Excerpt from The Power of the Constitutional Convention: Containing the Pleadings, Briefs, Arguments of Counsel, and Opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the Cases of Wells and Others Vs. The Election Commissioners The views of members of the bar, of the people generally, and the mem bers of the constitutional convention itself are so divided upon it that it demands the most careful and impartial examination. On the second of June, 1871, an act of the General Assembly of this commonwealth was passed, of which the first and only paragraph impor tant to consider for present purposes was in these words That the ques tion of calling a convention to amend the constitution of this common wealth be submitted to a vote of the people at the general election, to be held on the second Tuesday of October next. At that election a vote was taken, and a large majority of the electors voted in favor of calling a convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.