Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-16
CONSTITUTIONAL. coSvnSr1ox.

solutn'" ca'llng r0r IL vote at the mex,
general cleo ION upn ne ques ni of
holding constitu ION q ,a,nven ION
Tie question: has ,".cn three times
submitted to tile people. Twice it
was defeated because "! the unis.
sion m man! voters, ~ tine excitement
OF tile general eleciltn', /" atfiix 3yes"
or mo" n tile wOr 0f the tick :,
~t or u onsi itutlm al Convention.
Both times the tiruHtIve had a
thrte-f"nI tn majority over the neg
atIve. but HI it rqulred ii majorit!
OF all Of the Votes Cast to carry. very
blank WIS practically -Nr." and
thus the call was both tunes defeated.
IL 1882 the Democratic State conven
ton ad pied resoIuIIon favor ny
8 cOnsi il utiOnal conventions, and LlIe
State central committee requested the
different Democratic county commit
tees throughout the oIate to have
printed on the tickets YES" upon the
convention question. Inch sugges-
ton was adopted by the party repre-.
senatives in most or tile counties
The Democratic State ticket was de.
feated that year, but the conven'n.,,
question carried by ii larger major.
ity than any State candidate was ever
Ell, cted since the admission of the
State. But notwiths, andnng this
most emphatic exprrssi ~ of the voi-
ers, the measure was lost thorough
the refusal or the Judges of the Su-
preme Court, who O. u stituted the
State Boarh Of Canvas crs, to can.
vHss the vote, upon the technicality
that tine stat Ites did not mention. in
sn many wor II, the canvassng of
co lstitu'IOnal election vote as a part
of their duties, althous r two IF them
had performed that "nn y" when the
ME lsure was known to tie defeated.
The technirality has sin 20 been co.,
recte ! in the statutes and, in all
probability. the wishes Of the people
will he carried out in 1900.
The great est ObjectIon to "A constitu-
tional convention that Ina been urge
by it's opponents is the expense. FMS
Is simply nonsenical. When the or
iginal constitution was forme the
members of the convention re ,.eived
only three dollars per day. pa, able IN
green backs, which we're orth at that
time about forty cents to the dollar.
The convention was composed Of the
brightest men in the State, including
large proportion of first class law
yers. who willingly sacrificed their
time in the interest at the proposed
co'nmOnw wealth. The constit u tionaI
convention now in question need he
composed of but forty.tive members.
which is the number of the member
ship OF both branches IT the legisla-
tnrr The requisite changes could
easily tie lnade in twenty days SO the
per diem would only amount to g.
1"o ut the same rate that was paid to
members i'll deprecated curren:y IN
the flush times OF 1864. There 70 M
question: but a sufficient number ri,
competent persons woul he wiling
to sacrifice their time for three weeks
To Insure an intelligent membership
10 the proposed conven ZION. The le.
lslatnre OF 1901 would arrange for the
meeting, name the per diem and bro.
vide for all the requirments in regard
u expenses, which need not exce.d
$1,000 from the issuance of the nro.
c'"mation to the adjournment OF the
convenIlo". SO much for the ex
pense. Why, it woulu not amoun,
TO hair as much as the last Iepislatpre
ms worse than thrown away in An.
propriations which could not bave
been made under constitution ad-
apted TO- tile population and condi.
lions in the State at the present time
The present constitution was framsd
when everything WIS BOOMING snd
when appearances indicated a NON.