The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-07-07

-mis~i0n Of the Constitutional nmend-
. mcnt, touching the Prohibition question.
n 10 the people. send you tllis commu-
nication and request YOU 10 publish ,our
views on this important question. Ac-
-coruing 10 All Tie Information that 4
Lave been abs - obtain. from reading
Your paper, and according 70 y resolution
adopted IA your county conventions, you
seem 10 be opposed % allowing the legal
voters 0f Indiana right 10 vote upon
Ibis question that - nearly concerns their
temporal salvation aud your candidates.
|iof joint Representative for Dubois ana
Pike and Dubois and Martin arc plndnel
10 vote against III elected) the pendinz
bill, 70 submit X 10 popular vote 0f Tic
people of Indiana.
NOW. what does this mean: ! look
upon il a. meaning that the people Of the
state Of Indiana, ! III the estimation Of The
Democratic party. have not The intelli-
|gence to know what they want. look
upon IL AS taking AWAY from the people
an inherent right. and putting IL III the
hands VI few men who will sunporf
rum rings, regardless Of the wishes of
the people. Il this true Democracy or
m IL Democracy in its dcgenerAtcd -tatc
when II must depend ior its existence OH
Ihe influence Of whisky rings. III the
aIier j. tie case, III il be true that the
Democratic party is for prohibition
where il i policy fo be-. and anti prohib-
liiDn where its success demands ID. re-
4ardless OF right or wrong. then we sny
shat IL il not 10 be trusted by The people.
and the sooner il is abandoned by hon
LAT t.I
10 trust The people most assnrCdly The
people should be afraid 10 trust thai
party.
The ps oplc are endowed with certain
inaIienabIe rights, one of these j. Tic
right 70 say what we shall have. and no
political party has any legitimate right
no deny ~ that privilege.
We claim that the people have a right
10 vote upon this question. aud If success
liul IN securing The necessary amendment
~ the State Constitution. they then have
"A right through their Representatives fo
.lmske any law. in keeping with Tie
10 othrntilc this hidra-hcadesi
mnn-tef that X going about through on;
our State. devastating homes anal whose
bite j. certain death 70 both soul and
Dody.
\ III looking about throughout our heau-
Aifnl land we behold with great sadness
iIc poverty. the sorrow, tin wrcichfd-
IneHs. the crime that is caused by ihis &C.
cursed traffic. and we are made ;o know
that II j. q curse 10 our country. and A.
'disgface to civilization. and il should be
brushed by the strong arm 81 the Inv. Il
should be consigned 10 III dismal tomb
where il consigns III viciims.
Y Not wishing % consume too much of
your valuable space l clo~afo The pres
cnt, hoping YOU Will define your position
more fully.
! Yours Respectfully.
Tons. II. DILLON.
! In reply 10 Mr.. Dillon we respectfully
refer him 20 the Section az the Con~fitn-
lion OF Indiana. under which these pro-
posed Amendments 10 il are now before
THE people tor their action. The Section
reads * follows:
$50. /. Any amendment Or amend
|mcnts 70 this constitution may be pro-
posed III either branch OF the General
Assembly. and, If The same shall hc
agreed 10 by majority Of the members
elected 10 each Of the two houses. such
proposed amendment or amendments
shall. with the yeas and nays thereon. be-
entered on their Journals and referred to'
the Gfneral Assembly 70 be chosen atI
the next general election and II. IN the
General Assembly 40 next chosen. such
proposed amendment or amendments
shall be agreed 10 by majority of an
The members elected 70 each house. then
III shall be the duty Of the General A..
lsembiy 10 submit such amendment or
10 the electors 81 the state !:
and II q majority OF said electors shall
lratify the same. such amendment Or,
shall become a part or this
II will be observed that the people 81
Indiana through their or1Mnic law made
ii covenant with each other. and the rest
NJ the world, and provided that every
officer Of The State. under The Constitu-|
|tion. shall before taking his Office stake
AN oath to- support the Constitution or
tho State II will also he observed that
the Constitution prescribcs mode for
HIS Amendment, BY winch The pcorlcl
and The officers Of the State are All mutn-
ally bound. This mode. as reference to'
lihe above quoted Section Of The Consti-
tuition shows, requires that two Lccis-
llainrcs of tho State shall first "aQrce to'
any proposed amendment before such
(not the action Of The Lcgis-
|'atnrc) can be submitted ID a direct vote
lot the people for their ratification OIL
rejection. What IL II 10 "aqrce 10 Al
Amendment As the Constitn-
Ilion provides? Webster. III his Die
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