, 1880-11-28
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
The Constitutional Amendments.

The Constitutional Amendments.
To the Editor Of ne Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-TnE. TRiBuxE Of last
Wednesday contained communication from
Joliet, signed L. Q. Marshall in reference to the
effect of the adoption of tho constitutional
amendment Mr. Marshall hus arrived at the
conclusion that tho amendment does not change
the time Ut tho next e!egtiou Of County Clerks
and Treasurers, which must take puce III 1851.
He nlso cites the article IN the Constitution Sec.
~, ART. - which declares p" That no law shall be
passed which shall operlte to extend the tern,
OF any public officer after hts election or Ap-
pOiutRlpiit. ...... ....
Now, If tho new amendment has been adopted,
replacod BY The amendment, which becomes part
and parcel Ut the Constitution the mt,1nout it's
adoption. is declared by The proper authority;
Treasurer be held in 1851 under an act which bus
been amended by the vote Of the people and re-
pIaesd ~ another aw? Th9 pre- ,nnt
no lnw shall be passed which shall operate to ex-
tend the terH,, ETC.. can uuy apply to statutory
laws ana nyt to saa change IN the
visions which were carried out by submitting
tho amendment to the popular vote. C. T.
Can u Railway omclal Murder with
Impunlty4
To the Editor u Tie Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2'.-I am employed at Pull
man, and have been there since tho works CON-
menced.
wish to draw the influence OF your valuable
paper to oppose fatal circumstance that oc-
cured on Saturday night, the 10th OF the pres
ent month. l have since watched the pross OF
the ciry, but could sec nothing referring to 1t,
except brief account or It Coruners inquest
that took place on the following Monday nlora-
ing, and appears to have decided without KNOW
inK anything uf the cause.
Saturday it commenced to rain early In the
day. and Il large number of worknlcn we're lnid
OF They went for shelter to ketlsinxtnn abuut
noon, aud had nb way Of renchine their homes
until the worknen's train tuok them away about
GALS .. IN. AEnota2 the n1nny was tho poor, u'1,
fortunate Nf. Cooper Lie got into tue aa ear !
slu,nber, from what l thought might be the
heat Of tue stove. or perhaps the effects of
alter the case from what I consider man.
slaughter or murder on the part Of the COZ y;
ductur. We reached Grand Crossing about o:D
for his ticket He told him he hnd no ticket
The conductor then said, Pay your fare Mr.
Cooper replied i,l, :, haSe nv 81 nc money The con-
There were two men sitting opposr- and when
they found the official SO brutal they remon-
ssrsea but q g ava 6 Ths S;n;
two rutfians who put him OF while the train was
SILL in motion. tried to see If he fell, as tho
fellows laughed. ] still think he did, ana that
was what c.lused their merriment. However,
two or three hours after Cooper's mnttlatcd
body was found on the track. The night was
very dark and II our train didn't kill him nn-
other passing train would soou reach him.
Doubtless the official may have done what he
considered his duty, but surely ut such place,
and under such circumstances, such Il duty
would be better in the breach than in tho OBJ
scrvunce. humanity will SOON sink In our
midst u men In little power, under every little
circumstance fbrce the grent evil when the less
evil would do no one any harm.
Mr.. Copper was wealthy ut one time. and has
sonally acquainted with him, but knew Of him
for tho past ten or twelve years.