Show AT TIlE EXPOSITION BUILDING A Number of Speeches Made There Last Evening The wellknown oratorical attainments of two such men as the Hon B H Roberts Rob-erts and Judge O W Powers could hardly hard-ly fall In attracting a large and enthusiastic enthusi-astic audience anywhere and under most conditions and when these two Demos thenes speak on the burning question of the day Woman Suffrage the result could hardly be other than a packed and enthusiastic house Such were tho conditions con-ditions at the Exposition building last night and although the place selected for the gathering was about the worst that could be found two miles out of town and as cold as an icehouse added to the fact that it was generally suptosed I the meeting was called off on account of the precipitate action of the convention in adopting the suffrage clause as a part of the constitution over 500 people assem bled to demand of the constitutional convention con-vention that the question of womans suf 11 I rage be submitted to the voters as a separate sep-arate article i The mpptlnjr was railed to order tw fnif I I ford J O Irwin and on motion of Jake Greenewald J H Bacon president of the i chamber of commerce was chosen as chairman After a few Introductory remarks I re-marks Chairman Bacon called on Hon B H Roberts Mr Roberts Gives His Reasons Mr Roberts amid a storm of applause mounted the rostrum He said he expected i expect-ed other speakers to have taken the principal l Pi fls J enTh i k cipal part in the proceedings The work ho had done in opposing woman suffrage on the floor of the convention he thought had earned him immunity from taking a prominent part in the present demonstra tion He however would state briefly the grounds for the position he had taken tak-en on the question He opposed woman suffrage because he did not think it I would be good for the new state it would not be conducive to its domestic happiness happi-ness and above all it would not be good for the women He had given his reason moro fully on tho floor of the convention and as yet had leard no reply to those 1 bnePlhe tgoA reasons from any member of the convention conven-tion First and above all things said the speaker I desire to see statehood so that the people of Utah may work out their own salvation and settle their own aftaJrs to the satisfaction of all concerned I took into account the elements of th people I peo-ple which would probably oppose state hood There are those who will oppose it i on the ground that it will increase taxation taxa-tion and they arc more numerous than I mnst jeople imagine those who want prohibition submitted as a separate art cle and those who oppose prohibition wll oppose statehood Then there are those who oppose womans suffrage and if it is put in the constitution they will oppose statehood There are besides these ant an-t other element operating agaInst stUe i hood viz those who do no believe in the changed conditions and who hold that ware I w-are not yet ready for statehood Desiring Desir-ing statehood as I do 1 wished to remove I I re-move as many of these obstacles as possIble I pos-sible The opposition In government cir j cles to the seating of any more silver senators sen-ators and the certainty that Utah will return re-turn two silver senators may induce the president to make woman suffrage an excuse ex-cuse to withhold his approval of the constitution con-stitution if It contains a suffrage clause l scg itbne Both parties being determined to force womans suffrage I felt It my duty to point out the dangers to statehood which resulted from the Insertion of the clause in the constitution I gladly accepted the gage of battle thrown down by the majority ma-jority and I dont think they have escaped es-caped without knowing they had been in bMtl I Yl held that the people were entitled to the American privilege of voting on the question and fell in With a proposition so obviously fair as to submit It in a separate sepa-rate article I believe that would have been the wise thing to do but the proposition propo-sition of the majority Is to force it through We were voted down today in the constitutional con-stitutional convention I personally expected ex-pected that and what surprised me most was that the minority was as large as it I proved to be The people of Utah are not all of one mind in this matter and notwithstanding not-withstanding the majority of the conven tion has concluded to close Its ears to the murmured tones of the people these murmurs mur-murs will gradually grow until they gair the proportions of peals of thunder which will make themselves heard in no uncer tain voice Dont Dash Away the Golden Chalice Judge Powers followed Mr Roberts and said that notwithstanding the action of the convention the people assembled can at least make known their dissatis faction with the majority of the constitutional consti-tutional assembly who have shown thai they consider themselves the peoples masters rather than their servants The bond which holds together the Mormon Mor-mon and the Gentile Is not the band oj love it Is rather the arm of neutrality There is no use in disguising the fact and great care should be taken to avoid everything which would tend to renew old strifes and old quarrels Democrats who oppose womans suf frage are read out of the party fay the Democratic organ Nevertheless I are not afraid to stand with the minority The work of the convention has not so far been such as is likely to receive the approval of the people The convention has been sawing the wind and will reap the whirlwind TheIr actions aro likely to dash from our lips the golden chalice 4 it > o < fr < > Y of statehood The American people can be led but they cannot be driven they will not have this thing forced down their throats but will show that they are greater than the constitutional convention conven-tion Evans of Weber county with his Goosonian oratory yellsGhe me suffrage or give me nothing Tho light is still on Ninety per cent of the people hesitate to try the experiment experi-ment these men would force upon us lou who propose to vote against statehood make your voices heard now with no uncertain un-certain sound If we are to have equal suffrage let us have it equal Let the women serve on juries let them work their poll tax u on the roads make them UDJec u m11ury service uoua 1iJUsa ter let them be drafted and enlisted in time of war let them be equal in all things if it is as they claim that men and women have not separate walks in life I have been taught that women has a fgdok her own that she is the power pow-er behind the throne Suffrage is a fad of the west It has not j I been tried in the older states of the east I The people of this territory the women I of this territory dont want suffrage i Make your voices heard now and dont i take the chances of defeating statehood i lie Offered the Amendment I D C Eichnor was introduced as th person who offered the amendment tc submit the suttrage question as a separate separ-ate article He said he had introduce the amendment because he thought U was for the good peace and happiness of the people Why on earth are they afraid to g to the people They must either have b bad cause or elsa they are cowards The say it was in the platforms of both parties par-ties Here the speaker called on Judge Powers Pow-ers to explain how it got there and the judge did so satis actor ly the g st of th explanation being that It was for pan buncombe On general principles resumed Mi Eichnor I am for woman suffrage but believe that it is not right to force m views on other eople j That Is why claim it should be left to the arbitratici of the people Tnlce Greenwnldn Resolution Jake Greenewald here offered a resolution resolu-tion calling on the constitutional convention conven-tion to submit the question of suffrage a a separate article and begging the convention con-vention not to turn a deaf ear to th I voice of the people This was adopted unanimously with a whoop will Be n Large Fnneral Judge Colborn wished to thank Mr Roberts for the gallant stand he hao taken If he has been dgfjins hIs political politi-cal grave for the last two weeks said the judge there will be more mourners at that grave than celebrants at the marriag1 feast of the present majority There are people unalterably opposed to woman suffrage and the whole people should have an opportunity of expressing their views on the matter He Was and Ho Waan J N Kimball said he was in favor of suLmitting it to the people He had voted to put It in the constitution because of party pledges which bound him to support sup-port suffrage in some form or another votgrnr rJ ftw Vrt He would however vote for a reconsideration reconsid-eration and would stand by Mr Roberts from this on Roberta Stands Alone Tho chairman asked for an expression from the audience as to those who would vote against the constitution If woman suffrage was incorporated in the document docu-ment All pledged themselves to vote I against it except Mr Roberts who alone and very distinctly said No and in explanation ex-planation afterwards said he would vote for the constitution even If it contained a suffrage clause as he preferred statehood state-hood with woman suffrage to no statehood state-hood without It |