New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-26

poorc has been studied. as somebody puts il, with
moro nroverful devotion than any Mohomctan
dcvotee ever brought to the lines OF the Moran
Yet much good work has been accomplished. ~
this writing the convention has aOoIish'd lo'u
egishtion framed equitable corporation laws
classified the cities and towns, reorsahlzcd 'Ac
court system, made the ballot secret anu IT,
duircd that all Offices shall lie filed on one u'S
provided for future rcvisOns OF the CONSTITUTION
forbidden the acceptance OF railroad pass oy
State and county officers prohibited lotteries ana
rit ENTERPRISES, and framed the anti-saNcry c'uN.
Inc marriage and divorce laws were ulsc"sSc"'
but will be left to the Legislature to IcNlsf lHc
convention is non-partl3an. "aHt o. ri,''
has undoubtedly caused much OF Inc Gr!aE, -
NJ Clay IT,, a nephew OF that line Oh DcTNrhcI'
the original Cassius ". Clay, Is the Pie,lden,.
The most conspicuous members aIT GG''t ,
Bucllner. Ex-Governor Knott, George washington
his namesakc's kinsmon; Curtis +. Burhal' NHo
was President Grants Assistant Secretary ol we
Treasury; James blackburn, brother oi th9
senator: Bennett Ii. Young, oi Louisville ul'l
w H. Miller of stanford. one member has dlc"
during the session. and the quorum has nccn re-
duced from slXty-seven 10 hltY-tw0 Inc con-
ynntion has sovereign powers, but the new Con
sttution will be submitted to the people lor I'.-
ihcaton. The Chief defect OF the document -
itS confusion OF general principles WIN Ic-l',
lative interpretations: but on the whole II sn9ud
immensely assist the States commercial welfare,
and offers emphatic proof OF her industrial Ie
Tie capital was originally placed a! Frank;
fort through the punctlliOusnesS OF olI 'oloHtl
Todd, of LcNlH2ton, one o. lc columns '"Ii'4',
who refused 10 vote for Lexington, a lie had an
| estate there and feared The charge oil meTccnarH
| interest. General James Wilkinson, VINO oWh'I
property az Frankfort, on the othcr hhhd' uiu h2l
ScrIpc 70 give the state land for Us punIc pul'H-
| ucs The capital was however made TcmoNap!e
al any time by n vote OF tNo-thlrds Of the L"@lN-
| aturc. This has given rise t. endless vast ol
time and money Every other legislator mas
| sought 10 cover himself with glory by advoc2ting
| a change TO his own noighborhood, ne @igcc-
| i0ns for the most part are iIlFldl. fiahhlvIt
| is an interesting old town. The standing Jok,
about the hotels is that il You 20 10 one you VIII
wish Won had gone 10 the other. But the SIT
| uation is central, the state hnlldineH are SUD
stantial the Direct Tax bill. if the President Signs
| il, will admit OF their enlargement WithoHu DuI.
| dcning the people, the women are 50 lovely that
| their appearance causes general stampede IN
the convention living IS cheap, theatrical shows
are frequent and n midnight stroll on the hls-
toric wooden bridge across the hcntucKy
| when the red moon rises above The Shadowy, hlgh
banks and aildS the mist on the rushing rver,
should sOOthc the soul OF the NpOonlcst legislator
| One Of the quaintest old houses, designed by
| Thomas Jefferson i of brick with n low stoop, and
has archcd doorway one hOuNckccpcr ue-
clarcd that jefferson cOnld build a constitution
| better than a house, because he lclt out thc
closets But the main hall IS noble apartment,
rs hiR MS an ordinary Ncw-NorS fiat. There are
large, square rooms on either side, with wide
| windows and spacious iircplaccs, and the walls
and floors look good for another hundred YEAR,.
| Nearby stood an old inn. about which cllnQs 4
| tradition OF Irritation between Louis Philippe
and the nn-kccpcr's wife. Lafayette came here;
| Aaron Burr tried in the old court house and
| defended by Henry Clay, and here lives Pro-
| fcssur John X. Proctor. the gcologist the friend
| and bencfactor of every wandering writer. who
has ridden every mile Of Kentucky, virginia
| and Tennessee. who escorted the Duke OF Mari
| borough on his recent expedition, who has done
| more for Kmtuckys development than any
| other one man, and who supplies the photographs
| Lexington is making cagrr bid for the cap
| ital and 50 is Louisville which t"mpts the dele
- for f.tIt,l liz
| Tuildings But while everybody is willing ia
| remove the permanent seat Of Government 10 his
| own town he doesn't want u 10 30 10 anybody
| elscs The naming Of any site, therefore. i'm the
| new Constitution would insure It's rejection. and
| the convention, If il deals with the question AZ
ALL will have to do 30 in a separate clause. H. l..