The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-26

a second test vote has been made on
woman suffrage in the constitutional
convention. and it simply proves that
the principle now has a clear cut ma.
Jor1ty. The question came up yesterday
AFTERNOON on proposition to make
wednesday the special day for consid-
Grafton of the report on suffrage. The
motion was defeated, but that was
only because a two-thirds vote was
required to suspend the rules. AS il
was the suffragists needed only the
change OF two votes to carry the day.
The vote showed concIusiveIy where
the friends of suffrage are to be found.
OF the 80 who voted for the day to be-
set. 80 were Democrats; 20 were Repub-
licans; of the 80 who voted against the
day being set. 81 were Republicans and
there was but one solitary Democrat.
Goodwin. Varian and the rest of thar
crowd voted solidly against the mo-
tlon- There was some sharp debate
over this. in which Roberts was best
man until Thurman came to the res
cue of the weakened Republicans
chairman and the equal weak Cannon
and evened things up somewhat by
half-sarcastic, half-earnest speech.
which was remarkable alike for it's
brevity and its keen wit g.
The committee of the whole waded
through ten sections of the bill OF
rights. Absolutely without warning
and to his intense surprise. President
Smith called Evans. of Weber. to the
chair. If circumstances were different.
this might have been termed a graceful
act. and the matter be allowed to rest
there. But from the first President
Smith has shown no disposition to be
fair to the Democrats. Rather than
show them courtesy he has been I'M
wise enough to place such a chuckle-
head as Squires in the chair three
days in succession. though he must
have known that the latter could add
neither responsibility nor dignity to
the position. He is now endeavoring
to show an eleventh-hOur repentance
of his rank partisanship or has an idea.
that he will help the Republican side
by taking one of the strongest Demo-
cratic leaders off the floor. AS to the
wisdom of his choice little need be-
said. Evans was called upon unex-
pectedly and yet he made the best
presiding officer the convention has had.
He was prompt in his rulings and kept
the business well in hand. He showed
what the convention was really capable
of doing when it was in the hands OF
competent presiding officer.
During an attempt. on the part OF
Goodwin, to amend the section relat-
ing to libel, there was a somewhat
acrimonious paSsage-at-arms between
him and Varian- All attempts to make
the libel law more favorable to the
newspapers met with a. cold response
from the convention. and the commit
tee came out without a, scratch. Inn
portant action was taken by striking
out the provision guaranteeing forever
property rights of aliens on equal
terms with citizens of this country.
Important action was also taken by
making 1T necessary to pay in advance
for any property which may be taken
for any public purpose. When it arose
the committee was in the throes of an
argument on the question as to
whether irrigation companies should
be given the right of eminent domain.
The Proceedings.
President Smith was on time and
raped sharply for order at o'clock.
The roll call showed eighty-six <nem-
bers present.
Rev. S. B. Adams, the Baptist district
missionary for Utah, was invited to
offer the opening prayer
Boyer, of Utah, presented "a petition
from the Christian Endeavor Society
of Springville, asking for prohibition.
The petition is signed by Frank C.
Leonard and twenty others.
Morris, of Salt Lake, submitted a.
petition to the same effect. Both were
referred.
Morning Sessions.
varian, acting chairman of the rules
committee, reported in favor of an
amendment for morning sessions, be-
ginning at 10 o'clock. On motion Of
and, instead of laying over one day.
the amendment was considered at
once
StreveH wanted 1890 set as the hour
in order to accom- modate out of town
members who have to leave the city
every day. A vote was taken on this,
and division was called for, after the
viva voce vote had been announced.
The president was in doubt. That
was very evident. He bent down to-
ward Assistant President McGurrin.
The latter shook his head and whis-
pered something back. The president
looked relieved.
RapI went the gavel-
'sDivision is called for said the
president in triumph McGurrin had
again saved his country.
A vote was taken on the hour and
10 o'clock was fixed This was a VIC
tory for those in favor of action.
The Federal Compact.
The committee on ordinance and
COMPACT with the federal government
reported the following article, which
went to the committee of the whole
The following ordinance shall be ire
vocable without the consent Of the
United States and the people Of this
state:
First-Perfect federation Of religious