Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-21
PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION Synopsis and Comments Improvements Made Over the
 Constitution of 1874.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.


 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Art VI Sec oT the of % Ss at. n % % % % ~sn @ % he shall receive equal compensation The wisdom of provision evident to a During recent years greatest has frequently resulted because Of the unsatisfactory method of succession to the oe ton the people had no will be prevented by the cleo tion of Lieutenant Governor by the people coirespondng simple expedent which obvate confusion and nsures the orderly administration of government by an officer elected by Senate when acting President the body and the office of Governor its duties and shall automatically devove him until the disability be removed As President of the Senate ne shall nave no vote except of tie.
 EQUALITY c OF < SUFFRAGE
 s Ss. and 1 se. @ s n @ sxss s
 The Allies expendng billions of treasure hundreds of denchng the world blood to establish firmly the principle here briefly @ dcnd it % aos rights privileges to of our nation It is one of the principles enlightened that people truly free when half denied an exercise ot the nation demand this not on sentiment political ambition passing fad but because it is that should never have act of simple justice that should never have It not rob of her woanhood but recognizes her as an equal partner the man agement the under which she must live and rear coming generations of cens advocated by President W necessary war measure
 BOARD OF PARDoNs.
 General Secretary the n felony csses the Governor may the Board makes conviction con and reference to the Board.
 The State has long demanded Board of Pardons It reform of recognized importance places sautary restraint the exercise of the pardonng which all has at grossly abused It curb the political trading interruptions chief executive should such ever be elected protection the honest Governor whose sympaties sometimes outweigh his caner Judgment as an inn partial conservator of the law The of pardon m the executive probably the most unweome of his dutles
 
 uphong setting aside of the judgments the courts The Board will sit as advise the Gov relieve him of the responsibility of making an nalded decision The Board serves without extra compensaon
 LOCAL LEGISLATION.
 % M s 5e Twenone or ee o n ses % M % n for the benefit of individual oDo Publication and the not affrmsuvey published provided
 No other single generally demanded as @ t of the General Assembly than anything else and wasted te and been the source of more During recent wears thousands of pages this exceeding the general Acts five six times amer of the Constitution of 1874 attempted to remedy evil but the adopted by them has proven intellectual So gang this evil become recent that 1t has passed into that the General Assembly spends most or US tune egang Johnson out of Greene county ana green ga county It has been recognized fact that ire elected to the Legislature for the sole pr pose securing local laws they unable to secure hroug other channels Practically the whole volume of local Legislation be handled through other established the count courts Corporation Commission the school authorities boards commissions charged with jurisdiction over such mat ters There no fertile field for the defeat of the people than the local legislation calendar of the General Assoy There opposition to bills of this character as othe legislators know nothing of their merits local conditions bndy the other fellows bill that the other fellow WI vote for hs
 ELECTIONS AND FRANCHISE
 partisan State Board for ntvotnc hy ee n