The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-10
rIost of Them Spent the Day in
Thinking.
FEW COMMITTEES MEET.
MEMBERS OF THE JUpIcIARY ENIL
TO ORGANIZE,
4 Comprehensive Set of Rules Draft
Qualifications and SuGrage-Pre-
ambIe and Declaration OF Regents
bids For prinfinS-The Irriga-
ton Question Discussed by Judge
Jacob Johnson

The constitutional convention was
not in session yesterday. Nevertheless
another $500 of that $4,000 appropria-
ton has gone by the board. Business
may not go on but salaries certainly
do. Many Of the out of town members
utilized the time for a hasty visit to-
their homes, while others, who live too
far away, saw a little more of the city
and their friends. 1t is true that some
little business was done. A few stray
Cling committees met. organized, and
determined when they would meet
again. The most of the members, oW-
Ing to the derehction of the new Re-
publican chairman. we're compelled to
earn their 50 per diem by doing some
thinking.
The judiciary committee did not
perfect an organization. Somehow or
other insufficient notice Of the meeting
had been given and considerably less
than a quorum gathered sadly in the
Walker house parlors and waited for
the quorum that never came. An or
ganization viii be perfected on Mon
day, when the members expect to do
some real work
The rules committee was commend
ably energetic. Early in the morning
a meeting was held and the situation
was talked over. In the end 1t was
found that the only men on the COM
mfttee who could really do effective
work on rules were Varian and the two
Democratic members, Evans and Hart.
Consequently these three were ap-
pointed a sub committee and, during
the day they drafted a comprehensive
set of rules, designed to meet all needs
of the convention and to do away with
the necessity of using any OF the
standard text books. This draft will
be considered today by the sub COM
mittee. who realize the necessity OF
quick work on the rules, and the re-
port will be made to the full commit
tee on Monday morning, so that a re
port can be made to the convention
during the afternoon.
The committee on elections and suf-
rage also perfected an organization.
Not all the members were present, but
it was soon evident that the Commit
tee had been made up with the pur-
pose of being favorable to woman SUIT
rage. From Chairman Chichester down
through both Republican and Demo
cratic ranks, not dissenting voice was
heard during the formal discussion
/ Those who had come to make converts
! on the question found no field for their
! labor. With suAh a feeling the only
| question now comes as 20 what hml-
! tations, if any, shall be put upon the
! right of women to vote and what norm
| the article on suffrage shall take. The
committee. on Monday at ~ oclocA
| will go to work on the sixth article OF
! the Wyoming constitution, as this ap-
Dears to At the case more fully tha1
| any other. There can be little douoi
that the woman suffrage proposition
will go through.
The committee on preamble and dec
! 1aration of rights, Of which Wells is
chairman, is the one in which INT
quickest action is demanded, next te
! the committee on rules Thls confnIt
I tee ORGANIZED yesterday and will Desi1
work on Monday morning at WV II
earnest, Here, of course, there VII
he a GOOD ouuortunity for an ahgnmen
of the two parties on their basic prln
ciDIes. It is on Che; declaration OF tn
resnective rights of the citizens ant
tho states that the difference come
and some strong argument may D.
eynected before the work Is finished
PerhaDs the most knotty question
which will come up before this com
nfttee is that relating to eomphanc
with the enabling act as to provision
against polygamy. There is stronl
difference of opinion as to the eXac
scope and wording OF tn ms proylst =.
and much discussion will probapl,
come up.
The committee on printing opene
bids ON the conventions work yester
day and found that the Deseret new
company, which employs non-unlon la
hor was the successful bidder q
81 874b Der page. It will be remember
ed that in the last legislature ther
was very strong fight between unlo
; and non-union labor, in Wnlcn III
!, unions won. There is something OF
disposition to make the same ngnC oe
|, fore the convention, but the hmlte
appropriation will cut GOOD inquire
the determination Of the case
The committee on revenue, ta1ato
and uublic debt was another which oi
ganized Yesterday. It will have DeIor
| & some very grave questions on tag
l ntion There is a feeling, quite strongi
deveioDed. that If the taxes are PROF
erlv distributed the expense OF state
hood will not prove grievously ourdei
some on the people. There Is PR
position to tax mines and all other COZ
norations on their net earnings; Ihel
r,iras but the policy Of other STATE
viii be scrutinized before any move
ment Is made The old question as
taxation of mortgages will also CON
, DD again Here there may be anotht
Marty alignment, as the RePuphcar
endeayored to make fight on u
issue for the last two campaigns.
The committee on municipal corpora
5 tion5 has had an informal talk abol
- The amount of labor to be done by
D Usually in making up the committee
;. it is provided that the committee Wh1c
hag charge of municipal affairs, sha
also be charged with supervision ov'
: county and precinct organization
Eichnor, of that committee. says he hi
1 mn objection to taking this addition
e work. He believes his committee
G inclined to work in conservative lin
e and does not desire to overthrow pre-
n ert conditions and substitute son
new system.
: The committee to which much a
g tention is being directed is that on a
n nortionment and boundaries. OF cour
Y 4 will not begin its real work Uni
vi number of members of the state legi
lature. When that is done, howeve
the Republicans Will have anoth
u great opportunity to show their no
partisanship. They viii then be al
to give a fair distributing Of the stat
e or to- gerrymander it beyond recogr
4 ton in the interest Of their party. II
:; fact that Alma Eldredge, one Of Il
q strongest partisans of the body, h
}. been made chairman Of this commit
:; augurs III for impartiality- Howeue
! there are several Republican membe
u who express themselves as unfavo
| L Ia IN foI IN
of the Democrats and they may
aA1a to hold thirarrs IareI