The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-19

lolal NUMBER ltnueu lOuhN ana yesterday
is 2,9S7 persOnS.-N. Y. Express
Our State Constitution and Some Reiloc-
lions.
To tho Editor Of the Herald;
1t is well, at intervals, for us to pause and
review our reckoning, and this seems meet
lust now, after the overwhelming rejection
by thepcople, oftwo amendments proposed
by the legislature to our state consti-
ton.
At the election in February, lS75 the new
constitution was adopted 10y a majority of
over seventy-ninc thousand of the voters of
the state Before the election, a thing pre-
viously unknown in Texas lat least hundred
thousand copies of the instrument had been
distributed over the state and read By the
people. Besides the official number of cop
les due Dallas county, our delegate had
printed at his own expense a thousand
extra copies, and distributed them in every
neighborhoOd in the county. Hence the
people voted with their eyes wide open
At the same election a new legislature was
elected, which assembled at Austin on the
18th of April, 1876, the very day on which
the new constitution went into effect, II
is a fact, rs remarkable as painful to the
man Of sense who thinks that in that body,
solitary case. thirty-tiye distinct prosposi
tjous wern introduced by individual mem
hcrs IN amend Il afI6rdinc tLc bi,bAst
evidence ofindisareet haste. reckless demo.
gogucry or ignorance, and this is proven by
The fact that while thirty-fye different
members, each for himself, had some fault
to find, yet the necessary majority was not
found in either house in favor of single
Sn.,itntior remained MS il was
The neyt LEGISLATURE, ON n smaller scale
,,ros ronntition If the first eyceut thar
il lid mass fiat useless measure known MS
tLc sn,otc-housr Observation-Disclosures
bccouse the constitution. rightly under
stood din not impose the tax complained
of The people So regarded il and not
nror ono II, tor esnccioiIv omoug tLr farm.
nrs won't Ia thn n6lls bnt n majority of
tbosr who did voted for il, and II was adopt
ed simnIy declaring i'm explicit terms what
The constitution already meant.
Nevt came fine 18th legislature. and ont
ofuumcrous promised amendments passed
.tvn-our IN Increase the number OF su.
preme Judges, and the other to extend the
Sessions of the legislature on full nav from
Siyty IN one hundred DAYS and now, nj The
election held ON the 9th of September the
neople oyerwhclmingiy defeated both Of
these. but more especially the latter,
giving forty more DAYS on full nav
in which LEGISLATORS might talk at the pub.
lie expense So the constitution of 'lSI6
now. after over five wears trial and all these
ottrmnts NJ humiliation. stands ms II came
from rs fromers and was UNDERSTANDINGS
ratified ly the people.
Ir;, co,I1+,irc1 ,nv cla1tse nnlnobIv out,,r
onistic IN the General GOOD of all can we
imogino the peonle would not vote for its
nr'and,,,nrt IN each norticnlaro
II has heen characterized nv mon who
driyo The non whether wisely ar unwisoIv
NE tbe Putabnpo constitution and The rredit
nf its rbiSf ESSENTIALS giycn IN y mcnnhsr
from Collin comfy. who never contributed
a aoc,;on or line tn II hnt simnl,t ~ -
ncwbnr votni vco mr. my an carb soc ~
AMI or,icln ''''' W. N">'' '.''0''
''i M NOW, Mr. Editor LOT No or,I,. oo,,,
so,So ,ast 60 tt;s T.
,rnnoi,nod would ston "n,iNd "
Wi tho ;nvoSt,not pf na,itsS W.,
,,,tarIr Mi, orr odncat;onol s,isto,,, omJ
Lontr.nnt the state These wora ,ha
char N in cacb canvass and 90 " vau, ta
,an,ie ,, rortior ~ tbo sta. go 80. ~
Satar and Good rer Iro,,, 40 w
inc 70 live among rs If Il had heen in the
,,n,yor az smch reyos would ba,n hiond
ttui arJ tbaraby hocoro a y;,,,,ai dos,In.
ZION "omnared with otbor ro,;ons a.,
,rba, ara th" ;nd;.n,,aI gu
and Who ware r;abt ,bo "S 49,
nia wbn ratiaod tba no,,,.,;, ,uG PIo,
nvcr Sevepty'nine tbonsonJ n,a;n.;,, os
~ S,n;on, nnw,nnnors ~ ,'aJoimS vi
rnr lesislative bonnrs who aa ra,.,i Nv, I
stormsd M tho wiss cbocts "a ~, 49, a.,u
rules embodied in Tho cons,;,m, I mi,oiGsoh ",
see.- i'e' u'
/ The constitution want into o,r,o. l., Al.
very centre NJ The great 6nonc;.i u. ny
which began in Is73 ard sndnd IN is-o c USE
under its provisions, from preyionslv mn.