Is Ais 3" equal Y eract justice 2"


BY reference 10 the proceedings Of
the first Legislature after the adop;ion
81 the Constitution, il will be found that
J, was ordered aud resolved by that
body, tha; each town should be charged
with the attendance Of lis Representa-
Iiyes, and toe aalount Of travel De de-
frayed ~ the manner OF other state eX-
penses, agreed5ly 10 me Consu. aii0u.-
This method has uniformly b-en pursu-
Sd 'ull the last year, when The demo-
cratic leaders u the legislature found
that many Of their party, i'll the house,
were pledged 70 Jheir constituents not
70 put them 10 the great expense which
= constant attendance during tie whole
session, would. In order 10 ob,iate this
difficulty law was passed for paying
the attendance out Of the public chest
and this was the principal cause of the
pay roll amounting 10 the enormous
sum OF nlnsty.fhree thousand jgJe hun
aTed and forty Jour dciurs. Ii also
served TO keep the people of eacn town
~ The dark, as 10 the expense of Their
representation, which could Be known
only by examining the books at the
treasurer's ctfice. The law also com
Pels the towns, which have not polls
sufficient 10 entitle them to rrpresen-
1ative, 10 pay for 4 representation which
'hey have no voice in electihg :-It also
Compels many towns 10 pay more than
me constitution requires, and double 10
~hat their representatives receive
Take Portland as one-if the law for
pa;lng the members out of the public
chest had not have been passed. tie ex.
pense OF It's six representatives., both
SESSIONS, would not have exceeded
s $50, including travel and attendance; ;
but by the democratic mode or assessing
the economical pay roll OF last year, this
towns proportion Of 8 93,544, would
DC one thousand and I5rfy one dollars
compelling the citizens IF Portland, un-
justly to pay, on account Of the repres
eniatlun IN olher towns, the sum Of
nearly .f0e hundred dollars. We repeat
tue question, is this conduct Of the
readers OF democracy "squal and exact
iUstice?