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

Iore-LoVv of Cache Creates
Great Breeze-The Militia Article
Disposed Of.
The convention yesterday went at
business with a vim. AS the appro-
pria ton is growing shorter members
are limiting their speeches and record
making is at discount. During the
morning the convention finally dis
posed of the article on apportionment
and county representation with every
thing connected Herewith is an accom-
plished fact The committee held its
majority well in hand and gained
victory on every point but one and that
point was almost too insignificant to
mention. The militia article was also
disposed of on third reading.
The committee of the whole took up
the article on legislation and during
the afternoon disposed of all but the
Democratic minority report on boun-
ties. That will come up the first thing
tbs morning and the second great de-
bite of the convention is scheduled.
cdS5nittee will lead the debate for the
Democrats and Van Horn for the Re
publicans. After the discussion is we'll
under way ii is likely to become quite
general.
The Proceedings.
The president called to order at 10
o'clock and invited Rev. A. P. Martin.
of the Swedish Lutheran church to
offer prayer.
There was another deluge of petit
tions asking fer the separate submits
sion Of the equal suffrage article. The
names of delegates who presented
them and the number of signatures at
tached are as follows:
Hill, Salt Lake. AZ; Whitney, Salt
Lake, IS; Van Horn. Salt Lake, 20S;;
Lake. "a; Kearns, Summit, Il; ditto,
IT'S; ditto, 800; Haynes, Salt Lake. 81;
Halliday, Utah, Il; Bowdle, Salt Lake,
q; Howard, Emery, %; Roberts, Davis,
70; Larsen, c. P, Sanpete, SO; Squires,
Salt Lake, 404; Crane, Willard, So; Hey
bourne, Iron, II; Squires, Salt Lake,
40; Peterson, Grand, rs; Sharp, Carbon,
SO; Lun@ 159. Total, 1889.
The Other Side.
Chidester presented petitions for
woman suffrage numerously signed
The following transcript was sent in
with them showing from whence they
come.
Names.
Washington 69e
box Elder ................... S76
Morgan 49,. ...-..-.......... 246
Ephraim iLunds home) .. 373
Sanpete Observation-Disclosures. SOP
'--7tota! ...................2,1S9
Presented yesterday ..............2 400
Grand total .4,5Ss
Lund Somewhat IncreduIous.
Lund-I would like to ask, Mr..
President, if members of this conven-
tiOn will be permitted to examine
those names with a view tc ascer-
tanning their genuineness? I hold in
my hand a letter from Mayor Thomp-
son, OF Ephnaim City, from where 1
come, containing a set of resolutions.
and a petition signed by f59 citizens
asking for separate submission. The
letter states that these resolutions
were adopted almost unanimously and
there is something about this other
petition 1 don't understand and I
want to do some investigating.
The President know of no reason
why members should not have the full
lest freedom in the examination of
these names.
Low Makes n Sensation.
Low, of Cache, created a breeze by
Eending in q petition "by request"
He said he would not have taken the
trouble to send it in, but It was an
emphatic declaration of the feelings of
the people Of Smtthfeld. Cache
county. The clerk took the pctitIu1
up and read:
petition for the separate supms-
sion of woman suffrage, signed -
Clerk Christensen stopped and
looked puzzled. Then ne continued,
No signatures"
1t took several moments for the
Z members to realize the point of the
'sjol<e and then there was a snicker
SChe sufT "a ists were inclined to take
this as a good thing, but the other
side hardly saw where it came in
Varian was on his fet in an instant
looking unusually fierce.
Il move" he said that the paper
be returned 10 the gentleman who
to have been a direct insult to the
house"
No Signatures.
Low said he placed it before the
house as expressing the opinion of
Smithfeld. It had been sent there with
q request for signatures and none had
been obtained. This should have some
fTeIgnt
, Varisn with intense sarcasm)-This
seems to me to be contempt of the
house. The gentleman has presented
a blank paper. which he says repre-
sents the minds of his constituents. 1t
is either peculiar condition OF the
people or an insult to the house.
Someone asked: WAS It sent that
way from Snlithfeld? Who endorsed
it,
Low, of Cache-It was sent in with
a letter.
Roherts-What did the letter say.
LoH-It said the petition was re-
turned because it did not represent
the delegates voice.
Roberts-Did II say canvass had /
been made of the people of Smith I
ield?
Low-fSo But I suppose a consul
4kation. was held
4 Roberts-Fheu it is merely rresump