St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-09-13
NO DIssENsION SEEN.

IN TINS connection 1t may be said
4 that it must be most gratifying to
/ note that practical u1animity of senti-
ment among the people and press Of
the State demanding the treatment al
the debt problem as one of para
mount importance and condemning
| any effort to confuse with it's consid-
| any other matter calculated to inter-
feee with it's proper solution by en-
gendeFing discussion and division.
The disposition thus manifested will
serve to stimulate the value Of our
public securities by increasing the
confidence of investors in our credit.
1t is to be hoped that it goes even
farther than this and forecasts the
dawn Of a better day in our State.
The question as to the number Of
delegates to compose the convention
should engage serious consideration
The situation is not the same as It
would be if q more extensive revision
of the Constitution were to be. un-.
dertaken. The number should not
be so few as not to be fairly repre-
sentative of the people of the. State
and at the same time not SO many
as to impose an unreasonable and
unnecessary expense. 1t is respect
fully suggested that one delegate for
each representative district or ward
of the parish of Orleans and for each
Of the other parishes of the State
would insure adequate representation
and answer all other reasonable re-
quirenents.
TWO OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
During the recess Of the General
Assembly the main building of the
State Training: School, situated at
Monroe, was burned and the schools
practically destroyed. The question
as to what, II anything, should be
done toward the rehabilitation Of the
institution is deemed to be a matter
of sufficient ungency to merit the
of the General Assemb-
ly at this time.
While the loss of the buildings is
very unfortunate, the school has not
been placed on, such footing rs to &c
to any appreciable degree
The object of its establishment. The
should not be a penal farm
for the punishment of youthful vio-
lators of the law. but, as its name
indicates, training school for them,
where they can be reformed, trained
and made useful citizens. The State /.
2wes, them as well as itself, the dutyi
If thus providing for them to the ext
.ent of its ability.
The site selected on which the
was constructed cannot be
aid to be a suitable one for such an
1t formed part of the
earsrf a plantation fronting on the
)uach ia river and, besides having
'ther disadvantages, it is, under pres ,
mt conditions, low and wet. A more /,
uitatEe site, adjoining or near the
resent one, or at some other place,
nor near M0nr0e. fNral - AtAtnAd..}
The board should be given the
over, in it's discretion, and with the !.
pproyal of the Governor, to estab- /,
ish the school on another site, near
Ionroe, or enlarge the present site.
s it may deem better, and, if nee-
ssary for the purpose, to sell or ex- !,
hange the whole or part OF the
resent tract.
The controversy with reference to
he selection of a successor to one of $
he representatives of the State of 6
in the Senate of the United
tates calls to mind the a4visability a
+ considering the making of pro c
:sion at this time, in accordance with I
he Seventeenth Amendment to the
'ederal Constitution, for the filing OF Q
acancies which may occur in the rep Il
asentation of this State in the same
cdy. ~
Respectfully. t
3: B. HALL. b
G9verneF. t