Show Crowds P Pack capitol tol 1 To Await Repeal Vote Atmosphere re of Tense Au Anticipation ri c of oI cHis H His s- s tory Making Event Perv Pervades des Building Long two before two hours liours in fact the fact the clock in In Inthe the dIgnified d house of representatives indicated the moment of ot such reaching far rea ar-rea hing Importance Importance tance was at hand liand when Utah's constitutional convention would meet to ratify the tw twenty first amendment to the constitution of t the United States the stately chamber was alive with activity A suppressed excitement pervaded the farthest corner of the marbled halls of the capitol Officials clerks stenographers even humble workmen were aware that an event of world importance was about to take p place ace Even in the midst of activity ity a peculiar hush lay layover over the entire building i Groups of ot citizens mostly men st stood od talking in low tones in the vast I rotunda Messenger boys scurried up I and down the gleaming marble stair I ways High heels of girl in the v various rious state offices clicked in echoing staccato along the corridors I Like Zero Hour HourA A stranger coming in total ignorance ignorance igno igno- rance of the event could not help but lt feel and know that s something of tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre importance was about to transpire It was like a zero hour before a battle In the chamber itself activity was concentrated Innumerable wires were strung for tor telegraph Instruments instruments ments ready to c carry rry In modern mode the new hews news to G Garcia Huge floodlights floodlights flood food lights were arranged in place ready to flood the scene that cameras stood ready to record on for posterity Janitors polished and swept until the chamber was spotless ss gallery And men and women lon long tir tired fd d bf f the farce 0 of o- o national prohibition to gather at er as early carly as 10 a. a m. m Th y seats scats good seats scats to t i see the proceedings which they were verc so o pager pager- 3 er to to- cheer They gathered willing to sit patiently those long minutes despite the fact that their pre previous precious ious invitations were passports passports passports pass pass- ports which would not be ignored ignore National State Flags Aside from r m me mechanical equipment which the cluttered thc chamber the only decorations in h honor nor of at the event were vere two flags One the emblem of oC the country hung as usual over the speakers speakers' stand The other the flag of the state stat of Utah graced the north wall On each tach delegates delegate's de desk k were I but two things things things-a a sheet of t white paper paper paper pa pa- per and pen and ink Slowly Slowly so so slowly it seemed e I ed Interminable In In- terminable the terminable the Hands of or the clock swung round to the hour of ot 12 The delegates filed to their desks The gallery callery was already packed to over over- flowing There was a hum that in increased in- in cr creased ased to singing proportions Ray Olsen mounted the speakers' speakers stand Hd He rapped on they the desk with his gavel Silence engulfed d the room The Thc convention the state of Utah has ever held on a federal constitutional constitutional con cou amendment was wa-s In session I |