Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-12-08

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con,,> namely. IqmG~nn, Rs'liif and
Brown htOins their gla,us an The an
con,:iimioua!iiy ct the franchise
lime @ oar code. in Mly 1892.
il III, case 81 Sp~.ulcs vs. Fr5dirks,
FROM Warren ,oun'y, the state Su
prem" Court delivered The following
opinion VII h, in e of this con e T.,
L be read with Interest;
Woods. J. TIE validity OF the con
S;ilutiun OF 1890 is called in QUESTION
by counsel tor appellee. in u supple
mental brici filed rccentlv, by consent
ui the court, and, as the challenge
facets us ON the threshold of the case,
Sa proceed at once TO its consltcra-
lion, briefly. In support of this view
nj the ihyaiidily Of The constitution,
TWO propositions are asserted: ~ y
constitutional convention has paw
or only to prepare or frame the body
If Il constitution. aui that when pre-
pared or framed tic instrument Ii al
no iorrc or effect until ratified by n
popular vote ut the people. AMI The
constitution OF 1890, having never
been submitted 10 or ratified hy the
people is invalid; and ~ the changes
| made 10y the constitution in the basis
Ut suffrage are yio.Hitvc OF the aet OF
congress rpalmliing ;ha state o.
Mississippi into the Union IN the
wear 1870, and inylii3ate that instrn'
mcnt
| With confidence, we reJcc, both
| propositions rs un>ound II VIII tie
remembered that the case at bar rs
free from the difficulties which are
supposed by some writers to ari,e
out Of II favor or rrfu-' | of II cJiistiti-
tional convention 10 Yield to the Ill
reclicu of the legislature which sum
moncd it that the constitution framed
shall be submitted to the people for
ratification. The act of the legislature
which provided for the assembling OF
| the constitutional convention OF 1890
| declared that the end sought TO he at
tanned, The work TO be done. was The
revision and amendment of the con
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