The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-27
CONVENTION CHAT.

WINS has again heard from the prop
osition to attach that part of Arizona
north of the Colorado river to Utah.
The legislature of Arizona neglected
to pass the memorial, though Council
man Laker. one of the best informed
men in the territory. said the region
was useless as it was. George H.
Crosby. who was looking after the
scheme in behalf of Utah, has writ
ten WINS that this neglect of the legis-
lature will not defeat it. Petitions are
already being circulated throughout
the counties which will be segregated
if the plan is carried out. Delegate
Murphy, who will represent the terri
tory in the next Congress. has been
not oppose it. but will do all he can
to aid the Utah representative to
carry through bill making the
change. Under such circumstances
there seems to be no doubt that WINS
will be victorious. If he is, the honor
will be almost wholly his. He has been
working on the matter for years, and
has had uphill work too.
Eldredge swears he can read his own
writing-if it is not too cold.
The committee on schedule. in its full
meeting yesterday. went back on its
previous informal decision to report to
the convention in favor of no affirna-
tive action on prohibition. The defec-
ton, however, is not very serious 10
morrow the majority of the committee
will report to the convention with no
recommendation whatever, the sug-
gested article. The minority will sub
nit a report against any action what
ever.
Quill Nebeker made his maiden
speech on irrigation yesterday. He said.
Mr. Chairman. I'd like to hear the
amendment read"
Whenever the convention threatens
to stampede Eichnor always leaps to
the rescue and cools things off by
reading a few sections from other con-
situations.
James arose yesterday to ask Hart
one of his questions. After he had
spoken about 100 words Hart suggested
that James make the speech after he
had finished and not inject 1t in
the shape of question.
Another foretaste of the millennium
Another Democrat called to preside
over the committee of the whole. we
may now look for every valley to be
exalted and every mountain to be
brought low; for crookedness (Republl-
rough places (read tough places in
that party's record to be made plain
Only 16 minutes consumed In the pre-
Iminaries and a Democrat afterward
called to the chair. This is a serious
infringement on the prerogatives of
Assistant President McGurrin. He has
little chance to run the chair.
Jake Moritz made his great reputa-
ton in the legislature by assuming the
prerogative of moving to adjourn. He
has not yet learned the intracacies in
separable from the committee of the
whole.
Streve1, the labor champion from
Ogden, did not annihilate Kicks. He
was not heard from.
Evans was left on the floor yester
day. By all the rules of parliamentary
courtesy that is where he should be
until the bill of rights is disposed of.
Just as Wells is leader of the majority
of the committee, SO Evans is leader
Of the minority. When other reports
come up the leadership will be trans
ferred.
Buys gravely informed the conven-
ton yesterday that Cache and other
outside counties were compelled
to use water for domestic purposes"
And this is all paid for at the rate
of about a mill word for reporting
alone.
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himself exactly in that way. In fact.
it is doubtful whether he has ever seen
the game But in his speech on the
section protecting labor" he described
what is known as a "f1im-fam' game;
now you see it, and now you don't
see it,
The effect of morning sessions is seen
in the galleries. that narrow strip of
seating capacity from which the people
of Utah are supposed to view the la
bors of their solons. Scarcely a cor
poraPs guard were there duriSs the
beginning of the morning seance,
though a number drifted in after
wards.
Kiesel says the accusations that he
would like to kill the woman suffrage
article by delay were not far wrong
In his position he is somewhat like the
Irishman who heard an Orangeman
praying that the brethren might hang
together in Concord and accord" and
fervently responded, ANY cord will
do, o Lord; any cord" With Kiesel
it doesn't matter much just how the
proposition is killed; what he wants is
to kill it.
Secretary Christensen has his stamps
Let the convention go on.
Squires is making it his duty to move
to go into the committee of the whole