The Convention and the New Excise.
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There seems to exis, among The Members OIL our
Legislature very general disposition 70 psDs s'n'e
ac, by which the,wo Elections to choose Deiess'e'
IN tho Constitutional Convention and 10 decide leach
Ci;y or Township for itself whether intoxicating


he sold shall be held on different days
The snnoin,uen, of the same day for both BY the
conven,;on and Excise acts Of last Winter was, we
believe, entirely undersigned; and yet we hold II
fortunate coincidence, and hope it may not De mum
fed. No Special Election should be heio eN.ep
for imperative reasons the cost TO the reoPie
State can hardly be less than Han tHn''0N -
la-o ,nd yrbere two decisions are 10 De niaoe ~
...,,.- ,.o.es il would seem manifest dictate Oh
.,d convenience to let the twoverdicis oe
Nso-oa a. the same time. The People are TO DC


80 an, ~ choose Town or City Ohcers; In
se,v davs afterward they are drummed out again 10
choose Delegates 10 Constitutional Convention
end now i, is proposed to order G th7rd Elecnon-
all three occurring within month or so-to decioe
whether the Rum Traffic shall longer be authorized
yhv no, lei these two Special Elections be held at
the same time. as the laws now contemplate WIZ


M, the coincidence of the two call out fuller vote
and consequently give greater moral force ana con
clusiveness TO the decision in each instance we
surely thiak 1t will


Tha. slight change must be made to assilnlafe
the two Elecnons-thc choice of Delegates BENG
now required to be made By Election Distric!s'
while the Excise question is to be voted on as IN
choosing Town ofBcers-is true; but this may oe
done in ten lines, by prescribing that the vo'es IN
each case shall be given in The several Election DIS
tric,s. two boxes being prepared for ballots marked
Convention and Excise respectively; the former
to be counted and the result remitted to County
Board the latter to that of the Township TO be can
vassed and the result declared. This would re-
move fall seeming necessity for the separate Elec-
,ions. We fervently wish the Excise law could
be so amended but we fear ii will be otherwise and
,ha, the friends OF Temperance will be sadded with
the odium of dragging the People from their bust
ness 10 attend perfectly needless Special Election.
Consider.