Show stale several factions have been organized to engraft reforms on the state constitution their reforms may be all right we caa endorse a number most heartily bat we believe the state constitution is no faeo to work them they ought to bo le 10 legislation and not ant on the state constitution the foundation of a state should be well built and when once framed it should laaff for ages suppose some 0 the reforms pro posed prove a failure then we have the trouble to amend the con ution on which they ure engraft ed requiring the vote of the people to rectify thorn if a mistake be made in leg lation u legislative assembly can correct it if more is found to be needed to work a reform the constitution cannot fo f o easily be touched while a law can easily be handled therefore we believe that all untried functions af government bad batter be left to legislation and not ba made a burden on the state constitution our advice would be that delegates kindly tell the reformers to meet the birdt state legislature and there get reform laws that while the constitution will be broad to admit of reforms it will not undertake to enforce them that part more properly belongs to to legislature our idea ia thai while the constitution should bo solidly laid on correct economic principles it should be brief it ought to be so broad also as not to require a anstice of the peace in every precinct pra to eit on mend acts to eee whether or not they are constitutional it to be beyond anch petty interpretation leave all the intricacies of political economy to legislation and let the constitution he on the farat great principles of government by th yc ale of the people and for the people |