The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-16

on dppOTI1OulQeuL anu pOunOdIleS.
Squires wanted it to go to the legisla-
ture. Snow carried the day.
Our Debts.
Under the head of motions and reso-
1utions Evans, of Weber, presented a
tor, recorder of each city, clerk Of
each county and each school district to
! furnish statements of the amount of
their bonded Indebtedness, when con-
tracted and the amount of interest.
Adopted.
A Merry TanSIe.
Kicks hardly waited for the adoption
of Evans motion before he was clam
oring for recognition. He moved that
when the convention adjourn it should
be until 10 o'clock this morning. James
amended it for o'clock Monday. Rob-
erts arose to speak on this motion.
RickS-I rise to a point of order A
motion to adjourn is not debatable.
Roberts-This is not to adjourn. 1t is
to fix the time to which we shall ad-
/ journ.
The President-Debate is in order.
Roberts said it would be & shame to
tee was ready to report and work
! should be done on Saturday. The
work was being carried on at $500
day and it would be a shame to waste
that amount in adjournment.
Kicks (who had been scanning his
minutes in the meantime)-I wish to
renew my point of order. This motion
is not debatable.
Evans, of Utah-The chair has ruled
on it. If you don't like it appeal from
the decision.
President Smith glanced appealingly
in Kicks direction anu he was effectu-
ally silenced.
Richards Roasting.
Richards argued in favor of an adj
journment until Monday. He said the
convention is losing valuable time in
it's daily sessions. A Whole hour that
morning had been spent IL correcting
the minutes and that was about all
that had been done. Proportions had
been introduced, it was true, but the
committees are already hard at work.
They should have Saturday to work in
and not fritter time away in correct
ing the minutes.
Thurman argued against adjourn
ment. He held up last Saturday as a
horrible example He said an adjourn
ment was taken then for the ostensi-
Bile purpose of getting the committees
to work, but no work had been done.
The committees were not called to-
gether by their chairmen. City men,
bers went about their business and
the others had to do the best they
could.
Roberts was asked what committee
was ready to report and replied, the
committee on preamble and declaration
of rights" Both James and Kicks
propositions were defeated and the ad-
jourrment went under the rules, which
will take it over until o'clock today.
.'The Chair is Lost"
Wells brought up the question of
employing another committee clerk.
Cannon spoke for Miss Reese and
Judge Goodwin endorsed Miss Maddi-
son.
Ricks-I understand there is not
enough work for the committee clerks
we have now I move this subject be
laid on the table.
Cannon arose to speak.
Ricks-This question is not debat-
able I call the gentleman to order.
President Smith looked around for
moral support. He found none.
1.-THE chair is lost" he said.
Cannon Gmpatiently)-Am in order.
The Chair-I think you are out Of or
der.
Cannon sat down thoroughly disgust
ed. Kicks motion carried and a COM
mittee clerk was lost in the dim dis
lance.
To Correct the Minutes.
Thurman said it was about time
something was done to remedy the
constantly recurring trouble over cor
rection of the minutes. He did not like
the idea of wasting an hour of valu-
able time over them. Therefore he
moved the appointment of commit
tee of three to revise the minutes be-
fore they were presented. Pierce sug-
gested the committee on enrolment
and engrossment, and Van Horne the
committee on revision. Van Horne's
motion was accepted by Thurman and
carried almost unanimously.
Fight over Representation.
Howard, of Emery, presented the fol-
| lowing:
Resolved, That all questions relat-
ing to appointment of members of the
legislature and boundaries of legisla-
tive districts, be referred to the COM
mittee on apportionment and bounda-
ries for their consideration"
This Immediately brought SQuires to
his feet. He protested against such
resolution. He said the legislative COM
mittee was the proper one TO have jul
risdiction over such matters as this
The committee on apportionment
should simply apportion the members
after the number had been decided
upon by the LEGISLATIVE COIlIHlIlee.
Howard disputed this. He said it was
right that all the counties should be
represented in this matter of fixing
the number of legislators.
Thurman upheld this view. He
thought it plainly within the province
of the committee on apportionment
to judge as well the number of mem
bers of the legislature as the districts
from which they were to come.
Richards asked if it were right to
have the smaller counties override the
larger ones.
Eichnor said those who were talking
about precedent failed to give atten-
ton to precedents in this case.
Towards motion carried.
Snow Warns Up.
Snow followed up with the follow
ing. which was intended to clinch
matters:
Resolved, That it be the sense of
this convention that the question of
determining the number of senator's
and representatives properly belongs to
the committee on apportionment and
boundaries.
Snow took lick at Eichnor first
thing. He said that those vino had
disregarded precedents from the first
should not Talk about them where right
is concerned. Here was case analo-
gous to the forming of the constitu-
| had been represented in that so all
committees should be represented in
this question. The committee on ap-
portionment was the most fit one to
be entrusted with this work, because
all counties are reDresented on III So