The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-16

We print the following communlca
ton from Major Brown respecting the
distribution Of copies Of the new Con
siltution. The Majors reflections on
the probable vote win DO found Inter-
estIng:
To the Edltor Of the Dallas Herald
SIR While n candidate for the Con-
slitlionnI Convention, pledged
myself IL elected, to do all In my
power TO have the new Constitution
printed IN large numbers for dislrlbu-
lion among the people, and also 10 pro-
vide that all general laws should here
after be printed In sufficient numbers
TO enable the people 10 know what the
laws of the State were.
owing TO the pressure Of mNtters the
proceedings of the last few days Of the.
Convention have never been printed,
even by any paper in Austin. To-day,
however | have received II printed
copy of the Journals, aud in justice to
myself ! ask The HERALD to publish
the following extracts:
Mr. John Henry Brown, Of Dallas,
offered the following resolution which
was unanimously adopted
Resoired, That instead Of ten thou
sand, there shall be printed forty lhOu.
tand copies OF the Constitution and
ordinances In English, two thousand
copies Of which shall he deposited IN
.he Office OF the Secretary Of state, and
| thirty.cipht thousand distributed
equally among the members Of the
Convention, as heretofore provided.
Mr., Brown also offered the following,
which was unanimously adopted;
RCsOircd, That IN closing its labOrs
this Convention recommends to all lu-
ture Legislatures the prOpricty, wisdom
and Justice of having printed for dis
tribulion among the people, through
! the County Clerks, such number Of
copies of the general laws of each SEES.
sion, half bound, ~ will I've equal to
one.tenth OF the number OF voters in
the State, in order that the people may
always have an opportunity Of under
standing the laws Of the State"
In compliance with the first
resolution, rs above, l received
on Thursday last, four hundred and
twenty-five copies of the Constitution
and Ordinances in pamphlet form, and
have distributed them fairly by neigh
horhoods throughout Dallas COUNTY,
to-wit; In Dallas City, Lancaster,
llutchins, Cedar HILL Five Mile, Ten
Mile, Lisbon, Eagle Ford, Valley
Church, Grapevine, Trinity Mills,
Ceder springs, Richardson, Duck
Creek, Pages shop, Pleasant Valley,
Scyenc, liaughts Store, Lisbon, Suits
Schoolhouse and every other ueigh-
borhood in the county. | have lled
to make the faircst distribution posi-
die Of four hundred and twenty-five
copies among the six thousand voters
Of Dallas county,
Besides the forty thousand pamphlet
copies, there have been printed In
Austin, Galveston Dallas and else
where more than Il hundred thousand
copies in newspaper form, equal IN all
to ono copy for every two voters in
the state. Tleis has never been
known before in Texas or any State
Of the Union, The people will
for once be FULLY enlightened and
known what they are doing when, ON
Tuesday, the fifteenth Of February,
they shall come forth to vote for the
ratification Of the new Constitutions.
venture the assertion boldly that
up to this day not ten thousand men
in all Texas have ever read the Con-
stitution of 1869; aud with equal con-
Jidence may assert that already with
in twenty-One days after the adjourn
mpnt of the Convention Unp hundred