The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-22

any pretense or for any purpose what
ever Committee on legislative.
representatives.
Maloney, of Weber-CBy request
Providing for three times as many re-
representatives. as there are senators
Three representatives are to be
elected from each senatorial district
and the voter may cast three ballots
for one or one ballot each for three
Committee on apportionment and
boundaries.
Larson, of Sanpete-The salaries of
public officers shall be regulated by
law. The governor and chief justices,
each shall not receive a greater sum
than $4,000 per annum. The secretary
\ of state shall not receive more than
eral, auditor, treasurer and euperin-
tendent of public instruction, shall not
receive a greater sum than $500 per
annum. The legislature may at any
time after the expiration of five years
change the salaries of the above named
crease be more than $500 per annum
to either Of them. Committee on legis-
| lative.
At 2:30 the convention resolved itself
into committee of the whole TO con-
slider the bill of rights. which had been
| I'LL Oll dl Tie lOuI LII ScCLlO1 'W41CiA Liz
committee arose the day before. Presi-
dent Smith again called Squires to the
chair.
The Appeal Withdrawn.
Evans, who was on the floor on the
appeal from Squires' decision when the
session had ended the day before, arose
and claimed his place He said, how
appeal It was thought better on his
side that it could e better to let bust
ness go on rather than insist on the
point at that time.
| With no opposition on the score the
amendment of Kimball for the taxa
| ton of church property, was laid on
the table, and consideration of the
fourth section was resumed.
Eldredge offered an amendment to
be added to the end of the section as
follows:
mo public funds or property in this
state, whether accruing from taxation
or otherwise, shall be appropriated or
used for the purpose of founding,
maintaining or aiding, directly or in
directly, any church, religious or
secular society, or any institution
society or undertaking, which is wholly
or in part under sectarian, eccleslasu-
cal, or secular control"
Evans Says Equal Justice.
Evans, of Weber, arose to favor the
amendment. He said that where ap-
propriations for religious associations
was denied, it was no more than just
that secular societies should be barred
too He wanted the bars interposed,
so that if those who belonged to no
church, who were infidels, should
come into power in the legislature,
they would be unable to grant money
to the societies in which they were
interested. This would make justice
to all the people. There should be no
difference as to the belief of a man.
Van Horne, who had been examining
the amendment with the preternatural
wisdom of an owl. asked if the MEM
berS fully understood the amendment.
He said he was not sure 1t would not
prohibit the giving of bounties. He
did not want to do this. He wanted
careful scrutiny. His remarks awak-
ened a great deal of interest among
some of the bounty mad Republicans
and they began to call for another
reading of the amendment.
Thurman Sarcastic.
Thurman said he would suggest that
il any gentleman on the floor could
see any danger in propositions they
should move TO amend. Gentlemen
should not place themselves in the po-
sition of prohibiting the appropriation
of money to religious associations and
leaving open the way whereby appro-
priations could be made to secular in
stitutions 1t would be just as fair to
appropriate money for religious asso-
Citations to which only part of the peo-
pie belong, as it would be to give any
thing to any secular institution, which,
too, includes only a part of the people.
The proposition did not seem to pro-
hibit bounties. He only hoped it
would. He would be glad to vote for
it. If the Republicans were afraid,
i f11a< n nj
Goodwin wanted to think the matter
over for day. He was afraid the
amendment would go too far to suit
the people and would bind them down
forever so that they could not appro-
pirate money for what might appear
great public improvements.
EIdredge Scared.
Eldredge, who saw the rocks ahead
on the proposition and who was really
becoming afraid he had put his foot in
it. acceded to Goodwin'S request. He
wanted to withdraw 1t, but Evans, of
Weber, objected. On motion of An
derson the amendment was tabled.
Farr, of Weber, offered an amend
ment. designed to cover the same
ground, which would read: mo public
money or property shall be appropria-
ted for or applied to any religious or
secular society, or for the support of
was laid on the table.
Squires DictatoriaI.
Succeeding this action came a par
liamentary tangle, which gave Chair
men Squires ample room to demon
strate that he knew nothing IF the
rules and would see nothing except
from a Republican standpoint. Evans,
of Weber, raised the point that the
laying of Eldredge's motion on the
obJa carried with If tO the tab1a the
whole of section 4, then under con-
sideration.
Evans was proceeding to read Rob
erts' rules in order to prove this when
Varian who had been Tuning and
fretting, jumped to his feet and de-
clared that Evans was out Of order in
raising his point, as the matter had
already been passed upon.
mo, it has not said Evans.
The word of Varian, however, as
against that of a Democrat, was
enough for the chair.
''Varian's point is well taken" said
Squires, as he gave the desk a rap
with his gavel.
But protested Evans, "the chair
has not heard my point yet. was pro-
ceeding to point out the rule
Rap came down the gaveL
Il don't care" said Squires. THE
chair rules you out of order to facili-
tate business"
The Gag Rule Applied.
docs the chair then refuse to hear
me on this matter?" asked Evans.
1.-THE chair does" was the answer.
Evans was about to sit down. when
a new thought struck him.
81 appeal from that decision" he
said, land in support of that appeal 1
will read from Roberts rules, section
35"-