Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-03

ception of two, c. n. Lore, for the leg
Islature, and c. H. Smith, for county
commissioner, all the nominees are
white men, some of them having been
before the county Democratic conveu-
ton. ]. K. p. Gillespie, the Demo-
cratic nominee, was Endorsed for district
attorney without dissenting vote.
ST. LOUIS CITY TICKET.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 2.-The Demo-
cratic city convention made to-day the
following nominations: Circuit judge,
Daniel Dillon; criminal judge, j. {.
Nornile; probate judge, J. G.. Werner;
jud ge of the court of criminal correction.
J. r. Claiborne; sheriff, z. NJ. Staii;
circuit clerk, p. H. Sepp; clerk of the
court Of criminal correction, Michael J.
kenetick; prosecuting attorney OF this
court of criminal correction, Bernard J.
Dierkes; assistant prosecuting attorney
OF the court of criminal correction,
Thomas b. Estes; recorder OF deeds,
William NJ. smith; clerk of the criminal
court, Hugh Pattison.
MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
JACKSON, Miss, oct. 2.-The most
important piece Of legislative business
accomplished by the constitutional con-
vention to-day was the adoption of q
supplemental section to the legislative
report providing for state bank
ruptcy law. 1t reads as follows: This
legislature shall pass uniform system
of insolyent laws by which lnsolvsut
debtors may either upon VOL
untary or compulsory surreu
der of their property not
exempt by law from execution be re-
leased from their debts so far rs state
insolvent law may provide for such re-
lease.
The following section of the same re-
port adopted last night was stricken out
to-day: The legislature shall not pass
local, private or special laws, granting
to any person, corporation or asso-
citation an exclusive immun-
ity, privilege or franchise,
but such matters will be provided for
only by the general laws, provided
that nothing herein shall forbid
the passage of laws empowering
within their corporate limits for linn
tied period of time, not exceeding thirty
years.
The section heretofore adopted,
providing the legislature shall
never authorize the permanent
obstruction of navigRbis waters was
amended By attaching thereto IL clause
authorizing the construction of booms
and charts for logs in such manner as not
to prevent the safe passage of vessels
under regulations to be prescribed by
law.
The following supplementary sections
were adopted: Appropriation and reve-
nue. bills shall at the regular sessions
of the legislature have preference
in both houses over other business
and no such bills shall be passed during
the last five days of the session.
The legislature shall pass no law for
operation in any one or more countries
not applicable to all counties in
the state increasing the uniform
charge for the registration OF deeds or so
regulating costs and charges and fees of
officers as may require special inquiry
into the local laws.
The section which provided that no OBJ
legation or liability of any person had by
any county or town shall ever be RENTED
or diminished. was amended so as 10 pre-
vent the compromise of doubtful cluims
by fiscal officers of the state with the ap-
prevail of the governor.