The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
No1Es OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS,
By J. l. POWER.
70 NeAS.ne ae .ne - ~ AsAa y a.as ..--..-
r,e,tlye Judlciary-Ths Noel Amend


ment.
"a Seeker After Light has addresse
ns following to the editor OF this dc
partment'
.In view Of the constitutional amend
ant 10 he acted upon next month by Ia
, nsnnIe at the ballotbox, will you pleas
ala BY what majoritles the concurren
,'.olution passed the several readings II
..b branch Of the legislature and VIII,
so,od for and against. Also give, II yol
an Mr.. Noel's reasons why the amend
msnt should be adopted
senate concurrent resolution No.
n,roduced by Mr.. Noel, proposing
omrpdments TO the constitution making
,bs offices Of judges of the supreme and
circuit Judges and chancellors elective
oossed the senate on its second reading
N 30 to 3; on its third reading by 80 u
4 ten being absent. Following is the
vote:
yeas-Messrs. Boyd, Bramlett, Brew
or Broyles, Byars, Clark, Falkner,
draw Gregory, Hardy, Heidelberg,
Hicks. Kiger, Lamb, Magruder, MELON
,ld McIlhenny, Mckinney, McLaurin,
MITCHELL Nixon, Moore, of Fifteenth
Instruct, Moore of Thirtieth District,
Nesbit, Noel, Price of Sixteenth Dis
trict, Rainwater, Rowan, Sisson-8O.
Nays Messrs. Cook, Lewenthal,
smith Trigg and Wells-5.
Absent and not voting-Messrs.
Adams, Borners, Causey, Clinton,
Greaves, Harrison, KendriclS, Mcintosh,
Miller and Weathersby-10.
Mr.. Miller, absent on third reading,
voted yea on second reading.
In the house the vote on first reading
stood: Yeas 1903, nays IS, absent IA. On
second reading: Yeas 9s, nays 10, alb
sent 10. On third reading; Yeas 80,
NAYS none, absent As.
The vote on first reading, being the
fullest, it is here given:
Yeas-Messrs. Ainsworth, Allen, ALI
good, Anderson of Lee and Itawamba,
Arbo Baird, Ballinger, Bell, Black
we'll, Blanchard 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,
Gum, Garraway, Greene, Harrington,
IIathorn, Heath, Hemphill, Herring,
Holmes, House, Houston, johnson of
Holmes, johnson of Lawrence, Jones
Of Claiborne, KERN, Keith, Kennedy,
Knox, Lamb of Pamela,
Langston, Land, Lewis, Lilly, Man
hip, Manuel, Martin, Macarthur Med
ord, Mayes; Miller, Moore, Nelson,
Pope, Prewitt, Parnell,
Reid, Revis, Richardson, Roberts, Rol-
ms Ross, Sexton, Sharkey, Sheffield
hiyers, Smith of Franklin and Lin
DIN, Smith of Greene, Smith of Mon
oe, Stegall, Steele, Stennis, Stovall,
towers, Suits, Taylor, Thigpen, Tor
eE Tombstone, Trammill, Turner,
Underwood, Ventrees, Webb, Webster,
Teems, Milestone, Williams, Worthy,
erger and Mr.. Speaker-103.
Nays-Messrs. Abbay, Anderson of a
Iarren, Caruthers, Coleman Denton of t
utman, East, Glover, Mcmahon, 9
ontgomery, Pipes, Russell, Shankle, t
Tetman, Talbot, Thomas and Wealth t
Shy IS. o
Absent and not voting Messrs. But &
r Carroll, Cowart, Doty, Franklin, l
'odwin, Hicks, Jones of Union, Lamb h
Acorn, Leach, Lipscomb, Sheppard,
rect and Wall-14. r
Of those absent on third reading Mr.. L
all voted nay on second reading. IL
amendments do not go @
the governor, hence Gov. McLaurin ?
not approve or disapprove. ~
As we have already, in a previous !,
ne, published the elective judiciary h
endment in full, we will now give +,
: Noel's reasons for introducing and Is
,porting it. al
n the legislature of 1896 Mr.. Noel st
reduced a constitutional amendment a
posing to make judges elective. The OF
position was defeated, as in the con y"
utlonal convention and previous %
lsatures, largely upon the ground re re
While the white people could con- =,
| The State and the election of gov =,
Or who could appoint the judiciary, he
y could not always control every vi
-rict, and the lawless elements WI
I'D combine with the negro vote and tn
n elect unfit judges. After con- tn
ing nearly all the members of the us
Stature of 1898 Mr.. Noel prepared M
sututional amendment meeting all Ia
'onaole objections, according to the ia
non OF tour-hfths of the legislature, ~
Npressed by votes. By this compro- ~
plan Mr.. Noel believes that the
Ie people of each district can make de
own judicial nomination, which du
go upon State ticket, to be P a
'ea just as governors are. The col
ess element, in combination with ha
'oiored vote, are thus made power tn'
unless strong enough to carry the an
e. IN which wholly improbable ceI
u they would, even under the pres WI
system, get all the State officers tai
judges
Noel makes the further point the
Mississippi tried an elective WIZ WIZ
nary system for over thirty years, thr
There was no educational qualiti- cou
"a an suffrage and no free school in mi
'ues' During that period our law
nary took stand that has never
surpassed. 1t was not altered l
ioo9' when the Radicals did it in she
70 shield their own crimes from lea
'hment by putting their confeder- anc
u control of all the courts. The con
!, ,ary was lowered by that change. per
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