The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-03
III. New Constitution

III" New Constitution.
Elf"I ratutsi Srw-.
Villa, is there IN nam: Would MOI
a rose hy ans other name smell m,t a,
sweet: ! have heard If an ol auuti.
VIII" IN rroclalming the great merits Of
her preacher, would say IT Is powerful
almost divine, and makes me feel hk,
hNlng home to glory, to hear him sound
forth that slorIou, 'Mr,olutamia.' -
What me,"p"tanl, wa, or " here it was,
III" hat! no ldcl, at the smooth flowing
"i the prolonged sotndiug word met Ia,
iuIl measure of her idea Of eluluence.
| - the word Democracy Is like tn harm
ui thousand strings to many PERSONS.
Webster, IN hls dictionary, defines it.
/ "''o'ernment 10y the people President
iahcolh satl ut lSh government from
The people, toy ia" propI,', tor the people. "
The power ur Tule may bc directly rNrr.
cIstd by the people or there may be-. and
more usually 1t ~, "A iofm of government
IN which the power ultimately Resides in
the Who'll" people, who Cundurt il l., I,
/ tstem ot representation and DEDICATION
"i powers. u constitutional and f,lrr.
sentative government, q republic. \
form al government guaranteed Ia every
STATE 10y the nltcd States
In theory there Is no system which
promises such good results az the ,rr
~hirh provide, tor the appointment of
executive oilirtf-, excerpt the chlpf mag
lstratc and the jtlliClal officers. From
whom rnlld hrrNp"ctrd better elections
klIah from governor nominating nud
senator's approving. \ governor. the
deliberate rhplce OF the whole people. Is
supposed To have ability. integrity. dis.
'frtlon AMI the good ul the people AT
heart senators coming from all and
different parts OF the state would b. SUP.
posed To have like characteristics with
the governor. with II more intimate
knowledge ui the character, of those
proposed tor appointment. In prlctlcr,
however, this system has not slIrcpr,,rd
and has been almost entirely abandoned
IN the States. In Florida the cry against
the one man, kingly power of the GOV.
rthor was So great that Il call was made
Tor u convention to remodel the rrnstl.
tuition. In fact the odlutl,n,s, of the
stem WAS such that our late chief pN.
ccutIye thought it best tn i,legatc To the
several counties the desi gnatun of per
sons for the several offices. Guv, nloN.
ham was man Of principle and nerve.
know that h" +, .aplulutcI "A nutar,
public, simple clcrlral office. " hu had
been removed for the expression of pri-
Nate political views. He was also AN able
statesman and iinanclrr. for he sold
enough ct the unavailable luhur land
To pay the mortgage on the whole, and
he lilt"i the sinking weight from oil the
ship OF state ard she rose ttiumphan, ON
the waves of prosperity, aud now, with
an sans set. "h" moves ON Ia the harhur
"l greatness. Winch va. the greatest
act, ludg" Nr. To restore the ,lrsrj,rd
aud rejected, OF to deliver Il state from
her financial depression;
ia" l"opIr, m part. were given Il taste
al the gwe"tnCss ut designating thosn.
they would have to serve them IN their
respective counties, ami they called for
good square meals without s,dp-lishps,
convention was called. plainly and de-.
cldcdly, 10 make the offices elective
do away with the one man power
have commented on the first move Of the
representatives OF the people in ,inyrn-
tlon assembled. That was "A small
favor, not iudicious, given tn the
dear people as a man would give
Il lump ot sugar tu an odd horse 10 make
him glad to- see hIn and ruh his nose
against him while lr stands tied to the
stall. Gut hen tine call comes for C,II
work, the old horse Is hucklrI INTO the
same old rusty and swratv harness and
made to stand up to the rack and chew
away en- ears of corn and bundles Of + ii.
der. No sugar Just now.
There shall H. seven cnrIm ju,lsrs
Who shall he appointed bN the governor
ana confirmed hN the senate. and who
shall hold office tor siN wears. Where
Is the demand met Of people ia their tall
Tor "lcrtr," offices. The term IT srr,irc
Is shortened 10y two Years. Eat It Is the
same old horse with 4 piece II his tail
cut or.
Why not have the circuit Judges
elected Ivy the people of the circuit. Nrr
not the people capable t. choose
the officers who are To serve among
them, a. the lud!,es ATE tn rp>idr IN the
circuits Of which they Respectively are
Judges. Would It not hc mote Jsnlr.
cratic and more consistent with hnu,
rule for their own constituents tn ,hu,,r
them: bh : Gladstone. can not the >il
very notes uf your cl,,lucucc. demanding
Justice, human kindness ami trptGrrly
regard for tramplrd Ireland. br heard in
these pine woods and rall tu thor full
Independence and manhuni the voter.
oi Florida; No. voters. Won are expect.
rd to lay drew silly IN Your swinging ham
mucks and listen lev the suundings IN the
pune tops of that sweet word "dumorla.
cv, anl'tllt glorious word "M,'eornta.
MIA. What care yen for rlghtS aud
franchises. when Won are waited humr ~
glory on the qur',ug lullaby 81 soft
sounding words
These circuit judges should hy all
means I've elected hy the people If their
respective circuits. Tor they would know
best who would be- hnst qualified aud
honest. And surely the pcopl, are 10 hr
trusted II there was any wisdom in A
Jefferson or any lessons taught 10y the