New-York tribune., 1878-03-30
THE APRIL ELECTIONS.


CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN MICHIGAN
The electors of Michigan will vote upon two
proposed amendments the state Constitution on Non
day, April The frat amends Section u of Article
W. TO read as follows:
SECTION - The Justices the Supreme Court shall
appoint the Clerk OF said Court ansthe clerk Of each
County organized for judicial purposes shall DC the CLERK
Of the Circuit Court OF such county.
This section reads as follows at present:
SECTION 70 The clerk Of each county organized for
judicial purposes shall be the Clerk the Circuit Court
OF such county, aud of the Supreme Court when held
within the same.
The method of choosing CLERK of the Supreme
Court it IS argued might reasonably have been
left by the Constitution to the Legislature to
determine, especially as the times and places
Of holding the Court so left. The latter
have been changed two three mes but the law now
provides for holding all the at Lansing. As the
County Clerk OF lngham County Is chosen on party
ticket without reference TO his legal attainmens, the
Supreme Court Justices naturally desire the privilege of
naming some person fitted for the place.
The second proposed amendment changes Section Of
Article Ky. to read rs follows:
SECTION T. The stockholders All corpora tOns and
iOnt-soo associations snail bc individually liable in
equal To the par value Of their respective shares
which they or have owned, m such corporations or
associations all labor behalf Of such corpora
ton ipnt-sOc association during the time OK their
being such stockholders.
This section reads, has prevented the invest
ment of idle capital in manufacturing enterprises, by
making stockholders individually liable for all labor
performed.
RHODE ISLAND TO ELECT STATE OFFICERS.
Rhode Islands annual State election will be
held Wednesday, April 3, when State officers
members ~ both branches Of the State Legislature, and
local officers Will be chosen. The four parties in the
State are represented by three tickets. The Prohibition
sts March s. nominated the state officers elected by
the Republicans last year. on March II the Repubh-
cans rcnomnated the samo ticket. The Democrats
renOmuatcd their candidate for Governor last year,
Jerothinul b. Barnaby, but he declined. Isaac Law
renee, the nominee for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was then
pacrd tho head o the ticket The three tickets
follows:
E,pubiicdn and nro. Dsmocrdtc.
p. Charles g. Van zand; Isaac Lawrence.
hTgGerl,ai. 80. Willard Sayles Charles II. PAGE.
Secretary ~ Joshua NJ Atdeman Henry H. locmsoD
I,odsfTtr - samuel CLARK. Thomas w Segar.
National (Grssnbaek)
Fbr Gcrsfaor William Poster jr
iygl.e.sCiL * noniinaIonJ
TrcqsTsr..... Andrew b. Morse.
Renomnated. supported'y by PrOhibtoniss in 1877
tCrcenbaok candHt4tein 1877.
In the Legislature the Republicans had majority
of 20 the Senate and 36 in the House Some recent
votes in the State are given below:
oo,, BBep, Peg sat ;si; TO TCias Majority
Ss sss i9S 77saa @ !2S s5S s5S +
Rsp ani ro 77 recnbaek aud IA seat 100 GTeeaeaet
S. o yo IEy t d sS was s SSe5 tnl PSS T
rally Rep vote Henry Lpptt Skep) elected Governor
by legislature
The Republican Convention adjourned without adopt
ing platform The Democrats adopted an honest cur
rcncy platform, and denounced the Presidential
fraud" Tie Prohibouists conhued themselves to ask
Ing the Lel stature for prohbtOry legislation. The Na
tonas adopted the usual Greenback platform
TIE WISCONSIN JUDICIAL ELECTION
Two additional Judges of the State Supreme
Court and Judges the several Judicial Districts VIII be
elected in Wisconsin Tuesday, April .. The election
OF the supreme Court Justices will be nonparsan
each OF the two parties hsvin greed to nominate only
one candidate The RI publcans have nominated David
Tayor for the beginning In 1884 and ending in
1886 and the Democrats have nominated Harlow ;. Or
ton Tor the term beginning 1854 and ending Ia 1883