New-York tribune., 1874-10-29
THE AMENDMENTS.
THEIR IMPORTANCE URGED.

THEIR IMPORTANCE URGED.
ADDRESS or THE LIBERAL REPUBLICAN STATE COM
MITTER.
Liberal REPUBLICAN STATE CoMMrrrEs,I
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ervation Of your organization s OF chief Importance.
we'll advice that you support for Office men only
OF approved honesty, aud who most dtly represent"
and subordinate to the first duty which the Convention
enjoned OF "sdheriDg to the integrity Of the Liberal
who most consistently the doctrine Of specie.
basis currency nor that you will withhold them from
any not satisfactorily pronounced against third Pres
deniia term for Gen. Grant The precaution Of mutual
conference and advice should not be neglected, aud
promises prompted by the anxiety for votes
mon to Democrats aud Republicans, should be scru-
tnized lest intended to deude. To guard against such
practices you should not act sinRly individuals but
Jointly through your organizations trusting those pro,
by concurrent performance Il plain that your inhu
ence shaping the canvass 1t will probably determine
other lesson will have been read to the exhausted pOt
tcal formations the State OF their departed usefulness
The Liberal Republicans and independent electors will
teach this lesson this year by eecnR the candidates
identified with their principles and whom their moral
pressure forced upon the cOntending factions.
BY the acts OF two successive Legislatures certain
dments to the State Constitution have been
posed electors OF the State. They embraced
In series OF eight resolutions Of the Senate
and Assembly. aud the mode OF their submission has
been prescribed by law Distributed In eleven separate
propositions, they will be cOmprehended In single
ballot. ballot cast therefor will be vote for each
proposed amendment, except for those Cancelled with
ink pencil, against each OF which vote will be
recorded But none should be Cancelled. Should they be
adopted the sale OF the lateral canals, thereby
mted would release the revenues or the Erie OsweRo
Champain, and the Cayuga and Seneca Canals from
and relieve the payers Of the State
OF burden equal to than 900 OF permanent
debt. The Of salary provided for members OF
the Legislature would contribute to their honesty by
enabling them to live. The two chief executive ofcers
of the State would more appropriately reflect the
dignity the people when invested with reasonably In
creased salaries and moderately increased terms The
andOte to schemng extravaganza, legislative arnce
aud official frauds would be found IN the Governors
would he curbed special legislation restrained, and
the sinking Funds preserved The powers OF savings
banks would then conform to the safe custody OF the
of the savings OF the poor within their vaults
be able to burden OF taxation through loans
of the money credit OF the State TO undeserving
charities questionable enterprises The progate ex-
pendture and reckless accumulation or debt by cities,
spectacle of the Ring pace-men OF city government
conducting, legislators in Albany streams OF TAX
payers money into their own pockets, would dissolve
and disappear In truth. the proposed amendments rep
resent their entirety an eendatOn OF the organic
law 80 lust and useful that the opportunity OF enectlng
n should y no means be negected. On behalf OF the
Conmttee JOHN COCHRASE, Chairman.
benjamin A. Willis. Secretary.