The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-01
THE W0RKINGMEN MEET.
DISCUSSION OF MATTERS CONNECT.
ED WITH THE CONSTITUTION.
Warren Foster Declares Against
Prohibition ana in Favor of
Woman'x sunrage--A Number of
Addresses Made

auspices Of the Worhingmen's Pr0tec-
tive and Political Reform club. These
meetings are being held every Thurs
day and are called for the purpose of I
discussing the various questions con-
nected with the making of the state (
constitution, and also to adopt, and !
end resolutions to the convention en- |
bodyinS the ideas and wishes Of the |
WOrkingmen
Norman B. Dresser acted as chair |
man yesterday and the first speaker |
was j. H. Murphy, who argued in
favor of the continuance of a second
legislative house. the gist of his argu-
ments being that If the senate in the
past had failed to do its duty it was
not the fault of the house, but of the
men who composed it and it vas right
to have the check upon legislation
which it afforded. which he illustrated
by saying that if We put good tools
LII the hands of poor worknen who
produce poor work. we do not blame
the tools, but the men; the tools are
all right.
Henry W. Lawrence then addressed
the meeting. He said he was much
struck with the fact that the law-mak-
ing power of the country and the peo-
pie were drawing apart. That is not
right The laws were intended for the
people and they should be allowed to
pass upon them Many pernicious laws
are passed by bare ma ority. If it
required a two-thirds vote to pass a
| law we could get q better expression
Of the viii of the law-makers, though
| it would be much better to refer them
direct to the people for their approval
The speaker opposed the idea of is
suing the S375, 900 in bonds which the
! county are now proposing to issue,
declaring that bonds mean bondage''
| and 40 a,11 10 9,,+zo IaT r.
vocated strongly the negative side of
the question, and advised all who had
an interest here to consider that a
pay day" must come which either
they or their children would have to
meet, and to vote bonds no.
| Warren Foster was called for and in
response made brief speech upon the
! proposed prohibition clause in the con-
StftutiOn He said that IL the propo-
sition was to submit it to the people.
he had no objection. But he did not
think that prohibition itself was sue
cess. He was a strictly temperate man
and, like others of that class, a pro-
hibitory law did not prevent him from
drinking. for he did not drink anyway
Those men who did drink. would drink
still, law or no law, as he could testi-
fy from a twelve years experience in
Kansas, where they had such a law.
Well all must be either drinkers or not
drinkers, 50 If it did not prevent either
class. then what good was it. The real
question Of Importance was how to get
homes and prosperity to the masses of
the people. Poverty is as often the
cause Of drunkenness as drunkenness
the cause of poverty, SO the real aim
should be to do something to restore
their homes to the working classes.
: Mr.. Foster briefly referred to the
) equal suffrage question and said that
he belonged to party that believed in
, equal rights to all, special privileges
) to none and he could not see how
r "ail" could have equal rights when tht
women we're excluded At the same
time he was not a crank on the sub
!. ject but he did think that IL the ole
. Scriptural addge for woman to ge
y her knowledge from her husband wa:
carried out that some of the Wome1
would know mighty little daughter ant
: applause)
The speaker also advocated the do
E ing away with the second house |,
:. both national and state legislatures
claiming that the laws could just a
: well be made by one body. and tina
> the use OF the senate to eQualize re
{ presentation could just as well b
done by having two representatives a
large from each state with the Othe
= representatives in the same house.
. L. E. Hall made a strong and elC
|. quent appeal in favor of submittin
r the prohihitive clause TO the people
e and dWelt at considerable length upO
J. the evil which the saloon does in
4 community In making provisions /
!. the constitution for the various claS5e
of the people, the test made for thei
: encouragement and protection shout
/ be whether they were for the genera
% welfare. The farmer, nerchan
builder, carpenter etc. we're cOntribu
ing to the general welfare and shout
be encouraged. But the saloon bring
sorrow. desolation and death IN II
train and should be prohibited.
q John Stubbs made an impasslone
80 speeoh in answer to Mr.. Hall, claim
ing that prohibition was class al
tinction and worked against the poo
man in favor of the rich.
s The following resolutions Wei
- adopted.
e BE it resolved, That we urge upo
the city council the necessity Oh Soll'
= what improving the condition OF on
~ streets, not only to give work 10 70
II II 1nomnioved hut to make such stree
~ At for our general traffic The street
referred to are First and Second Sout
- In the deDots, and State street frol
IS Fourth to Tenth South street. We ais
u urge upon the council to ADOPT the re
se concentration of Mr. Daley, superb
n tendent of WaterWorh5. by aaP ,L,a
IS those springs in Emigration canyo
thereby giving US purer water mo
u. nlentiful supply, and doing away WI
L. the Parley's canyon impure water.
as whereas, Work on the gravi
sd sewer is soon to begin and the eXpel
euoa of the city in doing the Work
e the contract system has proved unsa
isfactory in every particular; thereto
n be it =,
na "Resolved, That this meeting OF Il
ad Workingmen's Protective and Pohnc
of Reform association, favor the work .
r. ing done by the city and urges the CT
vo council to take the work out OF
nd hands of the contractors and compile
it by days labor, under the super per-
tendence Of the board OF pup
works.
On Various Matters
in Whereas. by reason of the unAaWl
work of the rnonyed interests, all leg
laion tends in the lpectio d1ro OF G 1n
at hands of the few against the many,
q the handg of the rich and against I
ia poor; subordinating personal rights
ne property rights. thereby destroying !
OF true intent and meaning OF the fund
g1 mental principal of our government
or therefore be it resolved, that the RIG
ne to hold office should emanate d1rec
Nv Nv from the people.
ire elected by a vote OF the people at
or general election held for that purpose
o. That judges of our courts should
'ega elected by the people; the term
H ies judges. of the supreme court not t TO
"a not to exceed four years That freaue
IS changes in office holding is the sur
81 safeguard against corruption in ofticl
US That the salaries of officers should !
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