The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-02-14
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
ISparta Times.l

The VAu AND The NEWs
lSparta Times.l
The Constitution under which we
live was framed by negroes, carpet
baggers and interlopers. In this parish
John M. Scanland, now of the Webster
Tribune and the notorious NJ. H.
Twitchell. The latter represented
Bienville. And of such class was
! that Convention composed.
It is needless to say we must have
choice material for the coming Conven-
tion. There is no mistaking the signs
of the times. Every parish is already
predetermined to support none but the
best men.
Now, what changes are necessary
What difference need there be between
the present Radical enormity and the
new Constitution And in order tc
put the subject pointetlly and suggcs-
tive to our intelligent candidates, we
shall ask
1st, Will you investigate the State
accumulated debt, and II fraudulent or
unauthorized bonds have been issued
will you repudiate?
End, II you find those funded obliga-
tions binding legally and morally, what
rate of interest will you fix?
3rd, At what limit will you fix the
State debt? What limit will meet all
emergencies, and avoid useless extrava-
CANT legislation
4th, Can tho Constitution forestall
monopolics, bar up the ring-master's
golden path, and avoid serfdom. under
the rich mans heel for the honest
laborer and taxpayer
5th, What useless executive officers
MI xynan lon nfrp What Go 1yO,, ho,,t
the necessity Of Lieutenant Cover
nor? Arguments are already used
pro and con. Pro, the elected Speaker
of the Senate, ex-ofdcio, would suffice.
Contra, the people should select the
Vice for so important position.
9Th, Are there not a horde of parish
officers to be dispensed with? What
will you do with Assessor, Registrar
and Collector? Can you combine them
all? Make two of the three, or let
! them remain as they are? Here we
have a difference of opinion among
good men. Is it safe and expedient,
tax receipt the evidence of reSistra.
tion? viii you allow none to vote
who have not their tax receipt? But
not to become irregular in our interro-
gatories, can you combine the offices of
Clerk and Recorder Some reformers
suggest this.
7th, What changes will you make in
the judiciary department All agree
that there is great necessity for re-
trenchment and reform here. And
there is more difference of opinion just
here than on any other point. 1t is
argued that the Parish Judges Office
should be abolished, and his jurisdic-
tion revert to the district and magis-
trate's courts as before the war.
Then, which Office will you abolish,
do you offer as the judiciary of Lou
isiana?
8th, How many thousands of dollars
can be saved by cutting down the sala-
ries from the Governors Office to the
Office of baliff, inclusive? And what
amounts would afford moderate and
fair salaries for the officers, as you
would have them respectively?
9th, Will you provide for the public
school system? On what order-how
shall every citizen receive the benefit
OF just and uniform operation of
public schools; or will you delegate
this power to the General Assembly? I?
10th, Where will you locate the State
that New Orleans is the place, or should
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11th, Shall we have biennial sessions
of the Legislature, Or shall tho new
Constitution effect no change on this
score?
18th, Will you retain this present
administration, in part or all, or will
the now Constitution order an imme-
diatc election for every official in the
State?
What shall be the difference between
tho new Constitution and the old :?
Shall we have in the new a model be-
coming our necessities and our cherished
institutions? Will it be adapted to
this generation and fit for our posterity :?
We deem this. the oppo'fane time for
such questions as tho foregoing. Who
will answer? And when answered we
have others to submit.
THE NEW ARKANSAS SENATOR.