the U. S. Senate Committee on arid lands and irrigation.

Very respectfully,

(Signed) FRANCIS E. WARREN,

Governor.

San Francisco, Cal., August 29, 1889.

Hon. F. E. Warren,

Governor of Wyoming Territory.

Dear Sir: — By direction of Senator Wm. M. Stewart, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on arid lands and irrigation, I write to say that as at present advised, the said committee of said body will visit Cheyenne, arriving sometime in September, about the 22nd to the 26th of that month. As it will be impossible for the committee to go elsewhere than your capital, Senator Stewart desires me to urge upon you the advisability of securing the attendance there of as many representative citizens who understand your irrigation plans and needs, so that their testimony may be secured. You will be advised by telegraph, probably from El Paso, of a more definite date.

Very respectfully,

(Signed) RICHARD J. HINTON,

Irrigation Engineer.

The foregoing communications were referred to the committee on irrigation.

Mr. Riner moved that Mr. Slack’s proposition in regard to printing be accepted, and that all matter to be printed be sent to the office of the Cheyenne Daily Sun.

Mr. Burritt moved to amend by referring Mr. Slack’s proposition to the committee on printing, with instructions to make a contract for printing on the most reliable basis and on the terms proposed in Mr. Slack’s letter.

The amendment was adopted.

Mr. Coffeen offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, that the Territorial Librarian be requested to furnish one copy of the Revised Statutes of Wyoming to each member of this convention at his earliest convenience.

Mr. Fox presented the following resolution which was read:

Resolved, that all matter any member may wish to be incorporated in the Constitution shall be first introduced in the convention in writing to be read by the member introducing the same or by the clerk of the convention; after a second reading it shall be referred to the appropriate committee without debate, and no matter shall be incorporated in the Constitution until the subject to which it relates shall have first been considered and reported upon by the committee of the whole.

Each article or resolution so introduced shall be printed, giving its consecutive number of introduction and a copy thereof furnished to each member before its second reading, providing, that nothing in this resolution shall prevent the introduction of original matter by any standing committee.

The convention thereupon stood in recess for thirty minutes.

The convention thereupon stood in recess for thirty minutes.

On re-assembling.

The following propositions were then presented, read first time by title and referred:

File No. 1. By Mr. Morgan.

“Declaration of Rights.”

Referred to Committee No. 1.

File No. 2. By Mr. Morgan.

“Legislative Department.”

Referred to Committee No. 2.

File No. 3. By Mr. Morgan.

“Executive.”

Referred to Committee No. 3.

File No. 4. By Mr. Morgan.

“Judiciary.”

Referred to Committee No. 4.

File No. 5. By Mr. Morgan.

“Qualifications for Office.”

Referred to Committee No. 5.

File No. 6. By Mr. Morgan.

“Elections.”

Referred to Committee No. 5.

File No. 7. By Mr. Morgan.

“Taxation and Finance.”

Referred to Committee No. 11.

File No. 8. By Mr. Morgan.

“Education.”

Referred to Committee No. 7.

File No. 9. By Mr. Morgan.

“Militia.”

Referred to Committee No. 16.

File No. 10. By Mr. Morgan.

“Public Officers.”

Referred to Committee No. 5.

File No. 11. By Mr. Morgan.

“City Charters.”

Referred to Committee No. 12.

File No. 12. By Mr. Morgan.

“Railroads.”

Referred to Committee No. 14.

File No. 13. By Mr. Morgan.

“Future Amendments.”

Referred to Committee No. 18.

On reassembling Mr. Holden moved that his colleague, Mr.

C D. Clark, be excused until his return next week. Agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Teschemacher the presentation of resolutions and propositions was made the special order for Saturday, Sept. 7th.

The convention thereupon adjourned until ten o’clock a. m. Sept. 6th.

M. C. BROWN, President.

Attest: JOHN K. JEFFREY, Secretary.

Decisions yet to be taken

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