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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 1975
Revisions ‘doomed’
from very beginning
Associated Press
There wasn’t any doubt from the
first. The proposed new Texas con
stitution was doomed for defeat as
the early returns came in, and the
margin grew greater as each county,
both urban and rural, reported.
Political observers said many vot
ers feared the new constitution
could lead to a state income tax and
put too much power in the hands of
the legislators and this is what
turned them off.
The eight propositions were
beaten by about a 3-1 margin in a far
heavier turnout than predicted.
The rural vote was 5-1 against; the
city vote 3-1 and the metropolitian
vote, including the population cen
ters of Houston, Dallas, Fort
Worth, San Antonio and Austin,
was 2-1.
Gov. Dolph Briscoe, one of the
few top state officials who actively
opposed the changes, said Tuesday
night, “The people of Texas have
shown their faith in the constitution
that has served them well in the past
and will serve them well in the fu
ture.
“I am pleased with the outcome of
today s election. But I think all Te
xans should understand one thing:
This election was not a test of per
sonalities or individuals. There
were no winners nor losers; no
heroes nor failures. Men and
women of intelligence and good will
differed over each proposition of the
proposed constitution; but there
were honest differences of opinion. ”
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, a strong
backer of the new constitution, said,
“The voters of Texas have rejected
five years of effort directed toward
constitutional revision by as deci
sive margin as anyone could im
agine. It was a good fight, but we
lost.
A voter in Central Texas said, “I
was just scared of what might hap
pen if we let the legislature do what
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Room 501 of the Rudder Tower.
The El Paso Hometown Club will
meet Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.
in room 350 of the MSG.
An organizational meeting of the
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p.m. in Room 141 of the MSG.
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at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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p.m. in Room 701 Rudder Tower.
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p.m. Wednesday.
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tonight at 7:30 in Room 607 Rudder
Tower.
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tonight at 8 in Room 302 Rudder
Tower.
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will meet in Room 216 of the MSC at
5 p.m. today.
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they wanted. I voted against all
eight of those changes and I told
everybody I knew to do the same.
That feeling apparently em
braced all of Texas, where voters
decided to stay with a constitution
written 99 years ago rather than Like
a chance on something new.
In the past there has been a vast
difference in how West Texans and
East Texans voted and how the big
cities and the country voters stood
on an issue. That wasn’t the case this
time around.
It was east and west and north and
south and metropolitian and rural
and most were voting “no.
House Speaker Bill Clayton said,
“I doubt that this will be a serious
issue in the next legislature unless
there is a groundswell from the
citizenry. Sooner or later it will
come up again, but it will be a
movement by the people when it
comes ... I would have hoped we
would have had a new constitution
by Wednesday morning, but I abide
by their decision.
Near decade of effort
goes ‘down the drain’
Associated Press
AUSTIN — Almost a decade of
efforts to extensively revise
Texas’ much-amended constitu
tion went down the drain Tues
day, and the revisionists don’t
know why.
But they agree it probably will
be along time before constitution
News Analysis
revision will again stir public sen
timent as it did this year.
“I don’t expect to see a whole
new constitution on the ballot
again in my lifetime, said one
grieving state official.
Some revision efforts may be
made in the 1977 legislature but
the big drive is gone.
“After a massive rejection like
this we must conclude that a
number of factors brought it ab
out, said Atty. Gen. John Hill,
one of the most active campaig
ners. “Until we know what these
factors are, and we don’t now, I
don’t think we can make a fair
assessment.’’
“I hope this vote will convince
the legislature that any changes in
our basic constitutional system
should be made by the orderly
process of amendment rather
than through wholesale revision,
which would inevitably incorpo
rate too many bad features along
with the good,’ said Sen. Peyton
McKnight, D-Tyler, leader of a
statewide opposition group.
One source suggested that the
1977 legislature may see a revival
of efforts by those who think a
new constitution should be writ
ten by citizen delegates, not legis
lators who were the authors of the
defeated document.
“I doubt that it will be a serious
issue in the next legislature un
less there is a ground swell from
the citizenry,” said Speaker Bill
Clayton. “Sooner or later it will
come up again but it will be a
movement by the people when it
comes.
“If there is any lesson we have
learned from this election, it is
that the people have a right to
impose restraints upon their gov
ernment and they still want to do
so, said Sen. Tom Creighton,
D-Mineral Wells.
“Of course constitution revi
sion must continue, to be an is
sue, said Hill. “The problem is
still there and in the next few
years, some of the problems now
may be magnified, such as the
need for speedy trials in our
courts.
“It will be an issue in the next
legislature. Hill predicted, “but
how much of an issue depends on
the assessment made in the next
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