The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-09

The constitutional convention Of Utah
IS now a thing of the past.
The fundamental law on which the
state must enter the Union has passed
from the custody of that body into the
hands of Secretary Richards.
The members of the convention have
scattered and will soon be in their far
away or nearby homes, telling of the
incidents of the session. Another step
has been taken in the march for state
hood. The closing of the session yester-
day was marked with many interesting
speeches and incidents.
Waiting Again For a Quorum.
Even the prospect of closing up the
work of the convention by noon was
not sufficiently taking to bring out a
quorum by o'clock. Delegates strolled
IN much as they had done on every
ether day, though there was a marked
disposition to congratulate one another
On the close Of the labors. The members
who wanted to finish by noon, in order
to leave on the 2:30 train, were parti-
cularly impatient for the appearance
OF a quorum. and Chidester and others
were among the most energetic in keep
ing cases on the number present. At
length, at 9:15 the call to order was
made and 66 members responded.
while others strolled in afterwards.
Delegate Farr. Of Weber, the Nestor
of the convention, was accorded the
hon9E Of making the last opening
prayS&t p-he made in the convention.
G.. Raotion of Goodwin the flags and
other decorations Of the convention hall
were ordered to be left in the conyen-
ton hall. for The use of the city and
county
Thanks to the County.
On motion of Chidester. The following
resolution was adopted: BE it resolv-
cd, That TIE convention tender a vote
of thanks to the county officials Of
Salt Lake county fer their kindness in
granting to the convention the use of
the county and city building during the
session
Crane moved that the large flag in
the hall be given to the president. but
a. this confiicted with the resolution
giving this to the county court, 1t was
withdrawn During the discussion
Crane suggested that there were JOS
small flags in the hall and he had
heaArd several members express de-
sLRF 10 take them home for souvenirs,
and Roberts suggested with intense
sarcasm that the delegates should take
no. some gingerbread as souvenirs.
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On mCfi0n of Cannon the secretary
was instructed to turn himself into
collector and get from the members
the 81 apiec &c which they voted to the
sufferers from the recent Wyoming
mine horror 1t appears that q great
many OF the members have been delin-
ouent in following up their generous
action by putting up the needful cash.
Christensen's Bad Break.
The committee on engrossment and
enrolment then made its report and
recommended that Engrossing Clerk
Saith read the engrossed copy. This
order was adopted, and at $40 the
reading was begun. 1t had not proceed
ed farther than article 4, section 9. |
before Richards made an objection, say
ing the words "at such times" had
beSa left out in the last
l., "a that section, which should read
pe elected at such times as may be
provided by law" Clerk Smith cleared
his Skirts by showing that the words
had been left out in mis- copy, and that
the fault lay with Secretary Chr3sten-
sen. IL consequence Of it Clerk Smith
had 20 make new sheets TO TX this.
Binding and Sealing II.
Thurman broke in with a motion
that before the constitution was signed
the same was written should be bound
together with silk braid and sealed bi
the secretary OF the territory with the
seal thereof. The wafer used by the
secretary shall be inscribed thereon in !
the Handwriting Of the president the !
following words and figures: by !
order Of the convention May 8, 1895. !
John Henry Smith, President" Car !
Not to =. Committee.
During the reading there were sew
eral other small incidents. Narian
raised q protest against reading the /
il open convention before /
siening--it. He said the whole thing
was a matter of com parisOn and this /
work could be delegated to the COM I
mittee ON engroSsment instead Of hold !
ing the whole convention in session. |
Richards, however, objected strenu- !
ously to this idea and Variants motion |
to carry It out was defeated.
Only a few slight errors were found /
in the copy made by Enrolling Clerk
Snirh and the document will be a
ored4 TO Inc state. There is no fancy
,1s,.itiY1g in il. buC the work is done in
: plain, neat, even hand, and che docu-
5pent can be read with the greatest
ease The only serious error found was
IKE fault of Christensen, while the
other small ones can be accounted fos
on the score Of the late work. The
strS1R put on a man to write such a
bulky document. without interlineation
or erasure IS something terrible.
Absent Members May Sign.
The reading was finished al 11:52.
and Richards Immediately offered a mo-
ton that the constitution be adopted,
sss.at the roll be called and each dele
gate sign the constitution as his name
s. called, and that absent members be
permitted to sign at any time before
he 18th day of October. 1885," Car
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