, 1875-06-07
Political and Financial AZ.
fairs in Alabama.
popular Attention Almost Entirely
Deyoled 10 Material De-
vcloplncnt.
The Question Of Calling q 0onven-
ton to Frame a New
Constitution,
Psoposed Emendatious Of tho Funda-
mental Lazy Of The State.
Denial Of Any Intention to Infringe
upon the Rights Of the
Negroes.
Belief Of Lending Democrats that The
Colorcd Vote 1Yill lie with
Them In 1876.
How the State Has Been Swindled Through
Lending Its Aid to Railroads
A sta,o Debt Of Over s32, 10000, which I
IS Proposed to Scale Down 10
s10,000.000.
Denial of Any Intention to Infringe
npon the Rights Of the
Negroes.
Belief Of Lending Democrats that The
Colorcd Vote VIII lie with
Them In 1876,
How the State Has Been Swindled Through
Lending Its Aid to Railroada,
A stato Debt oi 0ver $32, COO, 900, which It
Is Proposed to Scale Down 10
st0000.000.

st0,000.o00.
Fran. Our Onn Ctrrt*rhnItnt
MONTGOMERY. Ala., june f.-roEa.aps tho most
hopeful indication regarding Alabama Is, TINT
wli1lc to greater or lees extent tho roet oi tho
country Is Discussing her condition, tlera Is
ecagco any discussion Of politics hcro. 1t IL not
tho Bubjoct Of conversation ut tho court-houscs,
hotsls, on tho transt or clBcwhcro 70 fhr aa
have Dceu able to ascertain. When tho subject
liz btoachcd, 10 particular interest Is betrayed,
mud conversation IL langud nutil it turns upon
tho crop-prospcct or immigration, 10 do Ills
sl.sro toward Introducing wIie, seems tho fixed
purposo OF oyery man in A1ahnma. For tho
nouco, public attention Is directed, not 10 poll
lies, hut 10 tho
DEVELOPMENT or THE RESOURCES
OF tho s.a.o. Even tue senration occasioned by
tho developments An the Spencer investigation
has suddenly subsidized, leaving seatco ripple in
the ctlrront OF public opinion. TIC moat lively
impression cseasetl by anything connected there
with was not as to tho facts brought out (which
woro generally known iu political circles Aere),
but na to tho outspokcn denunciations Of tho
rarcallsy exposed, rnado through tho press Of tho
Northern s;tateB Novel anil uul,,sng, nnh at tho
sarue timo decidedly significant, has been tho
glad surprise expressed hero at tho fact that
uHE TRIBUNE characterized TINT raHcality rs
rasca}ity aud that lothor leading Journals pub
hsl4od north Of Mason & Dixon's line did tho
eauo. Tho acnso OF sellot they manifest ak
finding TINT thpy nro really founI 10 bo IN tho
right III ono instance, Aas moro than once caused
nc to hesitate OIL putting MY pen TO paper to rc-
port my own observations, and to sometimes
won1cr H. at 1enst. I yero not lab,e 10 uoisun-
"o'a' 49, t,.,..., -. ,.. .t.,, H.,
dorssand them IN many thlngS no loss thah uls'
thcy tho press ol tho NORTH when they assuhed'
as evidently they did, that 1t would be silent "a
10. or auoIorfze for, the Spcuccr business.
A. tLis linn, n warm politfcat discussion might
~ 'a,s ,l"o' "a1a' m'a ao.,a,as an11;.''. ;s
naturally DO expected 1ho question o1 ca'lsn9
Convention to
FRAME NEW CONSTITUTION
for tho stato In TO bo voted on at an election TO
10 nola ON 'ne 'a1s uesuay , 1ususs' ~ - ~ 'io"
OF tue importance OF suen "osA' .! Tue u'ssat~
istaction with vlltch the rreaont Constitution
waH rcceisod after its adoption had boon dis
puted, aud in ylow Of tho vast amount Of pro-
.oua elAses'apaup ~ @ " 'uo ntass'
tho question or htW constitution WOULD 90
volop. the attention when II tccesseA he,o ~ tue
moro 1ndtkcd Indication OF 10" , little con-
! corlicd tho people are 10 POLITICAL mat"
tors. aud OF how mitch they nro on
| crossed III their own private Affairs. IT
goes further to Indicate lie actua! situation than
~ thas cur 20 tou ny ,.t soso ,o %no p,ooss 10
! occupied with tho white itnn, nor queatIons Of
| cllanEes IN tho fundamental! law. must DO takor
~ totesaby satisfactory oHldonco that, no far aa
folatea to Alabama; there caunot 10 yasi doalt
sub}ec! Of much thought. The condition 1t do
noteH IN Of ... .....
| onnEl., PROSPERITY, THRIFT, AND CONTENT
WHICH, generally, speaking IL the condition Of
Alabama to.lay.
Several important changes In tho organic Inv
| are proposed by those who favor the calling Of u
Constitutional Convention. or thcso, ono ot
tue most Important relates to Tie public schools.
by tho prcsent Constitution. one-lfth tho el'tiro
soyeauo collected III set apart for support Of the
schoola. For the current year, thIs amounts to
S.93 887.4l. Tho funds derived fro.n interest GU
proceeds ot paleH Of laaoa granted by Congress
from tho po-tax and special llconses, also al'
piled to school pulroscs. swell Tue total fund To-
aolo provision for tho education Of q schoo
population of @3. iN white and l73,b3
cooEol chillren,-tt,ero being no loca
school levios, except Mt Mobl.e and !,
Perry County. This would seen1 noue too much
hut 1t Ia tho subject Of u yuHt deal Of complain
that 10 much IL expended for schools. BESIDES
tl!o State Of A!aba1aa has dofautcd IN paysnon
Of iuscrost OIL her debt since 1873. and uoW con
templates rasslng about 1900. .UO0 pur anllum 70
that purpoao. Under sho present Constitution
to do that would require :l;25, ono 10 raised. Ii
order that after deductlng tho uuo-tltth to
school purposes, half-mi!lfon should be left
In improvement Ut tho sehvos, but
ALABAMA las nor YET LEARNED
to toapprecato tho full value Of tho public schools
aud proposes to begin ecenomzing by cutt,n
down, Instead Of adding to. the appropriate
for them,-by omlttinK tho ule-tttla clause q
tic present CONSTITUTION from tho new lnAtrI
uIspt. It III charged that tAia In especially Dc
signed ~ blow at the colored ecl,ools; wlic
III advanced a. another argument showing VII
tloru nhotlld 10 nIoro on foscemcnt policy on Ii
part Of lie uUnoral Qoystntnont, though Ao
slat could operate TO prevent tho adoption of
| uuw Constitution ly tho people Of AlRbaulA
uot clear, How much nretulico against Il
D culorel splnolB las ia do with it,