Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-29

author zed the Constitutional Csn.
VeutOD TO quAiify v6tefs uu NJ G. o..
s.llutiOu aud for st,te uttirap. The
ConstiluiDn, said Mr.. Hilr,, f. alive
aud active todsy IN provisions Affect
Ing the givisiJn into l'gIFlallva dii-
tflcts, the nuDtUr ami st} IL VI uf'lgrfs,
etc. Mf. HIlssthun togk az the 40.
visions Of the enabling act, mud 3D..
sisted that these authorized those rss.
sons ~ vote who shoull be qu.l nsi
luciOfs In the new state, 10y virtue Of
It's constitutional Provisions. Rrply.
ing 20 q question ~ 6 10 whether section
III OF the schedule, On page a. uf tho
priutei { institution, which aays that
male cItEHus over the Hg- ui ~ years
Wsy vote Ht the Ms. thCipr, Mr..
llies argued that that SID u { eXurrs.-
~ 'So.u .c 'em alec, aud that even 70 q
was construed that WAY ~ wss uoga.
tive. ~ section u 'uIl Wiug, hpcAusu
mt Included the qusufri voters Of
the prop -sd state. Atthis point court
took recess 900 tlis afternoon.
Ihis afternoon Nj. diirs continued
hi arsumcnt, iu wuiru he msdp On
iiiustfaupu that % ne newly ulrc cd
Slate Lrgis r.ut' should elect scunt ~,
tnoIs q f'iiicsIes should DO rigucd Is
tue newly elected governor NJ tie
prpt8scl r.g.U, nui not ~ tho Gpy,f-
nor Of inr Territory OF UtAh.
Ia msNing tue iIl s'fA.tln
lao named "Bovcgu1r Ihaichury
anu "@cnatur lsawlius" He re-.
a'scrtc 3 HE conviction that tho quail.
tuI irf- NJ the propose state nIeaut
thu voters wuD would he gull heI uu.
der the state Constitution, aui there
upon closed his atgumUuI.
MI \rflan came next ngaiust the
rtop1siuOH that tue women have ha
the figtt 10 vote conferred uuon
them. lie regarded Ie tuius VI the
q utt below NJ based Uu misroncrp.
ton Of Federal relations with the
states aud terfil0fiea. IL wns not true,
he sali, that tue sovereign people IT,.
fCtfUl to iu the national Constitution
wttg the people oil a Territory but 90 the
HtAtDs, nor we II true, a. stated hy
JuIse smith, that CoDgru-s was not
Tue legislative power OF the Territory.
Tue people OF Utah, fdUr e1tstlrg
cituumstan'uE, c.uld only proreci 10
Iurm State government uauur tho
enabling set Congress upd passed.
Congress had supreme power over the
admission ola t'rritoty into the Uui1n
~ slate. IL was rule, saiu MF.
Natian, that those who ,Ecfctte tue
tifht Of suffrage must have tho s.atu.
Tory p1viloSe, there were aisI CIssuH
oil tue people Who were gu.
rfaNy excluded from usiuv TIC
el,ciivr franchise. He uir cusbtd ihtH.
IuiU', citlnt authorities In SUPPORT NJ
HE view. The enabling act must con.
troll Ia The election ON the State Con.
stiiutiou auu state Uiiioefy, and not lhr
Constitution, Tho convention itself
Wa aching only under ut lrgnteI pow
efs, which dlI not Include the 9 wef
10 giant the franchise 10 women
before the aCtuN existence uf
the State. To argue that Con
gfcss Ia saying that mRlc CluErus over
~ yeat- Of age, resident Ia the Fern.
tory aycaT, meant that tho C0nutl.
uOnnl Convention might RtI Otlets
" u d he 20 say that Congress haI
fear that the Convention might tx.
clude such n Congress named unless
there was provision against ~. To 30
this would be 10 convict C1ngftss Of
sho fear that the Constitutional Con.
v0atlOn would OyoTtufn tue electorate
here aud effect a revolution. Con-
gToss had confined tho electorate here
g. mae ciIizrns, and the new C0uati-
tuition had not power 10 overcome that
condition, which applied 70 Utah our
ing It's existence. MIR. Nnuan made
an earnest Argument To support Of his
view that tbs STATE Constitution could
not, before tho State actually existed,
suprrseiu tho act Of Congress. Yet In
the { n.tituton itself prescribed that
mat zens, Just as tue enabling
acl D., should be tho ones 10 vO
w % The Constitution Eud Tor
State flluup. The members q the
Constitutional Convention never Ia.
tended that women should vots on the
Convention or for the fret state U'-
hceTS. The gOwor 10 control rested
entirely with Congress.
Mt. NAnan Has followed by Judge
Hendsuon. f.. 3. Richards In favor.
aud by Mr.. Brown against the pro.
y Ised registration OF women, will
close the discussion this evening.