| Show NEARING MIRING HE wall wal tessar necessary alludes have to dun adopted ty I 1 the ta convention revision is now the order poly polygamy gamy prohibited by the constitution wot work W will I 1 11 soon la be done bone for which it the people will be thack thankful al SALT LAKE CITY may 2 re were for a ull rull hand yesterday gornics mor niall with ablan and crane corking vor king like leavers eavers to bring the republican republic a into line to prevent the women from voting at the first state election it vi in as long after a corum had arrived before prel tit nt smith called the convention II 11 i order I 1 delegate thompson of millard ras as invited to offer prayer I 1 after the preliminaries were over tto tt oberta bertg moved a reconsideration of the vote Nihei eby the article on nylic buildings and state ons was haq passed sed lie said id A been done the day da before when i is ie proposition to locate the state rinal irmal school at ephraim was I 1 I 1 tied out on a I 1 older kerr precipitated a bomeli somewhat balt gaby parliamentary debate by sing a point of order that the 1 IM oration atlon of this institution proper belonged nith the article oni on I 1 d ica t ion and did not co come me wi within tt of tb the 4 ommittee commit ies on pub III u araiz g a wElt tte institutions ot it educational however lie he was was leil ed out and the motion to recon ider der parried carried with only a few dis voices voice then there it a ht among the sanpete san pete delegates aley moving that Ephra ephraim iiii be rican out and the NI hole bole question location be left to the voters of tapete county kerr argued against both mo ans ile he said the deaf id dumb institute could be I 1 used s d I 1 the state normal school and lere will be no need of providing new abary laboratory or mu I 1 um lie he ha had d caie carefully fully figured the I 1 atter after out and had concluded that locating th eState the normal school the state would throw vily ray at least WO all the for runion of the universo y and agriculture agricultural I 1 college applied rie re but with mico int eh more force on coant if the nece Elty of elec electing ew en buil buildings dinas for the normal hool cafter upheld this lew saying ere is no place in utah so well tied for such an institution as tit lit lake button moved the on anil it was waa put to a viva noce loce ote the president declared the notion carried and refused to otice notice a call for a division cannon appealed on the ruling against division and after he and avins lad ad expressed borne bome very plain pinions pil lions regarding the presidents ay of conducting business the ap eal was sustained 52 to 26 A i vision was then called on the question and it was lost cannon spoke apol ce against separation lund said he had fee seen n depara n in germany and it was sue suc ile he denied that thai the uni und e erbiti bould be killed by taking a anay 11 Y 11 the e normal school litz lauritz larsen of Sati pete arose ipe k and no less than fifteen bembers went into the cloa lk room Is ie said eaid he wanted E sanpete San lan pete but he people should decide thurman Tt tUrman argued for leaving the i hole question que 8 tion to the legislature under tinder the provision of the aduca dional article parr farr and roberts argued against separation ep both colleys Jol leTs leys and lunds bunds amend ment e lits mere over overwhelmingly voted down clown an on the passage of the article again koyer boyer corfman jolley and lund noted no I 1 he article on oa salaries abolishing i ng t the he fee system u vai a gi given i en i its ts third reading and passed Nit without Lout amendment i varian created a mild sensation I 1 I 1 by offering the fol loning loiNing amend ment to be added to section 2 the act of the governor and legislative jati e assembly of the territory entitled an act to punish polygamy and L nd other kindred offenses approved february 4 A D in so ro for far is as the farrie fame defines and imi oses penalties for poly polygamy ganly is hereby de declared lared to be in foi focee ce in the ct elate ate of U utah gilb I 1 varian said that this would barr out the lie spirit of that provision in the enabling act which provides for i nn an irrevocable prohibition of poleg i 1 imy lie ile said paid the act of the lems legislature invaded a field occupied at al 1 ready by congress congre s and the law is j not now in n force therefore it bould nol noi be continued under the genera continuation of laws of the i territory ile he simply pimply wished toi to place everything in ii aich was I 1 sa ry to abert aart any adv opposition in 11 washington as 1 hington ting ton if this were not done the opposition might tay bay that th the spirit espirit of the enabling act had not been carried out ile he denied that the he act would be irrevocable i it is not althin the tover rover of con g giess less 0 any other bo body dv to have an arc irrevocable bl provision in the constitution the people of utah can repeal it next 3 ear car if they 0 o desire it is only a question of their good taste I 1 varian was to a 1 cross I 1 fire of quee tiou fro ichards I 1 thurman ai points i james supported variant varian view saying a specific provision was necessary evans of weber said that the fall intent of the enabling act had been cabied out nhen the conven 1 tion had adopted a provision for ever prohibiting polygamy lie he leli believed eved the territorial law is still I 1 i in force and would lie be under the I 1 I 1 state tat er T the h convention has no p power c t to 0 legislate isgate goodwin goodwill said every church in the countey sill nill scan the tion lion with a view of finding fault with it if there is only a simple I 1 prohibition without life they alir v willi will laugh something should be presented with which the president dont i 1 and bi hn i religious friends can call find i no fault let us go into the union in good fath so far as words are concerned I 1 maloney said the territorial law is in force and will be under the new state the convention had bad strictly and literally complied with the enabling act excuse for deferring statehood bould not be gien by the absence of this pro dision after some further discussion tile the convention took a a recess ri from 12 2 until 2 30 but on account of the exhibition of the fire department the convention was not called to order again until 2 50 I 1 roberts Po beris favored tile the amendment i proposed by batian in order that I 1 it raight might appear n without equivocal 1 I 1 tion that the people of utah took statehood on the pond conditions required by Con congress greF 11 which was not intended to bring fo foith I 1 h on only 1 a mere slaten stater ent rent put but i it i t r should ay t not of be adopted in the spirit that showed forth in goodwins Goodwin 8 remarks marke rc from those it might be supposed that the law was not really intended to be put in force but was simply to blind the eyes of the president and silence opposition ile he scorned such reason ile he believed that the he conn antion should adopt the provision with the intention of carr carrying ingi it out tout ile he wanted to castas cast aside ito the insincerity which had shown itself it should bo be adopted in a spirit of earnestness and with an intention of making it effective van all horn criticized putting the provision tit in the schedule instead of the ordinance evans of web weber or said it wa was s not right to single out it only tile the fiens OF of poly polygamy gim and leave uncovered I 1 I 1 the other of lencs nEes which were mentioned in in the fie wf referred to it I 1 would the good faith of the people of utah to place this in the constitution lie ile did not believe in getting statehood hv bv ping going around j to tile the back door heg would note lote I 1 against the amend amendment men I 1 varian traced the I 1 history I 1 tr of the law in question lie ile tal aid it was void and asked NY what hat evidence there was then that the people were in tarnet on their manifesto lie ile vas nas tired of quibbling with there questions lie ile wanted statehood if the people are la in good goo faith what objection is there to thill thir provision prohibition means prevention prevention is what congress meant As ai well in r religion e ai igdon as call law it is the letter that kelleth anti and top I 1 i spirit that life ile he would not put it on the aroun ground made during the morning by goodwin goodwill ile he doesn doean t like 1 a I sn sneak baw if he wants to go in honestly t goodwin raid faid little JAM and I 1 the amendment nent through by a I 1 vote of il 72 to 15 on oil motion f richards Kic hards an i amendment it entwis was adopter 4 to make all bonds payable to lo alq board in the territory good under the state when section I 1 came caine tip ap richards moved an amendment which would allow women to vote voe et as well I 1 i on oil tile the as stile state offIc officers erg and pro prouder aided that thai votes of cf c f females i should lie be kept separate tr goodkin give gave he be would move the as aboon as caf t an fn 6 order to shut off deb b a alir bal richards said that if i he fae dill dia not belie believe ve statehood was involved in the ohp question lie hawon ld trot rot have presented the at when it appeals to representatives of the people that statehood hould be imperilled imperil led by the refusal to adopt i the amendment it nas as not hot only in an i act of prudence hut but a duty for members to be less hasty and precipitate it will not be necessary to demonstrate the merits merit sor or propriety of the opinions noted jurists is as judge henderson judge sutherland hutli erland and the others con ceiner i vari varian in did these gentlemen giov their judgment upon the ques tion alter after hearing arguments I 1 richards ichards It said he be suppose supposed d not I 1 but there is a grave crave responsibility upon members anil and they cannot afford to run the risk of losing 1 state sove sovereignty rei ltv he was authorized by bv mr rawlins to state that women have the he right to vote upon this proposition if women are I 1 not permitted to vote vole statehood I 1 will fail ivins reben resented ted VaTi carians Va rians allS imputation that lie was bound by a caucus supposed to have been held bold on the proposed amendment ile he could not let the imputation pass without comment and stated that it if a caucus fu was beld he be did not participate in in it the edmund tucker act dis franchises a certain class of male and all females fern ales and the ena enable enabling bli act is in full force as aa far as women are concerned the enabling act doea not contemplate the voting of women on tile cons constitution tit ution if woman suffrage had bad been intended the act would have made the point poin t more emphatic if that was what wha t they winced they certainly made a a bungling job of it 1 I think it was intended for pur lie he said gaid and even if I 1 knew that the adoption of the th amendment would bring victory to my party I 1 would cast my vote against it JAp applause among the republicans canse an attempt to shut off debate w ith the previous question was voted down thurman said eaid he spoke only because of the remarkable speech of ivins ile he gaii that thai he gave the latter credit for rp spartan artan integrity nt gri 1 but ahen he n he attacked his party and accused them of political dishonesty in order to provoke tip ap from the republican side it it was time to protest the statement was remarkable it was serious ite ile resented the imputation the moie because it came from the source it did tie he asked when and uett means lins had bid entered into the consciences of his political associates 0 ci a ile he had no secrets from ch this i s c colleague acte league the republicans cana had cau cussed as muchas much as cerans corals but no na i v as surprised to hear I 1 the political charge brought by ivins following in the footsteps of the republicans republican avlos went vent over and sat snit don lou n by thurman and in a the two had their heads beads toe to tether ether roberts roberti said lie fie was ras unchanged uni lunged if those who to were pressing il the ie chame had come coin out openly he IN would oil d have respected them lut but abe proposition of separate victey hial of futility ruti ltv of atten attempting inting it this showed fear where there flier I 1 should lil be none I 1 chidester Chi deEter said the women are satisfied ried with what they do not demand any anything more and do not want to vote at the first election I 1 evans of weber tt aber cited jamison 1 I 1 and other authorities as well is as vadious late precedents in of allowing tile the i women colon to vote IIa Ila ive had my old democratic gun loaded to the muzie lle fe several eral times but they ve shut me off when a san juan layman gets ge tinto into a a snarl like this ona and has bas to depend on the latven hes i in a i ia i a i uon 1 I 1 I 1 9 aff 1 aag delegator rt ha I 1 do know dave evans and if ha be dont know more than all these republican lawyers ill sit fit down As I 1 II ammond finished his speech with these fjords anti and did sit it down the house broke loose in iii a general gale leof of laughter in chica and grammond joined the amendments were lost by a vote of 34 to 53 thurman offered an amendment i which was almost in the exact lati lan 1 I 1 gauge ot the enabling act and would haie am e left the matter for the courts 1 to dete determine finine lie ile said this would i settle atle all doubts however after boine some little discussion this was killed by practically the same vote vole evans of weber hofweber offered au all amendment allowing women to vote for state officers only on separate vot esIle vias fl as ruled out and prompt ly appealed from the decision of the president after some debate on oil this the president was upheld by a vote of 44 to as on motion of riel richards ards the words and are qualified ed voters wa waa stricken out from 1 the qualifications liti liti kiil fur for voters ai a the first state elections llo how Never ever this gives vo w omen menno no right to vote after striking out the land commissioners ners from tle the list of officers to be elected at the coming election the article on schedule was passed an adjournment Ts was as taken at 6 SALT LALE may 3 3 As usual almost half an hour was lost yesterday morning waiting for a quorum to assemble at ao 20 order was T called and delegate francis of morgan offered the opening prayer by i 94 the preliminaries were disposed of and the convention ie solved itself into committee of the whole w with ith eichnor in the chair the article on miscellaneous was taun taken up and allen alien opened the ball by moving that edtion 1 he be stricken out the section pro provides that of such personal property its as may be provided by law shall be exempt from execution on a protest was raised that allen alien in self defense ii withdrew the motion there thera was war a fight on section 0 2 2 providing provi dine for the exemption of continued mt hi wi page convention Contin continued urd from first homestead of 10 acres or town lot lots of not more than the value of 1500 for each bead of a family chidester Chi deeter moved med to strike this out saying it is ia to much lees liberal than theares the present territorial laws which provide that there shall be certain exemptions for the husband wife and each child much discussion and a number of amendments followed resulting in the adoption of the following r substitute offered by bv varian the legislature provide by law for the selection by each head of a family and exemption of a homestead of the value of at least 1500 for sale execution on motion of 0 squires sections 2 21 and 3 were stricken out on motion of women were given the right to acquire litle as well by purchase as by gift grant inheritance |
