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Show A BROAD INSULT Is Thrown at Mcses Thatcher By the Convention. "POLITICAL BUNCOMBE" Is What Coray of Juab Calls Thatcher's Letter Appealing For Non-Partisanship And Patriotism in the Action of the Constitutional Convention Work of Yesterday. A gratuitous insult to Moses Thatcher and the final approval of it by the republicans as a party were the leading events in yesterday's proceed-mzs proceed-mzs of the constitutional convention. The thing was started by Coray, cf Juab county, who moved to strike out a letter which Mr Tuateher had written writ-ten to the convention tendering his resignation because of sicknesB, from the minutes, at the same time stating that it was not proper, being "political buncombe." Tnis was instantly resented re-sented by Evans, who asked for an explanation ex-planation of such a remark about the distinguished gentleman. Coray would say nothing. Later in the day Evans determined that the matter should not be allowed to pass without some action. ac-tion. It was too rank an exni bition of extreme partisanship. In this line he introduced a resolution resolu-tion asking that Coray be brouzbt before be-fore the bar of the bouse and be required re-quired to explain such utterances, and it no sufficient explanation were vouchsafed, that he be required to withdraw them. While Evans was waiting for the chair to put the motion, mo-tion, so that he could speak upon it, President Smith, who should have been most determined to have such a matter cleared up, -as well Jbecauee thy letter in question had been submitted to the convention by him and because the author of it is bound to him by ties which no partisanship is supposed to break, took Evans off his feet and recognized Dennis Eichnor to submit a motion to lay the resolution on the table. Evans, as soon as he could interrupt the haste of the president to put such a motion to the house, protested against such summary action. He said it was his right to speak .on the resolution and he should not have been taken off his feet for the admission of anything else. However, the president seemed determined to bind the insult upon the records of the convention and he ruled Evans entirely out of order. The vote was put and the roll call showed almost al-most a strict lining of the parties. Only Farr, of Weber, among the democrats, demo-crats, voted to table the resolution, while Ileyburn and McFarland, of the republicans, jumped the traces and declined de-clined to father such a thing. y As to the contents of the letter, there was nothing in it that could be pronounced pro-nounced political buncombe, except; as taken from a republican point of yiew, that part of it which asks for non-partisanship. non-partisanship. Such wise words of counsel a3 those of Mr. Thatcher, especially es-pecially when comine from such a source, do not go amiss. lie appealed in his letter for harmony. He asked that each man should so work that the good of the coming state should be the end in view. He advised againBt that sectionalism which has already Bhown itself to some extent. He most heartily commended action looking toward thJ adoption of a constitution whlclfc should not brine the blush of shamel to any man living in the new state. If that was political buncombe, then there has not been a prayer in the convention, con-vention, from that of President George Q. Cannon, in the beginning, to that of Rev. Dr. Gillilan yesterday, which has not been a mass of political buncombe. bun-combe. Call, of Davis county, presented p. petition tor woman suurage from the delegates from the women of Davis county. Hyde, of Juab, presented a petition to the same t-ffect from the women of his county. Pierce,'of Salt Lake, presented the report of the committee on education giving a proposed article on that subject. sub-ject. Propositions were introduced as follows: fol-lows: Green, of Salt Lake "The water of every stream, not heretofore appropriated, appropri-ated, witMn the state of Colorado," is declared to be the property of the state. Priority of use not denied. Domestic Do-mestic use shall have preference over everything and agricultural oyer manufacturing. man-ufacturing. Right of way is given for all water ditcheB upon payment of just compensation. Countv commiesionpm to establish rates for water. Francis, of Morgan Providing for the passage of bills through the legislature" legisla-ture" and requiring that each bill passed must have a majority of all the members-elect. Robinson, of Wayne No" debt in excess ex-cess of the income of the previous year shall be created by the territory or any county or city, except to suppress insurrection, without the consent of the people. Johnson, of Uintah Another irrigation irriga-tion proposition, giving waters to state for the benefit of its citizens. Acquired rights cannot be taken awav except for nonuse or abandonment. CouLty commissioners shall haye authority and shall decide, subject to review by the courts. A state engineer is provided for. Committee on agriculture and ir-ritration. ir-ritration. Hammond, of San Juan "No appropriation appro-priation shall be made for charitable, industrial, educational or benevolent purposes to any person, corporation or community not under the absolute control con-trol of the state, nor to any denominational denomina-tional or sectarian institution or association." squires createa quuo a Dreeze Dy a motion absolutely prohibiting the introduction in-troduction of propositions for insertion in the constitution after the twentieth day. Evans wanted a loop hole left whereby necessary propositions could come in, but Squires said he wanted to stop the veritable flood of propositions that wa3 coming in. The republicans voted with him, aid the motion went through. The hubbub over Coray's insult to Moses Thatcher was renewed and oc cupied much time. After the vote clinching the insult upon the repuhli-cms repuhli-cms of the convention thecircuB ended The inevitable "concert after the close of the regular performance" occurred. It was nothing more nor less than a thronging of the republicans among the democrats endeavoring to explain a way the broad insult. |