The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-27
CONSTITUTIONAL CONYEN-
TION.
NINTH DAY.
Wednesday, April 26, 10 am.

OF tuesday S session were read ana
approved.
The convention went into COM
mittee of the whole.
Mr.. Stanford moved that each Sec
ton be considered separately, and If
no objection was made, that 1t be
considered adopted. Carried.
The preamble and articles were
then read conSecutiYely.
Mr.. Bryan moved a substitute for
section 9, article 1, the chief points
being the Interpolation of the words
Cor her" after the word ''his."
Mr.. Penrose objected to the sub
stitute, as it was apparently unnec-
essary. 1t is well understood fact
that man embraces woman Qaugh-
teri, and there is a specific law in
the statute book on this subject. If
the change is made in this section,
similar ones will be required
through the whole constitution.
Motion lost.
Nh. Boyer moved that section 10
be stricken out. Motion lost.
Mr.. Booth moved to strike out the
words cor felony" in the disqualiti-
cations Of citizenship, in section l,
article 2, right of suffrage. Motion
lost.
In the first section of the article
on right of suffrage, the words
''every citizen of the United States"
was brought to the notice of the
convention, by MessIs. Thurman
and Young suggesting that it might
be construed in different ways No
change was made.
Mr.. ThOresOn moved that the
words estate of Deseret" be placed
in the constitution, in lieu of the
words estate of Utah"
Mr.. Hatch stated that we are
known throughout the world as
Utah, and the expense would be
great for making such change in
our legal papers. We have been
given territorial government with
that name, and we have grown and
prospered for the past quarter of
century styled Utah, and he saw no
necessity for change.
Mr.. PenroSe was not proud of the
name of Utah, as it was not asso-
ciated with anything very pleasur-
able in our history. A territorial
government is an unconstitutional
arrangement, where we are deprived
of rights and privilegeS-are COM
PEELED to live in state of YasSalage
and this would ever be brought to
mind when the name saluted his
ears. There is nothing noble about
the name. 1t is derived from a
vermin-covered, thieving, roaming
band Of Indians; it is a fat sounding
Deseret is a pleasant sound
ing name, it is euphOnius and signi-
fies industry, and that's the type of
our new state. 1t is a synonym of
the people; we have several institu-
tiouS named Deseret, with the sup
position that that would eventually
be the prevailing name of our state.
Mr.. Stout was sorry that differ
ence had arisen among the delegates
on the name of our new state. He
did not profess to lie a thorough mus
ician, but hs had a very acute ear
for music and plainly stated that
Utah was much more musical to him
than Deseret. In our political life we
started out with the name of Deseret
for our original organization; Con-
greSS refused us under that name,
and now it seems that we want to
make Congress take water on this
question. Thurman, sit would be
a hard thing on Congressman
Had lived under the name of
Deseret, but it never made him in
1ustrious, but he had worked a good
deal under the organization of Utah,
because he had to, and thought it
good enough name TO work and live
under.
Mr.. Thoreson said if the gentle
men from Salt Lake will insure our
if we keep the name Utah,
he would withdraw his motion,
he would stand by his
wish for Deseret.
Mr.. Game once heard story of a
man who went to church, and heard
q minister preach sermon, and
some time afterwsrd he heard him
preach the sermon again. He got
little disguised and did not go to
church very soon again; but it hap
pened the barrel had been turned
up and the original sermon
was on top. He told the parson
that he had heard the sermon
read three times and moved
that it pass. We have tried to get
admission as a state three times
under the name Of Deseret and
failed, and he wanted it now to
pass, and try the name of Utah.
Deseret may be a sweet name, but
it had a sting. The name had never
had the sweetness to him that it
had to others. He remembered
when the first constitution was
adopted, in 1S49, and the gentleman
who was delegated to present it to
Congress came to the Eastern States,
where Mr.. Caine was then living.
The delegate said several persons in
he mountains pronounced 1t
Des-er-et, but the man of letters
preferred to sound it De-see-rit. So,
,or himself, there was no tying to
Deseret. He thought, though, there
was a strength in the name of Utah,
md he was not ashamed of the hos
1itable Utes from whom the name
vas derived, and hoped that this
would be the name of the new state.
Mr.. Mack was in favor of the