The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-26

was sufficiently well Informed on the
question. He should have said that
this constitution was adopted by Re
publicans, put in force by Republicans
and was merely carrying out of the
ideas of a strong centralized govern
ment which have been the corner stone
of Republicanism. What eastern sat
rap could want more power than was
the carpet bag Republican constitu-
ton,
Democratic Constitution.
Now turn to the constitution at pres
ent in force in Florida. 1t was
adopted in 1885. 1t was framed by a
Democratic constitutional convention,
whose president, S. Pasco, is now a
Democratic United States senator from
Florida. Herr are some of it's proYi-
sions;
Art. ", Sec. 20. THE governor
shall be assisted by administrative Of
ficers as follows: A secretary of state,
attorney general, comptroller, treas
urer, superintendent of public instruc-
ton and commissioner of agriculture,
who shall be elected at the same time
as the governor and shall hold office
for the same term"
Art. VIII, Sec. 5. There shall be
appointed by the governor, by and with
the consent of the senate, in and for
each county, five county commission
ers. Their terms of Office shall be two
years, and their powers, duties and
compensation shall be prescribed by
law. The legislature shall provide for
the division of each county into
five districts and one county commits
sioner shall be selected from each Of
such districts"
Sec. 6. 1.-The legislature shall pro-
vide for the election, by the qualified
electors in each county, of the follow
ing county officers: A clerk of the
circuit court, a sheriff, constable a
county assessor of taxes, a tax col
lector, county treasurer, a superin-
tendent of public instruction and a
county surveyor"
The judiciary article provides for a
supreme court of three judges to be
elected by the people. The circuit
judges and attorneys are appointed by
the governor. The county judges and
justices of the peace, the county at
torneye and sheriffs, as well as the
constables, are elected by the people.
The militia article leaves to the leg
islature the power to say how the Off
GERS under the governors staff shall
he selected.
In the article on education are pro-
visions for redistricting the state and
electing three trustees in each dis
trict, for districts in Incorporated
town, and for the expenditure of school
funds for building or repairing school
houses, for the purchase of school IL
braries and text books etc.
In other parts of the constitution are
found provisions to keep public officers
from neglecting their duties or squan-
6pI~iT74cr no 10 n Il
! Yanced ideas.
The appointment of the county COM
missioners and judges of the courts 1t
will be seen, is left with the governor
In view Of developments since our
constitution was passed it is hardly
! possible that the people of Utah will
be inclined TO quarrel greatly with
either of those provisions.
Georgia's Two Constitutions.
Mr.. Allen also referred to the con-
stitution of Georgia as hardly so bad
as the constitution Of Florida, but
still having bad features Those
/ features, in his view, were the provi-
! sions whereby the general assembly
was given power to elect the secretary
Of state, comptroller general, treasurer
! and surgeon-general. and the govern
/ or, with the consent of the senate, was
! given power to appoint the judges of
! the supreme and superior courts the
! encouragement, solicitor-generals and
| district judges and attorneys.
These provisions were contained in
| the constitution of 1868, adopted under
! carpet-bag rule. In the Democratic
| constitution now in force it is provided
! that all the officers named above shall
| be elected by the people, with the ex-
ception of the supreme and superior
court judges, and these are elected by
the general assembly of the state.
Here, then, is another illustration of
the difference between Republican GEN.
| traliZation and Democratic self-gov-
| ernment.
| A glance at the constitutions of Vir-
GINA, North Carolina and South Caro-
lima shows nothing that can be called
subversive of the rights of the people.
In all of them tl< executive officers
are elected by the people. In North
Carolina the judges are elected by the
people In South Carolina the supreme
and circuit Judges are elected by the
| state legislature on joint ballot, and
the rest of the judges by the people.
In Virginia, supreme circuit and
! county Judges are elected by the state
legislature
If in all this any Republican can
find one grain of comfort he is well
come to it. But it is hardly likely that
he can.
Frost for RepubIicans.a
This is a Democratic year.
Reports from the north indicate that
a Democratic tidal wave is about to
sweep over this country. Heber NJ
Wells, C. E. Allen and Frank j. Can
non started out on their tour of the