Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-06
G0VEN0R CANNOT SEEK SENATORIAL
 JO6 BY NEW LAW
Convention Places Radical Clause in the New
 Constitution
EFFORT TO INCLUDE
 RECALL IS DEFEATED
Section Providing FOur.Year Ten. ure for All State and County Officials is Adopted
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1 uLttte ROCK, July 1.-A clause | adopted by the constitutional conven- l tion here today would make it unlaw- full for an Arkansas governor to seek | any other office while serving a four year term as the states executive. The purpose of the clause, it was ex- plained, is to prevent governors from aspiring for United States senator ships while in office.
 This morning the constitutional convention passed Section 8 of Ar ticle III on elections providing for a four-year tenure for all state and Delegate McMillan of Clark giving the general assembly to fix the time of the general elections.
 Section 10, dealing with the person nel of election officers, was also pass- ed with an amendment offered bv Logan county, striking out the words nor shall any state, county or dis trict officer, either elective or ap- pointive, be eligible to serve as member Of any election board"
 HIS pul dSc lo iiOl III tuc Olu COIl~ stituticAaw z udge Evans pointed out that it's retention would necessitate the creation of an especial election board. Sections II and F. dealing with the right of votes thrown out by election officers to be counted ill con tests and the general qualifications of election officers, were pssed with out discussion.
 Alldredge Asks for Recall.
 Before the next article could be called Delegate Alldredge of Pulaski county announced that he wished to introduce recall section to Article III to be known as Section 13. The section was as follows:
 Every public officer in the state of Arkansas is subject to recall and dis missal from office by the legal voters of the state, district. county or mu- nicipality in which he or she holds of- flee and the legislature CT people shall enact laws to determine the causes for which all officers may be recalled. prescribe the methods of procedure in all recall sections and fix the penalties for violation of all regulations governing recall elec- tions"
 Delegate Alldredge spoke for 20 minutes in behalf of his proposed section, declaring that with a four wear tenure of office 1t was necessary to have some such curb on the ofti' cers to be elected and appointed as such an absolute right of recall by the people.
 Judge Evans Protests.
 '"The proposal of the memDer rom Pulaski means not necessarily tne rule of the people" said Judge Jeptha H. Evans of Logan county. but It may mean the rule of mobocracy. Sometimes the people are entitled to he protected from themselves. Some times there is such thing as unwise and indiscriminate public opinion. l wish to go on record as being op- posed to all recall measures because regard them as unwise and altogether revolutionary"
 Others Support It. Delegates Wilson of Bradley, Cy' nert Of White, Dodd of Sebastian, Partian of Franklin. and others snoke for the section and praised the ! recall. Finally a motion for the pre- vious question put by Judge Driver. delegate from Mississippi county. cut short the debate. and the proposal was lost by vote of 51 to 26. The convention adopted a propos.. $. al for a nardon board to consist oi Inc attnrney general, secretary ot ] state and auditor. Delegate Head or Miller obtained the adoption of an amendment providing that mo par don renrieve or communication m 1el- ony cases may be granted by the gov, eso, ernor until after the app.,odt lpppp,ede tn the board of pardons:" ,.,a ' Delegate Coleman of Jefferson held a oniy elray a advisory in it's capacity, since nee inc % power of pardon rests inherently !. in the chief executive, wno may n., a., irrespective of the intervent'on oi any other authority. oo+o tho
 The convention voted to create the office of lieutenant governor.