The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-07
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4 MENTS i b The CONSTITUTION,

MENTS IL HE CONSTITUTION
lfhets voters will, bes given Jan Upper
I, tt,nity BY d separ al e ,ballo TO vote for
two to the constitution.
y One Is known as the qualification.
amendment, and simply provides, II
adopted BY the voters that Women
:maS; serve on boards OF the various
/ State Institutions where females are
educated /, cared for or confined; that
!, women may be appointed notaries pub
Z lie, inspect tors OF labor, or deputies Tor
] clefks:Si
81 We believe this IL d very meritofious
amendment and should receive the
hearty supporter all classes OF voters.
1T fs almost a necessity that in such
{ institutions as the Industrial Home
& and Humane Society work women
/ should be a part OF the board. This,
]: was formerly Srecogh ized as being OF
( sp much imp oftance that lieyen with
4 out Unconstitutional permission 1or q
lon time women 5were---ap pointed
f6einbe Of such boards. The question
of the cQhsHtutionalityr Of; such ap.
,Dofntmenfs was, raised, however, un-
iier Governtoff Dawson administra-
'tion, and j Hell declined to appoint wo-
men orsp permits them to serve on any
d these boards It Is to give consti-
tutfonal sanction to such appoint
i6ents that this amendment Is propos-
2 ed. In almost every State in the un-
ion women are appointed notartes
/, public. This is true. in both Mary
land, New York and Pennsylvania
where much notaria1 work is perform:
ed by women in a very satisfactory
Z manner. The same reason applies to
deputy clerkships. 1t is a great con.
yenience frequently to have women
clerks and photographers qualified to
administer oaths and take acknowl-
Sdgements; The ratification OF this
amendment can certainly do no harm
\ and will be productive OF much good.
We therefore trus. that voters gem
orally will vote for this amendment
The second amendment provides
I for increasing the number Of Supreme
Judges from five to seven, and divid-
ing the Supreme Court into two parts.
each sitting as separate bodies for the
hearing OF appeals. BY this method
the Court would be able to near
twice as many cases! AS the matter
: now StdnuS .lnS koupEeue SuuIL ID Sdio
to be behind in its work about five
hundred cases orSposslbly nearly two
years work This fact occasions
much delay and hardship in settling
litigation. The Times has not looked
with much favor on the proposition to
I Increase further The officials Of the
State, and has not been impressed
with the argument that the State has
grown so that II viii now require sew
en- Judges to do the work that was
promptly and properly performed fiji
teen years ago by four. but we yield
our own opinion to that OF the bar as
ISOLATION and some distinguished law
\ yer friends who say to us that this in
crease and the subdivision Of the
Court into two parts as provided in
theS amendment is absolutely neces
sarys as conditions are now injustice
to litigants. The increased cases in
the Supreme Court is no doubt partial
" due to the some@hat unfortunate
incombe cheney Of several circuit judg
es.; and may arise In part from past
fndisposition, Of the members Of the
court Itself to, perform their duties
with all possible industry and celebrity
but even 81 this Is tfiielitsis neither
here nor there noy. 1f9there are I've