The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-28

dye, he has that attracting power
and influence about him Of making
friends among MN and women OF
all classes. Should be begin q CAM
paign In Salt Lake City, the saloon
men Will have need to be alarmed
and the weak and fallen cause to
rejoice.
The constitutional convention,
after four weeks in session, has
brought its labors 10 an end. This
assembly has been the most import
ant body ever gathered toe ether In
this Territory. The time occupied
| was consumed in faithful, honest
work by which the convention, in
dividuslly and en- masse, prepared
the organic law which shall here
after give character to the political
existence, business relations, relig-
ious privileges ana social enjoy
ments of what rot many years
hence will be one of the northwest
and greatest States in the Union.
The new constitution so far has
brought out very little adverse criti-
cism from either press or PEOPLE, go
the inference is that it gives general
satisfaction 10 all parties. Portions
OF it have been culled from the sev-
eral constitutions Of different States,
with probably msre from Colorado
than all the res put together. The
item of selection was cNefuIly and
studiously scrutiuiZed 80 IS to
AVOID slavish copying and the in
sertlon OF matter not applicable to
Montana. Provisions IOr public
free schools are so migrated, that
the friends of that institution will
have no cause of complaint; and in
the scope of organic law and ap>
pertaining to the welfare Of free,
enlightened and self.governlng
people have been we'll cared for, un-
less. indeed, it is the privilege Of
universal snff.age. The preamble
of the first eection on education
was sus oected to contain some poll
tical heresies on that subject, and
was therefore stricken out, 60 that
the right Of women to vote is
limited to the school district.
During the whole proceedings of the
convention with the exception of
little furry the first two days.
partizanship did not make itself
publicly manifest, the social rela.
lions OF the members being of the
pleasantest nature. Locking over
the biographical sketches Of the
memb rs, one 10 attracted by the
rsfn 1T h0 nta
Thirty eight of them were
born In America; four are SONS
of the Emerald Isle; two came
from auld Scotland, and one from
Spain. Kentucky leads out in fur
nishiDg the greatest number, SIX
having been born in that State.
Nineteen are northerneIs and
twelve are from the south. The
political complexion was represented
by twenty-seven Democrats, seven.
teen Republicans and one Inde-
pendent. There were eleven law
yers, the same number of miners.
five merchants, two editors the
balance being Of various occupations.
Most of them were married. The
oldest member was past 20 years OF
age, the youngest not over 20. Sew
eral of them have done mining In
Utah. Seve-al were college gradu-
ates, and all of them intelligent,
pras teal men Of sound, hard sense.
In proper course Of time, the Con-
stitntion will come before the peo-
pie for their approval, and if
accepted by them, an appeal Will
be made to Congress for the admis>
sion into the Union of the State of
Montana, which now is Territory
well advanced by. reason of her
great resources and. industries to
assume the responsibility Of self
government. Should the applica-
ZION be crowned with recognition,
Montana will atep into the Union OF
these United States self-gpverning
part of the greatest and freest ma.
tiOn on earth. A. b. T.