Show CAPITAL HERE FOR GERTAIN Continued from Page 1 spoken very warmly against the lack I of proper dignity in the convention Well I am opposed to accepting it al the same I dont think this convention conven-tion can afford to accept unsigned invitations Would Make a Spectacle Roberts rising rather hastily but speaking smoothlYI am not satisfied even when we are reassured by the gentleman We would make a spectacle specta-cle of ourselves to accept Invitations from persons of whom we know nothing noth-ing We should not do so When we receive re-ceive an Invitation properly signed of course i is our duty to Jive it at tentioh The invitation was taken from the table and Hart moved its acceptance The ubiquitous Eichnor leaped to his feet and in stentorian tones protested Acting Like School Boys We should be given some proof that this is all right he said Why this convention Is acting like a crowd of school boys and not very sensible school boys at that The convention conventon saw the point and laughed Crane The ladies were afraid they might be accused of getting up an Qther suffrage scheme Thats why they didnt sign their names Evans of Weber drylyI move we refer the paper back to the ladles from whom it came for proper signatures Laughter The President hastily The secretary secre-tary has written a reply to one of the leading lady suffragists of the ciy ChrIstensen Puts in His Oar Secretary Christensen who had been anxiously watching for an opportunity to show the members that he was ai Important eYe I have to Mrs E B Wells Eichnor again leaping to his feet Well I dont see what they want to conceal their names for if the things all rI h Chidester who had been getting more fidgety every momentI want to say that I just know theres nothing wrong about this here invitation We are getting get-ting too technical These ladies have spent a whole lot of money and wed ought to tell them we will or we wont A voice Thats all right But how are we going to do it when we dont know who they are Laughter Farr The invitation says its from the ladies of Salt Lake and I guess wed just better address them Laughter Laugh-ter A Fling at Richards SquiresI think we might get some light on this very involved question from Mr Richards His wife is a prominent prom-inent lady suffragist Laughter Richards somewhat warmly Just because my wife happens to be an equal suffragist I hope the gentleman will not think I know all about the doings of woman suffragists Laughter Laugh-ter I want to say though that my wife doesnt send out anonymous communications com-munications Laughter Richards stated that a properly signed Invitation would come in the afternoon and on motion of Hart the matter went over though Preston thought the Only thing to do was to return the invitation to Its senders Settlers on School Lands The article on public lands was then taken up and Maloney proposed an amendment making school lands valued for sale to settlers a of the date of settlement Kimball of Weber We-ber moved an amendment providing that they were settled upon before they were surveyed Both amendments amend-ments produced a great deal of debate de-bate which grew acrimonious at times During the course of this Jolley of Sanpete arose to speak Thoresen of Oache breaking fin had an amendment but I have with drawn it Jolley Then I will defer my speech A moment later Jolley saw he really wanted to speak to Maloneys amendment and he arose again I would now like to make some remarks marks he said in measured tones Before he could begin both Ma loneys and Kimballs amendments were put ito vote and lost He sat down with the speech still cooped up in him At 9130 Per Acre Evans of Weber offered the following follow-ing proviso to be added to sedtiion 4 Provided that bona fide occupants on such lands prior ito the year A D 1870 may acquire title thereto aJt the sum qf 150 per acre together with i interest added thereto At the rate of from said date 3 per cent per annum sid Thoresen of Cache offered the following fol-lowing proviso to cover the same grounds Provided that sections 16 and 36 may be sold to actual occupants occu-pants thereof at the value of such lands prior to such occupancy Then at length after having cooped up his speech for half an hour and fidgeting around Jolley managed to get in iris speech Both these amendments were killed deal of discussion after a great del diusIon Chidester Slakes Another Trial Chidester moved the following proviso viso Provided that in the sale or location of school lands the county superintendent of schools in the count tin t-In which the land to be located or cold is situated shall be associated as a member of said board of land commissioners commis-sioners This too was lost after some little discussion Thurman moved to strike out section 5 relating to land commissioners This was carried with a rush Thurman then moved to strike out all that part of section 1 which provides for the disposal of school lands and leaving the whole question to the legislature leg-islature rush This too carried with a Another Circus Then there was another circus Those who had been trying to adopt some provision for the protection of settlers on school lands vainly endeavored en-deavored to delay the final vote Jolley of Sanpete moved to recommit the emasculated article to the committee tee on school land He was voted down Hart moved to postpone consideration con-sideration until today Varian called for the previous question and President Presi-dent Smith would have Ignored Harts motion had he not been called to time promptly by the member from Cache Harts motion was Voted down and the roll was called on the article Jolley Pierce Robertson and Stover I voted against It All That Was Left of I 1 After the convention had finished Its work the entire article on public lands was made to consist of the following very short provisions Section 1 All lands of the state which have been or that may hereafter be granted to the state by Congress and all lands acquired ac-quired by gift or grant or devise from any person or corporation or that maj otherwise be acquired are hereby accepted ac-cepted and shall be the public lands I of the state and shall be held in trust for the people to be disposed of for the respective purposes for which thejj have ar may be granted donated devised de-vised or otherwise acquired as may be provided by law Corporations Article Resuscitated After three motions to the same effect ef-fect had been made by Ricks Squires and Hart the convention finally de Icipd to reconsider the vote by which theTtSticJeon private corporations had failed to pass the day before The article was then read In full and passed by an overwhelming vote There QuI have been another attempt at-tempt tip Insert the provisions for I double HaDllIty of stockholders of insurance in-surance clpPanJes and for S1000W dej posits had not all discussion ana amendments been shut off with the previous question A recess was taken from 12 until 2 oclock I TTpon reconvening the convention took up the article on public buildings and state Institutions laying asidethe article on salaries of public officers This was done out of compliment to Professor Lewis who had left a sickbed sick-bed In order to be present while the I sidered public buildings article was being con I Capital Flsrht Again I The first fight came up over the location lo-cation of the capital as filed by the committee of the whole Corfman of Provo raised a gale of laughter by moving that Salt Lake be stricken out as the location and Provo be inserted in-serted He said that this was no new proposition Provo has often presented presen-ted its claims on this line to the leg islature To renew them before the convention was proper The claim is Just Corfmans motion gained but limited support and Boyer renewed the fight by moving that appropriations for the state capitol building be prohibited for ten years instead of five Kicked Like a Football Kimbal of Weber on the general proposition opposed leaving the loc tion of the capital to be kicked around by the legislature like a football Salt Lake is now the center of wealth and population and by present appearances appearan-ces will remain so for a time at least He saw no reason for limiting the right to appropriate for the state cap itnl He had been In two or three legislatures and had learned by experIence ex-perIence that there Is no danger of Salt Lake getting undeserved appropriations priations Laughter Varian argued for a settlement of the question He said until that should be effected the state would be deprived of the extensive grants of land which have been made by Congress Con-gress lay Appropriate Any Time Heyborne moved to strike out the proviso prohibiting the appropriation of money for the building of a capitol capi-tol for the term of five years Evans of Weber protested against this but the motion carried on the following vote Ayes Adams Anderson Bowdle Brandileyv Button Chidester Chris tiansen Clark Coray Crane Cushing Driver Eichnor Eldredse Parr Green Hammond Haynes Heyiborne Hill Hyda James Kiesel Kearns Kerr Kimball of Salt ake Kimball of Weber Lambert Lauritz Larson Lewis Peter Lowe Mackintosh Maloney Ma-loney iMcIHajrland Morris Murdock of Beaver Page Preston Raleigh Richards Robinson of Kane Shurt lilY Spencer Squires Stover Strevell Symons Varian Warrum Williams 50 50Nays Allen Barnes Boyer Call Corfman Creer Cunnigham Engberg Evans of Weber Evans of Utah Francis Hart Halliday Howard Hughes Johnson Jolley Lemznon William Lowe Lund Maeser Maughan Murdock of Wasatch Mur dock of Summit Partrfdge Peterson of Grand Peterson of Sanpete Roberts Rob-erts Robertson Robinson of Wayne Sharp Snow Thompson Thoreson Thorne Thurman 35 AbsentBuys Cannon Emery Gibba Goodwin Ivins Keith C P Larson Low of Cache Miller Moritz Nebeker Peters Pierce Ricks Ryan Thaitfcher Van Horn Wells Whitney 20 Located at Ogden Kimball of Weber moved itfhaft the institute for the deaf dumb and blind be located in Ogden He aida aid-a number of states have already den de-n > rrn to of nd their children Ito the c Institute in this terror and it is Important the portant tna 1 snaIl b located on transcontinental lines of railway The city had a good site for the institution institu-tion which would commodlous and suitable Daunts Larsen moved that the in > stiuution be ocated in the county of Sanpete tln the exact place to be determined deter-mined by the < legislature He said l was Tight that the smaller counties should have some institutions The larger cities get enough anyway The 30000 all stays in Salt Lake a well as most of the money besides The smaller counties need to be built up and prosper prsper Maeser said county and community claims should not < be considered The welfare of unfortunate deaf dumb and blind should be first taken Into account ac-count They should be located where Te they would have the greatest number L u n1 of advantages sanpeie county uuiu not offer such advantages as Ogden and he would favor the latter location Sanpete Countys Wind Lund spoke for Sanpete county He said it has population and is easy of access I has advantages for the unfortunates un-fortunates Necessities of life are cheaper than in most of the other parts of the territory The water is clear and there is plenty for such an institu ton More than that there is little or no wind Kimball of Weber dryly Are the delegates from Sanpete good represen atives of that condition Laughter Lund Well I guess there Is less wind since we came to salt Lake Laughter Hammond of San Juan argued for Ogden He said he had moved to San Juan from there He wanted the thing settled In Ogden they have a build log Sanpete would have such uncer tainty that there would be bad feelings among the Saints or sinners Kerr said i was in the interest ol the deaf dumb and blind to locate them and not leave the question to the legislature The problem should note > not-e as to which county should get the institution as a matter of division but one a to the Interests of the unfortunates unfor-tunates as well as of the state Ogden is much better for such an Institute Besides the state will be saved about 100000 because of the buildings already erected Farr said he would hike to see every county have something even San Juan But Ogden is much better as a location for the institute Therefore he would have to vote to disappoint his Sanpete friends Ogden th eAVlnncr Evans of Weber said this was 0 business proposition Ogden can get along without the public institutions But here was the reform school building build-Ing as well as the military school which would be transferred Thurman said that under the present laws the deaf dumb and blind institute is part of the university and there should be separation Heyborn spoke for location by the convention The amendment in favor of Sanpete county was killed and the amendment favoring Ogden went through by a large majority Evans of Utah moved an additional section prohibiting appropriations for state capitol for four Year but he was ruled out of order Sanpete Won and Lost Lund moved that the state normal school be located In Ephralm Sanpete county He said an 8acre block in the city would be given for i Mur dock of Beaver moved that Fort Cameron I Cam-eron be the site Murdock was defeated and when the motion came on Sanpete county Lunds motion carried by arising a-rising vote 36 to 34 However just as victory seemed in their grasp the San pete delegates were knocked out on a point of order that this matter had been left to the legislature by the educational edu-cational article and i would require a twothirds vote to carry i The article on public buildings and state institutions was then passed only Boxer Cory Corfman and Lauritz Larsen voting against i T ic Finishing Touches Ce aid that the printers had finished fin-ished s veral of the articles which had been ffced by the committee on com pilatioj 1 and arrangement and the con ventlfc therefore sidetracked the ptc son salaries and on solved ule while the articles In question were taken up Over an hour ant 31 half was used up in dotting is and crossing ts changing words transposing trans-posing them putting Iraand striking out commas and periods ind all such work in that direction During the discussion on this matter Lund of Sanpete who in the meantime mean-time had been scanning the article on education to find some provision which would prevent the location of the stat normal school at Ephralm claimed the floor dnd said that the point of ordei against his amendment had beer wrongfully raised by Roberts The latter therefore gave notice that he would move to reconsider the vote whereby the article eon public buildings and state institutions was passed IVo Separate Judicial Elections The only change of particular interest inter-est during the discussion over the report re-port of the committee on compilation and arrangement was the result of a continual agitation which has been kept up ever since The article on elections elec-tions and suffrage passed and it was provided therein that the school judicial and municipal elections should be held separate from the general elections elec-tions The fight was renewed on the committees report yesterday and under suspension of the rules all provisions pro-visions relating to special fclections were stricken out The convention finished up the preamble pre-amble declaration of rights and articles on boundaries ordinance ancj elections and right of suffrage and they went to the committee on enroll ment The legislative and executive article remained to be finished when the matter was laid aside Another Invitation > The following Invitation was laid before be-fore the convention To the Honorable President Officers and Members of the Conctitutional Convention Conven-tion of Utah Gentlemen The women of Salt Lake city who appreciate the laCors of the convention in the interest of the corning corn-ing state desire the pleasure of entertaining entertain-ing the delegates and their ladies with other officers of the assembly at a reception recep-tion to be given in their honor at the Templeton hotel in this city on Thursday Thurs-day May 2d from 9 oclock until 1 In the evening The reception is tendered the Utah convention in behalf of the women of Very respectfully Committee of Arrangements Isabella E Bennett Corlnne M Allen Emily S Richards Mary E Gilmer J P M Farnsworth Romania B Pratt Ellis R Shipp Sarah M Kimball yAna D H Young Emma J McVicker Priscilla P Jennings H A F Young M Hughes Cannon Wells Margaret A Caine Emmeline B Entirely n Social Event To this was appended the following additional communication Mr President and Members of the Convention Con-vention Gentlemen This reception is not given by the Womans Suffrage association asso-ciation I is entirely a social event and is intended to be a compliment to the members of the convention Including the officers not forgetting the clerks and stenographers Very respectfully etc BMMEDINE B WELLS The invitation was accepted with thanks The convention at 540 adjourned |