No. 15. Authorizing the school
board of Orleans parish to borrow
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No. 16. Authorizing the establish
ment of a lake shore park in the
city of New Orleans.
No. 17. Providing for the recall of
state officials, except judges of the
various courts.
A small proportion only of these
proposed constitutional amend
ments are of general and statewide
interest. The most important, we
take it, is the last, providing for
the recall of liublic officials. This
amendment was submitted two years
ago and failed of passage by a small
vote-failed largely because of the
opposition of the New Orleans ward
bosses, who piled up, by crooked
counting, an immense majority
against the amendment in the city.
The country parishes gave a majority
in favor of the amendment, and will
undoubtedly increase that majority
this year.
Another amendment of general
statewide interest is that authorizing
the election of women as members of
the school boards and charitable in
stitutions of the state. It is one
which should receive the hearty sup
port of the men of Louisiana. Cer
tainly the women are better qualified
to discharge duties of this character
than are the men, and the state
should, by all means, have the bene
fit of their services.
