The Springdale news., 1918-08-16
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pv Clio Harper

r. is not "a slmpi' ;,
 dashed of ,ass ssfiss fer ysars and years It n is to difficulty lai is to make k 1a it suff,- and the ailla .;e to meet all require t: eisns,y for the next few generations, s'rasdv
 Eigh1 won on it by the Constitution bui b"iIders, and it will take pi0'N
 weeks more. i'd that very little l.ss4 It eanis' is being manifested in. in the 's interest of tbe Convention, but ,t that ,,,s IS work ol 'n, sociological condition due proea0ts .sa Hslljeoss status of the world H.. to |. the ;s not that the people are lndll, t.rsnt and apathetic' but tha. 4ssn they mat ase tsl' 70 deeply engrOssed in other mat ters. Ts;s very fact, however, is bringing ,i,,. i,., . feeling on the part of the dele e! aD9u. aosss that sa the people, who are the fin sa.,s " rh;+ers of the work of the Conven- si s:.a sbould be better informed upon ''s o.a wv" ;s q growing sentiment in fa- ,,,r of taking recess until some time next m spring, after the del,oera1lohs h,ve hs been concluded, that the Legls- na'e .u have an opportunity to make make provision for the printing and a;stribution of the proposed Constitu- tion. a;,abIo fo, .ho work at this time, as matter of s.a. tho Convention delegates and em- .1oves have been working without nav and paying their own expenses Tor more than two weeks.
 1rnless the Legislature meets the deficiency this service will therefore eo unrewarded, except for the satis- faction that comes from knowledge of duty we'll done.
 If is believed, however, that the General Assembly will not refuse to meet the Convention upon the advanc- ed ground it has taken, and see that the new Constitution Is carried through.
 Arkansas has not been accustomed to nermitting it's employees to work for nothing.
 Despite the apparent apathy on the part of the people toward the work of the Convention, they are yitally inter ested in what is being done by the perspiring patriots who meet day af- ter day in the super-heated hall of the House of Representatives.
 It is going to be strong docu- ment, without so many radical things in it as some might imagine from following the proposals suggested.
 After all, the most radical change in it all is the substitution of quad rennial terms for all public officials, and the consequent quadrennial cleo tions.
 The whole purpose of this change is to get away from the opposition that has been growing up during recent years to So much politics.
 And yet, even in this, complete change cannot be made, as there will continue to be biennial elections for Congressmen and U. S. Senators, and half of the state Senators.
 But the election of all state, district and county oAfficers will cone only erery four yeas.
 Ft flrst, i Ha5 tried to ma'ie tic sessions of the Legislature quadren- nal, but 1t was found that this plan was not wholly feasible.
 So quadrennial sessions were pro- vlded, of sixty days each, for the con- sideration of legislation, of a general character, and alternate short ses. sions Of thirty days each for the pass. age Of appropriation measures for the support Of the state Government, and the investigation and control of state institutions and department
 Yet there are numerous othe, e"ahges' many of them vital, of which sne poohc should be fully informed . anu TOT that reason, it is being urged sia' the Constitution should be print. ed and distributed.
 ;t; ms Will defer the election for rat, time. pi'as soiie only the stand-nat e,ar,a,+ os ..,