Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-04-02
Constitutional Convention.

Constitutional Convention.
The Committee on Preamble and Bill
of Rights reported against any change
from the same in the present Consti-
tuition. Mr.. Waddle, a member of the
same committee, reported in favor OF
inserting the following in the Pream-
Bile:
"We, the people of the State of Ohio,
grateful to Almighty God for our civil
and religious liberty, and invoking his
blessings for the future, to secure and
promote our common welfare, do es-
tablish this Constitution"
This was voted down bya vote OF "
to 80. The report of the committee
was discussed at great length, but with
out acting thereon the elective franchise
article was taken up and agreed to as
follows:
SECTION l. Every male citizen ofthe
United States Of the age of twenty-one
years, who shall have been a resident of
the State one year next preceding the
election. and of the county, township
or ward in which be resides such time
as may be provided by aaw, shall have
qualifications of an elector, and be entl-
tied to vote at all elections.
SEC. 2. Whenever any of the qualified
electors of the State shall be in actual
military service under requisition OF
the President of the United States, or
by the authority of this State, and not
in the regular army, such electors may
exercise the right of suffrage in all elec-
tions by the citizens, under such regu-
latiens as are or shall be prescribed by
law, as fully as if they were present at
their usual places of election.
Sec. 8. ALI elections shall be by bal
lot.
Sec. 4. Electors, during their attend
ance at elections, and in going to and
returning therefrom, shall be privileged
from arrest in all cases except treason, /,
felony and breach of the peace.
SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall
have power to exclude from the privi-
lege of voting or of being eligible to
office sny person convicted of bribery,
perjury, or other infamous crime.
, Sec. 6. For the purpose of voting, no
person shall be deemed to have gained
or lost residence by reason of his
presence or absence while employed in
in the service of the United States, nor
while engaged in the navigation of wa
ters of this State, or of the high seas,
nor by reason of his presence or ao-
sence for any mere temporary purpose
or employment whatever.
SEC. Z. No idiot or insane person
shall be entitled to the privilege of an
electOr.
The proposition to submit the ques-
ton of Female Suffrage to separate
vote at the time of submitting the Con-
stitution to be voted upon was lost by
q vote of 4S yeas to 80 nays, lacking only
five votes of the required number, 53, to
secure the submission n of the proposition
to a separate vote.
John McCauley, member elect from
Seneca county to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of John d. O'Connor, was
sworn in and took his seat.
Appropriate action was taken in re-
gard to the death OF Millard Fillmore
and Charles Sumner.
Mr.. Campbell, by leave, presented d
the following:
.Proposilion No. 224, in relation to
the m manufacture AMI sale of intoxicat-
ing liquor. When the votes of the elec-
: ahall be taken for the adoption or
che Constitution, the fol-
or. hail be seyer2ily
e;ec,;ono, .doptioq
owing propositions g..
ubmitled to the electors toi
II rejection, to-wit: ,
i. intoxicating liquors shall neith-
r be manufactured nor sold in the
tate. - 81.
2. intoxicating liquors may only
e manufactured or sold in the State in
uantities not less than one gallon, on
cense granted in such manner and on
uch conditions "a the General Assem-
ly may provide by law.
3. Intoxicating liquors may be sold
0 the State in quantities less than one
allon only on license granted in such
lanner and on such conditions as the
ne General Assembly may provide by
wv. s-.4 rs isE-.-; IL of'it !
"a separate ballot may be given by
ach elector upon said several PROPOSE
ons in form following and placed in
eparate ballot-boxes, to-wit: Upon the
allots given for said first proposition
hall be written or printed, or partly
'ritten and partly printed, the words,
Prohibition of the manufacture or sale
f intoxicating liquors, Yes and upon
lie ballot given against said first prop
sition in like manner the words, sPro- !
ibi,iOn of the manufacture and sale of !
liquor. No. Upon the bal
IFS given for said second proposition
] like manner the words, License for
le manufacture and wholesale of in [
liquors. Yes,' and upon the
ailots given against said second
ropOsition in like manner the words, ]
license for the manufacture aud whole.
lie of intoxicating liquors, No. Upon {
le ballots given for said third propo- &
tion in like manner the words, Retail {
intoxicating liquors, Yes and upon
10 ballots given against said third
roposition in like manner the words I
,etail Of intoxicating liquors, No. 9
Such of said propositions as may re-
i've a majority of the aggregate vote q
ven for and against the ratification of
10 new Constitution at said election !
lall be part of Article Fifteen. Should
i'd first, and one or both of said sec. 4
i'd and third propositions be approved
? such majority, then said first propo-
ton only shall be part of Article {
", provided it receive greater num- 9
,r OF votes than are given for the Sec Z
I'd or third propositions: otherwise, it
all be deemed rejected, and such of {
Q other two ss may be approved by a
ajority of the votes cast as aforesaid .
all be part of said Article Fifteen.
The proposition was read once and :
dered to be printed.
An ordinary iron, rail, where i'm 7
ense freight traffic is done, will last {
ur months; Bessemer steel rail sew
years, or twenty-one times as long; 4
,nce, in this respect, must be twenty .
le times cheaper. Also, it takes two Q
ns of coal to make u ton of iron rails, l.
hila the RasSemer DrOcqSs reuuiras o