Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-26
THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
Constitution Trainers Reached The Last
Section This Afternoon.
nut ARE SOr THROUGH YET



The jciega ts-or considerable
number OF ihsm-ovlIonuy DO not
take kindly Go M Falug sesslunp, for
when the hour Of ten arrived this fore.
noou, and Tor several minutes there.
aitoa NOT enough Of them were present
{, couaaiutga quorum. But when tho
uriy gentleman commenced to drop ia
they din 30 boy tV0s and four
nui coon afterwards the Pfetldouys
gnvcl iCll AMI Secretary ChfIsteAsuu't
voice raua .ul iu rOll call which was
responded 90 by fuvbuty-hyu mem.
| hrrs. Prayer was offered By EIiur
! NJ. u. ahIlY Of the Church OF Ju.u4
thrst OF Latiur.1ay Saints. Erslei.
] iay's Journal hnyiug been disposed l.,
| Mhc-cb ul Utah, rfesunicd petition
sRucl lN hity residents NJ the Fourth
ward Oi Provo, asking that pUAiui.
ton clause be Inserted IN the COuati,u-
! ton.
a slmliafUotition addressed % pfcsl.
dent smith and Presented by him auI
signci uy John s,ylvr aud Others was
also read.
iariridHei OF Utah, presented q pull.
ton from 'l- cilzHu' Of Provo, mgE.
ing similar request. al ~ thusu
petitions were referred Go tnt commit.
tee uu schedule, future amendments
aud misccIlsuc1u.
GENERAL COMMITTEE WORK.
Ca motion u lsiuhuor of sal. Lake
| ihe Convention fUHGlvtI Itself ittrtUu
| committee " the whole. President
/ Smith calling Thurman, of uah. g.
| tHu cnuiL the psHl.uu yesterday nlcd
| by Evnus, OF Weber Consideration ~
sugiiJu 20 uithu Declaration OF Rights,
| which ,ulIs aB follow, was resumed:
| "Puyaie property thHlI MOI DO taken
/ a.. private use uuItus s. consent % tho
! uwuubU Tor private ways OF uccUl-
| bity, aui fIr fusefvpirs, dfninr, nlmrs,
| or JltyhvFi on OF aCfUH tup lands Of
/ othrtH, Tor agricultural, mining, mil.
| ing, domestic 0r slulthty purpose, and
/ lu no case shall such property be ikeu
without due oImprnsntiOu.n
Divers amendments were offered
ami lawyers aud laymen talked learn.
oIly anu otherwise both ioraud against
the proposition. Partridge, Of Utah,
attempted 10 cut Oh debate by cfI,ring
a substitute Tor all amondmuuls But
/ the "guttng Jln process was failure
aud simply added fuel 10 the names.
The subhlituto WAS ~ iollows; "pHyatu
property shall not be taken Tor private
usu except for usrl which Ia their ma.
| ture may be considered Of public bone.
% anu Ia no case shall private property
be taken without due compensation
shall llfst have been made"
ISNUMERAuLE rRECEDENIs
The delegates who wanted the sub.
rtitu,e slad0ptsd quoted constitutional
| pTcuudouts almost without number
/ Those who didn't want 10 die
/ the Hama thing. some Of them sale
/ with emphasis, bordering very close o.
/ vchcmuucs, that the original section
/ should stand unchanged. Others said
| 10 was corporation clause wholly an
] Wg0uIsuu Go the Interests OF the poor
| uuI, aud should DO uEruugpl, aud
| stll Others sought 90 convince tho
! Convention that 10 was au ant -syrpuT.
| gtlUu urIvisllH that would make, iu
certain parls OF the Territory, railroad
] huilliug, canal constitution sud other
| enterprises OF a gigantic character,
| lmpDssitIe, Aud thus tie question
| continued 90 he the bUun OF contention,
| Eyaug, % Weber, cguyTatulauug tho
! the committee ON preamble ami dtcluT.
alton " Rights Tor ~ manifest wis ON
In drawing tur original section, which
IN Aia gpIui1u was "a guaranty % rights
tpNll-vniifuly Tree from tho IUg.ll-tuu
mingpr.pullgy sought ~ bee established.
NarAu looked through glasBus OF
different color, ami took issues with
shr gentleman ir1m Wouur
Richards, OF salt Lake. was opposed,
uulituHUly 90 the original, hmoU.-
muuls, substitute ans everything that
mad been fald concerning them.
! Amendments should be- made but uuuu
such az had been uiluraI
The substitute hually received hut
single Affirmative vote ana was de-
claftu Loot. A vote 90 strike cut tho
whole section was also Loot aud Evans,
| Uf Wcrur, moved ~ IusuT. ma the orlyi.
nal section ai.ur the words 600
nkou," where they frs. occur, COZ
| damaged" aud at the emf OF the section
"hrst being madu,n ClruuI.
wUIN uAuMEMNG sToppED.
Amendments % miuur character
! wgrt HI.1 rgu,UsUi 10y Ncharlt, Hart
Rui Nap ugruc aud when the section
| luaUy passed b. was IN the following
! cuuGlu.a.
"pdyat1 pr1ua-.y shall not boo Akou or
] damaged fHr pll,glH usU uU.uEa hy cone
cont col iNH uwHgr uNcnpt Tor private
! ways 90. necessity and upoO.Ury ru.Hg-
/ yuIrs, drains, Numus, HuWurs, gUuauils,
! plur, or I.l#UH7 uu or across tho lands 10
| uluuIs Iur agricultural, mining, milling,
| domestic ng sanitary plfUH,oa AMI lu mo-
uaru shall HuHu property 10. Garu Wl,n.
! uut due compensation fins, uous mHIu,'
As ENruSGlD rElylalyS
Section -l which Tgais s- follows,
Wrss,rluGeu outs "lhB right VI every
citizen 10 the fruits Of his labor, anu his
| freedom 10 feIl the same, shall not he
abridged, and shall Ur protected"
a LOST SUBSTITUTE.
Roberto, Of Davis, offered lHu follow
| ing substitute for Section 20: "lO guard
REuiu-. tuusgtrHsI0u a the high
| mowers Wu have delegated 10 'thB EOy-
elumru, Ol Rue state OF Utah by tIis
! Constitution, wU declare that 1yery.
thing contained In the OH VI Tights, is
excepted out OF tho general powers OF
government, sad shall forever remain
! sgylDlalc,"
Whitney, Of salt Lake, moved 10
amend tho substitute by striking out
] nIl proceeding the word "ovuTythiug"
! The amendment was lost aud the Bub-