The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-09-14
BROAD-MINDED
MEN WANTED
Constitution Delegates Should
Be Capable and Honest.
NEWSPAPERS GIVE WARNING
Moulders Of Public Opinion Stand Al
most Unanimously Against the
Man of lone Idea" For Delegate In
Coming Convention.

Coming Convention.
Columbus, o. (Special.) - Ohio
newspapers, large and small Repub-
lican and Democratic, are almost a
unit in the demand for a safe and
sane constitutional convention, which
they say can be brought about only
by the election of broad-minded men
as delegates to the convention.
Not only are the newspapers APP
parently of one mind or nearly so,
but students of economic questions,
who are making voluntary contribu-
tions to the newspapers and other
publications uTon the question Of the
coming constitutional convention and
its work, take a similar view and ex-
press themselves very freely.
The making Of a constitution for
Ohio is an important work and calls
for men of the highest order of intel
ligence. men of affairs, men of learn
ing men of experience, men wio have
brushed UP against the old cOnstitu-
tion and know its imperfections, which
imperfections the new one is intended
to cure, with due regard to the indi-
vidual AMI property rights of the citi-
Zens.
1t rests with the people of the coun-
ties to make a wise choice between
the many aspirants for delegate 1t is
admitted that the selection of a man
with one idea, for instance, as against
man with any number of good ideas.
would be a mistake that would leave
its impression upon the convention.
High explosives in const; utional
convention are just as dangerous as
cannon crackers at a Fourth of July
celebration. if there is some one in
the hall to apply the match. High
explosives in this connection mean
visionary, impracticable things, which
if written into the constitution would
surely result in th@ work Of the con-
vention being rejected by the people
of the state at the ensuing fall cleo
ton.
The Sandusky Register hits the
nail on tie head when it says that
the kind of a constitution that is
wanted is one which will be fair
alike to the public and to business,
whether the business be farming,
wage-earning, manufacturing or mer-
chandiZing.
Here are expressions from few of
the many Ohio newspapers that are
thus early interesting themselves in
the selection of broad-minded men as
delegates:
GAINESVILLE Times-Reco rder-Men of
experience and breadth of view are
needed for the work. Cranks and
political fanatics are not the kind Of
men needed.
Mt Vernon Republican News
Every citizen should be interested in
a safe aud sane constitutional conven-
tion.
Dephos Herad-We are not max
ing constitutions every year nor
every two years and, when we do
make one, it is supposed to be en-
during enough to sustain the entire
superstruction of our form of govern
ment.
The Logan JournaI-Gazette-
large enough and broad enough to
meet calmly and judiciously all the
many questions which will be pre-
sented, should be selected as dele
gates. The man with pet hG0by
will be found to be too small for the
important work of the convention.
Woodsfield RepubIican-The cranks
and faddists will soon become active
in a determined effort to have the
ideas they may favor incorporated IN
the new state constitution. Unless the
safe and sane majority of Ohio voters
are equally active, the chances are
that some o. these half tried and un-
tried panac cas- for political ills will be
forced upon the convention. In that
case, as happened once before, the
work of tie convention will go for
| naught
Delaware Herald-To whom shall
we give the making of the new con-
stitution? Theswork ought to be
committed To men W uO huOW HO" W
make one. They need not necessarily
be lawyers, but they ought to be men
of knowledge, broad sympathies and
high purposes. There are SUCH men
in every county.
Ohio State Journal-If there is any
duty man is called of God to per-
| form. it is to make a constitution
under which a state is governed. Not
| many men can be entrusted with that
job; certainly not every man. The
duty requires a man of broad mind
and large intelligence; one who
knows that a constitution is not sim
ply machine for grinding out his
=! peculiar ideas or establishing some
whimsical theory of his own.
Huron County News-The solid, all
round man, who can do equal justice
by the merchant, the manufactures.
the farmer, the mechanic, the banker,
and see that the business Of the
state, the county, the city and vii
lages are viewed with modern eyes.
must be sought in the smaller coun-
ties for delegates to the coming con-
stitutional convention. The better and
stronger the man. the greater win be
his influence upon the results.