Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-10-07
Constitutional Amendments.

In The excitement incident 10 the other
features Of the Campaign, it should not
he forgotten that several amendments to
The State Constitution are to be submit
ted TO the people. and they are TO decide
bv their votes whether those amendments
should be adopted.
The proposed amendments are as fol
lows: lst, Biennial sessions Of the leg
ilalure 20 be charged 10 annual, and the
representatives to be elected annually
1t has been found that no practical saw
ing in time or money is or can be made
by the present course of things, mas
much as the interests of a great State
like this require that representatives d.
rect from the people should spend some
portion of each year in examining the
condition of affairs, looking into the con-
duct of officers, and watching that no
BresIin swindle is peipetrated. Tie idea
of letting things run two years together,
with no check or guard upon public Of
fcers, has proven to be a very poor one.
Let US have short sessions every winter;
we shall save in money as we'll as secure
more efficient Legislation.
end, A new organization of the Dis
trict Court. The present District Court
is nominally composed of n of the Su-
preme Judges and three Common Pleas
Judges; but from the very first organi-
cation of the Supreme Court under the
present Constitution the business Of the
Supreme Court has been so pressing that
only in exceptional cases have any Of
those Judges been able to attend District
Courts, and wherever any Of the Com
mon Pleas Judges have been engaged
in cases before the Court, business has
been brought TO a stand sill fer lack Of
Il quorum to transact it. This shows
the absolute necessity of a new organi-
cation of that Court, so that the time
and money Of s%uitors, witnesses, jurors
and others may be properly protected
from waste.
Srd, Equal taxation for banks and
private individuals. The justice Of this.
needs no argument.
4th, Power to be given to the legisla-
ture to pass specials laws of incorporation
in particular cases. We must say we
have strong doubt of the policy of this
amendment. and prefer to endure any
inconvenience there may be in the rule
of general legislation, rather than open
the door for a flood of special laws,
privileges, and immuniies, by a change.
9th, The election of members Of Leg
i~slature to be by single districts. We
sincerely hopethis amendment will pass.
Hamilton County now sends 8 represen-
ts'ives to the legislature, and a bare ma
jority of one in The county would be suf-
fcient to make the whole batch of rep
resentatives Of one political complexion;
whereas, il each representative were
elected by a separate district, the repre-
sgntation would be fairly divided in the
proportion of the political parties there.
The same thing is true of every county
or city VII r. a plur'l ty Of lefresentf-
tives is elected. Let all such counties
be divided for election purposes SO that
the several portions of them may each
elect their own legislator.
The above are the amendments sub
mitted to the people, briefly stated, with
oar W views on them. Do not let
them be forgotten. The amendments in
full are found on the last page Of the pa
ner. and the ballots distributed through
the county viii contain the forms for vot-
ing On them. Ne hope every voter will
rive them his attention, and that the
LIST, end, 5rd and 9Th will receive the
fsI vote Of the Republican party.