Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-06

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the Cnn-titution. Thev bay,
touched the judiciary and degrade,
that. They have made the Chie
Justice the absolute disposer Of al
the property affected by suits-th,
di-poser OF life, liberty and prop
erty, (Tnen followed a lucid ex
planation OF the danger of the pro
posed Judicial system, closing will
splendid peroration to the Judi
Glory as the safety of American
liberty. They have touched ais,
with the ssms reckless hand tn,
school system. They have dt
stroyed the Grand Jury, the pro
lection of American liberty. They
have almost placed the education
OF the State in the hands of County
SUPERVISORS 1t Was an unjust and
u fair thing, for L do not believe
the Supervisors will give the poor
man the same chance that the
Boards OF Education do.
The question on text books Is O
misohievous provision. We know
that the text books should be uni.
form and yet this matter is left lO
the supervisors. Also, all State aid
Is to be taken from all schools out
primary and grammar schools,
thus depriving the poor mani.
child of the benefits of the high
schools and University.
l have detained you longer than
l Intended and 1 thank you. lam
glad to SEE that the masses of the
country are disposed to listen and
think. 1t Is a war against the rich,
IL ls a war against capital and cap
ital IS so strong that it is almost
possible to make corner OH com.
Ii this Consti u lion passes it will
make times harder. People should
not listen to the devIlment of this
scum of Europe. eau understand
why Frenchman may be Com.
munist or German a Socialisi.
why a Russian Nihilist, but q q
causes that produce these effects
do not accur here and our people
should repudiate these per.
nicious European ideas. Let them
try the resort to arms, as suggested
by the Chronicie aud I know the
young men of the State would rush
to the defense, even to the laws of
death, as peacefully as wheu living
on their mothers breasts. I have a
suggesllon-to churn all tie
re-ources of the State inro
soap-suds and run it into the Sa, d
Lots aud 1 know that would XII
these dlsorganizers ii all other
means failed. will not detain
you, gentlemen. 1 thank you, but
II the devil does tempt you to vote
for the Internal instrument stay at
home anyhow.
Major Frank Ganahl was intro.
duc.d as the next speaker, and
said:
A Among the many obligations that
the people of the United states owe
to Que wealth are to the
State of Kentucky, that have pro.
duced the great Clay and Crilteu-
den. We were reminded of what
they were, OF that State was ia
your orator to night. (Here fol-
lowed compliment to Mr.. Mar.
shall } l appear before you to-night
as an humble member of this com
and 1 have never
thous ht of an amendment to your
Constitution. (The orator then
paid glowing tribute to the Ar
gonauts and the first Constitution
al Couvention.) II no other fact
should condemn II this new novel the
fact that 1t aud the laws are not to
be published in the language of the
Q trly Inhabitants of the State is suf.
hcient TO send it to perdition. Will
any of you gentlemen who have
howled yourself hoarse for Kear-
aud the sand Lots, give mo
single Reason for voting for this
new novel? 1 pause tor a reply. II
lmsopposed to 1t, fest, because it
10 u new Constitution. Ihave been
In that school which teaches
ne to let well enough alone. Never
before has code been injected inro
\ Constitution. Who called it into
1t was conceived In
'raud, partly by designing spoliti-
;ians. And here.is the fenny part.
This Constitutional Con v5ntion was
,arried by beggarly $50 majority,
Here the speaker read the follow.
my dispatch from Santa Cruz:
"fhs new constitution wiped out;
;, QUO people in torchlight process.
,ion." CHEERS
l know 1t was cOnveived In fraud,
md both parties prepared tickets
yes" and psked them Into the
aands of the unsuspecting voters,
and yet 1t was carried by u beggar-
" loo votes. -
believe General Howard aud
Judge Terry honestly believe this
new novel to be panacea for all
political ills, but against them Is
arrayed all the thinking men of
The Convention. 1t is revolution
aiy document. 1t is O document
snat enforces double, triple aud, In
,0me cases quadruple taxation. II
iegrades the judiciary, it drags the
n the dust and 1t smi mirches it
with the aroma OF pnt-houses. This
new Constitution strikes at the
that took the Judiciary
rom the arena of politics by hav.
ing a separate election. .
The speaker here paid splendid
tritute to the Supreme Court,
which was loudly cheered.
What does your new novel do ?
What does this sum of all villain-
les do? 1t makes Supreme Court
classi fled by shysters. (rhen fol-
lowed an explanation OF the dangers
and iutricacies of the proposed new
system. =
Your District Judges are paid
now by the State. They are indr-
peGdent. We have been signally
blessed. I don't believe there In an
abI-r or purer Judge than
our District Judge. The same may
he said Of the present County
Judge. The District Judge is paid
by the State, but now 1t Is thrown
on the counties. What did General
V. E. Howard say on this subject ?
He said he would not degrade the
judiciary by forcing it to go beg