Show CONVENTION CHAT The question of cash is the great disturbing dis-turbing element in the convention just at present A nights sleep over the proposition to hold back the 4000 remaining re-maining in order that the clerks and other officers might be paid seemed to brIng conviction to the delegates that they were not so wholly patriotic and selfsacrlficinc as they had believed themselves to be the day before Therefore i There-fore the proposition to reconsider the vote whereby the reservation of the I 4000 had been made met with hearty approval and there were only a few dissenting voices A full determination was prevented last night by the lateness late-ness of the hour when the couentlon went out of the committee of the whole But some reasonable basis will probably proba-bly be fixed today There seems to be a general disposition among the delegates dele-gates to treat the clerks fairly and the clerks seem willing to give In a point or two a a a Because of this alarming condition the country members held a caucus last night after the convention was over For some mysterious reason the city members were barred out I was voted that the convention shall here after meet at 9 oclock in the morning Instead of 10 and hold in session until nearly 6 oclock Evening sessions are not to be held I was the sense of the caucus that rules limiting debate must be strictly enforced I any doubt has existed in the maids of the public as to which side of the political fence the careful conservative delegates of the convention conven-tion were to be found it should be entirely en-tirely removed by the proceedings yesterday yes-terday The men who talked boundless debt ideas were in every instance Republicans Re-publicans while those who advocated reasonable and safe restrictions were almost without exception Democrats The country members yesterday objected ob-jected to a board of equalization con isting of state officers because the city was likely to have all the representation representa-tion and there would not be a knowledge I knowl-edge of the different sections The whole matter should be placed in the hands of Governor Charley Crane As a citizen of Kanosh Fillmore and county Salt Lake w he represents both city and a a a Thoresen of Cache is one of the question marks of the convention But his questions are generally short and to the point S S Goodwin wanted to know why buried persons should be exempt from taxation taxa-tion He said they are the only persons who do not growl at taxes a as As an example of the way in which some of the separate submission peti I I tions have been gotten up Snow of Washington is citing an instance in his own county When the people there received re-ceived the petitions they were led to believe they had come from their own representatives and therefore they were signed with substantial unanimity as bein in favor of woman suffrage Since their true nature has been ascertained as-certained the people want to withdraw them I a a a Evans of Utah proved himself a good paliamentarian while in the chair yesterday Without apparent mildness mild-ness he held the house In good order Once or twice when called upon for a decision he showed he was thoroughly at home on the rules He was quick firm and fair a a a White winged peace settled down over the convention yesterday Kimball of Weber seconded one of David Evans motions a a a President Smith Is Retting loquacious He speaks on nearly every question now And the burden of his argument is I think S 5 Goodwin talked for ten minutes yes |