The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-07-22

take the sense Of the people OF the Sts'e W.
TO the necessity ~ calling Convention 70
revise the Constitution, and accordingl,
the question will be voted on At the An-
gus, election. Article MI 81 the Con''i-
tuition M IL stands provides that, when
n majority Of the members Of the two
Houses Of the Iegi.ls,ure within the hr's
twenty days Of the session, concur they
may pass Law 10 take the sense OF 'he
people q. 10 the necessity Of calling Con-
venticn. The question shall he submitted
to the people at the next general election
and IL a msjcrity Of all the voters OF '"s
State vote therefor, at the nest meet'ns OF
the Legislature the question shall second
time be submitted to the people, and II .
majority Of the voters favor the proPosi-
ton, the Legislature must call Cons'''"-
tional Convention.
This section renders IL almost an imPos-
sibility to ever change the document and
lie makers were thus particular with refer
euce 10 . change 90 that no interference
could be made In regard TO slavery, much
feared at the time. That Institution hav-
ips been abolished, all laws in reference to
Il have become dead letters, while change
In the times has rendered many other Of
the articles void and imperative. That
there lisa necessity for revision no think
ing man will deny, and, this being the case,
il becomes the people to turn out en- mds'e
and vote TO call Convention. The ques-
tion has been put to the people several
timea, but owing TO the failure Of the mass
es 10 understand or 10 care whether a
change Is made or not, the necessary ma
ioritv of all the voters in the State has
never been obtained. We fear like re-
suit will follow the coming effort to get a
majority. The people have il in their
power TO vote on either side Of the ques'
ton. and IL they fail 10 vote at all II II
hardly fair that II should be taken that
they are opposed to the change. Every sf'
fort should be made to poll as large vote
as possible, but II il is largely in favor O
calling the Convention and does not reaci
the necessary msjority, it should become
the duty Of the next Legislature Z
take revolutionary measures toward
change, by appointing the time and plac'
for holding . Convention and asking
the people to send delegates to it. The
duty Of such Convention would be t'
make the needed changes in the Constitu
ton. and it would then remain for th'
people to adopt or reject il at the polls
We wish that every voter could be made
TO understand the importance Of his vote
in the matter, and we suggest that ofieer'
Of the election take special pains to ash
each man to vote on the question.
NorwrrHsrANDING the fact that rape is
in nine cases out Of ten, punished b,
lynchinc, the damnable crime is Of almos
daily occurrence. A few days ago negr'
laid in wait for Miss Mary 0'Neal. who
lives Eve miles from Nashville. Tenn
and when she passed on horseback, drag
rsd her from the horse into lonely wood
and outraged her in a most fearful manner
Completely Frustrated by her efforts Il
thwart the 6end, Miss ONeal was unable
for some time to give the alarm, and the
negro was enabled to make good his escape
for three days, when he was captured p'
the Sheriff and posse. Learning Of MI
capture, the indignant citizens gathered to
the number Of 100. verPowered the ofiicsr
and swung the criminal to convenient
limb. No death is too awful for demons
who commit such crimes, but why they
are not deferred from their commission by
fear q il is hard to account for.
Owfsa TO severe storm that ragged last
Thursday night, the telegram to The In
rERioR JOURNAL, from EliIabethtow n
announcing the nomination Of Gen. 10. H.
Lewis, Of Barren, for the Appellate Judge
ship, did not reach us till after . o'clock
too lats TO 10 in our entire edition. The
Convention WAS a noisy one, but II mana
sed 10 get through its work quickly, the
being made ON the third bal
lot. On account Of a Misunderstanding
Judge Bullitt Withdrew from the race, and
the final vote stood: Lewis, 9Sl; Russell,
s7a. Lewis is spoken Of rs brave. hon
est gentleman, but it is yet to be said 81
him that he is over -loaded with legal lore.
PLArr was laid in the shade Saturday,
and il is hardly probable that he will ever
again figure in politics. A tool Of Conk-
ling. he allowed himself to be led of by him
into resigning his seat in the U. 3. Senate,
and then to follow his example further he
gets into q snap with . woman in room
Il3, Dslavan House, Albany, and is forced
10 withdraw from the contest for re-elec-
ton. Warner Miller will gil out the re-
maiader Of his term, he having been elect
ed Saturday by q vote Of 70.
LEBANON is getting to be the most muir
derous town in the State. There have
been two killings there in less than sixty
days, both occurring in bar-rooms. Thurs
day afternoon, Richard Chandler shot and
killed John Gibson, Of Madison, with
hardly ne ssmblance Of an excuse. He
was arrested, and by the time his trial is
called will be able TO prove that he was a
ravine, bowling maniac at the time he did
the shootine. They all proye IL.