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Your Views Wanted.

of the Constitutional Commission,
sends out circular letter directing
attention to the following interroga-
tories touching amendments now un-
der consideration and as to which
the Commission desires the people
to express their opinions. If you
have any suggestion to make write
1t out and send to the Secretary at
! Charleston
|. As to article 6, section %: Shall
the sessions of the Legislature be
limited, and if so, how and to what
extent? Shall members be paid
fixed salary regardless Of length of
sessions?
=. Shall section - Of article 6, for
bidding the enactment of registra-
ton law be stricken out, or shall
provision be inserted making it man
datory to enact a registration law?
3. Shall the question Of salaries of
State officers and Judges be left to
the Legislature, or shall they be fixed
by the constitution
4. What constitutional provision
shall be made, if any, in respect to
fees which accrue in the several de-
partments of the State?
5. Shall the Legislature be pro.
hibited from appropriating money to
any charitable or educational institu-
ton not under control of the State?
6. Shall the Judiciary be recon
structed, and if so, in what respect?
OF how man Judges shall the Su. |
preme Court consist ? How many
Judicial Circuits shall there be and |
of what counties shall they consist? |
What shall be done with the inter.
mediate and criminal courts? What |
shall be the limitations on the juris |
diction of justices of the peace?
7. What changes shall be made in
county organization and govern
ment?
s. What changes, if any, shall he
made on the subject of taxation and
finance?
9. What is the sentiment on the
question of female suffrage?
10. Shall the School Fund"
known as the Irreducible School
Fund.-" remain unmolested? Or
shall it be allowed to reach an amount
aggregating one million dollars and
all amounts exceeding one million
dollars, including interest, become
distributable for purposes of educa-
ton: Or shall it be distributed and
abolished?
IL. Should an amendment be pro.
posed prohibiting independent school
districts.
All communications will he care
fully compiled and submitted to the
Committee for its consideration.
TIE county court of Kanawha
and the town council of Charleston
are at logger heads over the question
of granting liquor license within the
corporate limits of the city. The
position of the county court, or
rather Of its two Republican men,
bers, is that they propose to re-
duce the number Of licenses in the
city of Charleston and in the county
of kanawha, and also propose to say
who shall and who shall not be IL
censed regardless of the reputation
Of the applicants as responsible IL
quor dealers. On the other hand
the city council protests against
what seems to be the intention of
the court to grant license only to a
few of its favorites, and declares
that no city license shall be granted
until every reputable liquor dealer
entitled to license has been recog-
nized by the court, and in this posi-
ton the council seems to be sus-
tanned by the people of Charleston
regardless of party.
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DEFEATED.-On the 9Th instant,
by vote of 43 yeas to 26 nays-four
votes short of the necessary two
thirds-the arbitration treaty be-
tweee England and the United States,
negotiated by Secretary Olney and
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
Ambassador, was defeated in the
United States Senate. Public senti.
ment, both in this country and in
England, seemed to favor ratitica.
ton.
STATE SENATOR PETER S. HYDE,
of Piedmont, member of the Con-
stitutional Commission, died sud-