Omaha daily bee., 1874-04-30
GENERAL VfQUAIN ON THE
RAMPAGE.
A Quixotic PrOnunciamento.

correspondents OF the LlnCoAu JouIhAi
EDITOR STATE JOURNAL:
Ihaveread Notwithstanding"
in the BEE of April 18th, and is so
called constitutional argument may
be simmsred down to this: "Gen-
tlemen, you better leave this matter
alone, and let us have things our
way a while longer, if you con-
veniently can ; and if you cannot
conveniently do so, we shall try to
force you to it." Well, perhaps we
may ; and perhaps you won't.
l deem it to be lost time to discuss
this matter any further fopthe pur-
pose to convince people who do not
wish to be convinced. At any rate,
sir, you have gained the main point;
for the law of '67 is to-day accepted
as a precedent perfectly satisfactory
to the most facetious in pointof con-
stitutional law.
But it will not do to wait until
after the October election, because
if we did, and a new constitution
should be defeated, we would find
ourselves just exactly where we are
to-day, or short of just representa-
ton; and good constitutions can be
defeated, as we too well know.
We must have an extra session
before October, so that We may be
in the Legislature that is to frame
the constitutional convention bill
i'm such numbers as actual popula-
ton entities us to. Ia my humble
opinion, the constitution of II was
defeated because the power of the
people of the State was sliding
out of the grasp of a small
section of our State; the church
clause therein, was only the foot
ball of monOpOlies and railroad cor
pOratiOns; but the two things to-
gether, nevertheless, killed it.
AK extra session in June or July,
with the Legislature constituted, as
it is, will give us our rights, the
Omaha BEE to the contrary not
withstanding; and We must now
work so as to have Gov. Furnas to
call an extra session.
/ will suggest, sir, that every
county interested, organize a COM
mittee to get petitions circulated at
once, so that they may be before
the Governor sometime in the latter
part of May; said petitions to be
presented altogether at a certain
day, by a special committee ofthree
from every county in question, in
such manner, Mr.. Editor, that the
Governor will be able to convince
himself that he will be supported in
his call for an extra session.
Judge Jameson's decision in re-
gard to the law of '67, knows not
the slightest doubt i'm the minds of
our people, as to the constitutionality
of a re-apportionment. And in
case the legislature assemblies in ex-
ira session, and fails to do US justice,
then, sir, / would advise that the
two political conventions to be con-
vened in August or September
should curtail the representation on
State tickets, of said counties that
voted against equitable representa-
ton, to the figure zerO. That we
can do, l know.
/ move you, sir, that Senator
Griggs, of Gage county, Representa-
tive McKillip, of Seward county,
Representative Sessions, of Lam
caster Senator Osborn, of Washing
ton, Representative Stevenson, of
Cumming, Hon. G.. ID. Thummel, of
Hall county, and w. Brown, editor
of the Juniata Gazette, Adams coun-
ty, be the State Central Committee
on equitable representation; and
that they meet in the city of Lin
coin, at the office of the State jour
nal, on the 18th of May next, at l
O'Clock p. m, to organize the fight.
Who seconds the motion?
Yours truly,
VICTOR VIFQUAIN.