TI1K ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1920
FIVE
OOF GARDEN SatuL?
LOWRY & HENRY
THE NEW CONSTITUTION
A Kcrlea of Articles Dealing With
the ProOHe Amendments.
(By A. J. Weaver, President of the
Constitutional Convention.)
xo. 4
hoard of Pardons
No. 13 continues the present state
offices, provides an executive budget
and a board of pardons. The new
executive provisions. In "addition tn
Testing the executive authority in thai
onicers enumerated in the present
constitution, is extended to include
tie heads of such other executive de
partments as mar be estahllRheri hv
law, which new departments may bei
created: by a two-thirds majority of
both houses of the legislature. In
order, however, to avoid any useless
increase In the number of officers, the
legislature Is authorized to utilize
any of the elective state officers as
the heads of such departments. It W
further provided that the salaries of i
all state officers saall be flied hv iha
legislature.
In Interest of Economy
The section providing for a bud
get is in the interest of economy. A
budget prepared In advance from
careful Investigation wii result in
appropriations based on real needs.
This provision will prevent much log
rolling in legislative sessions and the
consequent waste of public monies.
The section providing a board of
pardons, consisting of toe Governor,
the Attorney General and the Secre
tary of State, is manifestly in the in
terest of the public welfare. Applica
tions for clemency must be made to
this board, notice served on the coun
ty attorney and the trial Judge, and
no actioncan be taken until after a
hearing, which shall be a matter of
record. Tais provision is based on
the sound public policy of providing
that after a conviction has been had
at public expense, there shall not be
any releases from the penitentiary
without a full hearing and upon facts
warranting clemency. Furthermore,
the multifarious duties of the Gov
ernor are such as to make it advis
able that the executive alone should
not assume the consideration and re
sponsibility for action in such case.
Tax Oominlwstoner
i
No. It provides for a state tax
commissioner and a board of equal
i ization. Tae failure of revenue laws
are largely due to the inefficiency of
administration. Our present board
can bnly equalize between counties,
and as a result much discrimination
is permitted. Values may differ as
to class in different counties and the
provision for a tax commissioner and
a board of equalization with proper
authority will undoubtedly result tn
a more equitable distribution of
taxes. The result will be that there
will be a reduction in taxes on prop
erty now justly returned.
No. 15 provides several changes
and new provisions In the Judicial
article which experience. has demon
strated to be desirable. The most
important change Is the authority for
our supreme court of seven judges
to sit in two divisions, the chief
Justice sitting in each division, four
judges being necessary to pronounce
a decision.' This change Will do away
with the proverbial "law's delays"
and will restore to the citizens of the
state the guarantee now existing in
the constitution for a speedy trial.
It will also discourage the appeals of
cases without merit which pre now
made. Kleclton of Judges
No. 16 provides that an act of tag
legislature cannot be declared inval'j
id by the supreme court unless five
of seven judges required to hear
cases involving the constitutionality
of a law, concur in a decision, t n j
convention being of the opinion that,
a legislative act should stand as ex-1
pressing the people's will ualess it isv
clearly in contravention of some orf-i
stitutional provision. j
No. 17 provides for the election o 1
judges of the supreme court by dis
tricts. This will insure members of
the court from various section cfi
T
the state, will shorten the ballot and
the electorate of the various districts
will be better 'acquainted with the
qualifications of candidates for these
important offices. This change Is
particularly desirable because of the
non-partisan primary law, The nom
ination of judges now, as one dele
gate expressed It, is so confusing
that It is like "shuffling cards or
Slaking dice."
IIANDOM snorn
- "The trouble -with these Malf
tonic Jags," said a man who has suf
fered much with parched throat, "is
that they grow on you."
In spite of the w. k. belief that
printers are bibulous persons, we
have yet to hear of one of the craft
being highjacked.
We've aeard of Woolwortlr- Jewelry
but yesterday, for the first time, we
saw a Sears & Roebuck cowboy.
At that, he didn't look so much
different from each cowboy.
A deafw mute has been ordained
into the priesthood, so the press dis
patches suy. Watch out for wheezes
on the ministers.
The next logical step will be the
iuzzling of the c.ioir. .
Or doing away with the collection,
and utilizing the plates to paa out
cigarettes or chewing gum.
TODAY'S 111T NTOHY
At about the time our troops first
were sent down to the Uio Grande,
when It seemed that war with Mex
ico was an Immediate possibility, a
newspapet man had occasion to vblt
a southwestern state on a business
trip, part of which was made by
stage. He was the only passenger.
The conversation naturally drifted
to the Mexican question, and to draw
out. the opinion rf t.ie Irlnli stage
driver the editor asked him:
"What do you think of the Mexi
can as a member of the human fam
ily, anyway ?"
"Well. sor. I'll tell you," he re
Plied: "I think the Almighty should
have put fur on him so we cud have
some winter sport!"
Did you hear of the sad pllgat or
the bold fireman? Tiie laundry mis
laid his bundle, a nd for one whole
week he was compelled to go without
any underwear, and wearing but one
sock.
This may be the Bame fellow who
was observed, the other night, taking
an open air ride clad only in a nice,
clean suit of B. V. D.'s.
What we want to know Is this:
Are we Justified in a feeling of sus
picion waen, on passing a hammock
near the street, we suddenly see
silhouetted In the light of the parlor
lamp two heads where on first in
spection but One appeared?
The Stranger who has been taking
the crapshooters Into camp finally
rot his. The cup defenders must
have switched dlco on him. ,
. "Los Angeles Reports Rolling Pin
Shortage," reads a newspaper dead
line. The same day seven Alliance men
ook their wives on a California trip.
Climate Isn't the only blessing.
Looks nice to see a whole block
of sidewalk without signs painted all
over it.
For the
SAFETY
of your home
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linly showing of new full Millin
er) nt lllglilniid-llollouay (V. 72
Ne the new winter furs nt
72 HlKliUtml-llollowiiy Co.
A number of members of Alliance
post No. 7, American Legion, aave
learned that not every ex-buddy is
trustworthy, and that it isn't a bit
more safe to lend money to a vet
eran than It is to the top kick. A
week or so ago an ex-soldier blew
Into town from Seward and put up
a hard luck story. A few of the boys
fell for it. Now. they have learned
that the Seward veteran wasn't a
brother legionnaire, and they are ex
pecting to whistle for the loans.
Knrly showing of new fall Millin
ery at Ilighluiid-llolloway Co. 72
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'WHAT WOULD YOU DO"
What is human life worth f Is it worth
years of agony t That is the background
of one of the many gripping situations in this
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MAY ALLISON
A fascinating romance that challenges
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HAROLD LLOYD in
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Rapid fire laughs Everything from the
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DOROTHY GISn in
"MARY ELLEN COMES TO TOWN"
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4TII EPISODE
"THE HAND OF VENGEANCE"
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "THE COUNT"
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