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Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)

Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah

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Library of Congress: Chronicling America: The Salt Lake Herald: 1895

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The Utah Constitutional Convention (1895) was followed closely by the Salt Lake Herald. The newspaper includes partial minutes, delegate bios and prints, summaries of debates, and both summaries and full records of the propositions that were introduced.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/issues/1895/

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Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relating to Free Passage [File No. 7]

People: David Evans
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on Insurance Companies [File No. 16]

People: Thomas Maloney
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on Public Buildings [File No. 24]

People: William Creer
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on Preventing Blacklisting [File No. 25]

People: David Evans
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on Education [File No. 29]

People: William Jasper Kerr
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on the Right to Recover Damages for Injuries Resulting in Death [File No. 35]

People: Charles Nettleton Strevell
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relative to Requiring Judges of the Supreme, District, and Superior Courts, to Report Defects in the Laws to the Attorney General [File No. 71]

People: Thomas Maloney
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relative to Requirements for Judges of the Supreme Court [File No. 73]

People: Thomas Maloney
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relative to Free Publication of Supreme Court Decisions [File No. 74]

People: Thomas Maloney
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relative to Forbidding Donations of Public Lands [File No. 80]

People: Samuel Francis
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relative to State Institutions Other Than Educational [File No.84]

People: James Paton Low
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 16 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition relative to School lands of this State [File No. 91]

People: John Foy Chidester
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 16 Mar 1895, 14:00
Strictures on Printing

People: Richard G. Lambert
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 18 Mar 1895, 14:00
Article of the Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights [Article No. 2]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 18 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on Opinions of Justices of the Supreme Court [File No. 99]

People: Thomas Maloney
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 18 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relative to Poll Tax [File No. 109]

People: David Brainerd Stover
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Relating to Irrigation and Water Rights [File No. 130]

People: Thomas Maloney
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition Providing Income Taxes [File No. 132]

People: William Buys
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 14:00
Proposition on Salaries of Public Officers [File No. 133]

People: Christen Peter Larsen
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 14:00
Resolution on Time of Meeting [Resolution No. 58D]

People: Samuel R. Thurman
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 14:00
Referred to committee on rules.
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 23 Mar 1895, 14:00
Resolution on the Coray Affair [Resolution No. 63A]

People: Charles Crane
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 23 Mar 1895, 14:00
It was adopted.
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Mar 1895, 14:00
Petition from the Christian Endeavor Society of Springville [File No. 156]

People: John Sell Boyer
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 28 Mar 1895, 10:00
Motion to Suspend the Rules

People: Anthony Woodward Ivins Rufus Albern Allen
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 01 Apr 1895, 10:00
Report on Labor [Report No. 13]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
Excursion to Saltair [Resolution No. 78A]

People: Francis Asbury Hammond
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
This was received with a burst of laughter, and several members called for a second reading. It was then filed. (The Salt Lake Herald, 26 April 1895. Page 1)
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
Resolution to Set Apart San Juan County [Resolution No. 79B]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
Mr. SQUIRES Who is the author of this remarkable document? (Laughter.) Mr. HAMMOND I am. Mr. GOODWIN I hope the gentleman would be protected by it. (Laughter.) (The Salt Lake Herald, 26 April 1895. Page 1)

People: Charles Carroll Goodwin George B. Squires Francis Asbury Hammond
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
This was returned to Hammond. (The Salt Lake Herald, 26 April 1895. Page 1)
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
Resolution to Survey San Juan County [Resolution No. 80C]

People: Francis Asbury Hammond
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Apr 1895, 09:00
Mr. SQUIRES I move that this be referred to the next legislature and the gentleman himself. (Laughter) (The Salt Lake Herald, 26 April 1895. Page 1)

People: George B. Squires
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 30 Apr 1895, 09:00
From the Salt Lake Herald; May 1st, 1895; Page 3: Murdock was defeated, and when the motion came on Sanpete county, Lund's motion carried by a rising vote 36 to 34.
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 30 Apr 1895, 09:00
Communication from the Ladies of Salt Lake City [1895-04-30]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 07 May 1895, 10:00
Mrs. Foltz began "Gentlemen of the Convention and fellow citizens. (A stir.") She appreciated the compliment. It was unexpected. She had supposed she would be flying on her way but by the providence of God she was allowed to express her thanks for the...
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on the Preamble and Declaration of Rights, Date: 18 Mar 1895, 10:00
Report on Preamble and Declaration of Rights [Report No. 2]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Legislative Committee, Date: 26 Mar 1895, 00:00
Majority Article on Legislative [Article No. 9A]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Legislative Committee, Date: 26 Mar 1895, 00:00
Minority Article on Legislative [Article No. 9B]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on Elections and Right of Suffrage, Date: 22 Mar 1895, 14:00
Report on Elections and Rights of Suffrage [Report No. 6]

People: Samuel R. Thurman
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on Elections and Right of Suffrage, Date: 22 Mar 1895, 14:00
Article on Elections and Rights of Suffrage [Article No. 6.1]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on Apportionment and Boundaries, Date: 16 Mar 1895, 10:00
Proposition Relative to Fixing State Boundaries [File No. 83]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on Municipal Corporations, Date: 20 Mar 1895, 10:00
Article on Counties, Cities and Towns [Article No. 4.1]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on the Militia, Date: 28 Mar 1895, 00:00
Article on Militia [Article No. 12]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee on Schedule, Future Amendments, Miscellaneous, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 10:00
Article on Future Amendments [Article No. 5.1]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 25 Mar 1895, 15:00
President Smith endeavored to get into the field of action. "Mr. Evans," he said, instead of "Mr. Chairman." He was recognized "I offer a substitute," he said. He waited for a second to his motion to adopt; but he waited in vain. No one came to his...
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 29 Apr 1895, 09:30
Article No. 25.2: Section 6: Amendment

People: Franklyn Snyder Richards
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 06 Mar 1895, 10:30
[Editor's Note: Commissioner Tatlock received permission to speak.]
Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 21 Mar 1895, 14:00
Article No. 2.2: Section 10: Amendment

People: David Evans