The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-22

shall consist Of three Judges, any two O
whom shall DO quorum.
The State shall be divided into thre
Districts as follows:
The counties Of Hancock, Brooks
Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel. Tyler, Pleasan "a
Wood, Ritchie, Doddridge, Harrison
Lewis, Gilmer, and Upsher shall constl
tute the first District, population 140, ,410
Tho counties Of Jefferson, Berkeley, Nor
gan, Hampshire, Mineral, Grant, HARDY
Pendleton, Preston, Marion, MonongaIis
Taylor, Barbour, Randolph, Pocahontas
Greenbrier, Webster, and Tucker, The
second District, population 147, 7,423. The
counties Of jackson, Writ, Calhoun
Roane, Clay, Braxton, Nicholas, Fayettc
Summers, Monroe, Mercer, Raleigh, wy,
oming, Mcdowell, Boone, Logan, Lin
coin, Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Kanawha
and Mason, population 147,172. For
each District Judge shall be elected by
the voters thereof and shall hold their
office for the term Of fifteen years unless
sooner removed In the manner prescribed
by this Constitution, ,!except;that.oi those
elected under this amendment arc 10 be
designated by lot In such manner as they
may determine and in the presence Of the
Governor, shall hold his office for Eve
years, the second 10 bo designated in like
manner for ten years and tho third for
fifteen years, so that one shall be elected
every five years.
CTRCT1rr rnTTnTa
SEC. 10. The State shall be divided
into thirteen Circuits. For each Circuit
a Judge shall be elected by the voters
thereof, who shall hold his office for
eleven years, unless sooner removed in
the manner prescribed by this Constitu-
tlon.
SEC. II. The State shall be arranged
into the following Circuits: The Counties
of Hancock, Brooks and Ohio shall con-
stitute the First Circuit; the Counties OF
Marshall, Wetzel and Marion the Second;
the Counties Of Tyler, Peasants, Ritchie,
Doddridge, Gilmer and Calhoun the
Third; the Counties Of Wood, Writ and
jackson the Fourth the Counties of Ma.
son, Putnam, Cabell and Lincoln the
Filth; the Counties Of Wayne, Logan,
Boone, Mcdowell, Wyoming, Raleigh and
Fayette the Sixth the Counties of Kama.
wha, Roane and Clay the Seventh; tho
Counties Of Mercer, Monroe, Greenbrier,
Nicholas and Summers the Eighth; the
Counties Of Braxton, Lewis and Harrison
the Ninth; the Counties of Taylor, Bar
bour, Upshur and Randolph the Tenth :;
the Counties Of Monongalia, Preston,
Tucker and Grant the Eleventh; the
Counties Of Pocahontas, Webster, Pen
dleton, Hardy, Mineral and Hampshire
the Twelfth; the Counties of Morgan,
Berkeley and Jefferson the Thirteenth.
SIC Is. The Legislature may, after
the census of 1880, re.arrange the Circuits,
but the number ol Circuits shall not then
be increased, and no re.arrangement OF the
Circuits shall have the effect of removing
q Judge from office.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SEC. II. The judges shall be commits
stoned by the Governor. The salary of
the judges of the Court Of Appeals shall
be eighteen hundred dollars per annum,
and that OF the judges of the Circuit
Court shall be twelve hundred dollars,
and each shall receive the same allow
ance for necessary travel as members Of
the Legislature.
The new constitution which was pro-
nouncCd by the political quacks who ur-
ged It's adoption, to be panacea for all
political ills of the State, has been in form
and the government administered under 1t
for nearly two years. II has had a fair trial
and the people have had a fair opportuni-
ty to sec its workings and judge of It's
merits. A great many very honest men
Of both parties were opposed 10 its adop-
tion, but their counsels were not Needed,
and their efforts to save the people OF the
State from what has proved 10 be fail.
ure, and Is likely 10 prove serious evil;
even unsuccessful, demsgognes, office
seekers and camp followers OF political
ring cracked the party lash and drove
majority OF the people into its support.
To oppose 1t was 10 incur abuse, and
those who had the moral courage 10 do
what was right In spite Of appeals to their
party feally and the threats OF political
SohAuSl9LA AAaAS aButu6b "G1G 6GI
down IS radicals and prescriptionists and
were treated as political outcasts. But
they al last sets oil things even, and un-
less partisan blindness has struck tho peo.
pie they cannot fail to SEQ to-day how
they have been deceived and
betrayed. Tho constitution has been
tried. 1t is a tremendous failure. It's
practical workings give the lie to what
was said in its favor, and the more its
features are revealed the less prepossess-
ing does it appear. The people are dis
satisfied with 1t and there Is a feeling In
favor OF a change, ! write in no partisan
spirit but as plain, unpretendiDg Demo-
crat, who blushes at the arts which have
been done by the so called representatives
Of the Democratic party, to lay before
your readers for their consideration a lew
81 the many faults and blemishes In the
with such amendments as Is
essential TO remedy these defects. l do
not claim perfection for my suggestions,
but throw them out hoping to elicit from
others something better, If anything bet
Ter can be proposed. JUSTICE.
pITTSRUREH.