The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-09-12
The Constitutional Convention.
REPORT OF TIE COMMITTEE on FRAN
CHISE,

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ton met promptly at $3.50 O'Clock
p. M.
, Immediately after the roll call
l and some other routine business,
President CalhOOn announced the
special order the consideration OF
the report Of the committee Oh
= franchise.
Chairman Patty announced that
it was desired by the committee
that the subjects of the report
suffrage, reappOrtionment, and the
I supplemental report providing for
) elecIing the Governor and State
officers by an electoral college
should be considered as a whole.
lie then gave way to Mr.. SimOnton.
who moved that the Convention re-
solve itself into a committee of the
whole OH the report of the franchise
committee.
/ Judge Fe%atllerstOne opposed the
motion as tending to a waste of
time, and for the reason that what
ever new proposition might come
SllOulu DE fcCOTOetl.
Mr.. George said it was a resolu.
ton of the franchise committee
and that there should be the largest
and widest scope afforded in the
discussion of this all-important
question. The conclusions of the
committee were a compromise of
widely divergent views, and he
hoped a full and free opportunity
for debate would be given to all
members.
Mr.. Martin, of Adams county,
opposed the motion, cOnteudinp
that there were several features in
this report, suffrage, reapportion.
ment, etc which should be taken
up aud considered separately.
MIR. George insisted that this was
not involved i'll the motion. 1t was
with tho Convention to determine
THE ORDER OF PROCEDURES.
a.. The motion was then adOnted
and the Convention having been
resolved into a committee of the
whole, Mr.. SimOnton, of Lee, was I
called to the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Patty the re-. |
port Was considered by sections. {
Mr.. Thompson offered "a substi.
tute and said his objection TO the !
report was that it undertook to do l
the work Of the Legislature where. !
as the substitute announced geper. 4
al principles and required the Leg
to put them in effect. c
Mr.. CalhOOn offered an amend
ment to the substitute of MIR
Thompson which was somewhat
fuller and more in line with the L
committee report. Being asked by .,
Mr.. thompson to state the differ. n
nee bStWeeRthe substitute and the q,
amendment, Mr.. CalhOOn said the =
was good enough as far -,
it went, but that it did not 0o -,
ar enough. He was as much on. ~
lOSed to %engrafting legislation in Va
lie constitution as Mr.. Thomson in
vas, but he deemed that it was ali. a,
'olutely necessary that penalties NJ
mould be denounced against those in
Who violated principles. r.,
Mr.. Thompson withdrew his sinh. H.
W
MT. Slmrall offered the following Nv.
EDITION to the first section as hers w~.
natter provided. He opposed tbe I'M
dOptlon of Judge Calboon's ad
mendment for reason that al this II,
me the Convention was consider fc
lg wDo should vote rather than the oh
Ianncr of voting. He was conf. m
ent tina he should vote for some. nm
ing like the Australian method. an
Ut It a premature at this time 90,
mr. OalhOon, by consent, with. Ia,
Ihis substitute and Mr. Sim. m
u withdrew his amendment. on
by consent the first section was r.
lSSed over and the second Sec
was read, for which was sub
.uted a Committee amendment
DIVIDING for the payment of ali COZ
xes assessed against the voter bo,
fore he shall be nOi
A QUALIFIED VOTER. We
Mr.. Chrisman offered an amend. his
Pnt 70 the second section in the Ca
solution that electors or theirla
YES shall own a homestead or he .
tssessed Of property worth $3.50. day
shall be able to read aud write sas
e English language. He did not -.
.dsrstand that the people desired
Legislature TO tie their hands Hal
I It was desired that a fair and to
sai metlhod OF controlling cleo
'ls 10y intelligence should be eS-
Dlisled. The provision OF the re- n
u mat a person who cannot read WOt
y vote II be can understand the mo,
institution when mead 70 him
ImpS The scheme as one unfit to lore