The age-herald., 1898-03-20

what we want Keep the fires burning. From the Tuscaloosa Times: The next legislature should call a constitutional convention unless it wants our great state to become by word of reproach among the progressive states of this great com monwealth. Whenever we get out among business people of the money centers and the question of the organic law Of Alabama is preached, we feel smaller than the small boy looks while following the band wagon of circus, and not near so happy.
 From the Selma Times: For many req sons Alabama should have constitutional convention. South Carolina and Mississippi have new constitutions, eliminating the ne- gro vote, and Alabama should also nave one We should have changed the consti- tuition fifteen years ago. IT we hau oone so the Kolb split in the party could nave been avoided and instead of having the white men of the state divided they Woulu be together today. There are many other questions to come up besides the sunrase and the Times hopes that the question will he taken up and pushed to a successful issue by the press and people or the sta'e' From the Mobile Herald We are glad to see The Age Herald set this important mat ter before its readers in this straightior- ward fashion But we go further than The Age-Herald. We do not want any property qualification in the suffrage clause of a new constitution. We Will pc sa'is- fled with an educational qualification pure and simple But as The Age-Herald says we should be willing to trust to the oele- gates that will be sent to state conVen- tion to do what is right The important question now is to send men to the legls- lature who will vote for the calling or a constitutional convention. We trust that our readers will bear this in mind
 From the Alexander City Outlook: It has cost the government big pile of money to carry on the contests for congressman seats from the various districts in Ala bama The man who files these contests is sure of getting a snug sum out Of the public crib. If this money was expended for the holding of constitutional con vention to remedy our election laws 1t would rebound to the public veal.
 From the Anniston Hot Blast: There seems to be no question that very large majority of the democrats in Alabama are in favor of a constitutional conven- tion and this being the case, there seems to be no reason why the democratic con yention this year should not declare In favor of convention in its platform. It was shown during the last session Of the legislature that if new constitution is secured in this state that the calling or a constitutional convention must be made democratic measure, and the needed changes in the organic law of this state are
 so important that the democratic party
 cannot afford to shrink from doing its duty for fear it will lose a few votes by
 declaring in favor of a constitutional con-
 vention There will never come a better time to make a fight for a constitutional convention than this year, and the demo-
 tta artxr bnI11d fol a O. cal stand in favor of 1t being called by the
 next session of the general assembly.
 From the Huntsville Mercury.
 | The Mercury honestly believes every
 progressive democrat in Madison county de-
 | sres a constitutional convention. The ne-
 cessity for changes in our organic law IS
 | so poent that nearly every man, irrespec- tive of our party affiliations, comedies that some changes are not only desirable, but are absolutely imperative, leaving the only question for discussion, how to secure the convention? Immediately after the defeat | of the bill introduced in the last legislature | looking to a constitutional convention, the Mercury suggested that a sure method of
 | securing a convention would be to make a
 party measure. In furtherance of that plan we have insisted that vry snator and rep resentative be compiled to announce his
 position in that regard, and that only those
 known in faVor or new constitution De
 elected. There is yet another step that
 may be of material assistance to this move-
 ment and that is to incorporate in the state
 democratic platform plank pledging the
 party to take such action Is necessary to
 secure a constitutional convention. To do
 | this it will be necessary that delegates to
 | the convention at Montgomery be instructed
 | to favor such resolution. Let every county
 | convention instruct its delegates to make
 the demand for constitutional conven-
 | ton a party measure, and the matter will
 1 be no longer delayed.
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