The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-20

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Today the subject of union Of the
| University and Agricultural college
will come up in the constitutional con-
vention and the debate promises to be
| interesting. There are several propo-
| sitions, and ideas are very much di-
vided. WINS. of Washington, will
bring forth a proposition to allow the
college to remain in Logan until July
l, 1898, and then bring it here.
Yesterday was another busy day in
the convention. 1t disposed of the
article on public debt and the outcome
was that bounty is practically dead
letter in the new state. Besides the
provision in the legislative article pro-
nibiting use of public credit for pri
vate purposes, there is provision in
the revenue article that the public
debt shall not exceed 5000, 900 over the
present Indebtedness and this must be
used for public purposes only. Thus
bouTty can be given only when the
legislature has some ready cash on
hand and in the new state there will
not be a surplusage for many years.
This is great victory for Democratic
principles. The Republicans simply
blundered ahead and bound them
selves thoroughly.
The Proceedings.
When o'clock arrived it was an
even wager that a quorum was not
present Members had been strollinS
In for fifteen minutes with the show
Ing of their resentment of such an
early and undignified hour of meeting.
President Smith kept track OF the in
comes and when the necessary fifty
four showed themselves he raped the
desk with his gavel. The roll call
showed only fifty-six delegates pres
ant but others came struggling in by
ones and twos until, half an hour after
meeting; there was very respectable
attendance.
Rev. George w. Rich, of the Park
City Methodist church, was invited to
Differ prayer.
When petitions and memorials
were called, half a dozen members
prepared to send in woman suffrage
and separate article petitions. but, on
motion of Kicks, these were simply
filed with TIE clerk without being
read.
Pierce and Adams, chairmen of the
committees on public lands and educa-
ton and school lands, respectively.
presented the following report, which
public lands and education and school
lands, to whom were referred the ar
ticle on public lands, have decided
that each committee report on the re-
spective duties assigned them" Adop-
ted.
Reports on Prohibition.
The majority and minority reports
on prohibition were submitted. They
read as follows:
''Your committee on schedule. future
amendm ents and miscellaneous have
considered the proposition to submit a
separate article to the vote of the peo-
pie prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors as a bever-
age, and respectfully beg leave to re-
port that in the opinion of your COM
mittee the question involves the de-
struction of so much property, injury
to esta bliShed business enterprise and
the disturbance of vested rights in
property that it is a question which
ought not to be hastily dealt with as
1t must necessarily be if considered by
this convention. Moreover, we respect
fully represent that the control of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors by means of governmental pro-
hibifion is but an experiment, and if
tried at all in the new state, ought to
be by legislative enactment and not
by constitutional provision; and we
therefore recommend that the subject
be left to the legislature"
This is signed by B. H. Roberts, L.
B. Adams, ]. J. Williams, S. Francis.
Karl G. Maeser. S. H. Hill, ]. F. Green
and Joel Kicks.
Minority Report.
1.-The minority Of your committee on
schedule, future amendments and mis-
cellaneous deems it their duty to recog-
foI
praying that prohibition as a separate
article be submitted to the voters of
Utah for their acceptance or rejection.
Therefore, we beg to submit the fol-
lowing article on prohibition to be
voted on as separate measure.
GEORGE p MILLER,
J. D. HOLIDAY.
JOSEPH Z. ROBINSON.
The proposed article on prohibition is
as follows:
What They Want.
mo person. association or corpora
ton shall. within this state, manufac-
ture for sale or gift as a beverage, any
Intoxicating LIQUORS. and no person, as
ISOLATION or corporation shall import
any of the same for sale or gift, or
sell or offer or keep the same for sale
or gift. barter or trade as a beverage.
The legislative assembly shall by law
prescribe regulations for the enforce
ment of the provisions of this article
and shall thereby provide suitable PEN
alties for the violation thereof
James submitted the report of the
committee on corporations other than
municipal. 1t will be found in another
column.
No Summary Disposition.
Evans. of Weber. moved that the
rules be suspended and that the minor
ity report on prohibition be rejected.
WINS objected to such summary dis
posal of the question. Varian moved to
lay the motion on the table and the
motion carried.
Thurman, in a few moments, said
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