The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-08-30
: S,-n-ad tbe office Of pl

changed the office OF prosecuting
attorney to district attorney
provided for commissioner OF eo-
,cation to be appointed by the gov.
ernor instead of a superintendent u
EDUCATION to be elected by the peo-
pie. ;,+on.
provided for county superinten-
dents in all counties :,
Authorized the establishment OF
kindergartens and schools loi a'
illiterates. o;.a
Added license. franchise, excise
,ncome inheritance, legacy success
sion. production and other speciie
taxes as taxable sources OF revenue
Permitted the segregation OF hinus
Of property for state taxes.
Provided a system of bond issues
for municipal Improvements. !,
Adopted the Oregon system VI
initiative and referendum WIN some
notifications.
Now that the constitutional con
vention is almost ready TO turn i's
finished product over TO the 'enue'
mercies of the electorate, the ques'
tom is being asked with great ire
ouency will it be ratified by the peo'
pie
It depends.
In the first place the people VIII
want to know what they are 'otiis
on The president of the convention
is authorized to have printed lo'VVo
comics of the document, ana such
additional publications as may oe
deemed necessary" for the lhioriha
ton of the people.
Gov. Brough and some' OF the niore
influential members OF the cohsen
ton will devote some time 10 duso-
eating the passage before the peopie'
EXPLAINING its provisions, and snow
ing its advantages over tnat % io'1'
The great majority of the conVen-
tion without doubt, have commences
in their handiwork. They oeiie'e
that they have written good oocu-
ment and that the people Will ratily
il when they understand IT.
But the newspapers of the state
have not reflected very genera
nublic interest in the work OF the
convention, and some OF the Lit'le
Rock papers have been frankly an
tagonistic.
The members of the convention
themselves have not been unit.
although it is only fair to say that
the opponents of .the constitution
have been only small handful. r.
G. Mitchell of Harrison candldiy ad-
mitted his opposition to writing
new constitution att all, and spent
less than ten days with the body
Several others went home a Few
weeks ago with the statement that
they did not intend to return.
Probably the most ,outspoken mem
Der is ]. C. Beloate of Hot Springs
county. who left week before ad-
journment and published the follow
ing interview in the Malvern RECORD
81 wish to say to my people at
home that the new constitution is
failure. The farmer has not got
enough friends here to protect his
large majority of lawyers and friends
in this convention, and it is a mouse
of Cezers against the farmers OF
this state They are willing to re-
lease the corporations and the rich
from taxation and double the tax on
the farmer. Poor farmer, he reeds
the world and furnishes sc per cent
of the soldiers to fight for his coun-
try, and this great cause we must
win. and yet he is ignored in this
convention. The people had better
go to the polls and vote this con-
stitution down and presrve the one
our fathers gave us in 1874
The state normal school is one or
the great and growing educational
institutions of the state. 1t has been
provided by tne state at an inintiai