The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1921-04-08


next campaign to Swing the patron
arc club" which the old ring used IL
maintain itself in power ior Gudr tor
Of q century. They urged that tlcir
organization and any other poll zeal
organization be prevented from follow
ing such tactics and that the best
method of preventing it was by the APP
pointment of a civil service commits
sion by the governor for long terms.
The Rosen ordinance proposed a
commission of three men with oIerlop-
ping terms at salaries of $4,000 year,
one to be appointed for six years, one
for nine and one for twelve Tears, and
at the end of their respective terms
the succeeding appointments TO be
for twelve years each.
The methods Of running primary
elections in this state are public
scandal, and the present system Of per-
hitting the use Of slush funds in poll
tical campaigns is debauching the cleo
torate and should be stopped by con-
stitutional provision with teeth in it,"
]. Flood Madison, delegate from More
house parish, asserted in a statement
before the suffrage committee of the
Constitutional Convention recently.
Mr.. Payne of NatchitOches introduc-
ed an ordinance designed to obviate
the necessity for a multiplicity of cleo
tiOns by permitting a general election
to take the place Of primary in GER
tain cases. Its provisions are:
"'All candidates for Offices made
elective in this constitution shall be
nominated by primary or primaries
to be held by the several political par
ties as shall be provided by law; pro.
vided that where seventy-fiye per cent
Of the number Of registered voters in
the state or in any district or parish
or municipality thereof, shall be affil-
lated with any one political party. there
shall be no primary election in the
state, or in the district, or in the par
ish, or the municipality as the case
may be, and in such a case may be,
and in such a case the legislature
shall provide for election of such Off
Gals at the general election by first
and second choice voting"
An ordinance was introduced by Mr..
LaFargue of Avoyelles covering inc
distribution of public school funds 1t
provides:
There shall lie free public schools
for the white and colored race, sepa-
rately established by the Legislature
throughout the state for the education
Of all the children of the state be-
tween the ages of six and eighteen
years; provided, that where kindergar-
ten school exist, children between the
into said schools All funds raised by
the state for the support of public
schools, except poll taxes, shall be dis
taributed to each parish in proportion
to the number of children. there is be-
tween ages Of six and eighteen years.
The plan OF the State Bar Associa-
ton, more generally known as the
Spencer Plan" for reorganization IF
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introduced by Mr.. Sholars of Ouachi-
ia. The ordinance is in the same form
approved by the Bar Association meet
ing at New Orleans, February 20, with
two changes. One change keeps the
present judges of the Appellate Courts
in office. 1t provides:
THE chief justice and associate JUS
tees Of the Supreme Court and the
judges of the several courts of ap-
peals now in office or heretofore elected
to, but not yet indicted into office,
shall be respectively chief justice and
associate justices of the Supreme
Court and judges Of the Courts Of APP
peals hereby created"
The other change relates to the re-
tirement of judges. 1t provides:
ANY judge of the Supreme Court,
Courts Of Appeal and District Courts
may also be retired either ~ upon
his own application, after having
reached the age of 20 years and after
having served continuously fifteen
years in judicial capacity immediate
ly prior to his application for retire
ment, and provided proceedings TO. his
removal have not been initiated.