The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-19
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
What 1t Is and How 1t Is to be Voted
Upon on November 8.

What 1t Is and How 1t Is to be Voted
Upon on November 8.
The people of the state of Montana will.
in addition to the candidates to be voted
for, pass upon n proposed amendment to
the constitution. changing the terms of
county commissioners 80 that an entire
board will not 20 out Of office at one time.
The amendment is to section 4, article IL,
of the constitution, which it 10 proposed to
nave read az follows: .
I'm each county there shall be elected
three county commissioners, whose term of
Office shall be four years; provided, that
the term of Office of those elected to sue
coed those elected October /, 1889, shall
exmire upon the frat Monday IN January,
1896; and, provided further, that at the
general election to be held in November,
1894, one commissioner shall be elected for
q term of two years, and two commissioners
for a term of four years. A vacancy in the
board OF county commissioners shall be
flled by appointment by the dist lot judge
Of the district in which the vacancy oc-
ours"
The vote upon the amendment will be
counted as others are, and if q majority ia
in favor Of it, the governor is to issue a
proclamation 80 declaring. The official
ballots used at the election will have printed
ON them these words: For the amend
ment to the constitution" and under this
the words: against the amendment to
the constitution" In voting on the amend
ment, however, preference for or against it
ss not expressed as when voting for candi-
dates for Office, or in voting for the capital.
The Australian ballot law of 1889 provides,
in section "a, that Sin case of q ballot con
tanning q constitutional amendment" the
preference shall be shown 'by crossing out
parts of the ballot in such a manner that
the remaining part shall express his vote
General Haskell, speaking of this matter,
says that when n person wants to vote in
favor of the constitutional amendment he
must run his pencil through the words:
Against the amendment to the constitu-
ton" If he desires to vote against the
amendment he must run his pencil through
the words: For the amendment to the
constitution" In all other cases, that is,
in voting for candidates and for the ca. l.
tai, the CROSS mark opposite the names
shows who the voter desires to vote for.
Baking Powder Recent A%uthorIties
About 1t.
The Scientific American, the Sanitary
Era, the Indianapolis Board of Health, the
Wisconsin Food Commissioner, and many
other recent in vestiRators. have stigmatized
the use of alum or ammonia in baking
powder as injurious, and have published
from time lists, calling the attention of the
public to brands containing these drugs.
1t it would seem as il some makers ought
to have the honesty or coed sense to make
r. pure powder, foreseeing that although a
smaller percentage of profit is made. il
must eventually result in increased snles,
and consequently greater gain, and yet, af-
ter looking over the records, we are forced
to the conclusion that "Dr. PRICES CT eam''
is pretty much the only brand that can be
tatIaI mi np1ASA Nna yunnfo IN Inn Irn1nnI
daily.
Some of the powders which are the most
widely pulled and heralded with govern
ment chemists" (?) and other more or less
spurious testimonials are found to be the
very ones which contain either one or the
other of these impurities.
Following 10 n. list of the principal brands
of baking powder that have boon examined
and found to contain either alum or am.
monia:
Calumet, Climax, Royal. Chicago Yeast,
Forest CITY. Zipps. Economy. Taylor's,
Untivaled, Rocket. Globe. Silver Star, Eddy
d. Eddy's, Grants, Bon Bon, Hotter, kenton
and many other brands.