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constitution which we may recommend.
This, however, is not at all the case. True
it is that the efficiency, the effectiveness of our govern-
ment will, in the final analysis, depend upon the people
we select to operate and conduct that government, but the
kind of people who are willing to undertake the task of
governing, and therefore the character of the government
itself, will be greatly influenced by the constitution
adopted by the people of our State.
We can attract to the legislature the most thought-
ful and capable of our citizens if we clothe the legisla-
ture with sufficient dignity, authority and power to
legislate properly, provide fora legislature which
can come to grips with the pressing problems of statewide
concern and solve them. We can induce our ablest citizens
to seek election as the chief executive of our State if
we grant to the executive branch sufficient authority
and power to carry out the policies which a governor may
have been elected to put into effect. We can hold such
a chief executive responsible for his actions and those
of his appointed subordinates provided we give him power |
