The Cedarville Herald, Volume 34, Numbers 27-52

The Cedarvilto Heraktj jit.o o I*ei? y e a r * KAftUH BULL - * Editor . hi :: i ibbwm J h ', * Entered-*?; the Post’Offlce, Cedar* villa, October 31, 1SS?, aa second elaaa m a tte r. • r—**, esaesaariM'!1.1; j1' JW'"!"1".'».i'i,.ii','i,!iimr!,i'u.Jijv^ic!^iij,(^ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, » U THANKSGIVING. • Thanksgiving this year eouaes upon, th e la s t day of Noveinher. something unusual to the most of us. Coming a t the ex it of tho monl h wo are bu t reminded th a t the year is weak with age and tottering, and blit a few more abort days and we shall know 1911 no more. Ho on nex t Thursday wo are called upon to express ou t thanks in some form or another for a bountiful year. We are asked to look about us for those who m ight be J obs for­ tunate in gathering of tho year’s •harvest, The year may not have seemed the same to all, none could expect it. I t is true some hnvebeen robbed of a companion; with others finan­ cial clouds have lowered, and busi­ ness blighted; bu t with the great majority happiness has graced the home while fortune smiled on bus!-, ness. r Every condition in life has its compensating features, but surely there is goodness enough in the world to make us thankful for what we h a v e .; Women en WarsKlpe. In the Brit? ill navy of Kelson’s day it was not uncommon for wives to live" aboard tacu-o’-war with their <sailor husbands. Hcarro one of England's "walM of oal;" in Kelson's time but had some woman aboard tvho braved the perils and Imdahips of the sea in order (o bo with her husband. In nearly every owe of tho twenty-seven line of battleships under Kelson’s command in the great battle ot Traf­ algar was one or more Women, wive? of sailers. Surprise may be expressed that English men-of-war’a men wen permitted to have their wives-aboard. It was only by epccldl permission of the admiralty that this could be done— and then permission was granted somewhat in the light of a penance for sanctioning the press gang system, which was largely in vogue at that time. Me^ were seized in the streets and other public places and compelled to servo in British warships because "the king needed men." Some of the men thus seized had political Influence and, being unjustly compelled to serve in the navy, were permitted to have .their wives share their Involuntary servitude, ______ Presiden t Taft announced th a t he would support the Republioon ticket in Cincinnati this.fall and, he came home to vote. The Coxites were de­ feated for evsry office and rfow the Timea-Star, Charley Taft’s paper, wants a new deal in the Blaine club which has always been under Gox control. The Times-Star will also find ou t th a t a good many people are awaiting for a new deal when presi­ den tial election time comes, L‘ pre­ sen t conditions are a criterion. A Mean Advantage. In a breach of promise case the bar­ rister who hefd the brief for injured beauty arranged that his fair client should be so placed that her charms should ,he well under the observation of the jury. He began a most pathetic appeal by directing their attention to her beauty and calling for justice upon the head of him who could wound the heart and betray the confidence of one so fair, concluding with a peroration of such pathos as to melt the court to tears, - The counsel for t h e . de­ fendant then rose, and, after paying the lady the compliment of admitting that It was Impossible not to assenl to the encomiums lavished upon her face he added that nevertheless he felt bound to ask the jury not to for­ get that she wore a wooden leg. Then he sat down. The important fact pf which the fair plaintiffs counsel was unaware was presently established, and the jury, fee!jpg ,rather sheepish at their tears,* assessed damages Ki the smallest amount, Origin of Famous Phrase. The phrase, "Put- none but Ameri­ cans on guard to-night,” is said to have occurred originally in one of Washington's orders ot the day at about the time the battle of Tsen ton wes fought. I t was adopted by the Americans or "Know Nothing” ■party during its political campaign I p the early »60a as a watchword, em­ bodying as it did one of the chief principles of-the party. T h o Am e ric an Baby. The American baby has .a fine, strong ancestry. The young inen ol England who were impatient of roll gious restraint and of physical oppres­ sion; (he young- .men of Germany touched with the dream of democracy: the plcli of northern Europe, the strong, the fair, the self reliant," the conscientious English at bottom, but with a. dash of the best blood of other races—this is the American baby, and no king and no lord ever had a bcttei heritage. Take It as it goes, in Mas sachusetts, In Ohio, in Michigan, in Washington, in. California, the average American baby has in its veins men of the blood of the Plnntagenets than any king now Jiving has. It was lib fortune to .have come from the flaugli ter lines and the lines of the younger sons.-not front,the elder son, whom Brltfsh custom has marked for the aristocrat.—David Starr Jordan. Tho Worker and Hl» Work. " Work is given to roan trot Only be­ cause the work, needs it, but because the workman needs It.—Drummond, Back*for*More Customers N O B ETTER argument can be advanced in favor of S IEB LER clothes than the fact th a t men who know and appreciate fresh­ ness and novelty in color and p a tte rn , correctness of fashion and superior tailoring come back for them season after season. This is the hour of the Overcoat and if you have no t placed your order for yours, it's about time you are giving i t some thought. Our display of fabrics for Overcoats is ju s t as elaborate and and extensive aa our showing of suitings. We build our coats to suit your own individuality and have bun th e one price - NO MORE $15 N O jL E S S |£ Men and young men of all sizes and figures look alike to us. There's a r t in fitting and w e 're mas­ ters of it. T h a t's one of th e many reasons for our rapidly increasing business. We've been in the tailoring business these many years and know how to mould the garfnents in to shape to fit you. We pride ourselves in producing Suits and Overcoats th a t lead the procession in excellence of fit, wearing qualities, faultless styles and skilled craftsmanship. I f you happen] to know of any tailor who will-make you a be tter su it or over­ coa t for th e price th an we will, you will d o j i s a favor by coming in and telling usjabou t it.| Siebler Tailoring Co., * ■» Corner Maitiand Limestone Streets, Springfield, - • >«§ » i w i >m o t i f CONSTITUTIONALCONVENTION 8f 1850-1851 its Approach Regarded With Satisfaction— Selectism of Delegates and the Organization. BY PROFESSOR C. B. GALBREATH, Former Ohio State Librarian, i » n • »— t t t — H M W I U m i M 1 M M M — — * revision had /a decided advantage The people seem to.have approach­ ed tho constitutional eonvolition of 1850-51 in a mood on the whole rath­ er optimistic. There were some mis­ givings and an occasional gloomy prophecy, but serene' confidence and sanguine anticipation were clearly dominant. Those who had promi­ nently interested themselves in the movement for a new constitution hoped to sea included in it a goodly portion at least of their favorite re­ forms,* The general feeling was fair­ ly expressed by lion. Samuel Me- dary: | "The people now.have-It ,'n their power to change the state constitu­ tion so as tr ike It conform to the progressive It of the age, and by so doing to simplify their state govern­ ment . and make it cost less to the’ taxpayer, and a t the same time bet­ ter protect the- citizen in his lights.” We have here set .forth tho' lure •that is often dangled before the citi­ zen to lead him into the mazy field of experiment and change. There.is a wonderfully attractive power in the things that are cheap and free. In the press of the day much. Bpace was given to assurances that a new constitution was to bring great re­ lief to tile taxpayer. In the very na-, ture of things such assurance must he in large measure illusive. Take for instance the reform of the judi­ ciary, 'the demand for which /led to the submission ■of the question of holding the constitutional convention, and without which submission would undoubtedly have been deferred for at least twenty years. The , courts were so overcrowded that it was im­ possible for them to perform the ser­ vices for which they were created. A system must be devised that would provide more judges of higher aver­ age ^ability, and. sueb. a system must inevitably cost the taxpayer more money. Of course such . a change should bring compensation in the form of better service and more prompt and .satisfactory administra­ tion of justice. Taxes are a tribute paid to civiliza­ tion, If we would enjoy its comforts and conveniences—to say nothing of Its luxuries—we must "pay the price.” The only ctate of society which es­ capes that Condition' is the ops found in Ohio before the White man came. The Indians were not troubled with the tax problem. The people have a right to demand t h a t' taxes he eco­ nomically expended in efficient and necessary service, and this- service brings such, ample compensation in the greater ability to pay taxes that Its burdens are not felt—that5they do not exist. The new constitution was to provide a form of government ade abate for a progressive and expand­ ing population with growing needs. This could not- be made to cest less to the taxpayer. Taxes could not he avoided,, hu t provision could be made for their more equitable collection and distribution, - Others held forth the hope that pro­ vision might be made for relieving the state of Its ?18,OOO,OO0' of indebt­ edness Incurred in building up its system of internal improvements and- paylng an annual interest rf over 11,000,000. The finances of the state were in bad condition, partly, as a re­ sult of the advfint of railroads that were taking the place of. tho canals and curtailing their recepits, ■but chiefly because all unnoticed at the heart of our system of internal Im­ provements the canker of the spoils system feed and fattened at the ex­ pense of the people. Some of the re­ formers, without recognizing the cause, were still Insistent in iheir de­ mands for relief, and not without war­ rant hoped that the now constitution might Inaugurate a better order In the finances of the state. On Feb, 23, 1850, an act to call a convention passed the general assem­ bly" It provided for the election on the first Monday in April of 108 dele­ gates, one from each representative district, to meet In convention “to revise, amend or change the constitu­ tion of the state.” Tho convention Was to meet In Columbus on the first Monday in May, 1850, and have power to adjourn to such other place or places In the state as its members might deem proper. The time for the selection of dele­ gates was comparatively brief, only a little more than a month, The press of tlie slate seemed to he alive to the importance of the election and urged that “only the best men he nut for­ ward as candidates," that they must not be picked up at random to frame the fundamental law of the'mate. BUt party spirit ran high and there were practically no Independent, can­ didates In the field. The Whigs had not been enthusiastically in favor of framing a new constitution at this time because they feared that with their waning power it would not he possible to jlect a majority of the delegates to tho convention. On the other, hand the Democrats were san­ guine that they would triumph at the polls and that theirs was the groat opportunity to Write and submit a new constitution for the people Of Ohio. In the contest for delegates, the Democrats as the original friends of over their opponents who had been lukewarm or ccci'Ctly opposed to call­ ing a convention. In the year 1850, the first Monday of April was the first day of April, but so far as known this contingency did not adversely af­ fect the results of the election. Writers have bestowed high praise on the body of men chosen ro frame our second constitution- Perhaps at tliiB late day it would be vain and un" patriotic to question this, judgment, and something on the character and personality of the delegates ot. all our conventions is reserved for future presentation. It is very safe to gay. however, that the electors of the dif­ ferent districts did not, witnout ex­ ception, Send to this convention their men best equipped for framing the constitution. In the county of. Frank­ lin, including then as It does at. pres­ ent, the -capital, city of the state, Samuel Medaty, the chief advocate of the convention, a man of experience In public affairs, and especially well informed. on all questions likely to arise before that body, was. defeated by. his Whig opponent, Johu Graham, a local surveyor and former-sheriff, who evidently knew little about the constitution and was not stimulated to -interest in it by contact with his- fellow delegates. Medary outside of the convention had more to do than Gra­ ham in the convention in shaping the •constitution. Hon, Henry Stan bevy, of Columbus, who represented a district made up of Delaware county' and a portion of Franklin,1however, gave the. capital city fitting eminence in the convention. Of the one hundred and eight dele­ gates chosen, sixty-four wer*’ Demo crats, forty-orie Whigs and three Free-Sojlers. An even dozen were or afterward became prominent. A large majority were w h a fis sometimes vaguely designated' as "representa­ tive"; that Is, they were representa­ tive, in character and ability of the average citizenship of their districts and responsive to the wishes of a majority of their constituents Of a small and harmless minority so much could, not h.e said, and some of its members would probably not have recognized a state constitution had it come walking up the principal street of the capital City. The delegates met' In the State House In Columbus May 6, 1850, A roll call of the members showed all present except four. The first motion Offered. - designated the officers of the convention as president, secre­ tary; assistant secretary, sergeant-at- arms and doorkeeper- The point df- order was made that the convention could, not proceed to business until the members' had taken the oath of office. Then, strange to relate, the question was raised whether qr hot the delegates could consistently take the oath to support the constitution of Ohio when they had met "to construct a new consti­ tution embracing; no part of the old one," as a prominent member put it, Another delegate drew attention, to tho fact that they wore only to pre­ pare a constitution to ba submitted to the jeoplo for roratificatlon, and that until this wa3 done they, must Hvq and act under the old constitution, by virtue of which alone they were au­ thorized to assemble in convention; but this did root satisfy the members and, remarkable and unwarranted as their action was, they actually de­ cided that they would,not on enter­ ing upon the duties of tlieir office,- take oath to support the constitution of Ohio, Judge Peter Hitchcock, dele­ gate from Geauga county, adminis­ tered the oath to members In these words; , * "You solemnly swear that you will support the constitution of the United States and that you will honestly and faithfully to the state of Ohio dis­ charge your duties as members of this convention?” Judge Hitchcock, who certainly knew that the action of convention was not very creditable to the spirit ahd intelligence ot its members, so shaped the oath that it approached as nearly as possible to pledging support to the constitution of Ohio, The election of president of the convention resulted in the choice of William Medill of Fairfield county, who was elected by a vote of sixty. His leading 1 competitor, Joseph Vance, received thirty-elght votes. W. H. Gill was elected secretary. The previous general assembly had re­ served to Itself the right to choose the reporter and had named for that important post J, W. Smith. The Democratic majority, in. spite of protestations to the contrary, was held steadily in lino when questions aroso affecting party interests, the distribution of honors, and other forms of patronage. At the outset they were Willing and oven eager to lay aside partisanship, After they had gathered in the offices and given Samuel Medary A somewhat luscious plunr in the form ot a contract to publish the proceedings of tho con­ vention. In fairness it .must he said that.if the Whigs had been In control they would, perhaps, not have been leas Selfish and partisan. T H E H lf H G R A D E LEHR P IANO I t B t t b AND KNDOEKb BY Tfi*GtaMCosftrvateryofMuile, HwvVsrfcOtfy. 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