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Proposed New Constitution
Synopsis and Comments on Improvements Made Over Old Const t
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AMENDMENTS
Art. XX, Sec. 33, provides that not more
ian three amendments to the Constitution may
,e submitted «*t any one time by the General
Assembly; all proposed amendments shall be
(ubliihed weekly for thirty days, the last pub
ication to be at least sixty days prior to the
lection; a majority of those voting at an elec
ion is necessary for the adoption of an amend I
nent.
While more latitude is given, it will con
tinue to be a somewhat difficult matter to
amend the Constitution. No limit is placed up
on the number of amendments the people may
submit under the Initiative and Referendum,
hut the General Assembly is still restricted to
three at any one election. Since amendments
can be submitted at only sixty-day sessions,
there can be but three offered every four
years by the Legislature. However, the people
may submit any number every two years, since
general elections must continue to be held bi
ennially on account of the election of members
of Congress. Considerable saving is provided
in the cost of publishing proposed amendments,
tlu* time being reduced from six months to
thirty days. By providing that the final pub
lication shall be not less than sixty days prior
to the election at which the vote is to be taken,
ample time is given for the most thorough cir
culation of the proposed measure, and for the
enters to familiarize themselves with its provis
ions.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Art. V. Sec. 1, provides for the Initiative
*nd Referendum for the State and municipali
ses. Eight per cent of the legal voters may
propose a statute and 10 per cent a Constitu*
ionai amendment. The proposed measure
hall be published thirty days before fil*
ng with the Secretary of State, which shall be
our months before the election. Six per cent
>f the electors may order an election upon any
jeneral act, the petition to be filed within nine
y days following the adjournment of the 1 eg"
slature. A majority of votes cast on the sub
ect shall be sufficient to enact or repeal an act
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but a major,ty of all votes cast at the election
" ‘ ,be 'et*Uired ^ adopt an amendment.
* wo th.rcs of each House may declare any act
an emergency measure effective at once. The
prevision apply to municipalities as well as the
Mate, but no measure may be iniated in any
municipality unless the law-making power has
t!r~ re,U£ed to enact it. The Governor or May
er can not veto initiated acts. The law is self
executing, and no law may be passed restrict*
mg the people’s rights thereunder.
Ih.s is the Oregon system, with some im
provements dictated by experience. It makes
a long step forward in popular control of legis
*Uion; !t is a ttreut improvement over the old
onstitution. It removes present restrictions
number of Constitutional
amendments that may be submitted at one el
ectmn to three, and allows the people to initi
al" any number. It is safe and sane, and gives
ample protection and safeguards to the rights
<d thi p< ople. Ii embodies the best experience
ot the country on the subject and will doubtless
prove to be one of the most popular provisions
of the proposed Constitution.
Prosecuting Attorneys, hereafter to he
known as District Attorneys, are to be placed
on a salary in lieu of the present fee system.
MINORITY REPRESENTATION
Art. Ill, Sec. 18, provides that one mem
oer of tne State Board of Election Commission
ers, and Art. XX, Sec. 25, provides that on aU
public Boards and Commissions appointed,
there shall be at least one member of the most
numerous minority political party.
Ihis is an assertion of political justice in
keeping with the spirit of genuine democracy.
It recognizes citizenship above partisianship.
It is just and iair to a large element that
would otherwise be denied participation in the
conduct of state affairs. The doctrine that
official salaries are political spoils and that all
appointive officials and clerks are political
spoilsmen, is vicious and dangerous. Demon
strated tit ness, efficiency and integrity are to
be the proper qualifications for service.
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I« Avoid and Relieve Influenza
BY DR. FRANKLIN DUANE.
ta.iy people have been frightened by
■ at they have read or heard of influenza.
The more you fear the disease, tho surer
you are to got it. Go right about your
business and forget it. As the disease is
spread principally by contact thru sneez
ing, coughing or spitting, many health au
thorities have advised that everyone wear
a gauze, which is daily washed and satur
ated with a one to live hundred solution
of zinc sulphate in water, and then dried
before wearing over the nose and mouth,
i on should avoid crowds, common drink
ing cups and public towels. Keep your
strength up by taking lots of exercise in
the open air and plenty of nourishing food.
If you have any of such symptoms as
chilliness, nasal obstructions, flushed face,
headache, feverishness, restlessness, weak
ness, or irritating cough, give up work at
once and go to bed. This will save your !
strength to help overcome the disease. Put
your feet in hot water for fifteen minutes.
Thoroughly loosen the bowels with some
such mild and non-irritating physic as Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Drink princi
pally of hot lemonade and then cover up j
with plenty of clothes In bed so as to get
a good sweat. When sweating is free and
the fever roduced take a dose of two An
urie Tablets every four hours, followed by
drinking at least a glass or two of hot
water. Anuric Tablets help quickly to
relieve the soreness of the muscles and
!>ones from which most patients complain
and help the kidneys flush out the poisons.
To relieve nasal obstructions and
excessive discharge from the nose, prob
ably nothing is better than such a mild,
soothing, antiseptic wash as Dr. Sage’s
Catarrh Remedy. It will give great
relief. Employed as a gargle, in same
strength as made up for use in the nose,
and as hot as can be borne. It quickly ur- !
rests soreness and dryness in the throat. I
Influenza weakens the patient’s resist
ance to disease, so that there is danger of !
bronchitis and pneumonia developing. To
combat this tendency and fortify the pa
th nts’s strength insist that he keep In bod
at lca<t two days. Probably nothing will
at this stage hasten the recovery and
strengthen the patient more than an iron- I
tonic tablet called " Irontic” or that well
known herbal tonic, Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery, which has been used
by thousands in the past two generations,
COST OF PLOWING
WITH FARM TRACTOR
Fayetteville,Dec. 10.—In or
( er to detern.ine the actual
cost of plowing- land with a
tractor in Arkansas and in or
der to test the efficiency and
staying powers of the engine,
the College of Agriculture of
the University of Arkansas
recently conducted a plowing
test for 32 1-2 hours. Some
what more than 34 acres of
land were plowed. The exact
cost per acre was found to be
about $1.
Following the 32 1-2 hours
of actual work the tractor
was run for 1 3-4 miles. Af
ter the engine had been run
ning for 48 hours it was stil
cool.
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ELECTION PROCLAMATION
I, Lawrence Ruddell, Sheriff
of Independence County, Ark
ansas do hereby proclaim and
make known that in accord
ance with the day designated
by the Constitutional Conven
tion, there will be a special
election held in the several
townships of Independence
County, Arkansas, on Satur
day, December the 14th, 1918,
for the purpose of voting for
or against the said new Consti
tution.
The election will be held at
the following places in each
township:
Ashley, at Brewer's School
House.
Barren, at Hickory Valley.
Big Bottom, at Newark.
Black River, at Cord.
Christian, at White School
House. __
Craig at Mountain Gap
School House.
Cushman at Cushman.
Dota at Walnut Grove.
Fairview at Pleasant Plains.:
Gainsboro, at Ham School
House.
Hill, at Bailey.
Jefferson at Alvis.
Liberty at Floral.
Greenbrier at Desha.
Greenbrier at Jamestown.
Logan at Logan School
House.
Magness at Magness.
Oil Trough at Aydelott’s
Chapel.
Relief at Coverston School
House.
Rosie at Rosie.
Ruddel—First Ward at
Dourt House; Seond Ward, at
dace to be designated; Third
Vard in West Batesville.
Salado, at Salado.
Union, at Salt Peter School
House.
Washington, at Bethesda.
White River at Sulphur
tock.
Wycough at Lebanon.
Polls will be open from 8 a.
n. and close at 6:30 p. m.
LAWRENCE RUDDELL,
Sheriff Independence County.
>ee The Journal for good printing.
Children Cry for Fletcher’a
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
la use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
c What isCASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
f.ge is its guarantee. For more than thirty vears it has
oeen in constant use for the relief of Constipation' Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
!he assimilation of Food; givin
The Children’s Panacea—The
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[other’s Friend.
•genuine cASTORIA always
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the
j cause. There is only one ‘'Bromo Quinine."
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