The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-02

\ The constitutional convention had a
$aeld day yesterday. The most i'm
portant action taken was that deny
ing women the right to vote at the
first state election. The Republicans
were lined UP on this. being stanl-
peded by vision of Democratic sue
cess in case the women are allowed
to vote. The Democrats generally
stayed by the women and did all in
their power to secure the right they
have under the constitution. The
convention also made valid the pres
ent territorial law prohibiting and
Furnishing polygany. During the de-
bate, Goodwin made some queer and
extreme remarks which drew on him
! the strong condemnation of Roberts,
Tarian and Evans. By an oV'erwhelm-
ing vote it was decided not to locate
The state normal school at Ephraim
The opposition TO this was intensified
by the fact that the Sanpete delega-
ton could not agree. Lund had the
only extraordinary inducement. in the
shape Of the offer of a block in Eph-
RAIN for the institution. If the dele
cation had been wise they would have
united on this and cast their whole
influence for it. AS it was, they were
Nklng for their own cities, and
had to make his fight alone and
uEgfded. In consequence of this di-
vision. Sanpete was knocked out in
the distribution of public institutions.
The Proceedings.
There was a variation on the usual
convention meeting yesterday. Whereas
President Smith is usually very anx-
iuos to have a quorum appear and has
made il his rule to rap TO order as soon
as the fifty-fouTth member makes his
appeara nee; however. after the hour
of o'clock appeared the presiding Of
ficer. under the tutelage of Varian and
Crane. showed an intense anxiety
10 hold off action. A quorum put in
its appearance at $40 and the presi-
dent was informed of the fact. How
ever, he would not call to order.
Marian and Crane in the meantime
Aere rushing hither and thither and
Infringing the Republicans into line
with their scheme 10 keep the women
from voting at the first state election.
Until that should be settled there was
to be no call to order Consequently
the signal was not given by Varian
and Crane until 500
Delegate Thompson, of MilIard, was
invited to offer the opening prayer.
Locating the Normal School.
After the preliminaries were over
Roberts moved a reconsideration of
the vote whereby the article on public
buildings and state institutions were
passed He said a wrong had been
IL, 4 he
sition to locate the State Normal
school at Ephraim was ruled out on
<cpoint of order.
Kerr precipitated a somewhat lengthy
parliamentary debate by raising
point OF order that the location of this
institution properly belonged with the
article on education and did not come
ANithin the report Of the committee on
Y5kblic buildings and state institutions,
not educa tional. However. he was
ruled out and the motion TO reconsider
carried with only a few dissenting
voices. Then there was fight among
the Sanpete delegates, Jolley moving
that Ephraim be stricken out and the
whole question of location be left tn
the voters of Sanpete county.
Would BE Very Expensive.
Kerr argued against both motions.
He said the present Deaf and Dumb
Normal school and there will be no
need Of providing a new library, labor
atory or museum. He had carefully
figured the matter out and had con-
cIuded that by locating the State Nor
maj school at Sanpete the state would
throw away at least 100000. All the
arguments for union of the University
and Agricultural college applied here.
but with much more force on account
OF the necessity of erecting new build
ings for the Normal school.
Maeser upheld this view, saying
there is no place in Utah so well fitted
for such an institution as Salt Lake.
smith Sat Down on Again.
Then came one of those parliament
tary circuSes. which. under the bene-
Iicent rulings of President Smith, oc-
casionally relieve the monotony Of the
proceedings. Button moved the pre-
vf2us question and it was pat to a
viva voce vore. The president declared
n4tiee a call for a division. Cannon
appealed on the ruling against division
and after he and WINS had expressed
some very plain opinions regarding the
presidents way Of conducting bust
ness the appeal was sustained-52 to
26. A division was then called on the
previous question and it was lost.
Cannon spoke against separation.
Iund said he had seen separation in
Germany and It was successful. He
denied that the University would be
killed by taking away the Normal
school In a year or two the Normal
school would be self-supporting if To-
Gated in Sanpete county. More than
that. a great percentage Of the normal
scholars come from the south.
Let the County Settle 1t.
I,auritz Larsen, of Sanpete. arose to
sneak and no less than fifteen MEM
hers went into the cloak-room. He