Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-05
THE PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION.

The discussion OF the proposed constitution by Charles
i Woodward at Gayety theatre last evening was a 'o'SV
statement OF what constitutional convention as whoe eoe
@ 10 do and Yfv was possible or all the delegates representing
ali portions Of the and practically all elements 10 WaouSy
offer il as a whole TO the people Tor adoption lie "su ua M
final draft was compromise that contained some features "hc
he nena, and delegate voted against and urged ms hearers
10 consider il broad sensche question being not whether
met every requirement each group OF men might coSue
= G whether =, whole il was than the constitution now IN
force and which in force in case the proposed nc" con-
Stiuton is rejected
When the opposition the constitution is anaIy wed 1t VIII
usually found that the arguments are made along some spec'
lines rather than document whole FROM TINS STANDPOINT
or from Interior motives the new constitution can Doubtless DC
picked pieces just the existing one has been ana can DC @
Joe cr Nt7ry had the situation all sized up III an edtCrd
printed some time ago. i'll which 1t SAID:
John Glenn secretary OF the Illinois Manufacturers Assocla
lion and Victor Orander secretary the Illinois Federation OF
Labor are opposed the proposed constitution Mr. Hch
says document radical Mr. Olander says it IS too con-
scryatiye
"A few DAYS ago lawyer Of this city while attending the ses-
sions OF the Appellate prominent lawyers
one OF whom from Chicago and the other from Central Illinois
Both OF these men were unsarn criticism OF the
ston The Chicago lawyer insisted down-state document
ignored the vital needs OF Chicago The downstate lawyer
claimed that Chicago document which ignored all interests
in the outside OF Chicago
In the city OF Chicago tnere home rule enthusiasts Who
would give Chicago the powers of sovereign state They do not like
constitution because they think the home rule provisions
for Chicago Inadequate There arc others IN chicago VINO do not
share that They do like the constitution because accord
ing their view the home rule provisions give Chicago too much
power
list the supposed conflicting interests and the extremists every
instance will be found dissatisfied.
1T has been said by way OF criticism that the proposed new
constitution does all respects satisfy any group of delegates
fact delegates the convention that framed it, That state
well warranted by the facts the constitution drafted
entirely satisfactory any group OF delegates would mean
that group delegates dominated the IS indeed
fortunate that particular group strong enough control the
convention
The delegates the convention from all the state
Naturally they brought the convention the views Of the
mme from which they Upon every question before the
convention there sharp difference Of opinion ut
seemed that there almost many different opinions
questions there delegates in the convention OF these
conflicting views frequently made necessary for every delegate
the convention give up the subject under consideration
1t is indeed seldom that extremists either side any
question right Usually the which best the interests
OF all the people lies somewhere between the Every
legislative body finds that unless entirely controlled by
some one particular group.
Every constitution worthy consideration must
be written the proposed constitution for all the people
o the state and for any particular group the expense
not included in that group
Most o the criticism directed against the proposed new CON
stion from the OF every group This best
evidence that no particular group controlled the which
ought to be gratifying to the people of the The constitution
was written for all the people rather than for the people any
particular group for the people any particular OF the
here be overlooked As the case with
inc present constitution the adopted will he subject
amendment and povisn is made that be more easily
amended than the document If the features outweigh
c OBJECTED to diSapproTa OF should
a. ground tor rejecting whole Amendments not only NAV
CONE nut doubtless will following its adoption if adopted