The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-08-29
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON.
VENTION.

VENTI0N.
Our latest from Jackson report
the Franchise Committee hard al
work, but what their report will be
Is purely speculative. Papers were
introduced Monday and referred
as follows:
BY Mr.. Gore AbolIshing the Of
flee of commissioner of migration
AMI agriculture an making the
president Of the A. and Nj. College
ex-officlo president of that bureau.
BY Mr.. Henry: Requiring each
railroad doing business in this
State to maintain an office in the
State, etc.
BY Mr.. Henry: Remodeling the
entire Judiciary system and ma
king all the judges elective, and
providing that one of the sHpreme
judges shall reside lii and be elect.
ed from each Of the three diStcictS.
BY McLaurin, Of Smith FIXING
the salary of the Circuit Judges
and ChancelIors the same as Su-
preme Court Judges.
BY Mr.. PackwOod: That COM
p~ensation shall cease whenever an
office is vacated under the consti-
tuition or by law,
BY Mr.. billiard Taking the par
dOnIng power away from the Gov
eruor, and allowing a convict to
sue out writ OF habeas corpus,
with the view Of securing a new
tIial upon showing Of newly dis
covered evidence.
BY Mr. holland: Making tenure
of State and county officers three
years and only eligible for one
term.
The following committee on re-
vision, to whom will be referred
only ordinances and the new CON
sIitutiOu before being finally adopt
ed: The President, Messrs. Patty,
Street, Mayes, Harris, Yerger,
Featherstone, Lee Of Oktibbeha,
McNeily, Muldrow, Chrisman,
Dean, WitherSpoOn, McLaurin Of
Sharkey and Taylor.
Jackson, Miss Aug. 20 Asso-
ciated Press. The committee on
elective franchise of the MIssissip-
pi Constitutional Convention has
practically completed its labors
and will be ready 10 report in a
day or two The committee was
in session all day considering the
report of the subcommittee on APP
pOrtionment, which has been out
lined in these dispatches. This APP
portionment will give the whites a
majority OF nine in the Senate and
twenty in The House. The plan
was freely discussed in full com
mittee to-day and material modi-
ficatiOns were suggested, some Of
which will doubtless be accepted.
A rough draft Of the report of the
subcommittee on franchise is in
the hands Of The printer and will
be considered by the full commit
lee of thirty five tomorrow. 1t
provides for AN educational quail.
ficaiion, limited 10 a knowledge
of reading and writing, or in lieu
thereof, a property qualification of
$3.50 for a residence in the State
of two years and a prepayment of
a poll lax of 81. II is suggested by
the subcommittee that the educa-
tlOnal and properly qualification
requirements remain imperative
until the year 1896, and that in The
meantime all elections be held un-
der The Australian system, as EN-
bodied in the Dortch law of the
State OF Tennessee. Whether
these recommendations Will re-
ceive the assent of the full COM
mittee or of the convention, il is
impossible to foretell. Nothing is
certain. except that a majority OF
the delegates favor the DOrtch
law.
The Convention met at $50 pm.
to-day, but transacted no business
referring TO committees
dozen or so Of proposed conslitu-
amendments of minor I'M
pOriance.
INDICATIONS THAT THE CONVENTION
WILL BE IN SESSION TILL OCTOBER.
JACKSON, Aug. 26.-The Consti-
luiional Convention me. at $50 p.
NJ and under lie call of counties,
" hich is the regular order for
Tuesdays aud Fridays, a food Of
amendments and resolutions were
submitted aud referred 10 apDro- 1
committees.