The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-09-21

| III CoHHtCllou Win lne Celdic oilS, ait
finally passed. (agIeeably to the yeas ant
nays given below and sent to the Senate
The Senate prelerring the details Of its
own bills, asked by message their return
from the House, (where they were lying
dead by reason Of the action OF the House,
and on receiving them, unanimously pro-
posed to the House by way Of amendment;
10 strike ou, its own bill, (,he synopsis Of
which we give,) and insert the Senate's
bills in lieu thereof 1t was for these a
mendments that some of the locofocos al
last agreed 10 vote, after having voted a
gains. the House bill, as the lists of yeas
and nays in the Clerks certificate show.
So much for the history of the bill in its
/ different stages. N ow, for the conclusions
| LIST. Our opponents contend that they
were the exclusive friends of Reform
| The Journals show that the Reform bill
was carried BY WING Senate and a
WING House.
Cd. Every Locofoco member in the
House voted against the bill except two.
But, they say LIST, they were for Con-
vention; and I'd, that they voted for the
Senate's amendments. Now,
Sd. As regards Convention. There
was no authority IN the Constitution TO
call Convenion-lhat instrument con-
taininng in itself ample provision for its
own amendment; and there was no neces-
Siiy for Convention, because the Legis-
Ia,ure (bo'h branches) OF 1896, was elect
| ed expressly with view to the alteration
of the Constitution
9TH. As regards the Senate's amend
ments. Examine the synopsis Of the bill
az perfected by the House, and then COM
pare il with the Senate's amendment.
Act of 1886, Oh. 1917 While the lead
ing features of the two are very much the
same, the house bill was .unquestlonably
the more DEMOCRATIC measure. Turn
10 the 9Th section of the house bill. 1T
divided tie Senate into flee classes-pro-
vides for the election of one--ftM OF the
Senate EVERY YEAR-makes the term
Of the Senator ,fre years, and makes him
ineligible for five years, thereby diminish"
ing the temptation to corruption. The
Senate bill (sec. 3, oh. 1872, 1885, divides
the Senate into three cl1sses-one-thud
to be elected every TWO years, and makes
the term sic years without any lneligiblll-
ly. Who will question that the House
proposition was not more democratic than
the Senale'sl Again, turn TO the 2lst. Sec
lion of the House bill-ls proposed to
curtal the Executive power by forbdding
the Governor to remove an officer with
out cause-suiiiciency of the cause to be
Judged of by body, one-tillh of whose
members was to be elected every year by
the people, The Sena,e's amendments
contained no such provision, but left the
Constitution in respect to Executive power
OF removal just as it is, and as it has al
WAYS stood-that is to say-the Governor
man ,cih or rithom cause hurt any man
from office. Now,
9Th, and lastly. The yeas and nays
show that the Locofoco members voted
against this Deimocl attic House bill. They
proposed no SubStiiuie--nO amendment ;
but voted directly against the bill. Thus
if their votes could have accomplished ii
they would have refused ALL reform al
the session Of 1886. To be sure, after
wards, when the Senate struck out the
House bill, and substituted its own some
of the loco(oco members (ll out Of Isl
are found uoting for The Senate bill, which
we have demonstrated was far the less
DEMOCRATIC measure of the TWO.
These are the FAcTs-ALL the FACTS
and these are the CONCLUSIONS. Let
the People Judge, then whether they are
indebted 10 Wings or Locolocos for the
power they are about to exercise OF elect
ing their own CHIEF MAGISTRATE!
Synopsis of the sectious of the Origin
al Bill which passed the House of Dele
gates on the 25lh of February, 1887, en-
titled ssar act to amend the Constitution
and form of Government OF the State oil
Maryland"
Section /. That the House of Delegates
shall be composed as lollows:-5 Dele
gates to Baltimore City, Baltimore, Anne
arundel Including Annapolis) and Fred
erick Countess Delegates TO each OF the
counties of Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dor
chester, Hartford, Montgomery, Prince
Georges Somerset, Washington and Wor,
cesier-3 Delegates to each of the coun-
ties of .4Hegany, Ca1uert, Caroline, Kent
Queen finn, st. .Mary's and Talbot.
Sec. 9. That every free white male cit
izen above The age of twenty -one having
resided in the State IL months and in the
county 6 months shall be entitled TO vote
for Delegates, sc.
Sec. 8. Persons to be eligible for Dele
gate must be above 81 years old, and re-
sident OF the county or city at least one
year preceding election.
Sec. 4. That there shall be new ap,
portionment of Delegates in 1851, and
every twenty years ailerwards-no coun,
ty or city to have more or less than al
lowed by the 1st section.
| Co, & e That each county and tbt