Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-25

say that no charter shall be granted
except in certain cases, where a clea,
majority OF the people ask il after
a popular vote has been taken. Rnt
how are you TO define the limits In
general law, within which partie.
can vote! Large land owners. and
they are the persons mOst interested
almost invariably object to hayinc
their property included within cor
porate limits. But, under pener.
al law, any aggregation of cross.
roads interests could establish n
municipal surveillance, Mt general
expense, over any extensive planta.
ton property.
Again, in the legislative depart.
melt we find that residence of ten
years in the State is reqeired, and
oftwO years in the district or parish.
in order to qualify All individually to
election to the General Assembly.
a residence Of ten years is also re-.
qnired to entitle one to election 10
the position OF Governor. We do
not appreciate the necessity of these
requirements. Take, forexample, the
city of New Orleans, where a street
is the dividing line between one rem.
resentative district and another. n
a man move across the street shall
he be disqualified from representing
during the period Of two years any
constituency whatever in the Gener.
al Assembly! The residence of ten
years in the State also appears to
have been insfigated by past expe.
riences, which were phenomenal aud
are not likely 10 rccur again. Car
peibaggery is one Of those things
which people are not likely to I've
submitted to more than once in the
course of their natural experience,
and, for this reason, it appears to MS
TO be snpertiuOus to provide against
it in the fundamental law, as our am
bilious carpet. baggers have already
acquired more than ten years resi-
dence.
In minor particulars there are
several objections TO be urged. The
rule in regard to the recording OF
the yeas aud nays at the demand of
one fifth of the members of the re.
spective houses for example, we be.
lieve to be an injudicious innovation.
Any one member onght to have the
right to have recorded every vote
east in the General Assembly on any
important question. We also hear
, objections to the constitutional re.
quiremcnts that all bills shall DO
: read three times and reported on BY
, committee before they can become
: laws, thus placing the fate of legis.
=, lation ut the mercy of committees
: these matters ought to he controlled
by parliamentary rules to be estah.
lished by the General Assembly.
they are not of sufficient importance
to be treated Of in the constitution
:, The same observation applies TO tue
:, clcarical force of the General As.
:. srmtly. We do not believe that
&, these are matters wOrthey Of incor
:, poraiion in the fundamental M.
:, changcablc law of the State. Certain.
:, Is our Legislatures can be trusted
= in such small insignificant matters.
Trustworthy advices from the
- City OF Mexico, according to the
n New York Graphic, state that there
:, :. is reason to believe the country is
> on the verge OF serious trouble.
-, :, The dissatisfaction with the present
=, administration is increasing daily.
" W III the capital, however, the opinion
y, generally prevails that President
% Diaz is quite strong enough to crush
:. the various factions arrayed against
80 him. There is an openly expressed
-. wish among many of the citizens
-, that Diaz should not leave the Presl
- dency at the end of his term Of OF.