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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-10-18
ACT NO. $50.

House Bill No. $50. BY Mr.. Byrnes
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 1877
of the Constitution Of the state or
Louisiana relative to the filling or
vacancies in offices in the Parish or
Orleans.
Section l. Be it resolved by tha
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana, two-thirds Of all members elect
ed to each house concurring. That ART"
Gle 157 Of the Constitution OF the state
of Louisiana be amended so as to READ
as follows:
Article 1877. Vacancies occurring
from any cause in any of the judicial
offices Of the Parish of Orleans or the
City of New Orleans or in any elective
office in the Parish Of Orleans. where
the unexpired term is for longer Pc
riod than one year. shall be filled by "A.
special election to be called by the
proper legal authority and held within
sixty 600 days of the occurrence of
the vacancy under the general election
laws Of this State Where the uneX-
pired portion of the term is less than
one year the vacancy shall be fillcd for
the remainder of the term by the >-Ov-
ernor with the advice and consent OF
the Senate.
Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc.
That the foregoing amendments to the
be submitted to the electors of t.,e
State at the next election for Repre-
sentatives in Congress to be holden on
the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November 1912, and on the Of
ficial ballots to be used at said election
Shall be placed the words For the pro-
posed amendment to Article 1877 Of tAe
Constitution of the State Of Louisiana
and the words Against the proposed
amendment to article 1877 of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of louisiana: and
each elector shall indicate. as provided
in the general election laws of the
State. which of the propositions, for
or against ne votes.
l.. E. THOMAS
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS C. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 18th, 1912.
L. f. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN f. HEBERT.
Secretary Of State.
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In all cares where the uAeSp-rca w.
ton of the term IS one year or NOR,
the vacancy shall be filled by Special
election to he called by t'@ noEeli'oi'
and held within sixty days of the or-
currence of the vacancy. under the gen
eral election laws Of the State
Section ,. Be it further resolved, el'''
That the foregoing amendment 10 the
Article of the Constitution of THIS state,
if adnpted shall become operative on
the fi1st day of December \. d.. l!l2.
and the Governor Of the State shall
within ten days thereafter. order an
election to be held within the ElfteeNth
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-10-18

recall election before same shall be
held. A successor for the remainder
Of the term. to the officer sought to
be recalled shall be elected at the sam"
time the recall election is held. ard
should the ma iority of the voters par
ticipating in such election be in favor
of the recall of such officer. then i'm
mediately after the PRONUNCIATION Of tne
returns of such election. the successor
so elected Shall qualify. The General
Assembly shall provide by law how
candidates to succeed the officer sought
to be recalled may have their name.
placed on the recall ballot Of the State
district. judicial or otherwise. parish
or ward thereof, or of any municipal
ity, or ward thereof, by petition sign
ed by qualified voters to the number
Of not less than thirty per cent Of the
total number of registered voters quail
eral election for the office the incum-
bent Of which is sought to be recalled
All voters may express a first choice
and second choice. and the candi-
date who is the first choice of the
greatest number Of voters shall be de
clared to be elected. if the election has
resulted in the recall of the officer
sought to be recalled. Tho officer
sought to be recalled shall not be u
Gdiluludlt dl SUCH recall erection.
Section 3. Ee it further resolved,
etc, That the official ballot to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 2223 of the Con-
stitution providing for the recall Of GER
tain officers elected by the people"
And the words. Against the proposed
amendment to Article 223 of the Con-
stitution providing for the recall of
certain officers elected by the people"
Section 4. Be it further resolved.
etc. That if adopted at the said cleo
ton in November 1912. this amend
mert shall go into effect and be oper-
atve on and after the first day of
January, 1913.
L. f.. THOMAS
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS G. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 9Th, 1912.
j.. T. HALL.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
ALVIN T.. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-10-18
ACT no; lsa,

Senate Bill No 13i. BY Mr.. Beale.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
f2S1) two eighty-one Of the Consti-
tuition OF the State of Louisiana re-
lative to the incurring Of debt and
Issuing bonds for work of public i'm
provement and to the valuation. and
refunding of bonds issued for such
improvements, by municipal corpora
tions, parishes and school. drainage,
sewerage and other districts tthe CITY
OF New Orleans exceptedl. and the
assessment of special taxes and forced
contributions to pay for same.
Section l.. Be 1t resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly of the state of Louisiana.
two-thirds (2-3) of ,all the members
elected to each House. concurring, That
Article two hundred: and eightv-one
A3S1) Of the Constitution Of tbs Htate
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-10-18
ACT 10. l62.

House Bill No. COZ. Rv Mr. N.n;o,
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article ON
OF the State Of Louisiana, so as to
permit women to hold any office con.
nected with the educational system
OF the State. or of any political sub
DIVISION thereof. and with institutions
Of charity and correction. '''
section i; BE 1t resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly of the State of Iolis,ana
two-thirds OF ell the members elected
to each House concurring. That Article
40 OF the Constitution be amended On
as to read as follows: ~
Article 2lo: No person shall be eligi-
Die 10 any office. State. judicial. narn.
chial. municipal or ward, who is n naI :.
citizen of this State and a duly n,,al.
ified elector Of the State. judicial dis
trict parish. municipality or ward
wherein the functions of said office arr
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-10-18
ACT NO. l47.

ANA SSSs ITO
Senate Fill No. 157.
BY Senate Judiciary Committee.
Section 'B." Substitute for Sem
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendSnent to Article 109.
of the Constitution of, Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section 1. Be 1t resolved by the Cen
real Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana
two-thirds Of all the members elected
lowing amendment to the Constitution
Of Louisiana shall be submitted to the
electors of the State. at the Congress
sional election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No.
vember. 1912. and If approved and rati-
fled by a majority Of said electors, vot-
ing in said election, the same to become
That Article 100. of the Constitution
Of Louisiana be amended so as to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except in the
Parish Of Orleans, shall have original
jurisdiction in all civil matters where
the amount in dispute shall exceed
fifty dollars ($50.00). exclusive Of in
terest and in all cases where the title
or other public position. or civil or po-
litical rights, and all other cases where
no specific amount is I'M contest. ex-
cept such as otherwise provided in this
Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction in all Grim
inal cases except such as may be
vested in other courts authorized by
this Constitution: and in all probate
q
succession is party defendant. and
in all cases where the State. parish.
and municipality or other political cor
poration is a party defendant, regard
less of the amount in dispute; and OF
all proceedings for the appointment Of
receivers or liquidators to corporations
or partnerships; and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writa.
process and orders as may be neces-
ssrv or proper for the purposes Of the
jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them. There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District ex-
cent in the First, Twenty-first and Fiji
teenth Judicial Districts. where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
he two ca District Judges. but Judges
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
parish. And the Judges of the FIJI.
teecth u5th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish at
ter the expiration of the terms OF the
first Judges elected under this Const!-
tuition
district Judges shall be elected by a
plurality of the qualified voters OF their
respective districts. in which they shall
have been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election. The The,
shall be learned in the law. ana shall
have practiced law in this State five
Years previous to their election.
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
genera! State election in 1900. and shall
Hold office until their aftas s fare are
elected on the Tuesday ar, after the !,rx.
, Mp,oa ar.a :" every four, years thereafter
District Judges shall be elected .fer
stoned by death. resignation. or other.
where the u ,Sa ona portion rssl shalt st
he filled for the remainder OF the term
by appointment by the Governor; with
the advice and consent Of the Senate.
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ACT NO, l39,

Senate Bill No. ia. BY Mr. Voegtle.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the people of the State
Of Louisiana 1t the Congressional
election held in November. 1912. an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State AS amended by ACT No 279 Of
the Acts of 1910 ratfieh by the peo-
pie at the November election Of 1910,
so as to extend the time for the Or
ganiZation of the steamship companies
therein provided for until January !,
1916.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisi-
ana. two-thirds of all the members
elected to each branch thereof con-
curing, That at the Congressional cleo
ton to be held in this State on the first
Tuesday next following the first Mon.
day IN November. 1912. the following
amendment to the amendment submit
ted by Act No. 279 of Acts of 1910, rat-
ton Of 1910. shall be submitted to the
electors Of the State. to-wit:
THE time granted for the organZa-
ton Of the steamship companies under
this amendment to the Constitution
shall be extended from January l., 1913.
to January l. 1916"
Section t ?: Be e, it further resolved;
elS., Ildl lIlc uliICiil UdllOt W Ue uSeu
at said election shall have printed there
on the words:
For the proposed amendment to the
Constitution extending the time for the
organization of steamship companies
under the Constitutional amendment
proposed by Act 279 of 1910 from jan
uary l. 1913. to January l, 1916"
And the words:
Against the proposed amendment 20
the Constitution extending the time for
the organization Of steamship compa
MES under the Constitutional amend
ment proposed by Act No. 279 Of 1910.
from January l, 1913, to January /.
1916"
,-yAnd each elector shall indicate on said
ballot as provided in the general cleo
ton law whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
l.. f. THOMAS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
l.. F. HALL.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
a true copy:
ALVIN Z. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.
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81 v I
court having jurisdiction. enforce the
imposition or collection of such taxes.
or both, and such proceedings shall he
filed and triable free to any cost to the
litigant.
Paragraph G. Municipal corporations,
parishes and school. drainage. SUBJ
drainage. road. subroad navigation and
Orleans exceptedD, hereinafter referred
to as subdivisions, when authorized to
do SO in the manner herein provided,
may for the purpose of readjusting.
refunding. extending or unifying Their
bonded Indebtedness. issue new bonds
covering any particular issue or issues
Of bonds or the whole outstanding
subdivision for the purposes specified
in Paragraph l of this article or any
issue or refund issue bonds or renewal
or refunding bonds issued by such sub
division In novation or renewal and anv
bonds. heretofore or hereafter issued
for the purposes specified in said Para
graph l of this Article. No bonds IS
sued under this paragraph shall run for
more than forty (40) years from their
date. not shall bear a greater rate of
interest than five per centum per an
mum. payable semi-annually or annu-
ally and shall not be sold by such sub
division issuing the same for less than
par Any bonds issued under this Ar
ticle, may be, either in whole or in
part. exchanged value for value for
bonds issued. under Article 2S1, or IL
be issued under said Paragraph VI
this Article, or sold and the proceeds
thereof used for the purpose of pur
chasing outstanding bonds, Before any
bonds shall be ISSUED under this nara.
sraph the issuance thereof shall he
authorized by vote of majority il
number and amount Of the property
taxpayers qualified to vote under the
Constitution and laws of this State who
vote on the proposition at an election
held for that purpose. after due notice
of said election has been published for
thirty days in the official journal Of
the parish ., parishes in which said
subdivisions are located or where there
is no official journal. in any newspaper
published in such parish or parishes,
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Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
FLOODED AREA IS
MOVING On DOWN
THE MISSISSIPPI

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
MEMPHIS, April 6.-Hope of say
ing the ST. Francis levee and basin has
been abandoned by the levee officials
and government engineers. A dozen
leaks were reported by noon and it
appeared certain the levee would go.
This means that thousands of acres
of tillable soil will be inundated and
$5,O00,000 worth of bridges be endan-
gered. Practically entire Eastern Ar
KANSAS is covered with flood backwa-
ter. Thousands are fleeing from the
lowlands and are temporarily quar-
tered here. The public buildings are
submerged.
The flood area is widening and
lengthening and suffering is increas-
ing. at Charlottesville the state mi
litia is patrolling the dykes. No wa
ter has yet appeared in the streets,
but the crisis is near Every store in
the city is closed and the men are
aiding in the fight against the waters.
The crest of the food is expected
tomorrow. The river is rising rapidly
and is past the highest mark in the
history of the city. It is estimated
that 10000 people are homeless. In
Louisiana and Mississippi the farmers
are gathering their families and stock
and fleeing to the higher ground.
Warnings 10 leave the loTlands have
been sent throughout the lower valley.
Water began pouring through the
main Ievee Of Osceola, county seat OF
Mississippi county, Ark at s this
morning. Engineers predict the le-
wee will crumble within three hours,
ii this event impariling many lives.
Farms Inundated
HICKMAN, Ky, April 6,-One hun
dred thousand acres worth 500 an
acre is submerged between Hickman
and Tipt0nville, Tenn. The ievee gap
has increased TO 500 feet Eight thou
sand people live in The flooded terri
tory.
Dor9na, No. opposite Hickman, is
under several feet OF water and is prac-
tically deporulated. Only i persons
remain at Craigs Landing. Mo.
City Feeds People
CAIRO, Miss, A9pil 6.-The Missis-
sippi is at the 54-foot stage today and
is still rising. The city is entirely
submerged with water. Every man is
strengthening the dykes and business
is suspended. Fresh meat is exhaust
ed and the people are fed by the mu-
nicipal restaurants. The dykes have
collapsed and refugees are arriving
hourly on river boats.
River Falls at HickHickrnan
ST. LOUIS, April 6.--The break in
the Ievee below Hickman is now $50
feet wide. No attempt to repair it is
being made. The weather bureau re-
port says the river has fallen three
inches at Hickman and loot at the
break. Mack Harper, railroad enei-
neer. arriving from the flooded dis
tricts, said conditions at Columbus
Ky. are terrible The people are
perched on house tops and the houses
and trees are floating away. He saw
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
TRIED TO DESTROY
A BRIDGE OVER The
INTERNATIONAL LINE

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
Ell PASO, April 6.-This city is i'll
a state of suppressed excitement to-
day, following attempts to dynamite
the international bridge. Rumors say
Juarez is filed with Maderoists, who
are coming singly and in twos and
threes to cooperate with troops. 1t
is expected they will attempt to re-
capture the city. American troops are
still guarding the American approach
to the bridge.
Defeated federals are reported fee
ing from Parral toward Torreon.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
SCORES OF SPEAKERS WAGE
The CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS

IBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
CHICAGO, April 6.-With three spe-
cial trains, the presidential candidates
are touring Illinois today, and a score
of minor spell binders are busy in the
state.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson's
Taft train is running half hour ahead
of Roosevelt. The secretary spoke on
behalf of Taft at Pontiac, Clinton and
Declare, leaving as Roosevelt pulled
in to tell the other side of the ques-
ton. Woodrow Wilson spoke at Gales
burg, Sterling, Moline and DeKalb to
big meetings and tonight will be in
Chicago Roosevelt also spoke at
Rockford, Freeport, Dixon, La Sale
and Bloomington and tonight will
speak at Springfield. Senator Town
send will conclude the Taft campaign
tonight in Chicago. La Toilette and
Clark supporters have addressed a doz-
Ell meetings today.
Start for Wilson
LOS ANGELES, April 6.-The Will
son campaign in California will be for
mally opened tonight at a mass meet
ing here. Ex-Mayor Phelan of San
Francisco and State Senator Caminet
ii will be the speakers. These men
will speak in San Diego Monday.
Wilson Gives Views
GALESBURG, H., April 6.-Address
ing a large crowd at the station, Wood
row Wilson attacked the methods OF
selecting candidates in most states, al
leging boss rule. Dudley Malone, cor
poration counsel of New York City, de
nounced Hearst's fight against Will
son,
La FolIettes Busy
OMAHA, April 6.-This city tonight
will have an opportunity to hear the
entire La Toilette family in action. The
senator will address a mass meeting
on the principles of peoples power
At the same hour his daughter, Folla
will address a meeting in another sec
tios of the city. La Toilette also will
address his daughters audience. Mrs
La Toilette is scheduled to speak at
suffrage meetings. The senator spoke
today at Scribner Hobner and West
Point.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
ABE RUFF MAKES 4
STATEMENT Of GRAFT
CASE CONNECTIONS

tBY UNITED PRESS ASaOCIATIONSj
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Stung
to a reply by a recent editorial in
a San Francisco morning paper, de-
scribing him as ''surly, cunning, Gym
ical rogue, whose parole from San
Quentin would lose for the city the
respect of reputable men the world
over" Ruef today in the San Fran
cisco Bulletin publishes partial state
ment of bis connections with graft
hich made his name notorious
throughout America. In regard to this
the Bulletin says: "Ruef had intended
to tell the entire story of how public
officials are corrupted, the public it.
self exploited because private interests
are permitted to own the peoples ne
cessities and make millions over night
by capitalizing privileges secured
through bribery"
The plan was abandoned, the paper
explains, because the indictments are
still threatening Ruef and the big in
terests might make the expose grounds
for a personal comeback. The Bulle-
tin directly names Patrick Ca alhoun,
I Herrin and others as the men who
moved heaven and earth to prevent
the inside story of Ruef's life becom-
ing public.
What Ruef will say when the indict-
ments are set aside. as District Attor-
ney Fickert has advised, is set forth
| in part in signed statement. After
! lengthy trouble in literary terms tell
| ing of his decent from the usual rO-
seate ideals of college graduate to p
prison cell, he says he will not at
| tempt to shield himself or indulge in
recriminations against others who es-
capped his fate, but will endeavor to
make his statement biographical, He
says:
Whatever civic corruption existed
i in San Francisco within my knowledge
| [ will frankly avow and declare, and
! without reservations relate my actions
| and the parts played by others. | viii
| show how the public service is cor
rupted through political and financial
control dominated by the government
of corrupt politics, and how Herrin
and others secured general control OF
special privileges"
| He continues, outlining various al
! legged gratis Of which he plans to give
the inside details, including the Park
side street railway, fixing gas rates,
with conversations and interviews:
how money was corruptly used by the
! Sunset and Home telephone compan-
! les; the matter of franchises for an
| overhead trolley, after the Santa Cruz
convention which nominated Gillett,
and of all the meetings of Calhoun,
Ford, Mutually, Green, Croker, Drum,
| Halsey, Detweiler and Herrin.
"In doing this" continued Ruef, re-
| ferring to the confession, Il will not
only give the public an insight be-
| hind the scenes which will benefit
them, but in measure compensate for
my participation in the events l re-
| late"
In the personal narrative, which
ends for the present with the opening
of his intimacy with Herring, he be-
| gins as follows: with others, I CO.
operated in selling out the city, so
| am in a prison cell. It has taken
the stone walls, six by ten in area,
to bring me to a full realization of the
| iniquity of this betrayal.
when first I entered politics | was
CONTINUED : ., PAGE THREEl
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
VINO STOLE The EDITOR
or SAN DIEGO HERALD =?

icy UNITED PRESS AsSOCIATIONSl
SAN DIEGO, April 6.-The police
declared today they nave no trace Of
the men believed to have kidnapped Ed
itor a r. Sauer of the San Diego
Weekly Herald, who disappeared last
night He was seized near his home,
in front of the University Club, and
thrown into a taXicab. Sauer had been
active in a dispute between the police
and the Industrial Workers of the
World His wife is i'll from the shock
and may die:
At the L. & S. Theater Monday night
'What Happened to Brown 1t
rtlawi erries, the first of the season, at
Ross A. Stuart's. lSo
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06

Strawberries, the first of the season, at
RoGG A. Stuart's. lSo
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
STRIKE DECLARED OFF

[BY UNITED PRESS AssOCIATIONsI
LONDON, April 6.-The miners fed
Grafton has officially declared the coal
miners strike off and ordered the men
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
DAILY STANDARD FOUNDED AUGUST, 1906 n

to return to work.
Operations will be resumed Monday
with complete forces, who are accept
ing the announcement tonight OF Off
cials Of the miners federation.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-06
a rabbit, a chicken and snake on
the same log floating on the river
War Department HELPS

WASHINGTON, April 6.-SecretarN
of War Stimson has sent 900 OF
war department funds of the officers
and quartermasters' department to the
flood districts for the purchase of ra-
tions for destitute victims. President
Taft wrote to the house appropriations
committee a stirring letter, urging that
they reimburse the war department.
Director Bycknell of the Red Cross is
due in the flooded district today.