The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-29
Again the Amendments.

IN reviewing the proposed conssisa-
tional amendments ana "a pse ssslng
oninions as to which of the fifteen
should be adopted and #nlcn relecoeus
The Chief committed an error Win re-
lation to one of the measures. oasea
upon a misapprehenson OF It's real
character ana purpose. we re1er ~
the fourth proposition, contained II
act No. 20 and intended to amend artl-
Gle 100 of the constitution, Wnlcn we
dascrihed as .sappertaining TO the ln-
risdiction of district courts, anu con-
cernino which we stated that it seemed
objectionable and would doubtless
he adoDted without serious opposltloL.
nrominent New Orleans attorney
hos called our attention to the fact
ii al III sole purpose Of this proposed
amendment is to give the first judlclal
district, composed of the single parish
Of Caddo. an additional judge, Wno IS
n be appointed by the governor OF Inc
state. A careful comparison OF Inc
act with article 100 shows this state
ment to be accurate. The jurisdiction
If thu district courts is in noWlse
sought 50 be changed and the terms
of the act and article are absolutely
identical except with reference 70 zoe
frat i1dicial district, which is TO nave
two Judges instead of Que if the amend
atory proposition is adopted. me
new Judge is to be appointed oy the
Governor and to serve under To at com.
mission until November, 1906, when
his successor is to be elected by the
people. y
Caddo furnishes more litig alton than
one district Judge can keep pace with,
Il, Is nroposed 10 add $4,000 TO the pres
emit heavy expenditure for judges sal
aries and give Gov. Blanchard an OPP
nortnuity to reward some personal
friend and partisan il his home par
ish with lucrative Office. The scheme
is Objectionable on its face, and the
voters Of the state ought to Ego for it,
| in the Texas sense and bury it under
an adverse majority.
| The Chief has received numerous
compliments and declarations of con-
| eurrepce from both Democrats and
| Republicans in connection with the
SYNOPSIS of the proposed amendments
/ and the recommendations for action
thereon which appeared in these
| columns last week, and with the ex-
j G6DLlOn nDONG uObCdS ~ QGilSfC bll Gst
our suggestions were all we1l-grounded
| in the safe and sound public policy
and deserve the Endorsement OF Louis
iana's voters. Briefly stated, our
Judgment is that all the amendments
should be adopted except the follow
ing three, which are numbered in the
order Of their PRONUNCIATION, as was
done in our article of last week:
Fourth-Act No. %, proposing TO
amend article 100 Of the constitution
leo as to give the first judicial district
IlCaddo parish an additional judge.
This amendment will be No. 8 On the
ballot.
Fifth-Act No. 80. proposing to
amend article 46 SO as to authorize
the general assembly to issue school
bonds to the amount of one million
dollars. No. on the ballot.
| Eighth-Act No. 1872, proposing to
amend articles SO, SO, 100, 1o6 and 81,
and TO repeal article los, so Is to
revive. and perpetuate the discarded
! circuit courts OF appeal. No. 2 on the
ballot.
l These are the three obnoxious prop.
ositions that ought to be rejected, and
| every citizen should fix them in his
mind before going to the polls II
order that he may be prepared te
mark his ballot accordingly.