The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-24
v0rs AGAINST THEM ALL.

The virginian-Pil originally not
opposed to all OF the proposed amend
ments to the Constitution of Virginia.
at last has taken position Identical
with that OF this paper in opposing all
of them. Our contemporary says:
In view however. OF the campaign.
especially the character of the cam
paign, which the Treasurers and Com
missioners of Revenue are making to
effect ratification of the two amend
ments in which they are directly and
peculiarly Interested. 1t would prob
ably be wiser not to confuse the issue
in the public mind by advocating rati-
f1cation in one instance and opposing
1t in the others. The best way to in
sure that the amendments which ought
to be defeated will be killed Is to vote
against them ALL
That Is just the point wo have
been hammerins on for many the long
day. Not for one moment have we
considered that all these four propo-
sitions We're of equal rank in vicious
opinion. the two amendments relating
to the city and county treasurers and
commissioners of the revenue are vast
ly more perniclous than the other two
suggested cTIangeS. The fourth pro-
posed amendment aiming at the SIM
plihcation of legislative procedure
would make no far-reachlng change
in the reading of bills in the General
Assembly and. If 1t stood by itself.
would work no public disaster were
! 1t to become law,
Confusion Of these issues Is greatly
| ignorance as to the purport of these
| four proposed amendments exists in
every part of this Commonwealth. and
anyTattempt to urge voters to vote one
way on three of the changes and the
opposite way on the remaining one
will simply make Confusion worse
confounded" 1t is too late to try to
mark off a middle ground between
opposition of all the amendments and
advocacy of all of them. The question
| is: shall the proposed amendments
pass or shall they fail7
If there were any public demand
| for ono or two of these changes and
no such demand for the remainder. the
| matter would be put in different
| light. But such Is not the case. There
is no public demand for any of these
changes
| The truth of the matter is that a
great number of voters do not know
anything about these proposed amend
4 ments. and are just beginning to
! show a mild curiosity as to what the
Z changes are about. The cry for these
alterations in our organic law did not
originate with the people. and these
; changes have. been brought to the at
tention of the people only by the press
of the state in sporadic instances. ns o
general thing. From the hour of their
, birth in the Capitol until now. these pro-
posed amendments have kept "the
. noiseless tenor of their way; and a
great many voters are still unaware
of the existence OF them.
These proposed amendments stand
or fall together. The question
!. is indivisible. Popular ignorance
of these four propositions negatives
tie idea that ii is reasonable
to vot. for some, and vote against
others AS the virginian-Pilot we'll
says, "The best way to insure that
! the amendments which ought to be de-
: feated will be killed is to vote against
Z them ALL"
I Vote against them all. That is the
y simplest the easiest, the safest and
e the best thing that the voters of Vir-
e ginia can do at the polls on the eighth
: day OF November next.
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