| Show THE convention CONVENTI OM the mining article brought and again knocked out oat SALT 27 convention was called to order yesterday morning at 9 15 delegate Dele delegate Sate raleigh of salt lake R ivaa as invite invited to offer prayer the rhe juri junketing tour tour joke of ilaman ilond end ofsan of sail ju juan praed to have been very effective for a communication ni was received flout manager X N W V C layton extends extending a cot cordial ahal i invitation tation to the delegates to b be the guests of his company and visit tile the famous bathing lenoit saltair Sal tair at a convenient day and hour the reading of this created a mild sensation and hammond looked pleased ricks kicks v R anted to lix fix 4 sunday sunda da and heyborne Hey Iley boine 4 saturday dagand and bowdle opposed breaking the sabbath with a junketing un trip at length it was wai decided to fix the biale alter after the rork nork R fis as done morris chairman of the committee on public buildings and state institutions submitted the report of that committee with the following to article all property and institutions of ti the shall upon the adoption t 0 of f the constitution become the plop c ity and institutions of the state stale of utah Reforma reformatory toty and penal institutions and those for the benefit of the insane blind deaf arail and I 1 to route ute and such obder tiona as the public good may require shall be established and supported I 1 by by the stats state in such a manner mani I 1 and under such boards of con ciol us as may be prescribed by law at the general election in the year ISM the question of permanent location of the seat of government ent is hereby provided to be sub r milled to the qualified electors of the state and the majority of all the voters upon said question shall clet eMine tile lo catian caffin thereof in the case there shall be no choice of location at said election the question of choice between the two places for which the highest number of voters shall have been cat calit shall be and is hereby submitted in like ilia manner ner to the qualified electors it at t he oneat next general election thereafter provided that until the ae seat ai t 01 of f shall be an and d re remain n I 1 in S sail lake city utah when the seat of government shall have been located as herrin herein provided the location shall not the thereafter be changed except by a vote of two thirds of all tile the qualified electors of the state voting on that question at a general election it at ii bich the question odthe of the location of the seat of government hall have been submitted by the legis laruie the legislature shall make no 0 appropriations or expenditures for capital buildings or grounds until the seat of government shall han ha e been permanently located the public institutions of the state plate aie hereby permanently located at the places hereinafter nand named each to have the lands specifically granted to it by the united states mates in tile the act of congress passed july ag to be disposed usell in in such manner as the legislature nuy may provide pi ovide first the state prison at the city of salt lake in the tha county of salt lake second the state fair at the cit city of salt lake in the county of saili salt lake third the state refo reform rm school at the city of 0 ogden den in t the he county of weber fourth the insane asylum at the city of provo county of utah fifth the institution for the deaf dumb and blind at the city of I 1 in inthe the county of I 1 the mining milling article was then le is evans of utah moved to strike I 1 out tile the objectionable section raich reads as aa follows I 1 the use me of lands land for i the construction conati notion of reservoirs or storage basins for the purposes ol of ira ini gation or for rights of way fur for tile the construction of canals ditches 11 blumes flumes atnes or pipes piles to convey water to ti the le place of use for an any y useful be beneficial nefi cial or necessary nur purpose pose or for drainage or for the ara drainage inae of mines ties or the working there thereof af by means of roads railroads lail roads tram train rays nays cuts tunnels shafts hoisting rork dumps or other necessary nece means to their complete del develop elov abent t ar any other use rise necessary 10 lo the complete cevelo development I 1 li of the material resources of tile the state stale or th abt pie of the health of its inhabitants is hereby to lie be a public use rise anil and subject to the regulation and control odthe of the state Andel soll of beaver al aed against the motion on oil the ground that hat tile the section vis ras necessary lui fui the be development of the state james obtained the floor ile he eli nied to have been a miner mine r fo foi I 1 years and to have extends extend exten dd td his operations from canada t tu mexico but lie never had oil en counte countered led such a sweepingly pel pei licious find anil principle tt it was so BO amazingly gly wicked that lie he nai sul sui at auy any dembei odthe oatlie convention putting it forwards forward 1 there would bo be no rights to pi i vate property under it no minei or farmer could bo be poss possession 9 on of his claim or fai faunal faunas i a it might be confiscated it at any time bowdle 19 that no provision pio plo vision CID could uld auth onze the taking of 1 vate property for private uses the i state had no not t that right kimball of weber I 1 am in favor of this section when god Ali almighty the earth lie be I 1 made utah ile he even made sn san judi juan laughter in which ifrain 1 i anond joined there must be n 1 I to develop develon these lands I 1 thurman do bo you von believe im mm 1 inz ins and irritation irrie alion tion are public uses I 1 kimball yes Thur thurman nian then why ae declaim ae them public uses if the they ile aie what is the value of the section kimball thereisa eisa is a division of opinion among judges as to what is iq a public use we want to settle I 1 that I 1 then man I 1 if f a thing is n not a public use can call we make it so by declaring it in the constitution 7 kimball no we could not but we w want a D t to sett settle I 1 e th the IS conti conflict act between I 1 the eastern and wc n I 1 judges I 1 thatcher said eich nors conten 1 I 1 lion ion that the state owned all ail the i I 1 I 1 prope property arty was new to him ile he continued that it wits was peculiar to bee the mining minin article up again after it I 1 hall had been filled billed it was the same principle of esting besting power in tile state that had been killed in ill the hie irrigation article ile he was also opposed to the coal mine inspector those officers are taken einband in hand by the mine owners shown the safe part of the mines and report all in good condition three days later I 1 there is an explosion and fifty lives are lost los t I 1 kobetts ts who is the father of this child laughter I 1 the president mr kearns roberts I 1 have heard beard several attempts to learn its parentage paren tase 1 the rhe gen gentleman aleman should not be ashamed to acknowledge his pio pic get geny ly kearns blushed j i r noberta 0 berts continued he had bad several things he rould like to a igi ai i tate late but the convention had bad declared against him the que uehl Aion ion before the house had been decided three times against the principle ile he protested against bringing on tile floor a snake that had bevil bern killed time and time again creer why you ring to up 1 the suffrage question time and time lime again robeina yesterday I 1 i doted against bringing the suffrage q question up again that question took its rc regular ular course snow mr roberts point about waste of time is not well taken this subject has come up in it I 1 the re beular regular ular manner ivins this is a new question it has not been before the convention before this morning robots robel ts this same callei IN a as bro brought un bt lip dp on the bill of rights by mr van ivoin ivins ivi ns not ot in the same term terin more harm rill fl ill come from the rejection of the ii than its adol adoption tion howaad or of emery favored favo reil tile the substitute ile he pronounced it absolutely necessary van horn thought the idea ras good but the section as drafted ROCS goes so far that it rould I 1 be e a absolutely h ruinous to the T rights agh t e of f iso private bitely property mot hoiris ris said tile the new ner s state t a t c canno cannot aubid to throw anything in the way vay of agriculture and ini iril gation therefore lie he favored the section thurman said that the section would give eminent domain to buy any man who str ek one lick in the direction of the complete development 0 of the state there has not been 0 o vicious a proposition before the convention as this was vias all I 1 public times had been provided for lint what the other side wanted to do was a to take amate ate property for private rises ifsich if such a proN provision ision filete apie put in the court would declare the en constitution unconstitutional K kaarns Is not tins this provi provision bion in other constitutions thin man iian yein idaho but ido I 1 do not want irant to follow idaho sa that it at state plate has many queer provision pro i inq tap pie pi evious question was called and the vole voie was taken on striking in g out the section it resulted in an all of bictory against the miners on a I 1 ote or 40 to 0 39 O I 1 the adverse e report from the committee or of the whole on the question of prohibition was then taken ken up and on motion of I 1 lart hart fa he majority ina onty against the submission of the q question alstion was adopted by a vote of GG to 19 I 1 alo thoe e doting for prohibition were Ilon botille Bo wille dle boyer bralley audley Br coray cunningham N na here lie Hev bourn ivins jolley baui ita laison murdock Mur clock of bearer pat at blidge Peter of san I 1 Z i no robin binon on of wayne chow S Thom thompson pori miller the cyclonic prohibitionist was absent at 11 1 i the convention resolved itself into a committee of the w whole hole i ith ivins in the chair the amendment of roberts to the artile ai tic ie on private corporations designed to make corporations confine themselves to one general line of I 1 business s was taken up snow james squires van horn and richards 1 spoke against it and maloney aloney il in its favor and a recess was taken aiom 12 05 03 until 2 upon ic assembling roberts substitute by two diio changes section LI 13 was wan made to provide all railroad companies shall receive and transport por each teach others passengers and height freight finstead fin instead tead of tonnage and cars i without diget amina imitation imi nation tion or unnecessary ary delay i on motion of van horn the following substitute for section 14 was adol adopted ted no railroad or other transportation company or common carrier shall daibei imitate in the transportation of persons per ons or of propel prop pity ty between persons or places placed or in the facilities for trans poi tation or in charges for like met vic e fit transi transporting 0 biting like kinds or quantity of property under similar circumstances and conditions ile he explained that this vi was as in line with the interstate commerce la law and met all the requirements of the case IloiNe however ver his substitute had hardly been adopted roberts moved to strike it out and file motion carried after some little debate Ri richards hards moved to strike out section 10 16 providing that rolling stock atil and other movable property of fa railroad I 1 I 1 I 1 oad com companies pan ies sh shall al I 1 be personal property pio perty and subject to execution and sale as well as taxation after some debate the motion wd was lost by a large majority on motion of hart section IS 18 pron profiling ming that the tha legislature may appoint a railroad commiss commission 01 was out as the power would be in the legisla legislature tui on motion of varian section 19 was sti stricken icken out it declai ed the aro authority rity 0 ol 01 I 1 the state over all railroad a I 1 property city within its borders if weve got to do this what is the use ties ofha of having vinc 0 statehood asked vanan a n TO PREVENT FINK ERTONS an ali attempt was made to strike oil out section ri 20 prohibiting the bringing into the state of armed bodies of men Itic bards mily may I 1 ask the chairman n 11 C of f the committee the design of this J james ames I 1 can call save time by saying snow cannot llie the legislature attend to this without ouch buch a provision thurman yes put but we are afraid the legislature leei slature wont do it thais why we are trying to put it in hei heie e another attempt to strike ce out was ras made on the section prohibit ing officers employees agents or attorneys of doing business under a municipal fran chip from holding offices or employment therein after half a doyen amendments inget ting and striking out section 23 was iras made to read any aasbo asbo association or corbot corporation aaion or the lessee lormann or managers ers thereof lor for cje purpose 2 e or any individual 8 shall ha have the right to contract and maintain lines of telegraph and telephone within the state find and said corn companies panics or individuals dball receive and transmit each others messages in without or unnecessary delay the right of eminent domain is hereby extended to all telephone none and telegraph companies under sica sui regulation as may be provided provid td by b y law aw eichnor moed t to 0 strike 1 out cut the section prohibiting the if passes to officers of the state lie ile said ile he was tired of trying to make inake men moral by legislation ile he had been it a public officer and had not travelled on passes varian why do railroad companies give transportation eichnor its Ila just justas as if I 1 asked you to ride in dinv inv carriage to salt palt am air laughter varian well I 1 admit you vou can t I 1 make some roen men honest by legislation laughter raid thai prospected fur for 20 eais sand and t pent thousands iho of dollars then he goes down to clie pays his fa rebut lac thirds of those riding ha have ve passes ile he has always paid his fare it iq i wrong that should be on such c 1 I discrimination and lie i wanted an to wipe it out ryan ij amendment u was as defeated ani and the section was knocked out on motion of james section 21 24 2 1 regulating e spiess companies div ing them equal privileges in transportation por tation and other things also went out the insurance matter deatter was w as then taken up find and james moved to strike out section 25 making stockholders doubly is only one home company operating here and would be a discrimination in favor of the foreign companies thatcher said that insurance companies contract liabilities much in excess of their capital stock e should be a provision for the protection of the policy holder t if not there would be bankrupt insurance companies and cheated policy holders kimball of salt lake said the provision would gie ghe the home company prestige pie stige instead of hurting it squires it will drive the home company out of business barnes said this should drive the home company out of business insurance I 1 business is utah is not very profitable corporations are not soulless if the stockholders are honest the corporations i fiill ill be ryan wanted the matter left to the legislature thurman said sa i d the provision would not operate against th the home ellorne company as it donld won fd not have an ex port facto effect however it will affect organized in t h he e future kerr why discriminate between present and future corporations Thu thurman because we cannot help ourselves the constitution of the united states would present us its from increasing the obligations of stockholders holders howdle bowdle cited authorities to uphold thurmand Thur mans view the section was stricken out by a |
