Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 206, 3 June 1911 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PAXULD J 17 JI AI!1 SUX-TEIjEUBAH, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1911.

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mi. RICHMOND, INDIANA. Ks)elS) O. Loote v..B4lr J. P. MacfcoM Bnolaooo Jfaas Carl BovaaaMll AmmUIi E4itr W. SL pM4otoM Kooto Kelts UBSCniPTION TERMS. Is Richmond !. .-sr jrsar la advanoo) or lOo psr wssk. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Obo roar, la advenes Sis month. In ad vanoo ......... On month. In advance .......... mm a r. nouTEM On roar, la adranoo ...I P l srontha. In advanc Oao month. In advance A4d.eaa hansd aa often aa deelred; both now and old addroasea must aivsa. Suhaerlbor will plena remit with ardor, which ahuuld bo -lvn (or a spec mad term; name will not be enter od antll paymet.! lo rooolvod. Bntorod at Richmond. Indiana, ?oet efflee aa aeeond elan mall matter. Now Tork RpreaentaUva Payne A Totn. !- WmI tlrd atreot. and 1Wait SInd atreot. New Tork. N. T. Chicago Itopreaantatlrea Payne St Toun. T47-74I Marquette BuUdlo, Chicago, I1L itimm York Cltv) hand and osrtJUd to th dralattoa af tail paltaatta. Only ttt Bcutat 01 nstsiasi u its report sn 9 U SHOBlttluSi RICHMOND, iNDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY" Haa a population of 22,324 and la trowing. It U tho county aaat of Wayne County, and the trading- centsr of a rich agricultural community. It la locatod duo oaat from Indianapolis miles and 4 mllea from the atato lino. Richmond la a city of homes and of Induatry. Primarily a manufacturing- city, It la alao tho Jobbing contar of Eastern Indlana and onjnya tho retail trad of th populous community for mtlao around. Richmond la proud of Its wplendld atreota, well kept yards. Us cement sidewalks and beautiful shade trees. It has throe national banks, on truat company and four building associations with a combined resource of over IS,000,000. Number of factories US: capital Invested $7,000,000. with an annual output of $-7.-000.000, and a pay roll of $3.700,000. The total pay roll for tho city amounta to approximated ly I3.t00.000 annual. There are five railroad companlea radiating In eight different directions from tho city. Incoming freight handled dally, 1.70,000 Iba., outgoing- freight handled dally. 70.000 lbs. Yard facilities, per day 1,700 cars. Number of passenger tralna dally 1. Number of freight tralna dally 77. The annual post office receipts amount to $80,000. Total assessed valuation of the city, $11,000,000. Richmond haa two Intemrhan railways. Three newspapers with a combined circulation of 12,000. Richmond la the greatest hardwar Jobbing center In tho state and only second In general Jobbing Interests. It has a piano factory producing- a high grade f ilano every 16 minutes. It la tho eader In tho manufacture of Traction engines, and produces more threshing machines, lawn mowers, roller skates, grain drills and burial caskets than any other city In the world. Tho clty'a area is 2.40 acres; haa a court house coating $500,000; 10 public svhools and has tho finest and most complete high school In the middle west; threO parochial schools; Karlham collego and tho Indiana Business College; five splendid fire com- ' panles In fine hoae houses; Ulen miller park, the largest and moat beautiful park In Indiana, the home of Richmond's annual Chautauqua; aeven hotels; municipal electrlo light plant, under successful operation and a private electric light plant, insuring competition; the oldest public library In the state, except one and tho second largest, 40,000 volumes; pure refreshing water, unsurpassed: 65 miles of Improved streets; 40 miles of sewers; 25 miles of cement curb and gutter combined: 40 miles of cement walks, and many mllea of brick walka. Thirty churches. Including tho Iteld Memorial, built at a coat or ssou.vuu: nia memorial Hospital, one of tho moat modern In the state; V. M. C. A. building, erected at a cost of $100,000, one f thi finest in tho state. The amusement center of Kaatern Indiana and Western Ohio. No city of the site of Richmond holds as fine an annual art exhibit. The Richmond Fall Festival held each October Is unique, no other elty holds a similar affair. It la given in the Interest of the city and financed by the business men. Success awaiting anyone with enterprise In the Panic Proof City. This Is My 6istBirthday ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR. Yen. William Macdonald Sinclair irho recently resigned hi office of Archdeacon of London and Canon of 8t Paul's Cathedral on the ground of ill health, was born in Leeds, June 2, 1850, and received his education at Oxford. After leaving the university he became assistant minister of Quebec, Chapel in 1S76 and the following year he was made resident chaplain to the bishop of Loudon. In 18S0 he was made Vicar of St. Stephen's. Westminster. In 1SS9 he was appointed Archdeacon of London and Canon of St. Paul's, since which time he has been one of the most notable figures In London's religious life. Among the honorary offices that have been bestowed upon him are those of Grand Chaplain of England. Chaplain to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and chaplaln-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria. DO YOU WASH IN STREAKS? 8ome women do. They can't help it. They don't have time to wash out the streaky yellow soap. They are too tired, anyway. "There's no, yellow In Hewitt's Easy Task Laundry soap. It's white and pure. Makes a quirk, foamy suds that chases dirt out and sends the wash out snow white to the line. Your atrocer has it- Five cents a cake.

A City Employe

There are too Infrequent times wben men deserve praise and still less often that they get it. If we say something good about Ed Hollarn it is not because Mr. Hollarn has died nor because he has resigned or is moving out of town. As a matter of fact be is at Glen Miller as the superintendent and is very much alive. To this fact Olen Miller has prospered as if it were run by the manager of a business efficiently. When from time to time men arise and protest that they want business methods introduced into the conduct of affairs we wonder. Do they? It is our present opinion that people do not care much as long as their own private affairs, pleasure and convenience are not stepped on. But whether or no, Glen Miller looks better than ever, is more economically run and more efficiently administered than it ever has been before. It would be easy and customary to remark that "Ed Hollarn is one of th most well-liked, popular, and most efficient managers we have had." But we want to be more positive even at the risk of saying somethingfwhich may be disagreed with. The reason is that it is evident to anyone who will inspect the park. We are quite sure that Mr. Hollarn has never read H. G. Wells nor E. A. Robs. From whence his ideas come of pure public service we care less than that he has done his duty. IT we mention the fact that Mr. Hollarn receives $53 a month, plus some place to live, we fancy that there are not many people who will be jealous of him nor do we expose a fact that can not be verified by an 1 inquiry at the city building. But if you knew that Mr. Hollarn had turned down a job which would pay him that several times over and that he stuck to this, perhaps you would more readily believe he loves his work. There are many sacrifices that Ed Hollarn has made which are too Intimately connected with his private affairs to mention. The Palladium goes on record in this fashion because it wishes to offer an incentive to every man who does his duty; in the hope that it will be an Incentive to Mr. Hollarn to keep on; because there are many times when we shall wish to criticize in quite as just a fashion as we ,have praised. When a town does get a good official it ought to stick to him; to aid hint in his work; to praise, to blame when necessary; to reward him suitably. One of the best feature of the commission form of government is that when one a man has the responsibility well separated that people know whether to praise or to blame and do. Hollarn deserves praise. He has accepted his responsibility. We wish that every man's' record in the city administration were as clean cut as able to be seen that there might be no question in anyone's mind as to actually what they do. . So that if we urge that the people of this town still consider the commission form of government it will be understood.

In this connection we wish to. reprint from the Cleveland Press something about the workings of the commission plan of government: "The commission form of government in Houston in the past five years, according to the mayor, accomplished, in brief, the following results: "Obliterated politics from public schools. "Has wiped out public gambling and pool rooms; forced the saloons to obey the laws. "Wiped out a floating debt of more than $400,000 and has given the taxpayers permanent improvements valued at more than $31,865,757.17 out of the treasury without issuing a single bond. "Reduced city tax rate 20 cents on the $100, while these improvements were in progress. Has put more than 31 per cent of municipal revenues in permanent Improvements. "Reduced the cost of water from 50 cents to 15 cents a thousand by purchasing water plant. "Brought about improved car service and participation in company's profits. "Compelled telephone company to take out franchise giving city percentage of profits. "Increased salaries of teachers, firemen and policemen. "Greatly faclliated transaction of public business by elimination of red tape. "Reduced cost of city administration to a minimum through economical conduct of departments through centralized authority"

We believe that if we were freed from the present encumbering plan of city government that a man who ran the city iight plant efficiently could then stay on the job and be free from political considerations. As long as the city knew he was on the square that he could stay there and run it better every year. This would apply to every branch of the city affairs. This will not appeal to those who wish the city to maintain a series of jobs for some one to grab every so often sacrificing the city. But we venture to say that the city would get better services if every man who worked for the city knew that when he became a specialist knew his job he could stay there and that he would be fired by the people if he didn't.

These are some of the things that occur to us , Hollarn's appointment was political almost intensely personal he is "Doc's" friend. But as far as the city is concerned every man who has done his duty as well as Hollarn has done ought to stay Democrat or Republican.

Those of us who want (or think we want) business methods in our government have a good deal to consider in Hollarn's case.

MONEY PRINCE WITH "CHOCOLATE KING" Quebec, Que., June 3. The Prince of Monaco is coming to Canada as a guest of his friend, Henry Menier, the "chocolate king," who owns the island of Anticosti. M. Menier has not visited his Canadian estate for several years. He and the prince are expected to arrive next month on their yachts. The Menier chateau, with its secret passages, hidden doorways, tapestries, paintings, great stores of valuable plate, etc., is being furbished up for the reception of their owner and his guest. The business men of Manilla are preparing a monster petition asking that the Canadian Pacific steamers make thheir city a regular port of call. "THIS DATE

JUNE3RD. 1S03 United States concluded a treaty of peace with Tripoli. 180S Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, born in Christian County, Va. Died in New Orleons, December 6, 1S8!. 1861 Gen. Beuregard assumed command of the Confederate forces at Manassas Junction, Va. 1864 Federals defeated in battle near Cold Harbor, Va. 1865 King George V., born in Marlborough House, London. 1S96 Lieut. Hobson sunk the Merrimac in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. 1908 Sir Robert Gillespie Reid. railroad builder and capitalist, died ia Montreal. Born in Scotland in 1842. . 1910 Juan Vincente Gomez inaugurated aa president of Venezuela.

A CHURCH MEETING HELD AT PORTLAND

(National News Association) Portland, Ore., June 3. Scores of Congregationalists from California, Washington, Oregon and other states, together with a number of well known missionaries of the denomination, are gathering in Portland for the meeting of the Pacific coast Congregational .congress. The seven days series of meetings and conferences promise to be the greatest in the history of the Congregational church in this section of the country. In Seoul, the capital of Co Sen (Korea), the Japanese population increases at the rate of three thousand monthly. Education in Cho Sen (Korea) is receiving vigorous attention at the hands of the Japanese government. IN HISTORY"

GOVERNOR

Laporte, Ind., June 3. Speaking to the subject of "The New Constitution and the Old," Governor Thomas R. Marshall, in his address before the members of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association in this city, Friday afternoon, presented his views on a subject which just now is attracting wide attention throughout the state. The governor said in part: "Perhaps you have observed that I have consistently refrained from answering charges and criticisms. I shall continue this custom. If the truth deserves criticism, no apology will prevent it. When falsehoods are uttered, they contain the virus of their own destruction. I say this that you may not think I am here to apologize for anything I had to do with the new constitution. I propose to give only a brief explanation of the reasons for its presentation to the people and to explain in the language of the common man every particular in which it differs from our present constitution. There is no mystery connected with its presentation and no difficulty in understanding its provisions. Begs People to Investigate. "I am not of those who believe that the people should follow men instead of principles. For nearly three years, whenever it has been opportune, I have begged the people to investigate questions for themselves and to follow no man when he seeks to lead them out of the beaten path of orderly and constitutional government and strives to Impress upon them his particular views regardless of the common good. The man who injects his personality into a contest is very likely to become dangerous. Most reformers are busily engaged in preventing people from doing the things which the reformer himself does not like and in compelling people to do things of which the reformer is enamoured. I am not responsible that the proposed new constitution is called the "Tom Marshall constitution." It is a name given to It to ridicule it. It ts to be laughed out of existence, not because of what It contains, but because I happen to be connected with its presentation. It would be well for us to realize that the business of an American is to have a mind of his own: to gather together facts and not fancies, and then, with a patriotic judgment, to determine whether a proposal is one which will inure to the common good without being subversive of our principles of government. It is in euch a spirit that I desire to present to you the conditions which led to the presentation of the' new constitution to the sober consideration of the voters of Indiana. Power to Alter Constitution. At 'the outset I say frankly that If this new constitution deprives the people of Indiana of any measure of their government and lessens their hold upon public affairs, It ought to be rejected at the polls. Upon the other hand. If it gives the people a better form of government, and one not Inconsistent with Federal principles, if it enables them to take better control of their own affairs and tends to clarify and purify politics in Indiana, it should be adopted by the people regardless of whence it came or how It found its way before them. "As to the legal phases I may not properly speak. A suit has been brought to determine whether a free people can alter and reform their constitution. My belief in the right of the judiciary to act unhampered by executive interference is so strong as to preclude any discussion by me of the law involved In that suit. The legal procedure I pass by therefore, resting content with the belief that we have, in some way, full power to alter and reform our constitution. "The pending litigation limits me to a consideration of the reasons which led up to the presentation of the new constitution and the differences between it and the present document. The constitution of 1816 provided that every twelve years thereafter a vote should be taken by the people of the State to determine whether or not a constitutional convention should assemble, and that if a majority voted favorably a convention should be called. In the regular order of periods, the vote should have been taken in the year 1823. Yet, in the annual message to the Legislature of 1849, Governor Whitcomb declared there waa need of reforms in the document, and upon his recommendation a constitutional convention was called. That convention took up, first, the question of its own legal existance, and, secondly, whether a twelve-year clause should be repeated in the new document. The constitution, upon being submitted to the people, was adopted and became, in 1851, the organic law of Indiana. It has remained such until this day. It contains no statement whatever as to the manner in which a new constitution may be adopted by the people. That omission had led to different theories as to how, if at all, we can ever get a new constitution. Some have contended that it must be by a constitutional convention authorized by the general assembly; others, that it must be by a convention called by the people: and still others, among whom are distinguished lawyers, have contended that nothing can be done except to amend the present document In the manner prescribed by it. "One thing is sure: the document was not Intended to prevent the peo ple from promoting the commonweal. Its sole purpose was to preserve the Inalienable rights of man and to fur nish the best working model for the administration of public affairs con sistent with the needs and demands of the age. It has a very unusual clause, however, with reference to the presentation of amendments. It re quires that an amendment must first be proposed and passed by one gen eral assembly, that it must then pass a second general assembly and then be presented to the qualified voters of the state for adoption or rejection. To be accented or rejected. a minority of

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all the "votes can ttiwri t i be recorded either for or against it, and while one amendment is pending no new amendment can be presentedFrom time to time we have had amendments proposed and from time to time they have neither been adopt- j ed nor rejected, because a majority of all the votes cast at the election was not received for or against. At the last general election, for the third time, the lawyers' qualification amendment was not ratified, although it received a very large majority of those voting upon it. A Bar to Amendments. "Therefore, those who were desirous of equal suffrage found themselves unable to present such an amendment to the legislature; those who believed In state-wide prohibition likewise could not; nor could those who believed in the initiative, referendum and recall. Each proposed reform or change found itself suddenly stopped. It was suggested to me that an act authorizing a special election upon the question of the qualifications of attorneys should be passed. I found, upon investigation, that the expense of such an election would not be less than $100,000. I also found that In no possible event could the people vote upon any change in their organic law at any regular election earlier than 1914. "I had become convinced, In talking with thoughtful men throughout the state, that there undoubtedly were certain changes in the constitution which would meet the approval of right thinking men regardless of their political views. I had also become convinced that it would cost much to" hold a constitutional conventton and that a convention might never agree upon a document to be presented to the people. I found that the expense of the constitutional convention of 1851 was $82,536.57, and this at a time when everything was more cheaply done than at present and when the compensation of the members was limited to $3.00 per diem. With various views touching equal suffrage, state-wide prohibition, the initiative, referendum and recall, commission form of government for cities, etc, extant, the result of a convention at the present time would be, I concluded, greatly in doubt. I believed then as I do now that such a convention would be fraught with great danger and would shake the state into a passion by the bitterness which the various advocates of proposed reforms would display. I could not see how it would be otherwise than that political rancor and party spirit would very largely enter into the personnel of the convention. I think I was right, for a large number of partisans now are assaulting the new constitution, not by reason of any change in our system of government which it contains, but because of a desire to ruin the standing of the governor of Indiana with the people of his state. I am convinced that if a constitutional convention did succeed in presenting a new document that the document Itself would be rendered uncertain or unwise by the intensity of political prejudices. Such a convention would be long drawn out and expensive. I could not figure the expense at less than $450,000 nearly a half million of the people's money to depend upon a mere chance. Faith In Majority's Good Sense. "It therefore impressed me that to spend $100,000 to dispose of the question of the lawyers' qualifications and wait until 1914 to submit another amendment, or to spend a half million dollars and take the chance of a constitutional convention submitting a document which would meet with approval, would be unwise, bad financially and bad politically for the people of the state. "The expense and doubts involved led to the course adopted. When the legal battle has cleared away, if the document remains for adoption or re" Jection, then partisan antagonists with fine-toothed combs will be attacking this phrase and- that phrase and endeavoring to defeat adoption. Notwithstanding all which will come to pass, I still have an abiding faith in the judgment and good sense of a majority of the people of Indiana regardless of politics. I believe that the document itself will be examined in the light of the needs of today and of the evils which it seeks to correct. I have not a right to ask anything personal of the people of Indiana, but I have a right to ask. and do ask, that this document receive thoughtful, patriotic and unprejudiced consideration from every man who wants the best things for Indiana. "American constitutions are much the same in their character, and before the people come to vote upon this document they will ascertain in what particulars it differs from the one under which we are now living. It will be presented to them at an expense of jivt to exceed $2,000 plus the expense of litigation, for which I am not to blame. If it does not suit the people they will be In no worse condition than now; if it does suit them and they adopt it, it will open the way for the presentation and speedy settlement of other proposed reforms in government. 'Let me now epitomize the differences between the old constitution and the new. Compulsory Compensation Law. "It has been conceded that a workman's compulsory compensation law for injury or death occurring in hazardous employments ia a necessity of modern industrial life. It has been denied that under our present constitution such a law could be enacted. The new constitution gives the general assembly authority to enact such a law and to define what constitutes hazardous employment. Let the employers and the employes In the light of their experience consider this point and determine If It is not the thing both sides need and which without additional expense will very measurably relieve present galling conditions. "The taking of private property for public purposes is an exercise of what ia known as th right of eminent do-

fng exclusively ror state -piirfds&s can do so without compensation first being assessed and tendered. The new constitution provides that this may be done only in the case of necessity. "Relative to the suffrage question, an inherent mistake is made by many well-meaning people who approach it upon the theory that suffrage is an Inalienable right of mankind. This is not true. Men and women are entitled to life, to liberty, and to the pursuit of happiness, but they are not entitled, inherently, to the right to vote. Suffrage is granted to that class of citizens which ft is deemed will use that right most wisely for all. There is no particular reason why twenty-one years should be designated as the age when a male should begin voting save that the common judgment of mankind is that the average man reaches his maturity then. There Is no particular reason why a man should hold a certain term of residence before voting save that it is deemed wise for him thus to reside in order to properly acquaint himself with political and social conditions. The constitution of 1816 required every person to be a citizen of the United States before he could vote. Our present constitution permits a foreigner who has been in America one year and declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States to vote, provided he possesses the residential qualifications. This change from the constitution of 1816 to the constitution of 1851 was made for the purpose of attracting immigrants to the state of Indiana. It is common knowledge, based not upon theory but upon actual experience, that the unrestrained granting of the right of franchise 'to mankind at large haa proven to be one of the dangerous experiments in government. Conditions in Indiana have changed since 1851, and there has come into the state a vast number of foreigners, mere wayfarers, who, with the aid of skillful political manipulators, have defiled the purity of the ballot and have become a menace to our civilization. I have the greatest respect for the foreigner who comes to Indiana and wants to be one among us, but if the high school boy and the Intelligent woman cannot vote, I think we should require him to become a citizen of the United States before voting. Reorganization of Legislature. "The new constitution provides that every voter must live twelve months

in Indiana, must be a citizen of the. United States of twenty-one years or upward, must have the township and precinct residential qualifications and must have paid his poll tax for the current year and the preceding year without delinquency. It also provides that after Nov. 1, 1913, there shall be registration and that thereafter there shall be admitted to registration no person who cannot read any section of the constitution of the United States in English or some other known tongue. "Under the new constitution the senate will be composed of the same number of members as now and elected In the same way. The house of representatives shall never exceed 130 members. Each county Is to have one representative, first, because each county deserves one, and. secondly, to prevent the shameless gerrymandering of the state, which has been done by both parties when In power. The surplus representation is to be deter mined by dividing the total population of the state as given by the national census by ninety-two and by giving each county an additional representative for each full quota and fractional surplus of a half-quota. This will also save the expense of enumerations. The new constitution provides that the 1 cessions shall extend not exceeding 100 days and that the goverribr may at any time by proclamation call a special session for a specific purpose or for specific purposes, but for a limittime not to exceed thirty days. There can be no local or special laws, as the constitution now provides, save special charters for different cities. "The new document requires a three-fifths vote of the members elected to each house rather than a bare majority to pass a measure over the veto; 'and it provides that the governor may "veto any individual item or items in an appropriation bill while approving the bill as a whole. State and county officials, except judges, are all given a four years' tenure of office, and no person except a judge is eligible to more than four years in any period of eight. This eliminates the playing of polities for re-election and enables the officer to devote his time exclusively to the duties of his office. I know no reason why the clerk, auditor and recorder should be elected for four years and the sheriff, coroner and surveyor for two; "Great confusion has arisen from our judicial decisions, and a spirit of envy and discontent is traceable to the existence of both a supreme and an appellate court. These courts now consist of eleven judges. The new constitution proDos.es .that there shall

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be a supreme court of eleven"judges. This would enable us to abolish the appellate court and prevent confusion in our decisions. Initiative. Referendum and Recall. "The new constitution provides that on petition of twenty-five per centum of the qualified voters of the state the general assembly may adopt laws providing for the initiative, referendum and recall, both of state and local application, but that no bill for the recall of the Judiciary shall ever be passed. "We would better find out before we Inevitably yield our consent to the Initiative, referendum and recall of officers, except judges, that the fault is not with the people as much as it is with the legislator. It may be well to ascertain whether the people's gov. sm m tTi V a a KAn vaatu1 t rvm rhfint or whether they have voluntarily given it away. It might pay to determine whether It Is necessary to destroy it in order to recover it. As its recovery must be wholly by peaceable means, it may be advisable to ascertain what are the advantages of the new over the old before adopting them. Experiments are being tried In other states. Let us watch their results, adopt them If good, avoid them if evil. "But I am one of those who believe that theories must inevitably go down in the face of conditions. Therefore, I am in favor of putting this guidepost in the constitution of our state to warn the legislator that his business is to serve the people; that he is not in office as the hired attorney of corporations or any class of citizens to procure enactments which will be for their special benefit; to warn him that there is a point beyond which he dare not go, and that if he does we are going to demand, regardless of all our preconceived theories of government, that he give us a chance to reject those things which we believe to be vicious and to adopt good legislation which we believe he has refused to pass for us. This is conservative In its character. It is intended only aa a warning and yet it may be made use of as a safety appliance In the event of danger. I cannot well see how it will fall to meet with the approval of the people of Indiana. ' An Indefeasible Right. "Under the new constitution the general assembly may provide for the qualifications of persons admitted to the practice of law. In the present constitution every person of good moral character is entitled to practice. The new constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed by a general assembly and Immediately voted upon by the people of the state and that it shall become a part of the constitution if a majority of the electors voting upon It vote favorably. A political party may declare for or against an amendment and have the amendment printed as a part of its ticket. It is provided, too, that no new constitution shall ever be submitted until after a constitutional con vention has been held. It may be thought that this Is an unusual provision. It must not be forgotten, however, that the present constitution totally lacks any clause for the calling of a constitutional convention. Therefore, the legislature Is the only body which could present a new constitution. It must not be forgotten also that the new constitution can be amended while the old seems Impossible of amendment. Nor must It be forgotten that as many amendments as the legislature desires to submit may be submitted to the voters of the state at one and the same time. "My countrymen, it is your inde feasible right as declared from the beginnings of this government to alter and reform your constitution. It has never been surrendered by you; it could not be taken away from you by your fathers. It Is yours here and now to exercise as seems best to you. That right is solemnly stated in your present document. Your present document is unamendable by reason of its conditions and the decision of the supreme court. "The changes are few. They are muiisnatlva In their character. When adopted by you, it will give all those who have special views and ideas an opportunity to voice those views and to obtain, if they can, the consent of the general assembly to the presentation of ; those views by way of amendment, for adoption or rejection by the people. So reasonable are these changes that it has been claimed that they are but amendments, and that the people, therefore, must not vote upon them. I cannot with propriety discuss this legal question." Use Queen Ready Mixed PAINT, $1.75 per Gal. Old Reliable Paint Co. H. C. SHAW, Mgr. e 10 a 12 8. 7th. Phone 2230 giving to the system noiirichmanlv ,