Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-27
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loeltimate duration the gentlemen
who mAtured the precious new
Constitution rung all the changes
nt Sacramento upon the progressive
6eages Of their work. Since the
adjournment OF the Convention
they have been equally vociferous
IL enforcing its merits In their
several constituencies. That body
eontained quite q number Of able
aud ambitious men, but few of
them have been able to give salts
factory reasons for casting the State
Ia Z sum which is within fraction
OF SO, 600, for salaries alone, for the
time they sat in excess of that stip-
ulated by the act calling the Con-
vention. The total expenses of the
extra session will probably amount
to $3.50, 600, which the Stste will
have to saddle If the Constitution
h adopted.
There Is one feature Of this excess
Of time In the sessions of the Con-
yention which should not be over.
looked. The same act which linn
ited It to ore hundred days Qt was
supposed that If 1t had no pay for a
longer period 1t would hurry up its
work and 60 homs) provided for
The submission Of the Constitution
thus formulated to q vote of the
people on the 7th Of May. The
Legislature had no idea that the
Convsntion would protract its
sessions for two months, thus
abrIdgIng the time allotted to the
people to fully consider matter so
vital ~ their new organic law. 1t
y therefore important that the
masses should understand the fol.
lowing sixteen distinctively bad
and dangerous features of the new
Constitution. They have been
very ably condensed by o writer In
the San Francisco Bulletin:
First-It is . Communistic Con.
stitution. Under 1t the industrious
and thrifty will be taxed to support
the idle and profigate.
6econd-It destroys the incentive
Tor private charity and throws the
whole burden of supporting or.
phans, half-orphans, abandoned
children and aged persons in indi.
giant circumstances on the State.
Third-It requires foreign-born
citizens to complete their naturali.
xation ninety days before an elec-
tion 10 entItle them to vote.
Fourth-It declares that all con.
tracts for the sale of shares OF the
capital stock Of any corporation or
,assocIAtI6n to be delivered at a fu-
ture day should be void. Thus, the
Constitution strikes fatal blow at
. thousand legitimate industrial
enterprises whose promotion may
enhance the wealth and promote
the prosperity Of the State.
Fifth-It Increases the expenses
Of the Judicial Department over
$4,000 year.
Sixth-Many of its provisions
are contradictory and in conflict
With the Federal Constitution. 1t
will cost the people millions of
dollars In litigation.
Seventh-It practically abolishes
evening schools, cosmopolitan
schools, high schools and normal
SCHOOLS, by declaring that the en-
tire revenue derived from the State
School Fund and the State school
tax shall be applied exclusively to
the support of primary and gram.
mar schools.
Elghth-It destroys the efficiency
Of the public schools by placing the
appointment of the teachers in
LEGAL politics. 1t provides fer q
Textbook war in every county in
the State. These evils will resul,
from the following section on thu
Board of Elucation:
"The local Boards Of Education
and the Boards Of Supervisors anG
County Superintendents of the sew
ersl counties which may not have
County Boards of Education, shall
adopt series Of textbooks for the
use Of the common schools within
their respective jurisdictions; the
textbooks so adopted shall con.
tinue In use for more than two
years; they shall also have control
OF the examination of teachers and
the granting of teachers certifi.
Gates within their several jurisdic.
tions.u
The foregoing will turn the pub
lie schools into an asylum for po
lltIeal hacks and abolish free edu
cstlon from the State.
Ninth-In its failure TO designa
the free schools as common schools
government aid for the cause o
education may be lost.
Tenth-It provides for an uppel
and lower House of Legislature, OF
doubIe-headed Board of Supervis.
0rs In San Francisco, which will
largely Increase the cost of local
government and add another regi-
mont to the brigade of oflice-hold
ers.
Elevsnth-It allows any county,
city or town to make and enforce
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