St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-06
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Drastic Prov n,:s Proposed
Kjeble ami (st-..,-rv SchooIs

AlNhlC Nih = N--tl.lS SCUOOtSs
If the lawmakef5 IS The nation were
as punctual i'll alt.a,.ng to their legls-
lative duties as is g uyciagc delegate
to this alliance COZ. yn'ion, the house of
representatives W4.ll never need to
have Speaker RccG So bunting enough
to make a quorum Promptly at 7:3o
last evening the hail rf tho house was
filled almost to Oray.lAWing with the
delegates and fcE friends. who came
to hear the farmers discuss the queS-
tons and cGnditjoH that interest aud
surround them. SGr'rj0tcDdcut KiChle
was on hand at the n"'Iiug and made
an appeal to the farm = for their aid III
raising the charact and the grade OF
the country school
1.-THE trouble wit.i country schools"
said the state sup 'riHtcndent, "is the
frequent change OF sracherS. TOO often
teacher is hired ju i because he OF she
happens to suit a sjrgtC mans family.
ms has developed g. >Ich an extent that
40 per cent Of tts' cA!iden IN public
schools are taught i.y trd-rate teachers
Fifty per cent OF sHn,e teachers are
changed every year THESE third-claSs
teachers are ali iuoompetcnt. and
couldn't hold position in city OF
village. No schO; Is al all are better
than schools taught uy such teachers.
The best sytem is taat known as the
FREE TIN EOOK
system where the school books are pur-
chased by taxation The same as any
other apparatus. : nee | have been in
Office have recommended to every leg
islature that the cuanty schools needed
legislation, and also recommended the
free text book SYSTEM. These recon-
mendatOnS have becH ignored. and con-
Sequently nothing has been done"
A vote of thanks was rendered Super
inteudent Ktchle, AMI the seemingly i'll
terminablp diScusSi0h again commenced.
Wardall, Of Dakota, Was again brought
out, and devoted full half hour to ex-
planning the Vance bill He declared
that Gen. Bakers rvHar.,S that ii was
gigantic scheme were quite cor
rect, but he Insisted that it
wasn't time Tor homeopathic
doses Of anything. 'ii:c plan, however
wasn't received as ia}urably as it had
been tWenty-fOur hours previously, and
the Dakota speaker soon gave way to
Mr.. DOnnelly who wanted to take up
the revised constitution and dis:
cuss it. even though the meet.
ing could not adopt it. This
was opposed by Chairman l.. II. Viii
cox, of the committee on revision, who
said that fifteen OF the ablest men in
Lne convention were engaged IN pre-
pairing series or resolutions, and that
many OF them desirru 10 discuss the re-
port or TINS committee. Inc sage OF
Nininger, however,
CARRIED HIS POINT
this time and the reading of the revised
constitution was commenced by Chair
man WitpnV The IeIfgr'o VOICE soon
gave out, and MIR. DunnclIy finished the
report. Inc revised creed provides Tor
two new oihcerS-a superintendent OF
Insurance. and business agent. Inc
Objects or the alliance are stated aG
length, ana are:
l. To enable the farmers to protect them
selves ana resist the rn'i'uH'iS' ana eventual
~ place 'neIl uluc' 'ue '""''oi Vi 'uo gov
o'i'"'T Tn aacprs more c.r,i,nbIe assessment
of toxes
s. To work for the elevation of agricul-
ture by means of free aud full discussions
and frequent meetings.
d. TO secure m. hiIgnet |ilceS Tor an t Is
nav ~ HTi az ,,,,tr,o a
cash i system in hfyinS and ,ciiimg
s. 10 Oppose sneCia! al.,I class legislation.
g. To shun professional politicians and
denounce professional men who charge uu.
reasonable ana exorDita"1 i'es'
Lower interest on motley equal rights
OF all ana more tloioueh represents
tioh Ill congress, are o'aer dehiallds III
the new CONSTITUTION. me secretary
VIII hereafter ne elec'ru ny Tue coIVth'
ton INSTEAD vi DtlnE upppnlliii,eu 10y
the executive Coi J.. h"litlcc' WHY tiie
superintendent ot insurance. II 'uoIe Is
any sncll ONCE created, WIZ DC Ildllle9
oy tlle executive Goiii'''lt,ce, anu MS Sai'
4ry VIII po nAc" p1 '"' o""'c """y'
Aauieo hereafter
VIII BE EI""iHhE
10 membership anu tiic 'hitlat'oh ices
are raised rom 81 10 TO cents,
A prahu new uepatlutG Is sectloh
iofoiuui's an olhcel oi t"e eA-toiL'nlS'
sloner 10 lhdorse any state ticGGt or any