| Show coils CONVENTI OI women may not mot vote veto for the constitution ution say the solons SALT LAKE cm april A 30 after waiting wailing the usual 2 25 5 minutes for a quorum to assemble roble the convention was called to oi 01 der esterday morning and delegate heyborne of I 1 lion ion was inn incited itce to HIB clio opening prayer the contention went into cem ignatee of the whole and took up the article on in I 1 public alic buildings buil dinga aud and state institutions institution it with ith the pil ing question on tha the location of the reform school and institute for the blind deat deaf and dumb cheze was some debate over hoth both these propositions kimball IN wanted ant ogden oden as the site for the deaf dumb and blind institute moved fur for a location in sanpete ricks opposed location ion find and the IN whole hole matter mailer on both leaf deaf dumb and blind and reform school was left to the legislature I 1 the article on public buildings I 1 and state institutions was then passed pass ed and the a til on schedule was ii as taken up richards offered the following short substitute for the forty am two 0 lines of section 6 1 all ali actions and proceedings which may be pending in any of the courts of the territory of utah at the ime of the change horn a a territory orv to a state government goern coi ment may be continued and transferred to the state court or courts having jurisdiction of the subject malter mailer thereof I 1 theis was a great deal of discussion over this and ailein in consequence of the lery iery technical nature of the case richards Pic bards ii withdrew his amendment in order that some agreement might be arrived at before third reading the great discussion of the day came Z up p over the question of who aiho should should vote on in the adap adoption or rejection of the die cot constitution stitt the article provided that all male citizens of the united states the age of twenty one years who ha ba Is e resided in this territory for one year next prior to such lection election should vote on in the constitution and state officers on motion of Goodni nl and are qualified voters was j made to follow election as above maloney offered an amendment allowing all electors qualified to vote under the constitution to vote for state officers richards said ahe the maloney aloney iI amendment was wab till all right in a modified way bu but t in in that way only inserted where the author intended it would allow women to vote only for state officers lierl they should be alloi allowed ed to note te not only for such auch officers hut but also on the constitution itself lie he moved that Malo amendment be so placed as to make mahe it apply to the constitution as well as to the state officers ile he said a at t he be cioper time if this amendment m was as cut earned ried j he would offer the folloni following ing pro V vision provided that all lotes iotes given by female otera for or against this constitution shall be deposited epo sited by the election officers in separate boxes and ca can massed assed separately nud and so certified goodwin who is to be the judge of the question as to whether women it ill be allo adoner e to i 0 ateon to oil the constitution Ri richards harcis why the courts of course ne me cannot pres presume urne to pass upon it ha continued ahat if separate boxes and ballots IN vere ere provided for the romen there could be beabe absolutely no danger to the constitution ile he read an opinion signed by judge sutherland judge Dey dayjohn John A marshall george sutherland Sut ruthei heiland a nd and judge henderson sustaining the proposition that bomen may vo vote te on the constitution squires what is the political complexion of the signers of that paper ale aie the they all democrats 11 ardil george F sutherland I 1 be believe liwe is an orthodox at any ady rate he be pasted passed as a candidate fur for delegate to congress goodwim io do you believe that when congress passed the enabling ac act III it intended that nomen should vote on tho file constitution 1 they intended so if the women were given the su suffrage fringe goodwin goodwill 1 l do to not think they considered the subject ivins ivina said lie he was opposed to the I 1 whole hole question lie ile is 19 not a lawyer but lie does not believe that the Lri abling act could be gai agnen en the cons construction truc tion proposed said that the opinion which had been read was founded or on isolated terms and sentences inthis if this oust obstruction ruction were admitted the constitution could be submitted even to aliens richards if the construction of judge sutherland find and theophers theof theol hers berB is 1 3 correct coill it not defeat che constitution if the women were not allowed to vote note varian there is 0 9 gibat peat deal of foice in that richard then on the ground of prudence piu plu dence deuce had bad we not better take all the N votes oles leeping keeping ante 1 I e ra t hel than commit a latal jatal ir cr tor N arian I 1 think there is a great deal of force in thit eichnor cited washington as a precedent against the pio proposed ins posed action thurman said baid early earl in the convention he had bad given it as his hia opinion that the nonen no wo nen tien could not vote at the first e election AL ebion moreover 0 he had lieen been compelled to change by looking up tip the law on oil the question jn in section 2 congress did not want to limit the body of N voters oters to those mentioned alt it simply provided th that it those IN who ho I 1 voted for the delegates to the constitutional co convention mention should be allowed to vote for the te constitution if N jurians Var ru iane rians construction u were ere curried carried out why did not congress say the voters oters of the territory why should not people who shall vote on state officers be al allowed to vote as to whether they shall have bave the constitution why should a condition be foncell on t them hern if they do not want it robert said lie still holds to the proposition that m women cannot vote vole ei either apropo h er for the constitution or the first state officers evans of weber said section 2 of the enabling act simply enfranchised certain persons in who to had bad been pre bously dis franchised disfranchise dand and provided that thes could vote for the llie constitution the convention I 1 unless specially limited has the right to say who shall vote it is as clear as i n I 1 proposition prop aitio n in i euclid aut that women momen have the highl igl to vote for state officers members would mould be recreant to their duty if they denied I 1 aed that right varian said there was no au t dwity for legislation by the convention ven tion both Malon Maloney eyk ii and Pic richards hards amendments were voted down and the convention took a recess from 12 25 until 2 belock unon reassembling iu in the afternoon the committee of the whole quickly disposed of the balance of the article on schedule without important amendments amendment and then the committee abose e j the following communication was read rad e to the honorable president officers and ilem beis bels of the constitutional convention gentlemen the women of c salt alt i lake city who appreciate the labors of the com antion in the in in terest of the coming leate I 1 desire the pleasure of entertaining the delegates and their ladles ladies i including all officers of the assembly at a reception gh en in their benoi at I 1 if the e templeton hotel in this city on 1 1 I hu thursday hurs day may 2 fi horn ora J V 0 clock un until til 11 iu in the eye evenin ning the le ie Ft eption is tendered tender erl the con convention ealion in behalf of the v m omen bonien of utah alln clerk christensen snickered and I 1 turned the invitation avei there is ie this pOtS ile he aard still snickering mr president P tf 6 the in i tation is without signatures as it anas thought that possibly bh tome some members might ask hovi hon many yards 3 ards of them there were attached the convention hardly seemed to t know what to do with thi tah there has been so BO much of a peculiar nature during the boman fight that there was a strong inclination to smile quires I 1 do not know how to tau take thin thing vi we e dont danow whether the in invitation 6 tation is genuine irle or whether it is just a hoax aud and I 1 move to lay it on the tible table preston we cannot take action on the invitation without we know irin from chow how it comes TI the be imitation was wag laid on the table by a divided vote i the invitation from chief devine to witness an exhibition of the file department at 1230 12 oo 00 to morion waa accepted with thanks the convention then took up tip on third reading the article on ornate ate corporations I 1 hie I 1 e motion to reconsider action 25 carried by a vote of 86 36 to baud i aud i president smith ruled that this left the sect loii stricken out evans of weber moved to rein sert section 33 3 making inaki rig the b belh alq of banks III S refe referred overall over all creditor credito but 1 tile the motion was defeated after some more motions had bad 1 been en defeated thurman arose and said that he would vote against the whole h le ai tide all that was really r rood d in it had been stricken out all the t th e matters covered were viere in the pon er of the legislature preston presto n said he heart heartily ily agreed with this view I 1 bvans of weber said that all the i P I 1 work done clone v esith ith the article was in the interest of corporations the whole hole thing had bill been pitched milchel around if in such a way that it was no longer of any use he would ole against it farr said aid he had wanted to strike I 1 out the eu enacting acting clause several dav da a ago and aad would now how vote against the article i i maloney aloney ll said lie he wanted anted v the article to go through the conclusion of the gentlemen had been drann too hastily ivins does it not take a majority of all the delegates to pass the article i I 1 the president Pies ident yes ivins there is all attempt to kill the article in this way there is j mile much I 1 I 1 goo cooil d in this article yet I 1 n will ill vote for it varian I 1 moe to adjourn the motion was defeated and iti ins made an speech for 1 I 1 the article the roll was then called and the article failed of passage on vote 26 to 49 at convention adjourned |
