Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-10-26
m Elective Iw.ilst.rs tn. Meet N.sas-


partment
m.nt 10 - acted apon n-s, month by ,Es
psopi. At the hallo,hos viii you pleas
state hv what maioritis- the concurrent
resolution pas.ei the several readings In
each branch II the Legislature. All whc
voted Tor snd sgsins, Also give. " sau
can. Mr. Nesl's reasons WIS the amend
ment shouli h. adopted
senate concurrent resolution No. :
introduced by Mr. No.ii, proposing
amendments u the constitution making
the ofiiccs - Judges of the supreme and
circuit judges aud chauccliors elective,
passed the senate On it. second reading
by 80 10 2. On IT, third reading by 10 g.
ten being absent Following Is the
vote.
YEAS Mcs>rs. Boyd. Iiramlctt brew.
er. Broyi-,. Bvars. Clark, taikncr,
tray. ,'rrgory. lIar,ly. heidelberg,
Hicks. Niger. Lamb. Magruder. NcDgn
aid. Mcllhcnny. Mckinney. McI.aurin.
Mitchell Nixon. Norrc. of Fifteenth
District. Noorc - Thirtieth District,
Ncsbit. Noel. Pricc of sixteenth Dis
trict. Hainwa,cr. Rowan. Siss"n 81.
Nays NessrS- Cook. Ieweuthal
smith. Trigg aud Well.
Assent aud not voting McSsrS
Ndams. iiorners. Caus-v. Clinton
Grraves. Harrison. kendrick Mcintosh
Miller and Weathersby 10.
Mr. Miller. ahsen, on third reading
voted Yea on second reading
In the houS~ the vote ON iirs, reading
stood YEAS los. nays -. absent -. ca
second r-ading. Yeas -, nays ia. ali
sent ~. On third reading; Yeas %
nays none. absent ~
The vote on first reading being tbs
fullest. IL = here given;
Yeas MeSsrs- Ainsworth. Nlleu. Al
good. Anderson Of Lee and itawamha
Nrho. Bsird. isallingrr. Roll. black
we'll. blanchard ~ Bolivar Kancasr,
of rrvntiss. Blocker. Baatright. Eutt
lirown. bryant Bucisl~y. Chapman
Collier. C,.ody. Cax. CRIT trumpton
pccs Denton - l.sudrr,ialr. musmur~
Doss, E,tan. Ehrtnan, feN. trth
Gunn, Garrawav. Grvene, harrington
ila;horn. Heath. iiemphiil. Herring
Holmes House. Honsfou. johnson %
HOLMES. johnson 81 Lawrence. Ionei
% Claiborne. kciru. Keith. Kennedy
kilhngsworth. Knox. Lamb - fauula
I.anrston Land Lewis. Lhiy. Man
ship. Manuel Martin. McArthur. Med
fosi. Nayes. Miller. Moore. N.iison
rermenter. Pope. tsreNitt. fafneil
/ Reid. Eevi,. Richardson Roberts. Eoi
/ iinS. IsosS. >sxfen. Sharher sheffield
| shiverS. smith Of Franklin aud LIN
coin. smith II Greene smith - Mon
roc. >tsrslE Ste-l., >trunis. >tovali
>towers. Suits, Taylor. Thigpen. Tor
rev. Touehsions Trammill. Turner
I ndsrs l--l Nentre-s. Webb. Webster
weeuss. v Milestone. " illiam> Worthy
Yergrr AT Mr. SPEAKER
Nays Meesrs. Abhay. Anderson a
+ Warren. garuthrrs. coleman. Denton o
/ Quitma1. Es>t. slower. McMahon
[ Montgomery. Pipes, Russell, >hankle
swetmau. Talbot. Thomas and Wealth
[ ef>nN ~
Absent aud No, voting Nessrs- bu'
Ter, Carroll. t"Nsrt. p'ty. frankhn
"opdwin- Hicks, Jones 81 n'on' Lam
of Alcorn, Leach. LiPseofnb, sheppard
[ street aud Wall-iA
ot u ose absent 90 ta'rd rra'tng VIZ
/ Wall voted nay on second reading.
/ constitutional ane ndnents d" not z
,o the governor, hrne" ''"v- Aci'anril
did not approve "r d sapPr"vc-
As We haNe already IN preVio"
'sSne' pnoiished ths eiee'ls" J"s''siAF
amendment IN i"Ai. We VIII no" sS
Nr- Ns-'t reasons Tor introducing an
supporting u.
IN the tse'>tsture "' ~" "f' 40
introduced constitutional amendmen
proposing To make judges elective tn
proposition was de'eate'i' a. IN the con
stitnt'"nAi convention anu pFef'eu
legislatures largely upon tue grpan
that while the white people could COZ
troll the state and tne election ot gov
ernor' who c"uiH app 'inf the Judiciary
they could not always e""troi ever
district, ana the iawiF>s element
would commune Win tue negro vote an
often elect uhht Judges AFTER cot
sniting nearly at the members ot tt'
legislature oi ISIS Mr, Noel prepared
constitutional amendment meeting a
reasonable "oJeetions' aec"rding To III
opinion oil toar-ht'hs oi the legis'a'ar'
a. expressed oy votes hy TINS eompr'
mise plan Mr.. Noei peheses that N
white people oi eaeh a'sirict can mas
their own Jndieiai nomination. "h'c
VIII go upon >'a'e ucNet' !"
elected Just N governors are IN
sawless element, I'd eomn'nat'"n VII
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