Show constitutional convention THE constitutional convention met mgt at 2 0 pm today to day as per adjournment president j oseph P F smith in hl tho iho ch chah chak joll roll called quorum present prayer was offered by the chaplain the following alternates were admitted to seats in Inthe the con antion atter alter loing boing worm worn jn in by notary public john T caine M M steele in place of john myers cf ef garfield john li butler in place of A D thurber of sevier hevier eli ell A day in place of 0 L LI lund iund of san pete the tho report of the delegation sent to congress to present the state constitution and seek for the theaddis admission of utah into the union as aan aaa a state was read which was waa to the effect that delegates john T caine D H peery F S richards and VV D johnson jr proceeded to washington ton and through the speaker of tu the house and president of the senate laid the constitution and memo rial before congress which were referred to the committee on territories on conferring with the chairman they learned that at that late r date no action could be taken till next winter on motion of mr john the report was accepted E booth oon on motion of mr C W penrose the delegates to washington were requested and instructed to continue their labors during daring the next session of congress on motion of gen D H wells it 1 was resolved that a committee of five be appointed by the president to collect compile statistical and other information showing the claims of utah to admission into the union as a state and that the said committee be authorised authorized to publish the same in such form as lis they may daem deem advisable the president appointed the following D H wells wella C W pen rose J R winder ers erg joaeph joseph stanford samuel B R thurman on motion of mr W W ciufi cluff it was agreed that when the conven tion adjourned it should be till oct loth I 1 at 2 p m or at the call of the mhd eres president ident y no othor business of importance being presented convention ad journea jour ned I 1 |