Show uneventful SESSION but little work accomplished in th constitutional convention ven tion the usual flood of petitions for and against tho Be ot woman suffrage agett bic constitutional convention yesterday alio laront petition in favor of the incorporation of the plank in alio constitution came froni eber county ami was signed by 2153 citizens the petitions for separate submission contained nearly 1800 signatures resolution adopted by the christian endeavor convention asking for the submission of a prohibition article were presented the ordinance which in compliance with requirements of the enabling act guarantees perfect toleration of religious sentiment and forever prohibits i inous or plural marria goe was put upon its the convention then went into coro mittic of the whole with mr in alie chair for consideration article on public laud on motion the article was referred lack to the committee on public lands and on education and school lands for the insertion of a provision giving those who bad settled on school and other lands of alie state before tho survey of such lands a prior right of purchase alie militia article wae then taken up mr avans amendment making men who leave declared their intention to become citizens subject to militia duty to make alie first section read the militia shall consist of all able bodied male ciu zene and hofe who have declared their intention to become citizens of the state between 18 and 45 years of age alter some debate the amendment wae adopted and the article as a whole was adopted and the convention took a recess until 2 at the afternoon tho conen tion took p the apportionment article which was the first on alie calendar sir peters moved that box elder and cache counties be united in one senatorial district to be by two senators and to put thoele tooele which was united with box elder in the article aa in the eight senatorial dis tract mallard and juab cache county lie said had been unfairly treated and the proposed change would make its representation more equal moreover box elder did not want be joined to thoele tooele lie failed to mention alie fact that alie change if made would abo the election of an additional damo bratic ee boet loet alic article contains a proviso direct finx that in future each county eliell be given at least one representative mr varian offered a buu to roqueiro apportionments in future to bo based on population lie said that tho principle underlying alie apportionment contained in tho article waa vicious As a large majority of alie convention favored it however he was willing to bow to that majority hut lie did not want the system perpetuated A di followed relative to lie provisions of other constitutions on the subject in which bogli citco precedents cessn t crane and chidester Chi deeter followed in opposition to alie substitute alie substitute was supported by bearre roberts james hart and goodwin the latter that liala a dozen now counties might be created before an important political campaign in order to insure of alic succeeding legislature mr andersen attacked alie substitute mr Varia ii in reply to the opponents iii motion scored them for contend ing eliat counties bold alio eaino relative position in a state that the do in the nation lie charged that they did tilia either through ignorance or from a design to mislead mr bannon favored the and mr buys argued against it mr thurman feared that with a rep n based on population salt lake would some dav have majority ot the members of the legislature ho thought eliat salt lake bad a preat advantage as it was in influencing cleais laborg by reason of the fact eliat they were surrounded by salt lake people luring a Ee eslon 1 I believe gentle said thurman on this point the legislature will always meet in salt while a man ought biot to commit will say that I 1 believe eliat salt lake ie lie place for ho capital salt lake he declared had never been ite rig lits alie danger was that remote sections would buffer not liven representation and salt lake ought to bo willing to give them eliat protection at first ho had thought alie apportionment unfair to hie party but after studying it in llie liblit ot the preat landslides 0 last fall he biad reached the conclusion conc lueion eliat it was n very fair one mr replied to mr varian some feeling and argued that alie inasu of the apportionment was a just one alie roll wae then called on the rub and it was defeated 28 voting for it and 62 uga inet mr van home moved to limit the highl to have at least one the counties now existing without action on alio amendment th convention adjourned |