The Huttig news., 1917-03-17
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Excellent Ideas of a Citizen On What the
 Document Should Be.

Constitutional Convention to frame constitution for submission to the people it seems that all interest in the document itself is lost in a speculation about who should be delegates to the convention.
 The framing of constitution is the most serious and important work that can engage the mind of statesmen. It is to be the ground work of our law for generations to come perhaps and is of immense importance to the people.
 A state constitution differs from the federal constitution in this The legislature of state can pass a law that the constitution does not prohibit either in express terms or by clear implication, while con- gress can pass no law unless it is given express power to pass that law by the federal constitution, either in express terms or by clear implication.
 The people should select, not the strongest candidate or politician who can get the most votes as delegate, but the best brains of their country to represent them in this delecates. ardous and import ant work.
 As the remuneration allowed is not sufficient to pay the expenses of delegate to this convention and inasmueh as the honor of the position will depend entirely upon the kind of constitution they may frame it appears that the people should get together in mass meet ings or otherwise and name the men whom they want as candi- dates. No man can afford to make race for the place and it is place of such dignity that no man should be required, expected or al lowed to decend to the ordinary level of brush-beating politics to secure the election.
 We have no pets in mind for the position. Any man who is qualified to represent the county of Union can make more than the four dol lars per day that is allowed him by law for the time the convention is in session but no man can refuse this honor if he is selected by the people to represent them, even though it entails personal sacri- flee on his part.
 We hope that the new constitu- ton will reorganize the financial system of our state and county government. Both should be put on a budget system. For the state the governor should have power to appoint committee of senators and representatives elect as budget committee-they should get together at least sixty days be- fore the legislature meets look into the resources of the state and esti mate it's revenues for the next two years and draw appropriation bills for the various functions of the state government and should therein be limited to 90 per cent of the estimated revenue. Then the legislature would have only 10 per cent to play with.
 Every proposition to build a state institution, such as state hospital, state schools, cts, should be referred to the people should have submitted to them the ques- tion of building it and maintaining it by voting the tax, millage basis, necessary for it's maintainance.
 In the last twenty years we have increased the state institutions and fastened burdens on the people by mere legislative enactment.
 Any legislature now can vote to build a million dollar institution that may cost half a million every year till the end of time to keep 1t up.
 The people only should have that power for it is their money that IS to