The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-09

eendancy in The General Assembly,
Skar6s.
The Press on the New Constellation
The proposed new Constitution contains
more Objectionable features than are con-
famed in the one now in force, and it is
easy 8 task to change our present Con-
stitution and make it to conform to the
requirements of the present time, as it
win be to rid the proposed new one of its
bad and Improbable provisions.-Ihe
Ashland Press lDGgO lHl Ll-l5L .
One of the objectionable things in the
new Constitution is the provision for
all State and county officers every
year, at the very san time that the
members of Congress are elected. The
present arrangement serves largely to
keep State and United States politics
apart, but the proposed change would mix
up both together all the understandable
(Dem.) o.
We are opposed TO the Constitution,
is to be voted for on the 18th of
August, 1874, and we hope the people of
Vinton county will vote against it to a
man. No such Constitution Is wanted
AcATthNT Enquirer (Dem.)
The indications all over the State are
that the New Constitution will be de-
by the people by an overwhelming
majority. We think in Highland county
it viii be defeated five to one. It is q
Constitution-the work of Lawyers
and if adopted win increase largely the
burdens of taxation.-HlHsboTo Gazette
tDem.)
The Butler county Examiner is net
favorable to the new Constitution. 1t
remarks:
It is frequently better to bear the Ills
we have than fly to others that we know
not of Besides, Ohio for twenty
years has lived and prospered, grown pop
uleus, rich and great under her present
Constitution. If there are some serious
imperfections in it-and in what human
law are they not2-they can be cured by
one or two amendments submitted by the
General Assembly of the State to q vote
0t b people at q regulaA0lootioa-
Amendments thus submitted could be
voted on separately, adopting or rejecting
some or al as to a majority of the electors
seemed best while the amendments sub.
mitted by the late convention, with but
three exceptions, must be either adopted
or rejected as a whole. Iols3 s
Probably the better way to. dispose OF
the new Constitution will be to vote it
down. The fact that it practically dis
eliminates against 3 majority of the voters
eff the great counties of Cuyahoga and
Hamilton is sufficient to condemn it,
NeS Paris Era (RP) 81
While the present Constitution doubt
leas contains some objectionable clauses.
We think the proposed new one contains
many more.r One thing is absolutely
certain, and that is it will require q
amount of money to T the diff
fersnt civil judicial and governmental
departments of the State if the new Con-
stftutions be adopted than 1t now costs,
and that the money must come from the
pockets Of the tax-payes.- Ashland
Times (RePbm sTsaT 19 f5Hoc !
.gIti is a good point against the adoption
Of the proposed State Constitution that it
viii giVeari toa whole host Of Yexatious
qnestions IN regard to its meaning, which
will have to be settled in the courts at a
great cost and public Inconvenience.
Under the present Constitution nearly
every thing has been settled by q judicial
decision that can possibly arise. 1t Is
better TO have a chart where the shoals
are thus marked out than one where they
are vet TO be Observation-Disclosures
Times Den.
The Steubenlille GazeAe rs not in the
habit Of jumping at conclusions. iltmakes
Up its mind thoughtfuIly and withlde
liberation. 1t has duly considered the
new Constitution and as the result Of that
condensation it is constrained to say
q that the new Constitution does not be-
gin to pay the cost of getting it Hp and
that while It il really no improvement N
any respect on the present Constitution,
it Is far inferior in almost every respect
IT is the intention of the editor therefore
10 @yote against it" 81 s4I sEsI
- It is the opinion Of the Eaton Demoeral
that Preble county viii give a majority
against the new Constitution.
The plan proposed by the new Consti.
tuition af holding biennial elections only
as esseniially & undemocratic. The FIRE.
of elections, and the consequent
limitation ofthe powers of Representatives.
who are thereby compelled to keep "shorl
accounts with the people, is a privilege
which should be jealously guarded. Any
Econcessious which may extend the time
between the periods at which the sentl'
ments VI y community are expressed a
the polls, cannot be otherwise than sub
yerSiye of good government.-DstGfcdqr
HsrGd (Dsml)
bdiThe Democratic Herald, of Toledo, il
speaking Of the new Constitution, says:
g Taken as a Whole-and as it must b.
adopted or rejected es an entirety, it car
only be weighed in the balance as o.
entire nproposition-we fail TO discover il
what particular, with the single exception
of the judicial article, il is an improve
ment on the present Constitution of th,
State" a5gEs
Under the present. Constitution. tn,
| judicial salaries amounted to one hundred
and ffty.six thousand dollars. Under tn
| new Constitution the judicial salaries vii
amount to three hundred and eighteen
thousand dollars. The superiority of tn
proposed new system vii increase tn
taxes one hundred and sixty-two thou
sand dollars. Vote against the expensiY,
humbug.-FfeT0nt Messenger Oen.)
L. We publish to-day in q Supplements
I sheet, hs new Constitution Of Ohio. /
lisi the fruit Of several mouths labor IN tn
convention of some of the beat talent .
the State during a part Of which time th
present Ghisf Justice of the United State
presided. The press is engaged in dis
housing the Instrument, and a. many Q
| thsshaaRas are radical It receives advers
laawsfbas fagorabIs criticism. Upon th
whole, EoWsRer, it isaso much Of an i'm
'lpsOSsmsnt upon the present Constitution
that its adoption, togsther with the thre
separately aHbmitted propositions, ma,
be REGARDED e. more than probable.-OHi
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