Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-03
OUR COLUMBUS LETTER.
A Long Debate Ended-An Arti-
Gle ON the Executive Depart
ment-The Females Rampant.
Terrible Ending of. a Nights
CarOusai.

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ment-The Females Rampant
Terrible Ending of. a Night
Carousal. -
COLUMBUS, O., June IS, 1878.
Having 'put head" on this missiv
1 shall now proceed with my usua
eloquence, to remark how the protract
ed debate on the public institution
has terminated. 1t ended on Friday
with u tilt between Campbell ant
Jud ge West, and for While the al
was wild with harangue. The substi
tute for article7 of the Constitution
which was adopted provides as fol
lows:
Section /. Institutions for the cure
able and incurable insane, tie blind
deaf and dumb. Shall always be sup
ported by the State. The punative
and reformatory institutions of the
State at large shall be reform school
for boys, house of discipline, and a
penitentiary. An asylum for idiotic
and imbeciie youth, home for sol
diers and sailors orphans, and a
girls industrial home, shall be sup
ported SO long as the General Assembly
shall deem them necessary. All pub
lie institutions shall be subject to such
regulations as may be prescribed by
law. '-''- t''''2i''--. -
Cut this out, reader, and save it; l
will send you the rest of the Constitu-
ton by peace-meal, and you can vote
on its adoption 'intelligibly. The sub
stitute is short and to the point, fully
covers the ground, and has the merit
of being much briefer than the old ar
ticle. '''-' ---
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. go.
A resolution for article Ill of the old
Constitution, establishing the Execu;;
tive Department, has also been adopt
ed. 1t differs principally from the
old one in that it abolishes the October
and fixes the State elections
for the first Monday in November
The State government is to. consist OF
a Governor, Lieut.. Governor, lSecreta-
ry of State, Treasurer, and Attorney
General, to serve, for two years each,
and an Auditor of State to serve fol
four years. The substitute is much the
same as the article in the present. Cons.
titution, there being wise and mani
fest disposition to change the old in
just as little as possible. The
veto power was, not conferred on the
Governor, and he will retain the par
doning power. He also retains the
power to fill all the offices in which
there occur vacancies by appointment.
.Eli@i ON THE! WAR PATH. iahi
The strong-minded girls are on the
war path. During the week 51arge
of petitions, numerOusly
signed, have been presented in the
praying that; the word
"male" be stricken from the Constitu-
ton and thus give the poor female full
citizenship. After a lively fight a
special committee of, seven were ap-
pointed on female suffrage, and the
question will come before the Conven-
ton in the shape of a proposition to
confer suffrage on the ladies, and then
there wills be trouble. On: Thursday
night the committee met in the hall of
the House of Representatives to hear
some of the female orators bloViate.-.
There was quite large audience pres
,nt, and speeches were made by Mrs.
VI. B. Longley, of Cincinnatiy and the
lged and ugly Mrs. DR.. Tracy Cutler,
If Chicago. I believe 1 am in favor of
citing the gals vote, and if they 60 toI
.hewing tobacco, and swearing; on
election day, why, we will disfranchise
;sThe Convention is not going tol
but adjourned over to-day
NTH afterpthe 4th of July. The old
oesters have worked hard and deserve
rest. That reminds me that / de-
erve one also, and L am going to Put
n-Bay, to ;fiirt with the girls. lH 5Jd !
fERRIBLE E:NDiTo'A NIGHTS SHOW. !
Mr.. David Webb, general passenger
gent Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
DAD, died terrible death to-day at the
American House, which was the result
+ drunken folly. Last night, in COM
amy with several others, he hired a |
alb and started ona spree, and the par7
y began inaugurating the 4th of July
y burning off fireworks, drinking at
etc; about midnight they. be-
anne very exhilerated, and having lex-j
austed their supply Of combustibles,
hey went to Wagner's saloon on High
treet, and purchased some $50, worth
I Roman candles, rockets, and cannon
re-crackers, and drove out on the Ma !
onal road to burn them: The fire.
7orks were lying in the cab, among the-
len, and Webb had some crackers in
is pants pockets. Some of the. partyti
ere smoking cigars, and the. dEiyer
armed them of their danger, but theyl
ere needless, and only. bent on haYinga
good time. When-ne,x old Camp
hasei the fireworks i.jgnited,i and a1s
,ene of widest terror ensued.i Theis.
orses ran off, the fireworks exploded,
lowing the carriage to pieces, .and1t
lore or less iniuring all the OCCUPANTS. Il