The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-09
whole to consider business on the
calendar.
Chidester Caught 1t.


Thurman was out, but Chidester
managed to catch the point and hold
out a warning. After some little de-
bate the motion was voted down over
whelmingly.
The article on elections and suffrage
was then taken UP. The first fight
came up over the length of residence
IN the precincts, Slower, Of Tooele,
moving for thirty days and Ryan. of
Juab, for four months.
During the debate Thurman said the
longer time than the thirty-day limit
was made to prevent colonization. To
the shame of the territory it had been
charged that this was resorted to in
the past. Both Stover's and Ryans
amendments were killed and the sec
ton left with sixty days requirement.
Evans offered an amendment allow
ing arrest of voters on election day
for crimes against the elective fran
chise." This was designed to prevent
fraud, which might be allowed under
the sweeping clause privileging voters
from arrest except for felony or
breaches of the peace.
Thurman objected to this as giving
TOO much latitude for fraud in arrest
ing electors on trumped up charges
and thus preventing the casting of
votes. This was an evil to be guarded
against
Evans said under the section man
who made a little noise could be ar
rested. while anyone who offered brides
could not. There were other misde-
meanors which could not be made eff
fective.
Varian spoke for the amendment and
Anderson and Greer against it.
VIII Need No Laws.
Roberts, with intense sarcasm, said
he was in favor of striking out the
whole section. Now that women are to
vote there will be such purity of cleo
tions in Utah that there will be no
need of any such provisions as this.
The women would settle everything of
this kind.
Evans motion was lost.
Squires moved to strike out the
whole section privileging voters from
arrest. and Varian offered a substitute
commanding the legislature to make
provision in accordance with the sec
ton and with Eichnor's amendment.
Both were killed.
Property Qualification.
The next debate came up over the
question of property qualifications for
special tax elections and for creating
future Indebtedness. Varian moved an
amendment giving the legislature
power in the matter.
Thurman objected to a property
on elections regarding fu-
ture Indebtedness. The young men of
today who have no property will be
the ones who will be compelled to bear
a part of the burden of debt when that
becomes due twenty years hence.
Varian said the men of property now
were the ones who wo;;id be more care
full of Indebtedness than the young
men who would not look that far
ahead. He denied the last bond cleo
ton had resulted in a defeat for bonds
On account of the opposition of non
He said the taxpayers did
1t. They knew the plea of per cent.
was all wrong. The interest never had
any status in law.
There was some further debate in
which Goodwin said that care should
be taken that the people are not bound
so they cannot adopt new systems, and
Kimball said If tax levies grew larger
ne would have to sell out his home
and go to renting.
Variants amendment was killed off
is was one by Wells of the same ma
-ure.
A recess was taken at 1916.