The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-03

Yesterday was field day at the con-
stitutional convention. The promise
that Roberts would close the debate
or woman suffrage during the morning
session, proved so attractive that num-
.ers of enthusiastic persons found
their way to the hall before s o'clock.
Before the small lobby was packed
and ladies, with their escorts, were
endeavoring TO gain admission to the
hall. By $3.50 the entrance to the cloak
room. through which members gain
admission to the floor, vas fairly jam
med and the services of a squad Of
police were ne essary before members
could obtain entrance to the hall
When Roberts did finally speak, the
hall and lobby, with every approach.
was fairly packed and some very
prominent ladies even stood on the
tables in the cloak room in order to
seq and hear
Reerts met expectations. He held
his audience from 10:45 until 12:45 and
hardly one stirred from Che uncom-
Portable positions in which the great
majority of the listeners had to stand
or sit He was applauded frequel- tly,
Notwithstanding the admonitions of the
chair, and seemed to carry his audi
ence with him.
The Proceedings.
When President Smith called the
convention to order at few minnles
after 10 o'clock, he invited Apostle
Francis NJ Lyman to offer the opening
prayer
, Green, of Salt Lake. presented a Pc
Fition for prohibition from 48 residents
of Benjamin and another was pre-
sented from 109 residents of Spanish
Fork Referred
The desire for better accommoda-
tions for the enthusiastic crowd who
wanted 10 hear the great speech, was
expressed in two petitions. signed by
a number of the most prominent lead.
ers of the suffrage movement. Crane
also presented a resolution for ad-
journment, but all were peremptorily
laid on the table.
At 1920 the convention resolved it
self into committee of the whole and
WINS was called TO the chair. He said
Roberts would be recognized.
Whitney, however. said he had been
c4owde6 outside the hall on Saturday
W4lSH II was all dllSCQ L4AoDN 1AODeI -
should take the floor the first thing.
He wanted to correct a wrongful i'm
Pfession that had gone out about his
marks on Saturday, which had not
Oily been misunderstood, but grossly
misrepres
StrevelI again attempted to have a
larger nall. Kiesel said the sovereign
people were being stified. However.
neither could bring conviction, and
bftThIy a. in -
probably the last speech he would
make on earth. He did not believe he
would be alive when Roberts finished
with him.
Whitney Explains.
hin my remarks on Saturday I
S1cntioned the fact that in the church
TO which the gentleman from Davis
county and myself belonged. women
were allowed TO vote. and incidentally
referred to Mr.. Roberts having
been elected to high ecclesiastical
Office by a congregation, tWo-thirds of
whom were women. Because OF this I +
have been accused Of bringing into
this discussion matters which Should
have been left outside, and some have
gone so far as to say that I advocated
the idea that the state of Utah should
model its institutions after those of the
Mormon church. I am not afraid that
n eloquent friend, in replying to me
for in his Intelligence and fairness I
have confdence-Willr evamp such an
a bsurd and ridiculous idea. But 1
wish him to understand me clearly
that he may answer, not what I have
been falsely represented as saying,
but what / really did say.
my friend argued, you viii remem-
Der, that the suffrage was a privilege
and not a right; that it ought not TO be
extended to any class not capable of
Independent action, meaning that mar
fled women were not thus capable,
and that they ought to be satisfied
with the fact that at the polls and in
public lsIe they were represented by
my better half the other night that
this was correct philosophy. 1 had
into the theatre on my way
home and witnessed an act or two Of
the play in progress and then pro-
ceeded home. l endeavored to convince
nv wife that she had witnessed the
as well as myself, be-
cause, forsoth, in accordance with the
of my admired friend, Rob-
arts, I represented her at the play.
But it wouldn't work.
Woman Says "Yes- or fsNO.-
land now passing on. I have stated ]
state what said. or meant to say, in
,ne;ger TO him. I held that the right
# consent was an inherent right, pos
;essed by every human being; that it
existed before governments were
ormed, before constitutions were
card of; that it was right which :
woman enjoys and exercises when she ,
secsspts or rejects an offer of marriage !
The says yes or no. and thus votes !
non the proposition as to who shall ,
,ile her in the household The family, Z
ayerreE, Tras the type Of the state, I
nd belieyed that woman in the state
ras entitled TO the exercise of the
anne right that she exercises. in the
amily-the right to consent as to :
80 shall or shall not rule over her.