Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-19
TuE rR0UEEnISOs.

THE fkutEEntSGH.
The Constitutional convention
should have met PROMPTLY atq o'clock
tAi- morning Uut tuc I.Ca OF u qu run
caused the PRECEDENT 10 Tuifsiu u,m
calling the irlrgato8 To- order ( some
lime. klity.u.X members only &c.
IHuuuUd 10 their names. Prayer was
offered by the Rev. George W. Riou,
rltte pars City AigthllIs, church.
faNuflly's Journal was disposed Of
without material amendment but u
took Cicrk Chfistouseu thirty.hvo
minutes g. read IT,
MORE PETITIONS FOR WOMAN sUF-
FEAUE.
Howard, Of Emery, stirred up bitter
fuclll,ctlOns u the past by presenting
petition II m Citizsns VI his county
Gfgiug that equal suffrage be provided
Ia tho Constitution. A discussion
arose Rs 10 what should bo done with
such petitions nj this late date anu II
Wan decided 10 refer them 10 tuu clerk
without reading that they might DO
incorporated In tho record.
Will REPORT SEPARATELY.
Pierce and Atsmf, ohairmeu VI the
committee on public lands aud educa.
ton AMI school lands respectively, pre-.
scented the following report which was
adopted. "Y0ur committees on public
lands and education aud school lands
10 whom was reieried the article on
public lands have decided that each
committee report on the respective
duties A'sigued them"
PROHIBITION An EXPERIMENT.
The reading Of the following report
whs attentively listened e.:
Your committee ou schedule, future
amendments and miscellaneous have
considered tho proposition 20 submit
separate article iu tho vote ~ tho people
prohibiting tho manufacture aud sale ~
intoxicating liquors as q hOyOfngUi aud
respectfully beg leave 60 report that ia
the opinion OF your committee the Iues.
ton Involves tNH destruction OF NO much
property, injury 20 established business
enterprises mud the disturbance ot vested
rights iu property tAUt % ~ Vura-
ZION which uuEh. not 90 lB uu,ll-
ly dealt with as % must ugggs-
sarily uo u considered by This Con.
suuuun. Moreover, wo respectfully
represent that tho control OF tho manu-
ncturu aud sale u Intoxicating liquors
by means " governmental prohibition IL
but 900 experiment, aud 10 tried Ht all In
the now $ utO, ought 10 be- by legislative
Nuae'mOnt aud no. by constitutional pros
vision; and We therefore recommend that
the SUBJECT be- lot 70 tho Legislature,
y. l.. klCES, Chairman,
Is, II. RoInus,
l.. -. ADAMS,
j, J. WILLIAMS,
$, IUASCiz,
hAEL O.. MAuzTW,
SAMUEL H. HIT,
JAMES i. GlhEN.
MINORITY REPORT.
A minority report reading and
G.guel as follows wnB reads
Tho minority of your committee on
schedule. future amendments aud mlsceI-
luuCoug, deem % tho,r duty 10 recognize
tno many petitions presented praying
that prohibition as % separate article be-
submitted 60 the voters OF Utah tor their
acceptance Or rejection. Therefore, we
beg 90 submit tho following article on
prohibition To DO voted On AS a separate
measure.
GEouuE r. MILLER,
j, ID. HoLLAuAY,
JO7rUH r.. ROuINsoN
THE PROPOSED ARTICLE,
The article proposed roads 40 follows
Section -. No person. association or
iarluru Tor sale or gii us "a beverage. any
intoxicating liquors, and no person, assoc
cluiun or corporation shall import any "
the same for -nlo or giu, or sell W uiior
or Keep tho Same for sale or gin, bartor
or trade as beverage. The Legislative
assembly shUll by law prescribe rogula-
lions for the enforcement NJ tho pro.
visions OF this article aud shall thereby
provide suitable penalties for rho viola
ton thereof,
Evanu, OF Weber, moved Guspen-
s.ou Of tho rules In order that the
minority report might be rejected.
'lvlus took the tlOUr IN opposition 10
the m0liOu ami objected % dispUsing VI
the quOstiUu Iu such summary man.
mol. NaTlHu took similar view and
moved 90 lay the motion on the taUlo.
Carried,
Thurman sprung the point that uu.
der the IN ton carried ths whole qurB.
ton hat gone 70 the table aud he OBJ
jegtod TO No speedy II disposition Of an
iu pDrtuut question.
The Convention sustained the point,
took the motion from the table, voted
down Eyau'i motion aud 10 erred the
matter 20 the COMMITTEES VI the whole.
OTHER THAN MUNICIPAL.
Tho committee on corporations
other than municipal, james chair.
Continued Oh fags F.ps.)