The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-08
nov IN ITY
Can,enllon or M Con,enlIon.

90 tho Eiltpr al tho Dallas Herald
II dnps seem 10 me that the press 0l
tho state have mol ~ fully presented
the necessity for a new CunHlllullnllr
a. they should have done, Aud hllll
ought ~ preHenl Some prominent
men NJ this State are opposed lnh Con
yenllun, Who are these men, ! cnn
name Apyprpl who were members Of
The Fourteenth Legislature. SENATORS
Hobby, 0f Tyler equity, bradley Of
lirehionc, Baker NJ Harris, Camp, ol
uphhur Wood, ui Lcun, Allison, NJ
Collin, Ireland, NJ tinudnlupc, ana last
bat hy no means lpnHt Nv corporal
capacity It, Gov, Hubbard. II h idle
~ Hny those gentlemen have no lnllu-
rnGc, ~ tulHleunn, IN lhi2, the OK
preston wnH "giyp w a new COnhllll'
lion ~ the earliest time possible"
The lilh Legislature, IN lhNi, gave up
half their time ~ secure u new Consul,
tuition, The convention Ol lA1d HAll
We want II nov Constitution, In nix
congressional district conventions,
they said we want u new Constllu'
ton. vet, after all those expressions,
the Legislature wholly ignored the
auhlppt, except that you ana | must
SAY NJ the ballot box whether or not
we want n Constitutional Convention
Now, Cnn any man Hny these men
ARE not NJ work 10 defeat the proposed
ConVcnlion, Read the following which
como from the mouth-ploce OF Lieu
tenant Governor Hubbard
We have hardly ever written ten
lines nj u time upon the subject with
out saying, either plainly or 10y Infer
Cnce, that our present Constitution
needs changing In many material par
tIculnrs. AZ we remarked last week,
all true Democrats nre agreed upon
this, The only difference between IN
and the Times, or between us aud any
good Democrat, Nv ~ to whether the
changes required should be sought
through Il Convention or by amend
ments,"-lTyler Democrat
This comes with had grace from
the house of u state officer and through
his organ. Governor Hubbard only Il
few days before adjournment Of the
last Legislature expressed his belief
TINT that body ought 10 remain In SEES
sion for Nix weeks longer 10 amend the
present Constitution, which IN his can
vnss he would dash to the table with
the exclamation, that II was "too foul
for decent men 10 handle.n True, II
was then, and true IL Il now, but,
am of the opinion that the Lieutenant
Governor thought II too foul for him
to read, for on page twenty-eight, OF
this foul thing, | ind the following
language;
"rhe compensation of the Lieuten.
ant governor shall be twice the pei
diem or pay Of Senator and no more. II
Now, II he had read this foul thing
how could he draw from the treasury
S52S 90 mileage for the two sessions
1874 and 1870
The question is simply this, which
ought to come directly home to every
tux payer, can pay one-half of one
per cent state tax next year and bC
healthy? The change from annual t.
bi-nnnual sessions OF the Legislature,
will save for the first year enough to
pay for holding convention. The
change In the judiciary would annually
save $4,000. The appropriation for
next year, beginning lst day of next
September, Is 81 sos, lS5. Vote for a
convention and for good men to repre-
sent the District. DO not let party
feeling and prejudices bias your minds
or lead you astray, 80 far rs to cast
your vote for men whom you know to
be unqualified, whether they live in
Ellis, Tarrant or Dallas. NIX.