The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11

looks over the assembly with a patron
izing glance and speaks as though he
was the one who could straighten
things out. Once in a while he con-
descends to perpetrate what Artemus
Ward would call a "goke." But alasi
There is only one failure about Vans
''gokes." They fail to provoke laugh
ter from any one but himself.
Greer made a motion yesterday.
Gentlemen, you have heard the mo-
tion," said President Smith.
mo we haven't" came a chorus.
The president was compelled to put
the motion.
George NJ. Cannon says he has come
to the belief that Roberts 1890 worth
of oration' was not thrown away. The
conversion Of Mrs. Cannon to an anti
suffragist was not an unmitigated evil.
You see." says Cannon, there Is
more harmony in the family than ever.
Before my wife was converted she did
not exactly believe in the doctrine that
a woman should obey. Now she does.
! rather like it,
Bishop Hammond. of San Juan. has
two distinguishing characteristics
which generally show out in his speech
He has an intense love for San Juan
county and an equally intense disre-
respect for Dave Day and his Intuns.
Wmle his taste in placing such an
expression in an official document may
be criticized. Chichester was not far
wrong In saying land the end is not
yet. in relation to petitions for woman
SURFACE to be Incorporated in the body
Oh the constitution. He expects to pre-
a
Farr struck the nail on the head
when he said he had arranged his
business so as to stay all summer. If
the convention keeps on as it has been
-or some time he may be compellad TO
do so.
Inc apportionment article was de-
bated for over five hours solidly by the
convention. There was a cross fire of
amendments. substitutes. questions
answers. repartee, etc. When the ar
tlcle was finally passed at noon yes
terday. there was only one visible re-
suit or all the trouble. The article had
peen untouched. except that "sreater''
nad peen changed to more" Accord
ing 10 Cannon'S computation, $500 was
spent to change this word.
Now that the first excitement has
subsidized and the suffragists have won
the day nothing more has been heard
about The resignation of B. III. Rob
erts and he will be heard again on the
moor OF the convention and that. too
on the question of prohibition, as well
as or bounty. The Democratic COM
mlttee of Davis will not press the
subject and Mr.. Roberts has been, as
sured by his friends that ne will meet
their wishes by remaining. His
democratic colleagues would be sorry
10 lose him. That he gained some
support in Davis county Is shown by
the fact that 70 persons in his home /
town have petitioned for separate
Van Horn was leader Of the Re
publican side yesterday because of
being chairman Of the legislative
committee. Van swelled uO con-
slderably and was as bristling as a. 9S-
gun line of battle ship.
Lund has one of the heaviest and
richest voices in the convention. It
was cultivated in Germany and is
effective in action. a
Both sides are wondering where
Varian is at. That ablest Republic
can sometimes lets his real Judgment
run away with his politics and he
becomes more of a, logician and states
man than a Republican. In his speech |
against the apportionment he shocked |
his party friends and pleased the |
Democrats by declaring with the ut |
most emphasis that the line of |
demarcat on between the federal and /
state governments was shown in the |
constitution and that all powers not /
granted are reserved to the sovereign |
states. No Democrat could have
made a more correct definition of the
doctrine of his party. Varian, in his
speeches, has also implicitly spoken
against bounty by saying taxation
should be used only for public pur-
poses. Where is Varian at?
Kicks was on his feet forty-eight
times yesterday afternoon by actual
count. He felt particularly well all
day and exhibited his freshness by
seeming desire to have the convention
continue its work without recess, in
terruption or adjournment until the
was ready. for ratification
by the people next fall.
Coray should have raised a point of
political buncombe'' against John
Henrys speech on low salaries.
Buys says he was getting discour-
aged, but now he intends to keep at
work. He got the number of his sup
porterS up from two to six on unani-
nous vote yesterday He is one of the
most careful men in the convention.
If all articles go into the constitution
rs they are read by Secretary Chris
tensen Utah will be paradise tor
lawyers.
President John Henry Smith turned
when Goodwin spoke of those who
wanted to buy their way to the Sem
ate. Of course it was involuntary and
not significant.