Show I 1 LOCAL MATTERS I 1 tair COVI 1 LN EtTI IF I 1 ON OX SIXTH DAY MORNING fusion we 1 a edday feb the committee on boundaries made inao their reports report which was iraa referred to the of tha whole with tiong tinaa to print the litch moved thit that a committee of nino nine to be appointed to prepare a demor ial to thi adais son sion of utah as a state slate the president announced that akerd thurber and aej benrose were appointed to cowpoke the committee on engrossing apio for section 4 being read col akers resumed the hoor regretting fire eting that it bad become became saty a that had baj been so BO exten Iye ly carried arric A on in tho the committee crib whole crded the sub pub leet x tho the gravest that had claimed clai mcl tho the attention or of the convention vany nany who had bad toted with wilh the majority did so BO hoca aio they thought the motion might d c r i to the legislature of making maLing such fi ancs ife s BJ as become nece vury to p preserve e serve tho the punt of the ballot ballo the provides that the legislature may make the necessary regulations A great deal it been said about quig the hands of the mr can annon had baid in that bat the abo convention should refrain from adopting a P pro vinon on ili that a I 1 won seem net uto to ar arraign agn the h 0 T territorial I 1 this aa I 1 ho regarded a e a ai 0 being oa 09 grigally oat at ofa of 1 placa a ill ibis is bodnia ya hol hero r rr fr r ill tho par digs or tying hi b lego ic it 11 it 1 ili abo U J sl in turo h hat is to bo bobot another member that it had the abo semblance of to popular po iular clamor this was bading so the ibo mind away hona the real buc U was ako the binl that fluttering led tle school boy from hoc young ile iio did not purpose being led away from the alio dwite i ac iver aver the merits of the question iTi after dis cuing the or cf feets of popular 4 clamor the speaker stated that the tho sare rule ralo is u to ignore it altogether ile ho could we see very well how bow tho the numbered ballot might prevent the bluffing of the box with the rower power ann furred on the taix legislature to keep the ballot pure it ought not to bo be difficult to do it without the numbering the convention tun tan not define tho the pro pre ii caio method but it bl left to the proper the portra cd io most eloquent q language tho influence and have over each other the iho free breo ballot is tho the corner comer etino oell free institutions tho the wisdom of the multi lie conc conceived civa exceeded the wisdom of of the wisest inan and went ou on to ashow how aggregated intellect was wai brought into play in the eap no an abil 1 the formation or of our system ol of KOI goi ern ment which latter had bad lien been tho the work of a multi multitude tudo the adoption of the would disarm popular prejudice lie abhorred bigotry biR Olry and wall re say to join handi bands with every win man to ia maling making war upon it lie he hoped to see eo it driven from every breame and finally left to die where no pen could bo be found meau mean enough to arita vis itis its in opi Clit aih ph III voice fading failing him hir ha was as anist unique le to proceed with tho the line of hoped that the lie convention would save the building which it had been orect ine ing I 1 ho he adopt loa of the proposed substitute would go BO far ar to tasko tho the acceptable it bovi I 1 aj cure al a hearing for it that no HL eu 1 1 alse f az could ia ila ho had been forcibly with the liberality of views that had pre prevail aiM and dwelt the action of the convention in pawing tho the minority resolution rawla ion but ono one other state has mado made this thin providen pro vidon bet I ct tile the go to Congro ids with alho ballot free and 10 it ia would popular bodinar bl dinar front from utah county could see no why tho the substitute should bo be in the unless it is n that tile ballot its u now marked by which it can lo bo identified the minority in this issue would destroy ilc ilroy a safeguard afe guard ard of the ballot cannon wanted to know inow how the votes totos are counted in other states and aad what ia isto to hinder the inspectors from tampering with gith tho the ballot if the system ys is u so perfect why is ia there so much fraud complained of I 1 I 1 itch fitch explained ever everything thing i cry clearly I 1 to tho the verdant gentleman 1 fuller referred humorously to holding liol evening besst 0 ns so as a to allow the gen clemen from tho the country to return homo home 11 the sill salt we lako members would work jf t hard bard in tho the matter they were indirectly tho the voto vote from ili the country and ho I 1 now claimed it mr Idl ncr desired to protest protect th the 0 ballot but his desire for fir its P protection ro could not nob bo be moro more intense t ban his fallers tho the ballot should be protected ty by every safeguard that prudence 4 and caution can throw around it whit what would he do to pro serva tile ta ballot ile I 1 would place i the 4 oftay scrutiny upon tho the voter but thera eit it should houd besso lie il hero here ex the of the registry j fis faw w abich uch would decide who wu was on CD titlow li to voto vote ion days hereto lillora the n I 1 mr F fuller uller irk in answer to mr cannons fir explained how the visa it baj by tho the party io in power counting the vote and by the i bf flit different parties i being ej eluded from the polls polla after 11 dark J jie I 1 dijt why b y WM was the law to ir mirk mir otilit the 0 billot 0 t ever ineser f thelen the gen 41 item an w who lin jr eted it had bad arn thil it was to protect the purity of the die ball ballot 8 and ho he believed behaved him but he be now ail that the method l lore here proposed answers all 11 II 01 sections y 1 ama rom previous action of the tb con yen 1 j 1 tion ho be Lo in forred furred thit that tho the members were ti 1 in favor of concession and nd of dropping I 1 i from their territorial laws law what id ad ob lr the thep n es trun will bo be asked t what hive have you done 0 ne wilh it that system of cf ballote lal loli what will 1 i crafin says mr whom I 1 goow letter than t any ny dian on this floora what ol of poleg amat my it is it at yur term bernin what of I 1 the iho minority we vc havo have adopted tho the I 1 lehat stem of represent representation aLion what ordle marled marked ballot avem at which I 1 aimed thea the ad sec f my bill 1 I should like hlo to bo be able 0 to o say eay mr f cragin that was wai nol liing it il was wa put in I 1 without design nd they ave paco it an 40 to the chairge that utah lacks pop kopul ia tion 1 ho he would point to denver which lau hu an creased her population about one the of allu not utah la 11 increased in her lalion lation kt crets pu I 1 pon you it two edged be calef that it dose U 0 01 t ool rebound uil ourt you if you have I 1 something that is objectionable to con fris arm mallit that you do not want it you chave kiv given the be midori T a rep redentA rai tion lion now so 0 o to the one to la one oa thousand land give hua his lii too defeat in IB athis is loui vi victory cam I 1 cannad WW win ill cregin ty say 17 or aone ode I 1 dont bont core car continental if w wo 0 A have to liui lim we ni lit as so r lao go homo home now the bill which he in introduced I 1 f trod in congre wu was the ali mot most in I 1 matlis ever invented there then have aca ja man miny dragged into this thi con t in ion which ich to no bu besline hen he it F jie a could bla nut not fee the ruin that follow low if the motion WM was not adopted he PI could not tet see the wisdom of the proc dision ion we have b been ced told the and beauties or of the secret ballot allol ti all of which we approve lie ile here hen read the section ter tion providing pro Tiling for the marled marked ballot fuller called on lied hu his attention ion to the objectionable feature which was wa that the judges and clerks could know how every man toted cannon said eaid this is not the question at win I 1 I 1 fuller it is in the one A ith me cannon desired to go fro on defond ing the numbered ballot it fht he be thought as aj he wis was one of the lea leaden ers of the that he was waa anxious to hold the people down lul but such roch was wa not the th case caf barnum obtained the floor lot but a motion molien to adjourn was TU put and carried tenon 4 r barnum laying aarin the floor on an I 1 the dis di M cation sa ion of the ballot commenced by saying laying that he h desired to we pen the ballot free lie ife was proud to ray that no convention ever cm nl eat in toXy the a united states in which there was more calmness anil and courtesy jao hail had not till today to day cran read the t hi law of utah on tho the billot we WeB should hould listen klinkn to public opinion n ahen hen it ilia is clear and deliberate but bat not to mcglamor Mc lamor clamor the only way that the citizen n is enabled to tes impre hu big crinion balazo the public sentiment ja m by the ballal ito great I 1 corruption has hai often crept into it it in not so 0 ua bad d in as it would sometimes s seem eom and ho he did not think it ach able data to quote in thi argument tile iho report about tho the frauds in tile the ballot hal haa about as much truth in it na as item air eulator eld about lie wickedness or of the mormon and d afir r cannon who had i been coroni 0 rasp ril ri l in utah would know how bow much of if this is u to bo be received did not think that the ballot in izulah utah is is en cn amly free ironi from the clairfe perhaps perhaps it is ia not true it is likewise doi not true 0 of the ballot in the latea the tha of leroi that the ballot of the freeman hhall bo be his me marcu r secret that he be can express h his e sentiments without others having the power to blame him there is something lung more than words worda in tho the motion A large lare portion of men tro are not combative and therefore require this thia protection S siira it h men list exist in litchy ve comman community ty here is is mile much I 1 that at is is aliks lilily to era rio of afan an no beasant ac actor r from to casting ting a ballot allot that iv n not strictly strictly private cl showed showe how lio the lh employer would cottrol the yote of his cm e if there is ft or way hy by which he could u d de detect ct it il the speaker did not appear to have bate so bieh ill h an opinion of senator bragin as did mr fuller lie ha bad had heard urn lim make 1 a I dull speech of five fire hours houra length about utah and ni was d that thatis it was 11 mignel to please his cou coal it A man who would make the ilya cranow now in here a misdemeanor is n the last man ho he would try to please lie hero here described how lowthe the election would tike take place under registration law and argued that hat no great fraud can slip blip in under nailer it the speaker concluded by saying I 1 be you gentlemen to put ono one more ll 11 k into inlo the constitution that phil phal aaa crowning alry aul and ishall give giro 1 I 1 crowning success aner had during the recess of tha th committee referred to lo nearly all of the constitutions of tho the states and that in ia five tho the people vote toto t li t a bocc while m in the others it is M simply by ballot with no DO further restrict restrictions ioni lie ife was via in favor of the llie substitute he said but male a speech in in favor of tho the marked marke a ballot lie Is lad had led bj an abundant op he accod as a judge of too the election to 0 o commit fraud but ho he dij did not do it and defied proof to the contrary at last it all contrad in the acty of tho 2904 and v c I 1 0 r s fitch sai said d his hia co colleague e g u c was wai like the dutch justice both in his hia ettiena uon HOD dlug llian alii two propositions word before the convention logically li Is the system in force here acceptable cep table if not will the aukst substitute gutc an in ower the pu purpose apo e it I 1 it ar argued ed by ono one gentleman ent loman I 1 that h at t the 0 gitil aou W nouh fie e u up the legislature a 1 be could 13 not see sec il it t I 1 II 11 t tho present t I 1 law W will il purge tho ho ball b ballot how ow w was it that ophir sic an and condne rin polled more ore votes than a they ey lad inhabitants chabi n ile iio here I 1 to described a I 1 a the working 0 if t the c registration t ho lay an and N showed h 0 well by hat at means ns tho purity offia of the b ballot s bot could bo P wet dw purity without the process he I 1 c to condemned jp dmn tle the numbering sp pys tem it was ai objection illo aVo to lia his mind midd and 6 id that of other fron domen who lia haa 1 7 11 n the subject due el mr 1 ca cannons peon a a was that a as s the le efad had adhered to it for fo i nineteen years it should bull bave the lc right to J so this is people afre furm form and to no community could such in an argument be less applicable than to this they had accomplished thir the civil reform they had colvea the problem of the iho labor reform by their simple amplo but efficacious system ate of f a cooperation they lad had solved apts faill U S n other diner problem b eving the ladies alie ri right bt to vote vole two dayi a ago they hail bad adopted op e whit W t only ord yo lisa us other or sute state h asas th the 0 muno minority I 1 to representation it L ill 0 w 4 As alton donihe t that at prate bai 0 I 1 a C cannon Z nn 0 should a ere to lei th the 0 marled r c ballot on 00 no bettor better grou nii than that it 13 is nineteen nine years oll old tho the secret ballot 6 another reform you will 11 need it for your own protection tho machinery of the th marled marked ballot they way uny causo cause you to regret that aydn have dot availed of the 9 p tan ity to get rid of ia to hira him 1 it lopilo rl no DO but all are not oon con Bli ed at ahac la I 1 I 1 tho the fight or fir the timid citi cit zenit seems to me die should be guarded fuan lel atsey t any if this i is voted down it is will bo be with a view tio ot of protecting the billit fl allt of th the citizen nil and not destroying destroy dest r inz il it alo TL 0 cry y of the opposition la 13 iha oe charge rge that 7 it t t tho ballot is u to give gire theocracy 9 chance to cath catch the people h he did oot not believe it i but bal 0 f r he would jo do dousing to aso crai e eid he hisa only ono on vote toto wid lailo he would not do anything particularly to get it ho he would riot bo be in 10 favor of or refusing it anil and would not despair of getting it lit ito told an brating Us his feelis towards the senator showing that while i a he b did not have hatvany say thing against tile the zana mini lre lie uld id 1 hill action st lie see eco how utah could go fo into tho the union within the next four conr lie he knew more thin than he be was willing to throw out for the un tuc of the ress opposed to admission admi at J ithe the conclusion of mr fircht to rt marks the section with the substitute was wad re committed to the Com of the th wil whole the convention continued to consider tho the article Arti clo tisa asto ios in the evening the convention contention acain a I 1 resolved ethelf int into a a committee or the h whole to wider air lr alem akers puts lub mitat for sw sec 4 providing fur fj iho th ballot tho the motion molion was u farther discussed by cannon johnson Joh Doo rich barnum J X N smith taj al othe and dd finally voted upon laj jol |