Daily Republican., 1886-12-23
REFORM.
The Views of the Young Mems Demo.
cratic Club ON the Matter OF What Is
Needed.

II
rhe Views of the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club ON the Matter Of What
Needed.
The Young Mems Democratic Clul
held O meeting last evening, at whicl
the special committee, consisting O
willard salisbury, Jr., J. Frank Ball
Patrick Neary and Horace O. johnson
that was appointed several weeks az,
Tor the purpose of drawing up resolu
tions Oh the evils of the present system
of primary elections in this State, OF
the defects Of the Judiciary system ant
on the abuses OF the constitution. an6
70 make q report recommending to tn,
General Assembly of the State sucl
laws and constitutional amendments a
would remove the evils complained of
made Its report, part of which is al
follows:
To THE YOUNG MEMS DEMOCRATIC
CLUB OF WILMINGTON.
Your committee would recommend
that most stringent laws be passed by
the next Legislature legalizing the pri.
maries; the chief provisions OF such
laws should be that both the voting and
counting shall be open, that each can,
didate for nomination shall during
the whole election and until the votes
aEe counted and certificates made out
and announced have at least one repre-.
sentative in the room with the Judges,
and that such representative shall be
given all facilities for watching the
voting and counting to see that every.
thing Is fair. That fraud or cheating OF
any kind at primary elections shall be
punished by both fine and imprison-
ment, and the guilty person shall for q
term OF years thereafter be disfran CHS
ed and forever thereafter ineligible to
hold any public Office of honor, trust or
profit within this State.
Another subject referred to your COM
mittee was that of change in the iudi.
ciary system OF this State. An am4nd |.
ment to the constitution was proposed
by the General Assembly In 1888 and
approved by the Governor, but was
never brought up for action in the As
sembly of 1885, which provided In sub
stance that the terms of the Judges
should be twelve years, that we should
have resident Judge In each county to
transact all business, and that writs of
error should be allow cd In capital felo.
nies rs well as civil cases. These pro.
visions, generally speaking, your com
mittee consider good.
AS to fixed term instead OF q life
tenure. your committee are of the opin-
lon that such change would preserve
In the members OF our judiciary, GER
tainiy in those desiring reelection or
reappointment as the case might be, q
healthy respect for the rights OF mem
bers of the bar and Of suitors In the
courts; but your committee also believe
that II such charge is made in the ten
ure of our Judiciary the salaries of the
Judges should be increased or some
provision should be made for retiring
them when they have served a long
Time and have reached an advanced
age.
We are unanimously and unquali-
nedly In favor of charge from ourl
present system to that of representation
u the General Assem- bly, BY districts.
We believe % you bring the represen-
'ative nearer to his constituents and the
more you make him feel that he isI
elected In their interest and is depend.
,nt on their good will for continuancei
n office, you will have better men as
representatives. for their character and
Abilities being known and closely scru-I
iiptzed by their immediate constitu.
snts the political parties will take
greater care in selecting them, and
proper and 1T men will almost inva-
'isbly be put forward as candidates.
Your com mittee think 1t probable |
hat a concession might be made in |
ayor OF this city by increasing her
in the General Assembly |
10 two senators and four representatives,
md this increase, your committed
bink, should be accepted.
The report then speaks of the fact that
While the General Assembly can reeu-l !
ate the primary elections and changel ]
ne Judiciary by legislation, the repre-
entative question can only be acted
lpon by constitutional amendment.
IL proceeds to point out the way by
which this may be accomplished, and
alls attention to the length of time it
would take to amend the present con-
titution or to have convention for
orming new one. The report then
l
There remains. however, one way in
which to go to work with, as your com.
nittee think, q fair chance OF success,
nd that is to try to simplify theI
aethod OF changing our constitution by
hanging the provisions therein relat-
ng to the calling of constitutional
and the adoption of amend
nents by the Legislature.
Ii then proposes to strike out section
X OF the constitution, and insert in
leu thereof section which provides
or the holding of a convention, and
simple and effective mode
I making changes when they becomeI
bsolutely necessary.
The report concludes with few areu-
nents In favor of the proposed amend.
nent, namely, that none but the most
could oppose it; that it
ave the people simple method of re-
orming the constitution; that 1t would |
emove the election of delegates from
he partisan field of the general cleo
ion; that 1t would insure direct repre-.
from the districts or hun.
reds, and that 1t would greatly sim
lify and facilitate the reform of thel
buses now ut hand.
The old reliable Benz. Kopf, of theI
hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Co.,
as brewed excellent beer for the holi.
ays to be sold by all their customers,
nd at their respective saloons on Fri:
ay and Saturday. Ii
Extraordinary Announcements. Ia
We are giving away with 81 90 worth
goods o can of delicious plum pud-
ing. Come one, come all, to the great .
srgain depot.
4 lbs. raisins, 25c. II
4 TBS. cnrrants, 25c. Ic