St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-11-29

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the State Of Louisiana, and it shall
be the duty Of the attorney general
Of his own motion or any district at
torney Of the State, when SO directed
by the governor or the attorney gen
ieral to enforce this provision by in
junction or other legal proceedings
in the name of the State of Louisi-
ANA, and particularly by suits fol
the forfeiture of the charters of Of
tending corporations, incorporated
under the laws of the State of Lousi-
ana, and for custer from the State
of foreign corporations. Provided,
however, that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent the Legislature from
providing additional remedies for
1.-The enforcement Of this article.
1.-THE provisions of this article are
self-operative'.
Adopted.
Colonel John p. Sullivan then Of
fered an amendment to provide that
charters of corporations organized
under the laws Of Louisiana shall
not be forfeited or the organization
dissolved.
This Parkerson ordinance" said
Mr.. Sullivan, proposes to visit a
penalty upon Louisiana corporations
which 1t does not upon foreign cor
porations. The foreigners are sub
ject only to busters, but by this
amendment Of Mp. Parkerson's we
would take away from our own cor
porations even their charters and
would render their stock valueless,
carrying wreck end ruin to many
honest investors"
Mr.. Patterson said Louisiana cor
porations should come under the
same provisions as individuals. and
should be given no more rigts.
I'm not opposed to capital; I'm
not opposed to corporations, but we
should make them live up to the
laws. Would you stand for Joker
being placed in this constitutional
amendmAnt and take the teeth out
Tor It? II We should adopt the Sulli-
van amendwent we would be the
laughing stock Of the State.
Delegate Koppel. Of Orleans, ask
ed Mr.. Parkerson what assurance
there was that this stringent meas
ure would not dissolve labor unions
and agricultural organizations.
Labor Unions Escape.
Under the ruling Of the United
States Supreme Court II could not in
clude thems he replied.
Kopoel wanted to write strict
exemption for labor unions. Mr..
Parker6on replied the measure was
on dnal passage.
Senator John Marks added that
QI1rh q >. avavn rtSnv, ,anw wor1d fmvo1i.
date the whole ordinance.
Senator W.. Burke opposed the
Sullivan c.iange. 1.-THE life Of cor
poration comes from the charter
granted by the State." he said.
]. e. Clayton, of Concordia: "If
We adopt the Sullivan amendment xe
would forever ,ie the hands of the
Le gislature from FORGETTING a Guar
Sc"
~ II. Carver was still In doubt as
to the Parkerson measure b.,'u.- with
In the call. but was sure the Sulli-
van offer wGs outside.
s Il. Fl Ddel opposed Ssilliven' 5
an ..:.siment. do not excep, :hc
home corporations he said.
colonel Sulllavn, closing the &c
bate. declared there were criminal
statutes IN this State that can. Z
called in by any district att.,r;:sy
u prevent tit restraint of trad.
,:c resented tie inference that &c
ha,. tried to slip Joker" ir:o the
BIZ!
Let the individuals be re5pol4i-
BILE and save the property" was his
closing argument.
The Sullivan amendment was re-
iccted overwhelmingly. NJ. Fl. Car
yer then offered an amendment,
which In effect declared that the ar
ticle was not intended to be in con-
flict with the call and put it up to
the Supreme Court to rule and say
whether the convention had exceed
ed Its authority In adopting this
Mr.. sllivan asked: Are not the
duties Of the attorney general
Mr. Carver-"I'm inclined to think
TO-"
Mr.. Hart-'If we adopt the Carver
amen dment we transfer our respon-
'ibilit.y to the Supreme Court"
Mr.. Clayton thought this IAN inn
'ugnfng Of our own integrity"
Higher Than Court.
Mr.. Butler thought the Carver
mend. nent unobjectfonable. There
3 serit sus question In many minds"
q argued, 'sas to the legality of this
ropose d amendment. It Is not Inn
our Integrity by asking the
upreme Court to pass upon It. =
At this, juncture President N. G.
called Senator John Marks
the Oh air and took the floor in
trong q opposition to the Carver
It.
This Il Constitutional Conven-
on he said. AS such 1t is the
ldge Of 1t own actions and acts. ]
eny that he Supreme Court can say
this con vention that It has exceed