Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-21
Strenuous Opposition.

Strenuous Opposition.
This plan met with strenuous Op.
position from sections Of the state
that got no increase in representation
in the, Senate and House. Opponents
/ Of the scheme seemed to particularly
object 10 the increase IL would give
. to Orleans and Caddo. This element
pointed out that CaddO would get four
/ representatives. in the House with 90.
900 ds a basis, while such parishes
as Assumption, Lafourche. Terre-
bonnie. DeSoto and Claiborne would
get but one each. IT was also pointed
out that East Baton Rouge, with Il
population of more than half of that
of CaddO, would have but two repre-
sentdtiyes.
Supporters of the 10000 apportiun-
mcnt plan claimed. on the other hand.
that il would give a more fair repre-
scntatiOn on a population basis and
is in line with the doctrine Of mayor
ity rule. This plan would give the
Third, Seventh and Eleventh Wards
of New Orleans each an additional
representative, making total OF
twenty for the city. against a total Of
seventeen, or one for each ward. un-
der the committee appOrtionment
plan. The city's representation in
the present House is twenty-four.
with ten in the Senate. Under the
committees appOrtionment system the
city of New Orleans and st. Bernard
and Plaquemines parishes are given
eight senators. IL the plan to in.
crease the Senate to thirty-eight mem.
bers goes through Orleans and ST.
Bernard and Plaquemines parishes
would have nine senator's st. Ber.
nard and Plaquemines parishes are
linked with the Eighth and Ninth
Wards of New Orleans Ia the sena-
torial apportionment
Unless peace makers get busy and
bring the peace dove back, the appor- /
TONNE ntbattle will be fought to a
desperate finish.
An innocent looking ordinance by /
Mr.. Herold of Caddo stirred up a hor.
nets nest in the convention. 1t pro-
libits the Legislature from abolishing
he principle OF forced heirship, with /.
certain exceptions or provisions in re-
alton to trusts.
The ordinance went to the commit !
zee on limitations and came back to |
he convention, after a series of hear
ngs, with a legislative black eye in
The shape Of being reported without
action"
Mr.. Herold offered an amendment
to cure some of the objections raised
against the ordinance and sought to
have It engrossed and passed to third !
The ordinance as he pro-
posed to have 1t amended, reads:
mo law shall be passed abolishing
the principle Of forced heirship or le-
substitutions' or fidei commits.
Sa or trust estates, except that the
Legislature may authorize the crea-
ton Of trusts for a period OF not ex-
ceeding ten years. which may be
made where a natural person is the
direct beneficiary, to run from the date
Of his majority; and provided further,
that this prohibition shall not apply
In respect OF donations strictly for
charitable or religious
Mr.. Herold explained that he is
pressing the ordinance because the
Legislature at its last session passed
an act permitting trust companies to
handle estates in trust for periods Of
ten years. He regarded this as an en-
tering wedge which, il not checked by
a constitutional inhibition, might de-
stroy the principle OF heirship In
Louisiana and bring a situation SINH
lar to the feudal conditions and laws
Of some OF the European countries.
In this he was supported by Mr..
Burke OF Iberia. Mr.. Etheridge OF
Grant and Mr.. Reid OF Tangipahoa.
Mr.. Reid charged that New Orleans
banks and trust companies. who
sought to profit by that kind Of bust.
ness, induced the Legislature to pass
the act that went through at the last
session. -,