Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-08
PETITIONS POUR IN.
Separate Submission Of tl8 Equal
SuIfds8 Article Asked,
couNrrurruuoNs COMING.
Prohibition Again crops Up, But No
Action Taken B,yonda Reference
or the Qao'tlun

Tho rrcI1mluatluy feature Of the
Constitutional Convention at this
mIrniug's sgsaiJn was the presentation
.f o. largo number OF petitions from
uuuyal .ag,s Of ,ho Territory asking
I" .lr .upantC uumlsiOu 0ftho equal
.ui'las0 article. These, It Is expected,
uiII continue 10 pYur iu for some days.
H.t they caunut be depended upIn
as 90 unlaillug cuiraon ~
rublio sentiment on tue question that
a.s created -uuu au agitation through.
Hatgvury portion Of Uiau, ns counter
petitions, both numerous aud freely
...uuI, ufr being calculated, sly dn'H.
gates who favor tho original prlpI.i'
tIn, a.t before many moro sessions
uhgr uasrl will be- spread before tho
drIggHIrs. q huge one from k0brtls'b
rIuHN DAyir-say some ui tue mum-
bore, expected. lhr claim has been
m.Iu Unt 10 will contain many slss
natures uuyUni the thousand mark.
pIufuUut smith called lhu C1uyun.
lion tu order promptly Al 10 O'clock
taia FORENOON. Delegates TO tue NUM-
.HTU. sgyeuty.Cight responded 90 their
names aud prayer was offered ny tue
Rev. John ID. Nuuing, 90 thu Ply.
mouth Congregational church. luu
I.lrH.i 90 lHr tHiry.thiri day was
fH.l and approved with bat ono
auuuImtua
r1U SEPARATE guu'usstUN.
Positions ushur tuat tue equal fut.
l.sEu section uoHubm tHI o. ine voters
separately now commenced to grAy.-
fal0 towards the CLERKS dcsk anu the
pages were hupi rIpplng back and
Hflu % IL IyrIy rate fJt period % tuu
minutes.
Ryan, al Jusb. presented three peti.
lluuH, signed by about 200 cltiz sns u
u,s county, asking Tor separate suD
wHN.u.
C0r'miu, of Utah, presented slml.
lar petition Higurd by about 100 Of his
commitments.
LrmmIa, Of Utah, sont a petition 10
Toe riuta's table aignUd by 81 residents
| 10 PaysJui protesting against the In.
corporation 10 tho equal suiHgo clause
/ iu ,nu Constitution.
si1yuT u r1Oule, presented two
documents % like character, one from
Salt J.. hu containing 81 signatures, aud
one from Mafgur with 10 names a..
| tlChrI.
Klesel, o. Weber, came 10 the ifont
with tuusfatu submissiou petition,
] slguuI by ID. n. ferTy anu 100 others
of Ogden,
Page, Of Sanpete, followed with a
m,mJrlhl 1t liku signiiicaucu fTnm 100
citizens NJ bic county.
James, % salt Lake, rent Ia foug
SUCH petitions from tue finn precinct.
lhry were aligned BY lji citizens AMI
uEuhyvfU.
GOODWIN, uf salt Lake, presented a
UImusg 40 petitions like unto those 1f.
irfel by James They had shout 800
sIgua'urrs attached.
Eiuhu0r uf salt Lake, offered two
petitions ui tho same KinI, one OF them
bearing 3Il signatures.
Thurman the uucImprOmlsiur
champion % equal suffrage, created
ripple OF mtFfimcut by proseuI-
ing "a petition from thirty uf his
Pleasant Valley Junction cousif.
ucuia sbklug Coz separate Eubmissllu.
20 order that hu might not be- under
TODD 10 have changed lflnt Iu wF1tuiu
uIH bold lawyer l.uhun actosstUe. uck
90 ,uu d1cImgai "fr1sUntuI uy &C..
IIHHt.'
a petition wac alec received from tho
w0fk.us mems CLUB, signed by Nc
Gallery AMI s.ubur, protecting against
incorporating au equal suffrage pro-
vision lu the Constitution.
Inu pe.iil0na were all FLED.
THEE WANT KAUAI SUFFRAGE.
The soparago summation Hood hay-
iug u-us,dsy, Lowe, OF Box Elder,
stepped forward Nttu a petit 10 sisupd
by 800 ladies, ull over eighteen ysgfs,
lu hIs coun y, aFkilg that equal
outrage be mauo an integral Fart OF the
Ggus.ItIIpu.
rREsING rH0IuuTi0S.
Iund HuI Larsen, G. p., u Saupstp.
utcsuulul tue usual trliIiuus anlliny h,
submit prohibition 90 tho ielplo OF tLg
Territory, as separate article. Usual
reference,
THEY AuAIS mum HEADS.
EiIrgIgu moved 80 suspend the rules
ard go Into the committee VI ths
whole,
ChlIo,ter was on hia feot inap In.
r'nul believing that such action gauIg
interfere with tho safety VI thp.uffaas
Article. lie protested against ths
austuusiou, as did two or three Others.
lng vote which followed showed
ihht mo equal tuuu gists aui
lhrlf opponents hal once more
measured strength, with tue victory
I RkHa'hA AHa aA we 90 hAA" AHNHHANAH ANU Nnu
laird TgliiIg OF tho suffrage article
was proceeded with, beginning az sec.
! tl.u %.
HrsIDEhoE Oh VOTERS.
There was much u,uatv on the uues.
lion OF Tesldvncs of prT8Hns Ia tueir
/ voting precincts before election.
Stuvur, % luO1lU, moved 10 make IA
thirty uays, ami Ryan, Of JugB of.
| Tered an amendment making the time
I four muutuH.
Thurman, Of Provo, favored tho fgur
/ months limit aayiug Il would prevent
! calculation, winch, % the rvurIastlar
/ Hham1 of both the old pattles OF mi,
] Territory, rad been charged agaiusl
! Them, The motion aud tue nuuala
| muut were bllu voted down am t.g
sscIion r'quigins a sixty days'. rus..
| luuu1 passed,
rEJrEEIN QUALIFICATIONS.
NaHuu DN,rs- 1850 following substl.
| tute Tor teotiUn S. "rhp Legislature
l may provide property qualification
| iIr elruluH voting 40 elections levyipr
l 10 tnvciAl ilE " cruatug Indebtedness. y
! Van n rnr moved tuumtuI ly stris
.LyIl.I4U-g on Lgyg Fapgl