Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-03

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delegates are not plOvmen they
should be, at least, men who co
operate with them.
Every delegate 10 that body
will leave home with certain
ideas which he hopes TO have
ingr2fted into the constitution
in the shape of q law for the
benefit or the commonwealth.
and some of them will be so
perIaeated with a feeling OF
their own Importance, that.
when they get there, they ex
pect TO take the position CT in
structor without the ear Of q pa
p;l. Such persons will be lIk
the big bored, long ranged gun
in n land b~attle-made Oaly
20 scare.
Men who utilize the opinions
of others IN framing their own,
arrive at the best conclusions.
As the many are expressing
their opinions aud suggesting
plans for the constitution, I will
give some Of my views, with lit
tie or no argument TO sustain
them.
There are several questions
that should receive some atten-
ton, which | have not seen dis
eusssd IA the newspapers.
Tnase I will mention in cOuRec-
ton with some others already
before the public
Let each county have but one
representative in the lower
house of the Legislature. Let
one Senator represent three
CONTIGUOUS counties This plan
sO..id forever secure to the
state l2iOFities from the hill
counties, even though the Delta
should extend its invitation TO
emigr2ats fFem Congo
Let al taxes be al salOrem.
without any exemptions, save
elrnl0syE&ry Institutions. church
s. schools. etc
The credit OF The state should
not De l0s.ed TO corporations
Ike following Offices should
De abolished Lieutenant GOv
evnOE. Chaneery judges, State
and County School Superinten-
dents, County Assessor and
District Attorney.
The Circuit Judge could be in
vested with Chaneery powers.
aud the Assessors work could
be performed IN each locality
by the magistrate of that Beat.
Substitute county attorneys
for District attorney.
Judges should be elected by
ballot ike all other officers. Al
you say that the judicial arAine
must not be besmeared with
politics, and that Judges must
be pure and uneOnramInafed-
l answer By a few gus stions
Is net the Supreme court OF the
United States an appointed lu
dietary And is il free from
partisan politics Or is IL not
covered all over With political
earbuncles Would elected
judges lie, in any way. inferior
to appointed jadcesi Is IS not
more reasonable 10 suppose
that a political appointing pow
er will appoint 4 political Judge
Tor political purposes, than that
the people will elect a Judge
whose merits would be chiefly
partisan politics.
Elections should De held eve
~ four years, and one Iso on
should not lie eligible TO the
same executive Office longer
than eight years
Let the voter v,te upon his
tax receipt
Women should be eligible to
positions corrected exclusively
With pGbic education.
The lav-making power shonld
De invested rith the authorize
(siOuld it be necessary to sen
arate the public school fund. So
as 10 give 20 the schools Of each
race their respective taxes,
Some oppose the public school
system ; but Il Is a fixture unon
American institutions, 4 fact
which L is useless TO ignore.
property and educational
qualifications are advocated by
many good anu patriotic citi-
zeiis ; but let ne say 20 them
the time is passed for these rel
les of monarchy. They are the
nrs' steps from the crown to a
republic.
The alliance regards every
nan upon an equality before
the law, and opposes special
legislation.
lou, our opponents, may cali
Us nay seed socialists and the
announcement multitude but I
cannot think that the alliance
would do so IgnOble a thing as
10 Clsfranchlse a felIow man