| Show GETTING DOWN iI iTO I 4 i-TO BUSINESS The Proceedings Yesterday I Afternoon i the Constitutional Constitu-tional Convention F E MGURRIN GETS TREe TRE-e Is Sworn in as the Official Stenographer L TJ Democracy Keen Its IiccPI Pledge on tIle Womans Suffrage Proposition Proposi-tion Clinirmnn Smith illy Rat IedJqLe New Jluleft Ai to anio agrc A jVnmlicr or RcKolatiouv Introduced In-troduced llalanoyg Proposition ac to Prlvsvto CorporationD For the first time since the begin I nlng of the session of the constitutional constitu-tional convention there is a semblance of work being done Up till yesterday ijiat body had been principally eng II en-g ged in carrying out the caucus pro I I gramme of the Republicans and waitIng wait-Ing for the Republican president of the convention and chairman of committees to take acton As G result I re-sult of the work of yesterday the new rules drafted by a subcommittee of i two Democrats and one Republican have been put on probation business I a been Introduced a stenographer has been sworn in and the ha an regular order or-der of business instituted Thus there I seems to be a prospect that the people II will soon see some good returns for the 5500 or more that is floating away with every days session of the convention i Thc Clmirjimn Badly Rattled i The business that took up most time dui1 yesterdays long session was tbjtRhiring of an official stenographer Perhaps the most amusing situation In connection with this was one in which President John Henry Smith managed to reverse himself three times In fifteen minutes on a single question or order He was badly ratted and was compelled to forget the dignity of the chair and call an Varian for assistance before he could untangle himself and bring business Into Its regular course The Democrats were wonderfully good natured with him and did not attack him on several points which he left ipen to attack I they had flelrpt to how their partisanship and make It decidedly unpleasant for the Be publlcans they had ample opportunity to mix things up But out of pure desire de-sire to rush through the business ot the convention they refrained After much discussion in which there was some rather sharp sparring over economy econ-omy F E McGurrln was finally unain niously elected official stenographer at the rate of 510 per day for reporting and 15 cents per folio for transcribing his notes However he will not be allowed al-lowed to exceed 530 for each day whEn the convention is actually in session Tlie NCTT Hules Are Good The new rules also took up consid ejjable time They are a very good et well adapted t the needs of the convention con-vention One of the striking points in them is the prohibition against ad mJtUng to the floor the representative t5iiny corporation except newspapers Tins is to block the way of the lobbyists lob-byists who are expected to be present 5n swarms a soon as the convention settles down to work on the maters 1 concerning railway telegraph and other private corporations So jealous I was the committee lest any lobbying I should be done on the floor that they provided that the press representatives representa-tives who have the freedom of the I 1 hall shall not be interested in any question before the convention The i freedom of the floor Is extended to all prominent territorial officials Otherwise Other-wise the rules are practically adaptations adapta-tions from Roberts manual altered tot to-t the caeVoman Voit svni Suffrage The first business of a constitutional character to come before the convention conven-tion was a resolution for woman suffrage suf-frage What is more i came from the i Democratic sIde being Introduced by Evans of Weber 1 was the Wyoming Wyom-ing provision on this subject Other Bco1u Ions RCloluton Eichnor Introduced a resolution that all voting should be by ballot though voting machines might be used Evans i also Introduced a resolution disfranchising disfran-chising anyone who should either use bribery for votes or who has any i wager on the result of an election j Three waer separate sets of declarations of rights abounding In Ideas and containing I rght con-taining about all there is in any of the state constitutions of the country ire i-re Introduced Evans Introduced a resolution prohibiting public officers n accepting passes accommoda i or low rates from railway or I traph companies on pain of forth for-th their offices Maloney of We joer presented a sweeping proposition i regarding private corporations Snow the presented n resolution abolishing fee system and substituting salaries for all public officers Eichnor finished 101 al with a proposition to allow cities up wIt a proposIon al10W cUes I ti form their own charters The rrocec llnprs At 204V oclock President Smith snapped his fingers impatiently at Chief Clerk Chrlstensen who was wandering about on the floor and waderng ae latter to his desk aerne time has come to call the convention to rder he said rebuk ngly Re v B F Clay was called upon to offer prayer Of prayer1IUenFe Gushing of Salt Lake county opened up for himself an avenue to fame by skins that on the roll call members nkng the number of miles an which c they were entitled to draw mileage Shall svc take the route by which Shal road asked wfc came or the wagon ro Bldredge came who ha come here by way f Ogden Laughter The wason road said the prcsS dent RobInson of Kane said in comIng he had been snowed In and had Leon I compelled to come around by way of empeled JahingtOfl county He would charge 42 miles Laughter J non of Salt Lake charged upI up-I 1 I four miles AU city members simply answered present KIesel charged up 364 milos As usual there were corrections galore ga-lore to the minutes Evans moved that the chief clerk be called the secretary He said diief clerk usually went with speaker Kimball wanted the minute clerk called assistant assist-ant secretary This was agreed to and the offices now assume added dignUy Enrolling Clerk Smith vho has been having a sinecure since his appointment because of a lam of work vat fvlerod to assist the other clerical officials Vartan then presented the report of the committee on rules He moved that they be read by sections but Kimball wished them printed first He wanted 14 appropriated for the stenographer a recommended by the committee Both Thurman and Evans in the interest in-terest of economy wanted immediate reading Eans said the convention was like a ship without a rudd r and there was no use in wasting 600 while waiting I wait-ing for printing His suggestion won Secretary Christensen had an opportunity op-portunity to show what kind of a reader he would be when he was called upon to read the rules He did not make rea a record a Varian had to stand at the desk nearby with a copy of the rules in his hand and act the role of prompter Orce or twice he was rather sharp and short in his correctonsHour Hour of jreetiiif There was a skirmish over the hour of meeting Kimball wanted to fix the hour at 2 in order to give the committees com-mittees time to act in gye morning when the bet work can be done Yarn Yar-n wanted the morning hour t bring committees together Thurman said When we come to gether we hate t tear ourselves away from one another There is a sort of felo feeling We like to stay it session ses-sion whether we have anything JO door do-or not Laughter Therefnv there would b no effect In bringing the committees com-mittees together if we meet in the morning I we meet in the afternoon I am willing to stay in sq ion all night whether we have anything to do or I not Laughter I was decided to meet at 2 i m and on motion of Goodwin they were adopted for two days The committee on prlntlnc Lambert chairman reported it had asked forbids for-bids on 350 copies of the minutes of the convention and that the Deseret News company being the lowest bidder had been given the contract at the rate of 5LS7 per page The report was adoptedOfficial Official StouoRTiiiiUor The special committee on stenographer stenog-rapher reported in favor of hiring F E McGurrin to be official stenographer of the convention at 510 per day for reporting and ID cents per folio for transcribing provided the total ex I pen iture for any one day should not go over 520 per day when the conven j ton is actually in session He Is required re-quired to give bonds satisfactory to the secretary of the territory to make a I accurate report and to provide against any claim above 530 per day Hart asked 1 there were no other bids He thought JicGurrms charge for trncribIng rather high He u derstood that the work could be done for 5 cents The price fixed by law is 110 i ficient cents and he thought that was suf Evans asked if the report was unanimous unani-mous andwas informed that such was I the case ce Squires Who hatl < pledged himself to I vote for G lady wanted lo knew if Wells had any objection to making the I statement called by Hart Wells said he had held back out of delicacy The committee had decided I the case on its merits He claimed McGurrin t be the best stenographer in the region and he wanted the best A contract for a report could not be let like a contract for building a ditch I Boyer and Chidester did not think the best should be employed If the work could be done cheaper They wanted the expenses kept down James said he thought the question should never have been brought before the convention It was too delicate The committee had decided a best it could There was a sharp colloquy between Ricks and Thurman flicks aid he knew HcGurrin was the best stenographer I sten-ographer in the region but he was informed In-formed there were others who could take the proceedings I Thurman Have you read the reports asked No I have not answered Ricks Then you know nothing about the matter said Thurman sharply Moses Thatcher said that t the thoughtful it must evident appear that economy was necessary that the appropriation ap-propriation made by Congress would not prove sufficient and there would be a large deficiency for the people t make up He did not think luxuries should be paid for The remarks on that subject reminded him of those religionists re-ligionists who were hiring a minister One asked a candidate Do you preach in Latin 1 Do you understand Latin he asked in surprise No was the answer but we pay for the best there is and we want i He w willing to pay for a competent com-petent man but wanted the convention to set an example in economy He did not believe in paying high prices when there was much competition In the market Varian and Eichnor took sides for McGurrin the latter creating a laugh by saying a great deal of the precious 30000 had already been wasted in the discussion Goodwin said he wanted i an absolutely correct report Squires j endorsed Thatchers plea for economy Just at this point Roberts arose and the president got into a parliamentary tangle Kelsel had moved a recom I mittal of the committees report He called attention to this Let me see how to get this thing straight said the president Then he ruled that Roberts could not speak on that motion Thurman was on his feet in an instant What authority can be found In any rules for such a ruling he asked There is absolutely nothing The president looked hastily at his rules and reversed himself Roberts said he thought he could 1 take Ills stand on economy He had gone into the committee with a full realization of the i necessity of economy However I he wonted accuracy and when a reporter re-porter could be hired whose work could be absolutely relied on he was willing to pay for that accuracy Creer said Wyoming had a reporter who was paid but 15 per day He thought 15 cents per folio for transcribing i transcrib-ing note was too high Thurman said in the Wyoming case the payment had been made for every day during and after the session of the convention In this case the maximum imum would be 530 for every days actual session He said as one of the committee he wanted to explain that the decision had been made wholly on he merit He did not want any ora torical gems t be lost and to be liable to the maledictioins of the aggrieved members Laughter He said the committee had showed no favoritism and had done the best they could Kimball of OgdenI hate to Interrupt Inter-rupt the gentleman but he 1 out of order There is a motion for re committal before the house The omm1t te gentleman gen-tleman has no right to the floor Continued on Page 2 Jt I GETTING nOWN i TU BUSifiESS S I Continued from Page LI Thurman The motives of the committee com-mittee have been questioned Will the gentleman withhold bile point for a moment KImball No Some other longwinded long-winded gentleman may want the floor I call for ruling on my point President Smith after bewildered gazinff about for a moment The gentleman gen-tleman Is out of order if It Is against the chair I Without acting on his last ruling the president allowed Hart to say he was satisfied with the action of the committee com-mittee Keisel withdrew his motion Cannon was recognized by the chair I and began to peak Thurman was on his feet again HI have waited for three speeches I since I was shut off he said uIf there is to be debate I desire the fQQfCannonI CannonI thought WQ were still debatIng The chair seemed to doubt its former ruling that the question was unde batable and looked around in uncertainty uncer-tainty Mr Varian can you turn to that rule he asked in despairing tones Frank Pierce came to the rescue with Roberts which held the questIon was debatable Well the chair was right said the president Laughter Then I will go on with my peroration perora-tion said Thurman Laughter Thurnian said all he aed was that the members should read the reports pf the various competitors He did not want any further responsibility SquiresI am rather in favor of haying hay-ing the reports read to the convention Laughter It will not take long The report was then unanimously adopted and McGurrln was sworn In UutunUIMItK Cuvpy Out TUftlt Pledge Evans of Weber was the first to place a constitutional matter before the convention He introduced the fob lowing resolutions Whereas both political parties In I this territory have declared in favor of woman suffrage now therefore be It resolved that the rights of citizens of the state of Utah to vote and hod Office of-fice shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex Both male and f male citizens of this state shall equally enjoy en-Joy all civil political and religious rights and prlviler chnor intro u ed a proposition reading All elections shall be by ballot Nothing tn this section shall be construed to preveint the u = e of any machine or mechanical contrivance for the purpose of receiving and regster Ing the votes cast at any election provided pro-vided that secrecy be preserved I As to Voting Evans offered the following No person who shall receive accept or offer of-fer to receive pay or pay offer or promise to pay contribute often or promise to contribute to another to be I paid or used any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or I reward for the giving or withholding of any such vote or who shall make or become directly or Indirectly interest In any bets or wager depending upon the result of any election shall vote at such election and upon challenge for such cause the person so challenged before the officers authorized for thaI tha-I purpose shall receive his vote shall i swear or affirm that he has pot trans 1 iJressQd the provision The legislature J shall enact law making a violation o say provision of this section a crime and provide the punishment therefor and the legislature shall also enact lawfl excluding rom the right of suffrage j j suf-frage all persons convicted under the j provisions of this section and also persons 1 per-sons convicted of bribery or of any other infamous crime i These three propositions were referred re-ferred to the committee on elections and suffrage I Eichnor arose and offered a long I declaration of rights through which the secretary began to wade and was frequently guyed for his pronunciation pronuncia-tion of various terms After he had gone through several pages Thurman asked How many more sections art there I I i About fifteen said the secretary I I Then I move further reading be dispensed with said Thurman and the motion went through with warmth I looked through forty state constitutions con-stitutions to get the matter Bald Dennis Laughter Other declarations were presented by Lewis of Weber and Peters of Box Elder and were referred to the committee com-mittee on preamble and declaration of I rights Xo PllHSfH Evans of Weber offered the following follow-ing No public officer or person elected or appointed to a public office under the laws of this state shall directly or indirectly ask demand accept ot ra cdive or consent to receive for his own use or benefit or for the use orb or-b nefit of another any free pass free transportation franking frank-ing privilege or discrimination Jn passenger telegraph or telephone tele-phone rates from nny person or cor poration or make use pf the same himself I him-self or in conjunction with another i I A person who violates any provision ol this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit his office at the suit of the attorneygen eral Any corporation or officer or agent thereof who shall offer or promise to a public officer or person I elected or appointed to a public office tiny such free piss free transportation franking privilege or discrimination shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 1 mis-demeanor and liable to a punishment 1 except as herein provided No person or officer or asen of a corporation giving I giv-ing any such free pass free transportation I transpor-tation franking privilege or discrimination I j discrimi-nation hereby provided shall be prlvil I edged from testifying In relation thereto i i there-to and he shall not QA liable to civil pr criminal prosecution therefor if he ShalJ testify tp the givIng of the same I During this reading the secretary found Evans1 writing somewhat dif I i flcult i I suggest said Kimball that Mn Evans furnish an Interpreter of his i I writing Laughter Private Corporation II Maloney presented a long proposition 1 relating to private corporations It makes radical changes in corporation laws Both were referred to the committee on corporations other than municipal Snow presented a proposition embodying em-bodying the idea of salari ° d officers and absolutely prohibiting the fee system sys-tem In the payment of public offlelnls Committee on revenue and public debt Eiqhnor presented a proposition to allow cities to form their own charters Committee on municipal corporations On Printing Lambert chairman of the committee on printing was sat down on wihen he offered two resolutions one authorizing the printing of 600 copies of the enabling enab-ling act and list of committees and the other for 5000 letter heads and envelopes envel-opes for the use of the members Strevell of Weber suggested that I the hall should be decorated with the slag of the country Ricks of fierier who Is i agent of the Rio Gfrapde Western at Sallna pr s I1ted a resolution thanking G W Heiniz for i00 inaps of Utahx Before we go I would lIKe to announce an-nounce that there is a photographer f Jf j downstairs who wants to take all your pretties II I The adjournment was taken at 5i L I |
