The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-05-07

committee will give a hearing on the
ordinances by Mr. Barrett of Caddo,
Mr. Pugh Of Acadia and Mr. Roberts
Of Webster providing for submission
of the new constitution TO the people
for ratification or rejection
The subject OF civil service for New
Orleans Is scheduled for final action
Friday morning Ivy the committee ON
municipal and parochial corporations
" the Constitutional Convention.
Lines are drawn for q sharp fight in
the committee with tho indications
pointing strongly to a favorable TO-
port on the substitute hill prepared by
"A subcommittee through a division OF
| sentiment among the q y. A. delo-
CATION from New Orleans over tho
proprety Of placing cisil service
! article I'm tho constitution.
Tho leader IN the fight against the
subject of civil service is the man
who saved II from defeat on the day
| Of its first hearing in tho committee.
| Colonel John I. Sullivan, president OF
| the New Orleans Democratic Asaocta-
/ ton. who asserts the subject Is ono
which should bc left 60 the Logisla~
/ turo Charles Roseu is fighting hard
/ for its adoption
Colonel Sullvan's opposition to tho
ordinance is based on the race ques'
| ton. and developed because Of ne
gro recently standing and passing the
| civil service examination for place
on the Now Orleans police force. The
ordinance was introduced by Mr. Ro-
! sen and on its first hearing before tho
/ committee the subject was nearly de-
I fcatcd from a vigorous iisht against
! It led by former Mayor Martin Bohr-
man After majority Of the cont
mite had evidenced their uufavora-
bio attitude towards the ordinance.
/ Colonel Sullivan suCcepdcd i'm having
a motion adopted which declared tho
4 principle Of the Rosen civil service
ordinance to he n ~ subject for con-
sidcration by the Constitutional Com
ycntiou
1 paroachial affairs made wonderful
progress in disposing IT tho great
mas sof ordinances which wero re-
ferred to It, Subjects still pending be-
fore II involve civil service, Public
Belt Railroad, Sewerage and Water
Board and municipal ownership 81
public utilities. all directly affecting
New Orleans
Recently this committee sat for
three hours in the morning and three
hours in the afternoon a subCom-
mittce reported n substitute ordi-
/ nance providing the form OF parish
government and requirements for
changing parish lines and parish seats
in accordance with numerous motions
adopted by the committee outlining
tho opinion Of the majority. The first
motion adopted was that ut was the
sense Of the committee chat the pres
ent form Of parish government
should be modified
The result was that an ordinance
introduced by the chairman OF tho
COMMITTEES. Wilson r Petorman. as n
compromise between the present po-
lice jury and commission government
systems eventually was decided upon
with a slight amendment as the
sense Of the COMMITTEES The substi'
tute provides that the name OF 'po-
lice jury" shall be retained by tho
parish governing board but that its
members shall be elected by the par
ish at large though each must reside
in different district. The member
ship is made either five or seven.
with the same number OF districts,
size of the jury depending upon the
population Of the parish II was prac'
tically agreed that the dicidlng num-
Der of population would be $4,000 or
10000