Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-02-07 | Page 19 | Know Utah

KNOW UTAH sAHl By ALBERT r F. F PHILIPS PHILlIS I Art After l' l five o attempts to have luf a. a constitution ratified rati rati- t fled fied d by congress tho the people tople of or Utah walled walle for tor five years before beor calling Mother another convention although h tho the matter was discussed at rt various IS times at it meetings held In th the several se counties In Iii tho spring Sluing of or 1857 7 a number of or prominent no Issued a call for a t. t constitutional convention to convene In Salt XA-e XA e on tho the last lant day of ot June Junt 1887 Tho The convention convention conven con tion met time set nil all being represented except three Garfield ld Rich and San Juan luan John T. T Caine Calne elected president of or th convention 1 K l. O. O and und James T. T Hammond vice vice presidents n Heber lieber lie He- ber If 1 Wells IIo afterward governor of or the tho state the late Hobert flobert Sloan 5 secretary and II S S. S Cutler Culler c messenger Daily Dally sessions Nt were held helcl for tor seven cn days das and nd on Jul July 7 7 1887 1587 a a. t. t constitution was ns adopted It sah not drafted until a n. number of or things W were vere r t threshed ll out It was wis during that time timo that the tho Tucker Edmunds-Tucker I Uw had begun to ho bo enforced In fn a 0 drastic manner I. I the tho act lct furnished th the topic for lor a a. number of or bitter bit ter talks during the convention con The eony convention for the tho first Um eliminated Deseret Des cret eret as th tho name namo for 01 tho the tato embodied In tho the constitutions constitutions con oon which had bad been the namo naino given the tho terrItory territory terri tern tory In fn alt all th this five previous JHc conventions and It cont contained con con- t a a. provision that was not mentioned d In previous previous pre pre- conventions cOf reading rending Bigamy Bigam and polygamy being considered d with a A. republican form lorm lormor of or government each cach of or them Is hereby forbidden and declared a a. misdemeanor S The con convention appointed as a t c committee to preparo pre pre- paro r aro a no memorial Judge J. J 1 U. U B Booth oth of or Provo Pro C. C C. C afterwards s secretary of ot the territory r of or Utah Ulah James Shall l I l Wells and Andrew J Jensen historian of or the tho church To earn carry this memorial me me- mortal morial to the 11 national capital a a. committee consisting con con- slating or of Franklin II S. S Richards W. W W. W niter Jilter and ii D. G. G Woolley was waR named This Thin was a a. special I com com- appointed b by tho the con convention as 8 special delegates dele dele- gates arid and the members were directed h by le resolution of or the tho con convention to direct their their efforts efforts with those of oC John lohn T. T Caine who was the delegate delegate- In congress from Utah urging tho the admission m of ot Utah to the tue union S It was as while tho the committees were In Washington Washing Washing- ton ion that the thc constitution was ratified b by the people for tor and against t. t Congress was Inexorable however er and the tho les result lt WAS vAs that the thc constitution and memorial went vent the thc wa way of oC all nIt others dropped others dropped Into I the he pigeon Ills holes of or the senate and house committees commit commit- tees S Prior to Information that the committees had been unsuccessful It was Avas the tho talk among the delegations dele ide- find and people at nt home that ii in view of or alt all the preliminaries for tal statehood having ha been arranged officers should hould be chosen and the state tate should proceed liro pro pro- to to Ina Inaugurate bUrato and Install them Wise hse heads however how prevented d what would have o been tantamount tantamount tanta tanta- mount to secession S 0 Failure lIure of six attempts to I have o a congress ratify constitutions caused some oma to te look Into causes cause and this led d to tho the discovery ery that In each of or the tho six instances the people of lor th the tho territory had acted upon theIr heir own initiative e and without authority from Crom congress con con- gress 0 S SIt It was su suggested then h by Joseph L. L who had lad been cl elected ted to con congress ns as a deles delegate from Utah that the action of 01 tho people coplo be bc reversed This was vas done the done the movement mo was started at the congressional con con- gressional end nd of or the line lino and finally tho the seventh attempt to have ha a constitution ratified was wa successful successful success success- ful CuI and Utah became becam a state A I