| Show THREE ARTICLES ADOPTED final revision commenced by the convention alio constitutional convention took up the article on public lands yesterday I 1 upon its third reading and it was adopted after all alio provisions ot the article were stricken out except alie following section 1 all landa of the state eliat have been or eliat may hereafter le granted to the state by congress and all lands acquired by gift or grant or devise from any person or corporation or that may otherwise be acquired are hercey accepted and shall bo the public lands of the state and be held in trust for the people to bo disposed of for alie respective purposes for which they have been or may be granted donated devised or otherwise acquired as may be provided by law motions to recommit and to postpone were voted down amid confusion and alie article was then passed by a vote of 87 to 6 sir evans of utah gave notice of a motion to reconsider the vote alie vote by which the article on corporations po rations other than municipal was lost on monday was reconsidered by a vote of CO to 19 alie roll was again called on the passage of the article and this time it did not lack for votes 74 being given for it to 19 against those voting in the negative were Call Corfman creer engberg evans of weber hammond II aynes kiesel murdock of wasatch Wa sateh pierce preston richards sharp spencer thurman whitney the convention then look a recess un til 2 when the convention article on public buildings and state institutions was put on its third reading out of its regular order at alie request of mr kimball of weber who said that mr lewis ill had come from ogden to bo present during the consideration of that article in which ogden had a special inte reit mr heyborne moved eliat lie clause prohibiting for five years the making of a capital appropriation bo stricken out carried by a arte of 50 to 33 3 3 mr kimball of weber offered an amendment providing for hie location of alie institution for the deaf dumb and blind at ogden he stated eliat ogden had ample accommodations tor the institution what building have you in mind asked mr lund 1 I have the reform school building in mind replied kimball lauritz larsan moved eliat the institution be located in the county of san pete alie site to be selected by the legislature he contended eliat san petes claims should be recognized mr maeser opposed the location of the institution in san pete county alio blind children he maintained should be cared for eliere they could hear good music and the deaf and dumb where athey could see something once in a while laughter mr lund spoke in of mr lar sens amendment and in support of his claim eliat life was in san pete alluded to the freedom of eliat county from wind it there is howind in san pete said mr kimball of weber 1 I want to inquire it the gentlemen of that county fifty represent it laughter there may be less disturbance there binco we left replied mr lund mr hammond mr kerr mr fair mr heyborne and mr evans of weber favored the location of lie institution bt ogden mr anderson asted mr avans what would become of alie reform school if its building should bo used for alie deaf dumb and blind mr evana replied eliat alie legislature could provide for keeping alie ref inn chool children in the penitentiary or somewhere else the motion of mr larsan was lost but 17 voting in the affirmative the motion of mr kimball to locate alie institution ution at ogden was then carried 63 botine in the affirmative mr lund offered the following amendment the state normal school shall be located at ephraim san peto county ho said that the city council of ephraim haa him to say that it an institution should be located at eliat city a block of land worth with a water right would bo donated lor the use of the institution mr murdock of beaver moved an amendment providing for lie location of the school at beaver thia amendment was voted down A et anding vote was taken on the amendment of mr lund on alio first count alie vote blood 30 to 34 but recount being made two more members voted in alie negative making alie vote a tie 30 to 30 alie friends of alie amendment demanded a roll call but at this point mr roberts raised alie point 0 order that the normal school was attached to the state university by a provision of the article on education and that therefore the subject could not be acted upon without a reconsideration of eliat article the point of order was sustained the article was alien passed by a vote of 84 to 4 botine in the negative being boyar cortman jolley and laur atz larean sir lund now entered a protest against the point of order that had been made by sir roberts and sustained by tho chair ho stated that he had examined the article on education and had found that it did not bear out alio statement 0 roberts that it contained a provision attaching the normal to the university roberts eaid that ho had no de eiro to take undue aduan tago 0 sir lund and to prove tho statement gave notice eliat lie would move to reconsider the vote by which the article was passed the convention next listened to alie reading by secretary of articled arti clee revised by the committo on compilation and arrangement the preamble declaration ot rights and alie ordinance and the article on elections and right 0 suffrage were examined and various verbal changes made an im amendment was unexpectedly made in the latter article alie clause requiring judicial municipal and school elections to be held apart from general elections being stricken out just before adjournment the tion mystery was clearyl up when president smith a copy of the invitation signed by the following ladies as a committee 01 arrangements isa iolla E bennett corinno 51 alien emily S richards mary E gilmer J P M romania 1 pratt ellis R shipp sarah M kimball zina D II 11 young emma J mcvicker priscilla P jennings 11 A F young M iannoa margaret A caine emmeline B wells the invitation was accompanied by the following explanatory note gentlemen this reception is not bv alie womans suffrage association ft is entirely a social event and is intended to be a compliment to the of the convention including alie officers not forgetting the clerks and stenographers very respectfully etc B this being satisfactory alie invitation was accepted on motion of mr preston and the convention then adjourned jour ned |
