| Show ID I 1 i ot of leoS latoS salaries and Ques two oi of 0 bounties the democrats Defea tied in ia trying to Gaar autee equal sights to all and special privileges to nolle the president called to order dav in morning orrim at al 10 30 clock and invited key A P ili rtin ol of the lutheran church to offer prayer there was an another th e r deluge dellige of pota eions asking ibi fol the separate Bep arite bub mission of the equal still suf cage article Chi chidester detter presented petitions tor for woman an suffrage numerously n ume sign signed cd the grand total of ipa tures un petitions peti liona hecei ed in I 1 agard to unman 0 sif suffrage frage up to wednesday H ed wi lies 4 ia low of cache created a breece by bendine in a petition by request lie ile said aid lie he would not dot have hare taken the trouble to fi bend e d it in but it il was an emphatic d declara cclara tion of the alie feeling of the people of smithfield cachaco cache co tile the clerk took the petition up and read petition foi the f ep arate submission of woman suffrage sign ed clerk christensen stopped and looked puzzled then lie continued so no signatures it took fie leeral seral moments for the members to realize the tha point of tile the joke and ther aber there was a snicker the nete inclined to tl tle e this as aa a good thing but bul the baer other side eida har adly ran BAW ahert it came in varian was on his fret feet in ill an instant looking unusually fierce 1 it I move lie he said that the paper be ireful retained ned to the gentleman who presented ted it the act esberne to me to have been beell a direct intuit insult to the house low said lie placed i it t before the house C as expressing the opinion of smithfield it had been sent there with a request lor for Eig signatures natures and none had I ideen aeo obtained this should have some weight varian 4 idith with intense sarcasm ear easm this seems to pie me to le be contempt of the house the gentleman has presented a benk piper paper which be says bays represents the winds of his acin constituent condition of the people 0 or an insult to the house Rou someone neone asked was it sent that way from smithfield who endorsed it lw li of cache it was sent cent in witti with a letter Rl alberts berts what diel did the letter say low it said the petition was wag returned because it did not represent the delegates voice lo kobetts berts did it say eay a canvass had been made of the people of smithfield low NO ko but I 1 suppose a consultation sul ul tation was wag held I 1 V roberts II then it is is merely presumptive sump tive I 1 thi think al it was an all insult to the convention varian insisted on his motion to return the document to low and the motion carried with enly a few illis scenting cices the carried the petition over onor and the incident cl laut closed the apportionment article article was aia ten up ill at 1030 air and bowdle 1 vie the striking out of the proviso tho which binds the legislature tu to always alir yi give one representative to each county after some little dc bite this was lisle doted down by the 2 leula eg gilla tiou majority v which the committee iq iii holdine together 28 to at whitney made mada a motion to t change the wor word I greater to more to the surprise of every I 1 oily abi carried lurid land said sanpete lete had only fix teen lea orin cache and had more tive citizens fanu laughter abter the apportionment wom iett unfair to Sari pete hail Ithol I 1 thought light ibis apportionment was wan based on population cache is sup superior elior at that point what is the dill diM anee erenee rn ee crane arfine about 2100 votes lund moved that liaf sanpete be given an additional representative however lie he wag wa voted down with a large the roll was called on the article and ninety lobed for it while only jalley william tia lowe pieces stover van horne var varian an and well no at 1155 11 w a 1 recess was nos taken until 2 oc luck when the convention was called calleia to order at 2 0 allock the militia article was taken till and passed the convention then went into committee orthe of the aliola to 10 consider the legislative article nothing of any importance wai wag done until qualifications for representatives senta tives aias as reached when 25 le e iia is WAS fixed as tile ige limit after some home nime paling of van arciclo pie ident isi tailed ed a brede by moving that 50 be paid members of the legislature instead of nf 1 4 I allen alien moved tat it bo be io farr r irr wanted iva ritel ta 3 but M lie baj not seconda alvans vans opposed opp this ile he said members member of the legislature should not it beite to make any money but there should be enough to pay expenses goodkin lyuu make anale the per diem less than it 4 shut out all of the lilier unions union raleigh to a 1 I id 10 0 ar y a L t 19 0 6 evans yer ye there are arc mole prior poor men than lich men inen NY my thurman Thur maii ba giai served a great many in ill legislature lie he ia h a poor man the longer lie he serves the poorer lie ile AN ull ill grow laughter cannon opposed cutting culling donn sal eal Ariet A man couba not afford to leave his hie bu business sines for less than that the sum of 1 per day was not too much smith said raid lie believed the session of was a six weeks holiday tire the n as one of high honji Ix expanses lenses could be paid nail on 2 0 pa ri r day and that was all that vi as necess necessary arv halt 1 I want to tell the gentleman you cannot cannot have a good time on ta 0 a day laughter A man cannot afford to leave lease his business for that eichnor was opposed to parsimony ire he aag ts not a candidate for the legislature legisla tuie tharman arri in the lie hands of your fiends arent you laughter eichnor yes 11 page edole against the am nd ment anent and on oil the vote both alleah and lil amendments nere ere voted doyn thurman illtred ill tied an anneo linit soth so that atthe the salary should not exceed sa 4 per day and 10 ills per ale both ways raleigh moved to have the SUM bum fixed at 3 per day jolley was in favor of economy I 1 ile he said legisla legislators tois khouja not be paid high sala salaries when farmers who are not making tint that much are compelled to pay lor for it the people want dimier salaices ies es and if those thebe are given it will help tile the cons titu lie tion squire sluices said rooklyn Bio oklyn once licul had an ali in that line sal aries of the cou bouillion illion council had been cut on oil and chete nas inas not jub berv than ban had eer be been n khorin hammond Hann nond said saia journey journeyman mai tailors receive ih 4 per lay day and if the farmers cannot mike make I 1 nore more than 1 they had b etui tte become journeyman tailors president smith said the wem roem hers of the ahr I 1 house of commons serve without pay theitis little jobbery around that body I 1 he to did not feir legisla would be hai banned med by acing paid ta 33 per day mur dock clock of beiver for economy saying 1 1 pel day would lie ile sufficient for the leiila raleight Ra leighs amendment was eted down and lawritz larsen of san han pete moved that 15 cents a mile le be given evans bvans of utah sai 10 et ch bould meet ill expenses roberts laid baid it was a yell settled thu tiling he n not it ciline come to the legislature lei s arturp lie ho thought 10 cents each way was not too much lvin ivin said the expenses oue one way from st geoage including board on oil themay the way will reach 10 cents a mile johnton a of said the delegates were not bailla too good a time A urian inan should liae haie enough salary to live on and hire men to take his place larsen s amendment lost and roans mans carried rich nor objected to lo ebern executive tive sessions of the state stale senate that was one of nf the gloat gleat objections to the upper house of co congress ue ile wanted everything open president smith jumped up excitedly ile he said grea public questions are sometimes considered in executive session affairs are arc often discussed there Ther ewas wag some soine discussion ile USE over tile lei t 11 of ses sessions ions of alie legislature but in th the end the tha committee was vas victorious victoriou slid and the tha maxi maximum murn afre of regular sessions was left at ti sixty days day and at thirty days amendments galore were male to the article lint but iney were nvere mostly designed to make the article agrie airree mah ith the article on elections elections and executive and the bill bof lot rights no none lle wei e of put the baj ish h j r ep 0 h e 16 moal tion carried against canzona Canu ona protest jin that the committee had finished the article and recommended om mended it be placed pla cei on the cal adar for third leading no no came a dozen voices then thurman told ivins the democratic minority lecort was yet to come and lie he hastily changed his depoi lep t to progress at 5 there was ring rin gover over adjourn adjournment men t ing an evening sion fre and cannon cannoa a continuance till 5 tile the adjournment carded when the of 10 thursday morning arrived president rapped the coal contention cation feel der and calv e eichnor of salt lake to the chair ha i benty ex enty beigh t d delegates were ere in attendance and prayer its as offered by the rev kev R G of the presbyterian church after tire the u bial number of woman suffrage suir rage raleigh aleigh Pi presented a petition signed by woodruff fl of t abe ti e mormon mornion church pill aji scallan ulan an of the catho 1 lie church lip leonard of CA thea episcopal church and ministers of i the baptist Cb christian ristian congregational 1 a lutheran methodist pi pies ls rind and unitarian lons ions asking tint that prohibition be submitted to tile people as a separate at bicle at the time the constitution 1 is voted on oil I 1 the coal contention oil tion here on motion of ricks rent into the committee odthe of the whole and eichnor vacated the chair in favor of squires ii ho ni wielded tile the gavel for the re remainder wainder of tile the day the first busi business ness of the conven lion was consideration of the four I 1 bounty sections reported for the legis legislative latiNe article by the denio democrats democrate richards speaking for the minority of the committie said that tile the beet ions repel recoiled rep oiled led by them vi vore ere designed to limit the powers of the in a necessary way lie ile believed it w not be proper lor for the government to build railroads or manufactories manu factories that leaa ayls outside its prOM promice ince nce the first section reported report eil by the minority in was as killed by a party part vote vole of 43 to 50 it leada roll follows 0 w 9 I 1 section 1 the legislature shall 1 I 1 have nu no power powe t to make any grant or to authorize e the making of any giant of public pu alic money or tiling thing of value to any individual tion or individuals municipal or other oilier corporation liba ae or pro provided that this thib hall not net be r so construed as to present the grant obaid of aid in A case of public calamity speaking of tho the second section richards said that it was designed debinco to accomplish the same baine end a as the other by preventing thu the loaning of the governments ea eminent s credit lie ile said I 1 a great deal had been beard bince the beginning of 01 the session regarding in public buies it had been constantly said that the new nen state would be overburdened with taxes the day beluie hours had been pent in discussing ell qwing wb whether ether the balai balanes les of legislators isla ila tors should lie be cut down from 4 to 20 iu or more inore that would have saved caved only a few fel huldred dollars at ost while hile this pro provision ision would probably sale sae tens of thousands of dollars both bolh the ohp second and third sections wei e killed by a party vote yet of 4 1 to 52 they tacy tac y read is as follows section 2 the alie legislature shall h have rive no power to give or to jend or to author auth onze ize the gi agn ing or lending of the credit of the state in aid of f or to ary any person association or corporation whether municipal or other or to pledge he credit of af the state stale in aria an manner vi whatsoever for the payment of the liabilities or prospective of an any individual association of individuals municipal or aithel corbot corporation aaion what soeN ei nor to subscribe or U of stock on 11 1 beail beuil be uil allaf hetE 1 otate tat 10 p f c albl pany action ec tion I 1 the legi legislature slature shall have no power tu to authorize any county city town toi township tonn ship or other political al corporation or subdivision of the state now existing or that may may be lie hereafter established to lend its credit or to grant any any public money nooney ol 01 thing thin of value in aid of or to an any individual individual association oi 01 whatsoever or to become a stockholder in such corporation association or corn company pany ichards it 11 acha icha ads mon ned ed the adoption of section A 1 reading up ai follows section 4 the legislature shall ba haedo e no power to giant or to authorize any any county or municipal authority to grant any extra compensation comell pensa ell tion fee oi 01 allowance alio to any any ini public uie officer agent servant or co con 1 irac tractor trac toi afeei set service ice has been reil rendered or a contract lias has been entered into and performed pel pei formed in ri abole bole or in pai pait t 1101 pay nor au aut borie thorie the puy payment rient of any claim help heir after created against the state or any county or of the state under any agreement or contract made without authority ot of law ile he said this section lid did not partake of a partisan character it was to piment favoritism in the lating of contracts to a low bidder and then giving him extra corn com perisa tion io in order to allow him to have a profit the provision would make equality bahi bet neen sea all the citi ens van home objected to the pait of the section making it impossible to pay claims not authorized by law was a colloquy between richards va vau lienk and button in thich the former showed no injustice would be irked to contractor tra actor or offices by the provision kimball of weber M eber moved an amendment spiking out that pait pai t prohibiting the pai payment of unauthorized claims after some further discussion the house refused to strike out that part of the section by a very close I 1 vote and the section was in inserted sorted Contin continued ved on ath rage page convention from frolin F arnt 1 peg by a vote of 51 to 46 41 in n aich both party lines were broken there was some applause when the result was made known rober ll ts offered tile the follos ing pd d dit ional section neither the state of utah nor any political subdivision thereof shall become a stockholder in or loan its credit to nor make any appropriation for the benefit of any in v person company association or corporation unless two t thirds of tile the qualified voters rotors at a regular election to be held shall bhail assent thereto lic ho saw said he expected the same fa fate to as had been meted out to tile the other amendments be meted out to his theother the other side dould not limit the powers of the legislature yet the pon pois or er was so 80 irn important port that it should be held by a good mafoi ity of the people interested es ted the majority on the floor were villing milling to have the constitution silent as they I 1 regarded such si silence 1 ence as an affirmation of the alie ri right lit of the legislature to grant bounties and loan its credit for the taxing power is the highest I 1 evidence OF of sovereignty when so deigns were absolute there was no 1 limit on it all the fight for liberty has been on the line of reducing that power poster the final bidal nic ic tory for liberty has been on taxation without |
