| Show M I 1 t M ilay A Y V 0 T E princie ly by a yote volt ot of 75 to 16 it may be reconsidered reconsider ed however monday a 3 in the constina hoail convention nes resident ident smith called to order I 1 promptly at 10 0 clock seventy eil echt delegates delegate 3 i responded to their i names and prayer was offered b t the rev john 1 nutting of the lh plymouth congregational church I 1 aezen A dozen or more petitions asking f for or palate submission seve several yai protesting against the incorporation of the equal suffrage clause in tb abi constitution and one from 00 ladies over ib years of age of be elder county were presented ted and filed I 1 at 1030 the preliminaries nare were finished and the president laid tit tin article on elections and suffrage before the convention eldredge immediately put thi the plan of the anti in operation by moving to go into corn com of the whole to consides consi dei business on oil the calendar after some little debate the motion was A doted down overwhelm inget the article on oil elections and suffrage was then taken up th the first fight cantle came up tip over the length ot of residence res dence fa anthe the of boele tooele c moving for thirty da to a 3 and ancl ryan of J juab nab for foai months during the debate thurman slid sid the longer time than do da lalit was made to pre ent colonization to the shame of the territory it had been charged cli arged that thi was resorted to in the past bogli betl j holer s and ryans amenti amendment ment wc were re killed and the section left with sixty days requirement evans erans offered an all amendment allowing arrest of voters on election day fur for crimes against e franchise franch iee this was cle designed ignec to e tit fraud which might be allowed I 1 under the snooping claus privileging oters loters fiction arrest except fur felony or breaches of ta th peace thurman objected to this as giving ing too much latitude liti tude for fraud in ill a resting ele to s on trumped up charges and thus presenting enting the th casting asting of soles this was art an evil to be guarded against 1 E evans van said aid under the section a I 1 m man a n u who he made a little oise loise could be while anyone anyone who ahot of I 1 1 fored bribes could not there wert were other misdemeanors which could not be made effective vanan vallan spoke for the amendment anti and anderson andersen and creez creel I 1 again against st it roberts no berts with mith intense haid baid he was w as in favor of striking out the whole section now that women a ai e to vote there ii ill be silo such h puri purity t y of election in etah that there will be no need of any such is as this the women vt would settle bottle everything of this kind evans motion was lost squires quires moved to strikeout strike out the bhole bellion privileging voters biorn arrest and varian offered a substitute commanding the legislature to make provision in ill accordance cor dance with the section and with amendment Coth Both were Nere killed the next debate came up tit oer tile the question of property qualifications for special tax lax elections and for creating eiting cr furuie indebtedness varian moved an all amendment div ling ling the legislature power in the matter later I 1 carians Va rians amendment was killed off fy as IN as one by dvells ella of the hie same nature A recess was taken at 1215 I 1 1 in tile the afternoon urane crane the following substitute for or section I 1 I 1 after the adoption of this thi constitution ution all general elections for state district county precinct municipal a 1 school all and d judicial officers sh shall all be held beld on the tuesday next follot following iiii he be first monday in Nove november luber in in eacle bear special elections election may be hold held a at as t provided I 1 by bv liw law the terms of all I 1 elected defected at any general election shall commence on the first monday in iia nuary next following alie dite oi 01 their election I 1 the legislature I 1 may provide for elections election i of municipal and school afi cers crane saia his proposition would work an int immense mense saving of money besides giving the people a rest I 1 I 1 every other year ile he did not see the benefit that thai would be dermed i from aron the sepa separation ration as politics could not I 1 be kept a out Thui nian said it was very important por tint that school and judicial of 1 fibers should be carefully selected lie he did not want to go to too great i expense but the present system is go good ad crane have we not now naw a separation of the school and general gen isral elections i I 1 if it irm a a yes I 1 crane have not politics always crept in and wont they stay in fir forever thurman no but they would be if your amendment carried thurman continued that in fiovo it had not been found hard to agree on a nonpartisan non partisan election tion farr said he was not a politician people could vote for whoever they wanted at a general election 11 noberta berts said a separation was needed or the excitement of the eneal election would to so river nver hadow the school and judicial elections us as to prevent proper consideration sidera tiou of these subjects lambert wanted economy ile he said this was the cry from all parts of the territory I 1 buys wanted school elections held in july so that the schoorl school arrangements range ments could not be disarranged james said it was impossible to keep politics out of judicial and school elections I 1 reybourne ley Hey bourne believed i in a separation of school and j judicial tilli cial elections evans ev ans of utah said lie he was in favor of cranes substitute it in as in it the interest of economy municipal elections should be held with general elections that would be in the interest ol 01 li armony jc would be i impossible at possible to fit make like in municipal u fit elections election 9 non partial of cache offered an amendment chich made it abbo I 1 bitely necessary to separate municipal and school elections and giving I 1 the legislature legisla tuie power to fix the day this was killed president smith sinith hall had hall had a foretaste of the storm lie ile taw saw evi bences of a aall coniing hastily calling varian to the chair with A ill the excuse that ho he had sudden suddenly lv been called acsay he fled and rf returned a minute liter later then cattle came a deluge of amend amendments ants aej substitutes utes ringing the changes on the subject in ill a a dozen doen different ways from a all sides varian good par that lie he is got mixed once or tat twice ice ri finally binally nally i hen thu the d dabria had bad lieen been cleat ed away substitute to insert strike out lay on tile the table recommit vote up tip and vote down and substitutes by bv the dozen had bad gone to the wall spoke I 1 tor the committee through all the stormy time the task being mutch much too heavy for chidester Chi desier desLer finally the section was left practically as tile ilia committee of tile the whole had reported I 1 it to the convention it reads as follas after the adoption of the con all general elections for tatter county precinct municipal school and judicial officers shall hall be held on the tuesday next fol follow loti ing ilig the first monday in the year in which the election is held special elections maybe may be held beld as pro provided aided bylaw by law the terms of all officers elected at any general election shall commence on the firtl firt monday in january next following the date dale of their election judicial and r school chool officers ceis shall not be elected on any day wh n hen enother other officers fire are elected ba but the time of their election shall bo be its as provided liy by law when the motion came upon up on the adoption of tile the whole article squires called attention tri to the fact that thurman had fall promised to to move to ic consider on bomin suffrage if that should be found desirable ile he said if the article should be passed thit that motion would be shut out and lie suggested that the article should go over for a little time said the way to get around that was to suspend th ahe 1 rules so as to allow the motion to i be made at any time this vlas as carried and this motion can be made at any time during the debate it was contended tel aided by hart and by varian in the chair that under t the he rules ruica it will require only a majo it to reconsider s instead of two thirds of the members the vote was then taken on the whole article a and ad retailed BUted re in 75 for aud and ac against adoption bon bottole die atilt and button tried to split their votes and be recorded aye on the section find and no on woman suffrage eicha eichnor i and evans of utah ex explained plaine d they were agal against list section 11 kerr and Lar lambert larriberot ribert said they were in favor of a separate article I 1 varian from thi the chair gave notice that he be would move for a reconsideration there was a general stir when I 1 hill of salt lake asked with a I 1 flourish that colonel bei be cranked the lego legia of the flonoi im mediately immediately there was I 1 light t tit th colonel received c a I 1 warm welcome from his political friends at the convention went into committee of the whole on oil the executive article and evans of weber was called to the chair at the request of vanan the executive artilize arti article lile was passed over for 1 a 9 day or tv at its lie he is compelled to be away i th the a article tic on n ordinance and compact irith tho the united stated was then taken up and passed without particular amendments As van horne home had bad been excused the legislative article wa laid of 0 er the article on apportionment apportions nt was takeo up tip and considered A fight hall had been expected on oil this i bu but t that was knot knonz a to be hopeless and the article it mas as adopted without debate the article on oil public lands was then taken up but before that was finished the hour four of five was at hand and the committe at abose ose the convention then adjourned |
