The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-10-21
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
ELECTIVE JUDICIARY, THE NOEL
AMENDMENT.
How the Colleges in Mississippi
Opened.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette j

JACKSON, MISS, Ocls 10, lodS.
IA Seeker After Light" has
addressed the following to the ed
itor of this department of the Ga
zette: "Ln view of the Constitu-
tional Amendment to be acted
upon next month by the people at
the ballot box, will you please
state by what majority the Con-
current Resolution passed the
several readings in each branch
of the Legislature, and who voted
for and against. Also, give, If
you can, Mr.. Noel s reasons why
the amendment should be adopt
ed"
Senate Concurrent tResolution,
No. 8, introduced by Mr.. Noel)
proposing amendments to the
Constitution making the offices Of
judges and chancellors elective,
passed the senate on its second
reading by 80 to 3; on its third
reading by 80 to 5-ten being ab-
sent. Following is the vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Boyd Bramlet,
Brewer, Broyles, Byars, Clark,
Falkner, Gray, Gregory, Hardy,
Heidelberg, Hicks, Kiger, Lamb,
Magruder, Mcdonald, McIlhenny,
Mckinney, McLaurin, Mitchell, /,
Nixon, Moore 10Th district, Moore
Both district, Nesbit, Noel, Price
18th district. Rainwater, Rowan,
Sisson-30.
Nays-Messrs. Cook, Lewen-
thai, Smith, Trigg and Wells-5.
Absent and those not voting
Messrs. Adams, Bowers, Causey,
Clinton, Greaves, Harrison, Ken
drick, Mcintosh, Miller and
Weathersby-l0.
Mr.. Miller, absent on third
reading, voted yea on second
reading.
In the House the vote on first
reading stood: Yeas 103, nays is,
absent IA. On second reading:
Yeas 98, nays 16, absent 10. On
third reading: Yeas 80; nays
ncne. Absent 43,
The vote on first reading being
the fullest, it is here given:
Yeas-Messrs. Ainsworth, AL
len, Allgood, Anderson of Lee
and Itawamba, Arbo, Baird, Bal
lincer, Bell, Blackwell, Blanch-
ard of. Bolivar, Blanchard OF
Prentiss. Blocker, Boatright,
Bott, Brown. Bryant, Buckley, /,
Chapman, Collier. Coody, Cox,
Critz, Crumpton, Dees, Denton OF
Lauderdale, Dinsmore, Doss,
Eaton, Ehrman, Fox, Firth, CHM,
Garraway, Greene, Harrington,
Hathorn, Heath, Hemphill. Her.
ring, House. Houston, Johnson
of Holmes, johnson of Lawrence,
Jones of Claiborn, KERN, Keith
Kennedy, Killingsworth, Knox
Lamb of Pamela, Holmes, Lang
ston, Land, Lewis, Lilly, Man
ship. Manuel, Martin, Macarthur,
Mayes, Medford, Miller. Moore,
Nelson, Permenter, Pope, Prev
lit, Parnell, Reid, Revis, Rich
ardson, Roberts, Rollins, Ross,
Sexton, Sharkey, Sheffield
Shivers, Smith of Franklin and
Lincoln, Smith of Greene, Smith
of Monroe, Stegall, Steele, Stem
mis-, Stovall, Showers, Suits,
Taylor, Thigpen, Torrey, Touch
stone, Trammill, Turner. Under
wood, Ventress, Webb, Webster,
Weems, MILESTONE, Williams,
Worthy, Yerger and Mr.. Speaker
LOB.
Nays-M Messrs. Abbay, Ander-
son of Warren, Caruthers, Cole
man, Denton of Quitman, East,
Glover, Mcmahon. Montgomery,
Pipes, Russell, Shankle, Swet.
man, Talbot, Thomas, Weathers-
by-i6.
Absent and those not voting
Messrs. Butler, Carroll, Cowart
Doty, Franklin, Goodwin, Hicks
Jones of Union, Lamb of Alcorn
Leach, Lipscomb, Sheppard
Street and Wall-14.
OF those absent on third read
ing, Mr.. Wall voted nay on sec.
ond reading.
Constitutional amendments d(
net 60 to the governor, and hence
Gov. McLaurin did not approve
or disapprove.
AS we have already, in a pro.
vious issue, published the cleo,
tive judiciary amendment in full
we will now give Mr.. Noels rea'
sons for introducing and sup
porting it,
In the Legislature Of 1896 Mr.