The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-07-14
Seventy-Nlne Reasons Why You
Should Vote for the New
Constitution.

Judge Becllner gives in the Win
chester Democrat the following ~
reasons why the new constitution
should be adopted, and further says !;
These are not all the things done by
the new constitution, but when those
who oppose it have answered which
of these they do not like, we will be
prepared to present other questions.
l. 1t recognizes God.
2. 1t declares every grant of fran
chise, privilege or exemption subject
to revocation, alteration or amend
ment.
3. 1t protects one from being COM
PEELED to send his child to a school to
which he may be conscientiously OPP
posed.
4. 1t wipes out every vestige of
slavery from our State laws.
5. 1t does not permit more than one
election in each year.
6. 1t forbids putting more than two
counties into one representative dis
trict.
7. 1t does not allow the Legislature
to sit longer than sixty days.
s. 1t will not allow bill to be
passed by one vote in each house.
8. 1t requires all laws to be printed
and understood before being passed.
10. 1t will not allow public money
to be for any purpose other than
that for which it was raised.
II. 1t will not allow the Legislature
to release any corporation or individ-
ual from a liability or obligation to
the State.
II. 1t requires monthly investiga-
tons of the accounts of the State
Treasurer and Auditor.
13, 1t will not allow our Legisla-
ture, as has been done in other States
to fix a limit to damages that may be
recovered from railroad or other COR
porations for injuries resulting from
negligence.
Ia. 1t does not allow a legislator to
vote on a question in which he is per-
sonally interested.
Is. 1t does not permit special or
local legislation. 1t requires each in
dividual or corporation to pay the eX-
pense of securing what the public has
no interest in and not tax the State
for it.
16. 1t stops the making of new
counties unless there is great need for
it, or the change of county seats unless
the people interested demand it.
II. 1t requires the Governor to file
written statement of his reasons for
granting pardon or remission, which
will be open to the public.
Is. 1t allows the Governor to veto a
part of bill without condemning the
whole bill.
10. 1t give the farmers ard laborers
of the State a Commissioner who
will watch and report on their inter
ests at Frankfort, and makes his office
elective and not subject to the Gov
ernor's control.
20. 1t breaks the aristocracy of
office-holding and makes the risk of
rings and cliques less at Frankfort by
declaring that all State officers are in
eligible to reelection save the Audi
tor, and he for only one term.
81. 1t authorizes the Legislature to
abolish the Registrership of the Land
Office.
%. 1t does away with fees to State
officers. The must rely on salaries.
80. 1t cuts down salaries of Com
monwealth's Attorneys to $500, and
requires that they shall look to fees
and percentages as formerly Tor part
of their pay.
"a. 1t gives the Sheriff four years
and makes him ineligible to re-elec-
ton.
25. 1t authorizes the assessment of
property to be made by officers other
than the Assessors, if the Legislature
so prefers.
26. 1t allows the Legislature to con-
solidate the offices of Sheriff and Tailor
in the weaker counties.
81. 1t does not permit any public
officer to receive more than $1,000 per
year as salary.
%. 1t requires counties, cities and
towns to be governed by general laws.
80. 1t allows the General Assembly |