Split session bill clears Senate despite slim opposition
In Ton Rouge on June 26 the senate passed a split session proposal by 28 to 1. The plan would set a May start with 20 days of bills and committee review, then a July second session of 40 days for final passage, followed by a voter referendum in November. A Brooks Redmond measure to force governor appointments within 10 days failed 25 to 11.
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Ouachita
C. C. Brooks
Tensas
Senate
Brooks
Redmond
Anti Smith forces bank on home support in key convention
In Houston on June 26 Associated Press reports anti-Smith groups count on telegrams from home to sway Democratic delegates at the New York governor race. Reed and allies push in Oklahoma while southern delegation fights to slow Smith through several ballots as Kansas Texas and Mississippi align for their favorites.
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Associated Press
Houston
New York
Cirys
Smith
Senator Reed
Missouri
Rice Hotel
Reed
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Mississippi
New Heart
Anti Dowling Bill Reported With Approval
Baton Rouge June 26 A Senate Judiciary B committee vote of five to two favored a bill allowing an appointee to file suit to oust an incumbent. It targets Dr. Oscar Dowling head of the state board of health whose resignation Governor Long has requested. Current law grants ouster powers to the attorney general who says Dowling’s term runs until 1932.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
yRepre- Rte
Senate Committee ‘On
Oscar Dowling
State Board of Health
Long
Attorney General
Dowling
Barkeeper Dave Winston Dies of Heart Failure in Vicksburg
Thirty years a barkeeper in the celebrated garden saloon in Vicksburg, Dave Winston died suddenly of a heart attack early today. He was reputed to have never smoked or consumed alcohol and knew intimately many statesmen and leading men of the South in bygone days.
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Associated Preas
Vicksburg
Miss
Dave Winston
South
Louisiana Delegation Seated At Houston Convention
Louisiana’s delegation was seated as the national convention opened. Col. Robert Ewing was elected national committeeman and chair, with Mrs. Stella Hamlin named committeewoman. Key figures included Sen. Ransdell and Sen. Broussard, amid a Citizens’ Democratic Committee challenge led by Ford Claiborne and supported by Jesse Jones.
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Louisiana
Citizens’ Democratic Committee
AL Smith
Col
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New Orleans
the States
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Shreveport
State Central Committee
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Lake Providence
Edwin S. Broussard
New Iberia
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Ransdell
Stella Hamlin
Louis L. Morgan
Covington
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Swords R. Lee
Alexandria
T. Arthur Edwards
Lake Charles
Gaston L. Porterie
Marksville
James A. Penerman
Franklin
Jeff B. Snyder
Tallulah
Harvey G. Fields
Farmerville
John P. Sullivan
Col. Ewing
Thomas
Jesse Jones
Genevieve Clark Thomson
James M. Thomson
New Orleans Item
Champ Clark
National Committee
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New Roads
Baton Rouge
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Claiborne
Harry Gamble
Mrs. Thomson
Carter Glass
Will R. King
Oregon
Patrick H. Quinn
Rhode Island
Arthur F. Mullen
Nebraska
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Delegation Member Prominent in Defense of Legality
A delegation member played a leading role in defending the legality of the delegation. The report highlights active participation in outlining legal arguments and supporting the committee's position.
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