Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 23, Number 12, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 March 1881 — Page 4
JASPER COURIER.
FRIDAY.
If ARCH 4. 1881.
The Constitutional Amendments. Got. Iorttr issued bit Proclamation
on Thnrtday of last week, ordering an ft . J . . 3 a . a a
t toVMhlltHMt smvI Whi at ieh time as any be provided by tew : Provided, that the General Assssnbly
may provnio oy uw for the election of)
"I jmitfM oreourti of general and appal'
juruuition oy an election to da held
I fol
flMi of noon ty onto shall bo li lowst
AMENDMENT NO. J.
Amend the fourteenth cIium r mmiu.I
w or article 4 to read as follows : In rele-
tor.uch officii only, at which Unto o'jUm ,w aalarlee. except that the other officer hall ha nfd for a,..i .k.n I law tie to made as to erad th rnm.
.. . : .... , . . - v- i
iviiiuun oi oencers in proportion to th
pvuiiuva ana ins
election to be held on the 14th of lltrrh, t i- i.i. i. . i
the Mslatiire. upon the onVstion ofl"i!rt?7
4opinf or rejects the propped Co..; W "ILK."
li also provide for the registration of til persons entitled to vote. Th it we consider one of (be most pernlciout of the lot. If our liberties ere destroyed, the destruction Is more likely to come from permitting the elections to he fewer, and the time of accounting to the people farther apart, than front any other cause. If our elections were held very year. Sprit. ami ml it would
so much
necessarv mpvum
required. If thin Is adopted the sessions of Ihe Legislature will necessarily have to be prolonged. In order to do justice to the county officers, for there is no question but under the clause "necessary service required," the officers of each of the ninety-two counties of the State, would be emitted to different salaries, mid would besiege each rertirtinjr leifiwlaturc for the regulation of the same, and more
money would be expended in lobbying
ontortuiil.
i t Iao fn ntttiM Isba I.. - . t . I ff jam v
stitiitional Amendments, and we have '"T" tT?" ODlc' T
. ... . . . . whu I'M b ronierv. wonin ltd wa&iiu .
itru Mki u wwc why wi ihihk UlPY I ri. tt . . . . ,hill thrniiivh thai t. -
.Wei IoVh rS. swlu li fJSH"' the ,wIto" of Cogmen. Pi all of thej county ofBcer iZ JmZJLih IMw will take ia?e at the 'l! ?atcomM,",d- lWlc eerwnia lLflSSit.Sr J!!,fctPB?Kr5 time asthst of 8tateand connVv ' !" well psid, hut their nav
XTZTiT U,e latter offlcer. wUl!"wJ "rm. snd not clependent
rJ.31I.ftT-7.!rr:r'rrT:"' ?rW w chosen uucu Nmtlonal ! P"n graaes or services established hv
of nsMlnVononm,. "affi ,ttrtof 8ut iuw, au f Legitlature. The ( o.mtv Boards y.lr,T"r!.,,P?" Be wbtoh ibey might umler th. t TTuh . i!l " ;are now empowered to make allownn.
JUST RECEIVED
LARGEST AND BEST 8T0CJC OF
FASHIONABLE DRY GOODS,
AT 8. KXTEBLISR
Ever bmnffht to Jasper. When I say the - LARGiSSY AMffi wrsvr t
MM iiavtiiK purchased after the riinh was over. I alsn WnV. uu Rr (be cheapest, as I obtained irreat reduction. GreeiIr
was exercised in selectltiif, and I solicit a
parison or foo and prices with any store in Dubois or surround lug counties.
HY STOCK IS REPLETE WITH
ALL KINDS OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE
lavnr, without also adopting another,
wrucn wey may not like. This is a per
nioioui and unfair trick in legislation, and should not be msde a precedent, or
countenanced, in tne more Important organic law of the 8tste, as the example followed by fetors legislatures, should St be adopted, will be found to work very injuriously to the common people. Sharp legislators and speculator will tbus b e ahled to cover up or sugarcoat, as It were, obnoxious legislation, by something desirable, and thus secure the adoption of measures which would otherwise be rejected. The people cannot be too careful that their Constitution hall not encourage this kind of trickery. And again, if the svstem of Constitutional tinkering and patching is eacour-
mgcu, every legislature will have a trial at it, and special elections on Constitutional Amendments will become fully as numerous and expensive as elections for officers, and onr State Constitution will present a specimen of patcb-work that would rival anv of the old ladtea'
piece quilt, with their K),000 patches of
c incongruous materials ana colors, and the people will pay dear! in taxes for the patches without receiving any benefit. Already in tbe present Legislature there
re uree mors Constitutional patche proposed, and every two years there will be some Solons who think their wisdom should be thus recognized. If the Constitution i not adequate for the times, let an entire new one be formed, by a body of wise men. called taMtW fin
that purpose only, and a large anaonntod
snoswy mm irouoM will be saved the tineas. Mwt at to the matter of these progun amendments, nasi eareftilly the AiaqmifjEXT. no. 1. Amend section 3 of article t so as to reed at follows: Section two. In all elections not otherwise provided for bv
ia constitution, every male eitmsn of!
tne united States of the age of 81 years
umler the present Uulted States law. all
of our elections will then be held under
ine supervision and coutrol of U. 8. Marhali aud Supervisors, who have no business with county or State affairs, and who nnderthe direction of the authorities at Washington City, with tbe support of i be military, if it is deemed necessary, will in many localities create sncb a feel
ing as to enable the National Adminlstra
assortment of FASH ION ABLE CLOTlAXG. SJSSl at atonisbiAg low prices ; also I am the Agent for Dubois County of the Celebrated
legislature.
Amendment No. 6 reads as fellows : AMENDMENT NO. 6.
Amend section 1 nf the 7th article to
rt KMtin,i 1 Tl, l.wll.l.l
tlon to dictate at its pleasure, who shall j of the State shall be vested in a Supreme be yoor county officers, and the natron. Cort. immuIi r. .a ..ufT. .:
age and influence to follow tbe election courts as tbe General assembly may espf the favorites of which ever party may Itablish. " ,na,r
oe in power at Washington City, will be
n minimi irresisiaoie temptation to use
for any services necessary for the public!
weuare, sna mis is as far a? it shr uld go. The Couutv Una nit art, luttA, I
to determine those aervfo it..,, , HTT 1 W IV! V IV! Ht!11ll!ll ltmtw i
And other Agricultural Implements and keep them i staek. XT Remember the Hace, West Side of Public Square. DE. T. WEUTZ. ALOIS GKAMKL8PACttXJtT
f
tbe power they possess under the law to
supervise uie election of members of Congress, to secure also the election of
county candidates favorable tn thm
"Eternal vigilance is tbe price of liberty,''
nww dioco, or more man in 177, and the people cannot be too careful bow they permit supreme power to be concentrated in tbe bands of a few, at a time wbeu nearly all the wealth nt th
country is managed by a central syndicate, and tbe price of wheat, pork or
cum, or mm, ginas or cotton goods, is pot up or down as the syndicate believes
wey can mace money. Tbe tendency in
vwmnicrcuu ana monetary matters is to
centralisation, and if it shall be so In elections also, tbea good bye to liberty, till tbe people shall rise again in mighty revolution to recover it This section does not lessen the expense of elections, as some suppose, bat
P A aeparate election to choose Judges of Courts, festsad of onr present
October election, and this election is baaed upon fears rather than experience -an we have yet to hear of a single in
stance in UM BUM. whwiJiulMi nr
... . . ------- W.I
miner pamrnaTe been biased orf unjust
jiHinw uvmiou i itra mo) of political predelictions.
This Section also makes Jt the doty of
:ir a provioe lor registration of Toters. Tbe Legislature of Indiana in 1997 passed a registry law, and It was
ffdSf!!a!d,.who h,,l bmTt reside'" inu force two years nntii the next Leeisla the Staladnffinsr the ! mnik. .it K k.. v-.
the Stam during the six month.
ihe towaship sixty-days, and In the ward or prednet thirty days immediatelv ore-
ceding snch election, and every male of
iwrciyu uma oi me age or zi years and "J", who shall have resided in tbe United -States one year, and shall have
ieanwa in this bute during tbe six months, and In the township sixty days, and In the ward or precinct thirty days
.MuncuiMcir preceningsucn election and
snail nave aeciared his intention to become a citbmn of the United States conformably to tbe laws of the United States 00 1tbJw,bieet of natsirallxation, shall be
se vote in tne township or precienet where be may reside, if he shall have been duly registered according to
. Yo H requires a residence of AO days in the township, and of 80 in the
warn or precinct, Immediately preceding any election, to entlUe any one to vote. How easy It will be, under this provisions, for wealthy men in acltv, who have
couiroi oi lenements and hands, to change the tenants a few wee ka hofnr. AiA.tA.
and thus disfranchise a large portion of
,wrn,a ciase. now often, too, do even farmers employ tbelr hands two months before the April election ? Very few are thus employed, and tboee who are employed after the 1st of February, would lose their votes at the April election, if they chanced to have worked during the winter in another township. This Amendment is nnnnMtn.Ki .
!f!HSLtb WCftltbT " to get coutrol of elections, to as to secure the election
or men Who will legislate in favor of
wswui. u also contains a burdensome regfstrr cmn. areas follosf AMKNDMEKT JfO. t. By striking ot tbe word ; "Wo negro or mulatto shall have th tut, r ...r
"Tr",7r. ' aenow 5 of the
evwnu avwem oftne constitution. AKJEXDMENT HO. 4,
Strike the word-white" from section
n o oi article ,
AMBHOMKKT VO. 1
Ainond sfoUiin 14 of tho atenenl tril. day after the first Monday In veTtmbtrt
To this there Is no nartknlirAhlMl
except its ttselessneaa. u th n ft f v
has mads the provision in our
owe yonsuiHiion in regard it negroes dead letter. However, It adoption "J11. .eot"d into an invi-
.Mn w mse large ignorant etass of
v! iZjJT Smt, whieli would
"-nuwtnwu. i ., ir uiree, one cnanvia lima
prepeees acnange of the Ume ofi"w . onB m regard to Judges, and hoidlsf elections as follows: ? ,0 flstrntion. iTiil
wre max, wnen rney Hastened to repeal it, as it was found to be onnrMafv.
expensive, without producing a single good result Frandnlent voting was even more easily practised then in thickly settled localities, or in cities, and with less danger of detection than now, while honest voters were often cheated out of tbelr votes by it In one innence a man who bad been a citizen of Iiidiftnnrtti .i
. .. m . - r !
rears, sna wss auir reaUtervA ,.,
. , .L . ' . " ' "I"'"
going in me pons lottntt wome one else
aa voten in ins name, and he was not permitted to cast bis ballot. Numerous
instances or adding to tbe registry list flctmoiis names unon which tran..i.,
voters might vote, were bronvht in h4,
sfter the elections were over, bat none
cowu us convictea for it. as tha nm..
were on tbe registry. RpitrHn.. t.
H11'- u Pennsylvania and has been for numbers of years, sod yet It Is a notorfous fact that everv ImiIa i m.u.
delnhia for twentv veara h 1um
cided, or rendered more emphatic, by tbe large number of frandnlni vm..
cast. In addition to thU it nin. .
- m-w wm so ies( fg sp expense upon the people. A Board of Registry must be formad at
cinct, who must be in session several days, and books and blanks must be provided, end the taxnavsr mmt nv t. u I
-it u..u. ... . rj vi i
ii. jMsraes mis. each vntar
,1 . . . '""O' lilRC
io iima w secure registry. whtk t
many cases will occupy half a day, and more If the Board should be very busy With Voters, When some nnnr ni., t'
tbe country, or ofonnoithiM nnittM.i
""" prcaonis nimsoir for regtrv This, in Dubois eountv. with iu a nn.i
era, would aggregate 1,900 days, too large a sum to snare from nmdnctiv
without a great good was sure to follow
wnicn is not too case with registration.
wi m a uie ming ror a tew ofBcers. woo are given emntnvmiwtf h t j
for the printers and stationers, but that L' " 5; M l advantages extend. If
"wni " no warn to ee burdened with
roary ana useless taxation, thev A?ttdmert?U Pr
d,tEiltir!,i,,e?,?i,,Mltlon whether Uie submiision of the Sd Amtnrtmi i.
ttAi?ttS,in,t ? "pWt of Sac. 2 of
r ij .LWI in constitution, which
KruTiuw mac every Amendment "shall e submitted so that th. .wi. Ik?
vote lor or against eaeh of au a JZT
""Y" eparaeiy. True, this proposes .,n!0L0 Amendment, bit His
"T1 '"re, one cnengiag time
"
This article is intended to make room
ror a Kiua or an asylum for k number of
lawyers to oe pensioned on tho people, and get fat ailaries, a Judges and officers of " additional Courts." If there are not Courts enough already, we are mistaken. All that Is needed is, a proper regulation of the busineaa which chill I
come before them.
Amendment Ao. 9, is intended as a
restriction upon the nowernftha nnni
J , ! . " I
V .I K "P or ncn men, who were sfraid poor voters would expend too much money in public improvements.
ii una ioi lows:
T. WERTZ & CO.
DC ALE ICS IN
PureDrugMedicineFancy&ToUetAftTcles
Oils, Paints. Varnishes. Glass. Palty ; Pore Vines and Uonors for Kdi.i All kind, of PATENT MEDICINES; Tobago and CigJST i?g vlrieTy
ArUcles, Trusses, Braces, Ac, Ac. Our articles will always '
be found fresh and the best.
smmu iDere should be no legal
m we voosniution to be naassd noon bv the Oohh. ..-JOl-fr?9"
r AaasnMuaani mm. k m.i.
T ftailiili 1,7 .T v" nw rows iiegmmtMi ho power to any Whn4 tbt
AMENDMENT No. 9. Strike out all the sections of the thirteenth article, and in lien thereof io-on the following: Section 1. No polifical or municipal corporation in this State shall ever become indebted, in anv in inner or for any purpoe, to an amount, in the aggregate, exceeding two percentura
on the value of the taxahia nmrwrt ,
I.i i i , ---- -- r -r ,-
wiiiiiii cn corporation. lO te aanertAin,-,
by the last assessment for State and conn, ty taxeR previous to the incurring of i i, indebtedness, and all bonds or oblijrationa in excels of sorb amount, given by such corporations, shall ha rc.il iw;.
ded, That in time of war, foreign invasion or other great nubile Miimitv nn m.
tftlon Of a maioritr of th nn.nH rM.
era, in numoerana value, within the 11
lis oi seen corporaifon.tbe public anthori ties, in their discretion, rosy Incnr oh ligatitns necessary for the nnblfe
Hon nnd defense to snch amount as may
to cijunwi in swen peiiiioa. If this had been inserted in our present Constitution in 1854, one-half of the milroads in the State would not now have
oeen in existence, nor would there have been a single nice Hchool-bouee suitable
tor a gradea school, in tho
This seems like a broad assertion, yet it is one which cannot be successfully cbn-
wurenro, mere nave been no Out ImI.vI I. . . 1 ... . i
vnwi wumh ouni, me expense oi
wnicn, added to the other indebtedness
ot me politic! corporations whih built them, would not have run that indebtedness above two pf r cent., and other poshing business enterprises would always
iio kcui inai liineuuMineh at ciu.it
ugureairo preclude the noaaibllitv tt
. " s
expenaing money for school houses.
iiruvuiru yH are aoie. ont ail tne mit
riiitrrpriva i me country nave oeen built up by a credit, and we think it is sale
to trust the people to sav how much thev
111! . . . . 7
him iu go in ueouann nar intw.
est upon, for any stated public improvement . If it la desired to stou the
of all new or small towns, and effectu
ally oesiroy any prospect for any new
puuuc enicrpi ises, no matter now beneficial they ms r be. tbe best wav io in.
plish this end is to adopt tbe 9th Amend
ment. Now you have our reasons, partially, for opposing the Amendments and we hope no one will say they are partisan onc, but go to the polls and vote "No," nnmiimotialy.awcek from next Monday.
Prices to correspond with the times. Ordora bv m
promptly filled.
Corner Sixth nnd Jsxmnon troets , In front of tho
iiowioo,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
I mm mS Fet) th rrM tmt riatal Vimmrt nm that win rMi t. msccixs pnimf .!
Buirmn, iavtff lit tMn Ot. ckar mm SmWIAiI
! mtrwtiM for ytnSaciair n latwrtut tiwih ef
fair a hS er mmmOI Sjm. IMriM, itcMii
TO COXSTIMPTim
Tu aSmtiNr. hmwmt mn samaanMlv ranS i
tkat 4r4 Sim. CMiMraifrtiMi. by rraSy. it anafMM u nufc IrocNta t kia Stlew.wiSr.r tfe
ms. crcir. i ui m tntr, n. i, mil mm i rn of th rrwrtftl , (fr t tmttK HiS lb 4lrrtlw pnpatiug mrt vita Um wSicS OWy
will WM HK lOU W UnaCMTTBM. JLwtMMA BMum,
TrwnrtwTwMitaa' th vrnMrtStfoa win 1aw 4tr , t. jt, a. wasov. m pu at.. WtWwMSwa, x. x.
C. SCHEHGE. fUMl STORE!
Keeps on hand a good
all Undo of
of
furniture ami Coffins.
A OlWT WATX-a$ rar. Uckt wrk
n , i., ni ra, a .- ma, mm iimu
KRRORls f YOUTH.
A OKiriurNAVwMMiSVral w mn Itwn Jtwreo V UCHMTT. mKXATTOK ntlAV. ul .11 tfca .f.i
ice' n rvmtunu inoiwmon. wm, tbt in mm or ;DrrNt hamvtixr. ff ftll fc n It, Um mitt aiJ HrrUo f..r tntkfof llM !mft! rmt bv whYh wa
curwl ff?rrf wibln to r.M kj tfc trmir,s uiMttMrt'cMM h wMrMas la Mrftct rtfl
mticc, juhs a. (NiOKX, a CwUr St., nw
M! ts. inn a.
Upholstering emf 8prfng Maift. .1 , 'A V .Mm
uwawss it ope&ttfijf.
For Perfect nttf d
vo,sn,
jam a a, ncn.
1880.
LAMUBETJiS
i
WAG03ST AND BUGGY IIAJIirnS J
OO TO Joseph Troxler'a,
irowTH JCAtx ST., - - JA8PE1L I3TD.
IIW h th HtCltMS N4Hl tMMt alMic la t.J
WINTER STOCK!
rHi
mi
BESTinm
sua van AAnDMrril A
February JSj lt lyf
FREE
tfTKSGBCE AC DsUith-
m nwis.in
Is a very interesting book, and has been
pronosncca so oj thoanaiKls who have read tt. It esnUins the prlncinles of life and death, ana the orurin ft rlKatM tv.
who are saffering from ATernoNS Wmk
teoie, will find it an incalculable boos. icPT tWesseo fMrntUh will
-mi am, ipi w. ysbrsasf Mk, IMt-Sm.
Don
ha
11 AJl9'JC?ApR f AtVS, WACO
unn. y WIIU'8, HORSJ2 AND MULE COLLARS.
J"iM '' .. ta aaaS. a.
rn
Wb ' en. ialjr 11th. IS-1.
CLOTH I3f0,
DBY GOOIW, BOOTS ax SHOES, HATS Aim CAPS, QUOCXItTES, 4"' JBLARD W ARE) QUEENS WAKE. ii of all kind. Come and see how ehean,et JOSEPH BUCHART West Wxth street. Jaaper, Ind. He has just reeervod a full stork of everythins; in the above line, atui Ah
mssn cffKAPtB than
aarfaells CHKA
Tc'-VaVW for Cash or Country Produce I
Nowls VOttr tItftkrhrwmW nut
lose the ehance.
JOSEPH BUCHART. Dec. S. ln iv.
OL,jkOK:MrriiiiXf3rrav,ns na Builotng
HP mTi" POP S A TE?
WAtrUW ju.AJK.1KIt i
"WM. GASSEH,
Worth Mnln ttroot, - - JAtPKII, tIB.
"frpitnitJf ttttrw ! ! -l'thr (.11 f..r tUit M ! MSronairr, a..Jt vrJtl tai t Vwufy t M,-r ft;
tBa8T'Hrt hHi.f as4 ttaasBg sf a a sa
amaryiwiiwi-u. Wm. OAafga.
ThU Undrr!srid haa mi hatul a larM
rd fine Qii ttitv ofeood bnlldlmr and
brick, h,r winch pertios wanting: t ' hufld cannot do ertor in Stmtbem
idina tl;c u call and pnrehoae stf him. Urn pcttems at reduced rates. For mnh4r In format i an call ra him at hie
.rcaidwitfe ims mm ? of Mill end 9th St.
Joeara JKnotm, Afri,lt7ii-y. Jaenor. Tml.
r - is sal ear
Whn. Say aa4 slrl wassai k aasli nam.
Tr rtrramrt iM ami aanlt, hitt dl KaaWij Can niaaKw,
telMorfpa for tktJmtm Oonrler, i7j?iIffiL f O st . AaSrtMnwaatx.AsiftliaiBi
is iaat OA ACRES of Nnd in Jewbrson town-
amit ahin for sab- on tiase er trade for
tMfrarM. la-ltAWH nrotteHv. - Annlv t (Vn A.
fTmrrrt, Arrr e t Jasnor, Ind. 4ttf.
r""""- : ; -
lafftf? S.k 0"f "' S. Vraw IS aatSt
v-' a raw . nauwtA c, mtifs, ms.