The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-05

l Following is an address issued last night by the Constitutional Reform as- soclation of Connecticut,
 To whom it may concern: In present. ing to the general assembly of the-state of Connecticut resolution for that body's approval, providing for a popu- larly elected convention, charged with the compilation and revision of the con- | stitution of 1918, the Constitutional Re- form association desires to make clear i the purpose which animates it. It seeks a legal, democratic and adequate achievement, which shall adapt the constitution to the needs of the people, and secure for them the establishment of justice the promtoion of the general welfare and the blessing of equality. The end sought is evolution, not revo- lution.
 In former address it was declared that the object of the association was to agitate for a constitutional conven- ton as the best and speediest means of securing the correction of evils which have shown themselves to be beyond the reach of the amendment cure and of formulating a better ma chine than that in existence to do the work of modern conditions and gratify the needs of modern society, which there is little or no hope of securing by the processes required by the const- tuition of 1S18 It further declared it's freedom from partisan control and it's unembarrassed state with reference to any special reform It disavowed a concealed attack upon the small town in behalf of the larger and explicitly proclaimed its readiness to leave all questions of detail Ito the good judg- ment and sense of fairness of the reo- pie in convention assembled" Organ ized upon these lines and moved by firm faith in the capacity of the people to make their own government, the as- sociation has had reason to go on ener- getically with it's campaign of educa- tion, with due consideration for the con- victions of all, and with indifference to the convictions of none. Its resentment is reserved exclusively for those who are determined that all reform shall be delayed and defeated.
 Since the revival of the associa ton there has been state election and the of new administration. To the qualification of the associa ton, Governor Mclean, in his inaugural ad- dress met candidly and approvingly the issues of the plurality elections for state offices, and of representation in the House of Representatives based upon the principle of population. He fur ther repudiated as incipient the pend ing amendment which redistrlcts the Senate upon the theory that it, and not the House is the popular body He pre- sented a plan of representation which embodies the cardinal feature of reform and supported it in an argument which he frankly declared takes into consid- eration that spirit of honorable and logical compromise" which lies at the base of all practical progress. This as- sociation has no hostile criticism to of- by the governor. or the argument which fer either the proposed plan presented supports it. In the judgment of the as- sociation they should be received with the respect to which his official dignity and practical experience entitle them, and be referred, together with all other plans, and proposed amendments, 10 organized for their consid- eration by the people.
 The attitude of the associa ton to- wards the governors opposition to a
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