The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-13

President Smith and the Republican
majority in the convention got into
a hole yesterday. After a great deal
of kicking around the end of the day
sShoWsed both still in the hole, but
President Smith ground deep into the
nire because in his devotion to rank
partisanship ne did not care what the
rules were, but made rules of his own.
1t was all over the question of
whether the state Shall be allowed to
use its credit for private institutions
The prohibition of this was put forth
by Varian and the fight will be on
this morning. with all fury. The pro-
ceedings of the day were lrdicrous,
showing the utter inability OF Presi-
dent Smith to lay down the first prin-
ciples of parliamentary law.
The Proceedings.
The convention was called to order
SY10 o'clock with 81 delegates present
and President Smith bravely standing
in the presidents place,
afev. G. E. Jayne. of the Second
M&rhodist church. was invited to offer
prayer.
For Straight Suffrage.
Petitions praying for the incorpora-
ton of woman suffrage in the conSti-
tuition We're presented as follows: BY
Lowe, of Box Elder, 23S names; by
Murdoch of Beaver, 259; by Chichester,
of Garfield. 2.405, divided as follows:
Salt Lake City, 1,O1O, DeWeyville, Box
Elder county, 107; Leeds Washington
county, %; Utah county, 1853; Spring
City, Sanpete county, 2S5; Manti San
pete county, 290; Salt Lake county,
527; by Peters, Box Elder county, res
olutions passed at Brigham City and
1o2 signatures.
For Separate Submission.
The following petitions were pre-
Scented asking for a separate submits
sion of the woman suffrage article:
By Goodwin, Salt Lake, Al; by Good
win, Salt Lake, 80; by Howard, En-
cry, q; by Vaughan, Cache. 102;
Rrandley, Sewer, 81; Greer, Utah, AS;
Corfman, Utah, "a; Squires, Salt Lake,
AZ; Squires, Salt Lake, 40; Haynes, Salt
Lake, Al; Eldredge, Summit, SO; Thore-
son, Cache, 81; Squires. Salt Lake, so;
Slower, Tooele, 10; WINS, Washington,
i; Kiesel, Weber, So: Kiesel, Weber,
SO; Peters, Box Elder, 40.
Raleigh, of Salt Lake, presented a
petition signed ny George F. Good
\ win and forty-seven others asking
What prohibition be submitted to the
'RFoters Of the territory as a separate
article.
The Lottery Article.
m The legislative article was taken up
Van third reading. There was a great
deal of discussion on different points
covered in committee of the whole.
Nothing of particular interest came
up until EichnOr moved to strike out
the section providing that the legis-
To- "a civ or
franchise to any lottery whatsoever.
Eichnor said this was a provision
found in the several constitutions, but
legislatures did not make laws to
carry IT into effect. 1t is dead let
ter. The United States government is
strongly against lotteries and will
! prosecute them so far as they use the
mails This would be sufficient.
Bo-vdle and Van Horn both pointed
out that North Dakota had left this
provision out of its constitution and
tie result is that the Louisiana lot
terry has made a strong attempt to
have the legislature make franchise
for it. A fortune has been taken there
for the purpose and money will be
freely used.
An Inhibition Necessary.
Evans, of Weber, said the very fact
that Hobbies would bring every influ-
ence to bear to have games of chance
o.siotteries authorized, made it de-
sirable that an inhibition should be
placed on the legislature. Lotteries
are admitted to be immoral and harm
full to the people and the state.
Hammond. of San Juan-Will this
section prevent horseracing.
Evans, of Weber-No I think not.
Hammond am very glad to hear
st. 1 am fond of horseracing, though I
don't bet on them.
Varian spoke against striking out
and when the motion was put to a
vote only Eichnor SUPPORTED his own
motion The chorus of noes was oFor-
whelming.
Eimbau Tries Again.
Kimbau, of Weber, moved to strike
out the section inserted yesterday
prohibiting the giving of extra COM
pensation either 10 contractors or to
officers.
Evans. of Weber, said he was sur
yrised that F,imball, who had been
city attorney Of Ogden, should have
made such a motion. He knew how
..nxious men were to take public
works and how they generally ex-
8 pected extra compensation from the
government or state in order to make
~ any incorrectness in their figures.
The section would provide against
corruption felWteh colDtIdCtOlS anu
officers.
There was some further discussion
between Van Horn, Squires, Richards
and c.alers as to the real scope Of the
Richards Eits Home.
+ Richards at length grew impatient
with what seemed the willful misun-
Outstanding of the scope of the section
He made a short speech in which he
warmed over the others. He explained
that The section would not prevent
modification OF contracts and compen-
sation for such modification. What
81 was designed to prevent was the
uadern: doing OF one contractor under
another and the demand of the sue
cessful man afterwards that he re-