New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-14
GEN EKAL ASSEMBLY, OF LOUISIANA.



were twenty-four members present. g.rl &c.,.
The journal Of yesterdays proceedings Wa
read. the reading Of the Governors message i
reference to the city election bill being on motto
Of DIR. Mohan, dispensed with. The journal wa
then approved. ollie g aBersE 5G Is 1dr .ts ra' .
During the proceedings the following member
were present Messrs Abney, Armstrong, Bell
Br7lsle, Burthe, Campbell, Coco, Duyigneaud, Egan
Ellis, FeoWes, Foute, Gibson, Gordon, Hough
kayanagh, Kelso, Kenner, Lapeyre, Lott, Mohan
Newton Of jackson, Newton of Morehouse, Nelson
Poche, Purcell, scruggs, Taylor, WEIGH and vii
coxon-30. - 7-.r,s-s-,s * -
The members absent with leave were Messrs
Barrow, Cooley and Palfey. fl4 g a's5z
The members absent without leave were Messrs
Brownlee and Munday. q
Mr., Brusle, from the Committee on Enrolment
reported the joint resolution relating to the cleo
ton Of State Printer. et -. g...eS Il y
Dnrin the subsequent proceedings messag
was received from the House of Representatives
through Mr.. Halsey, Assistant Clerk, announcing
that the Speaker had signed the joint resolution il
relation to the election of State Printer, and the
resolution granting leave of absence TO the State
Treasurer. ''" g
Mr.. Fouts then called for the order of the day.
Grave interests were depending on it, and grave
responsibilities were attached to it and it ough
to be as promptly as carefully disposed Of.
The President saidtie question was whether the
city election bill should pass notwithstanding the
veto Of the Governor. L 10 IL -r.l 9'z, sv- n5~
Mr. Kavanagh moved that the bill do pass
Mr.. Hough said some questions had been raised
in relation tothe bill, which onght to be carefully
considered before the vote was taken. 1t is only
month or two now from the regular period for
holding city election, and if this bill were not
now passed, it would take place in June next.
While, even if the bill to be passed, the cleo
ton could not possibly be held at the time appoint
ed, because it woad be impossible to give the re-
quired notice. He consequently could not vote
for the motion. He saw nothing like very power
ful argument in the veto message but he could see
no good to be derived from overriding the veto.
1t would be necessary to frame a new bill Ito give
further time for holding the election; and by the
time this was done, the first Monday ofJune, the reg.
ulsr time would be close at hand The Constitution
gives tAe people the right to elect their rulers and
officers, and he would rot object to that. If the
bill were free from constitutional objection. there
were other objections to it which he would like to
have explained 1t appears to be bill amends
tory OF the city charter although it does not say
80, II is alnendatory of the charter because it
changesths time for holding the electipn, fixed
by that law. And provision of the Constitution
requires that no law shall be amended merely by
reference to the title or to section, withouta full
quotation Of the portion to 90 amended. This bill
gives no such quotation from the bill it amends,
and is therefore unconstitutional. The gentleman
read the 10th article of the Constitution as fol-
lows: emo law shall be amended by reference to
its title but in such case the act revived, or sec
ton amended, shall bere-enacted and published at
length .la7. .sya4.- u {. '
MIR, Duyigpeaud said he had no objection to the
bill hut he fully agreed with the Senator from
Caldwell (Mr. Hough) in the remarks he had
made upon it, and in his opinion if the legislature
werelto pass the bill over the Governors Veto it
would have no effect. 1t might have become le-
climate measure if the legislature had previously
amended the city charter go as to make it accord
with the terms of the election bill, and with the
terms of the Constitution. From the anxiety
which some people manifested with regard to this
BILL twould really seem as if they thought New
Orleans must perish if an election were not held
by the 10Th Of March-as if some terrible convul.
sioh of nature must swallow them up. He hoped
they would do something in the Senate which
wouldsatisfy the people something good, sound
and honest, and that before we come to an cleo.
ton some guarantees would be given to the peo-
pie for the stability on which they were legslating
on the laws for the municipal government of the
city. There was much needed to be done before
election could take place, and the legislature
had yet forty days to sit. There was plenty Of
sime to do it in. Let US go to work earnestly and
amend the city charter, and then everybody may
profit by their labors. The gentleman then re-
fered to and supported, the positions assumedby
the Senator from Caldwell, mr. Hough,) in refer
ente to the effect of the 1l9th article of the Con
stitution on the bill. He also objected to the bill
for giving the Governor the authority to issue
proclamation ordering the election, instead of
giving it to the Mayor, as provided by the city
charter. So sure was he that the bill was uncon-
stitutonal, that he satisfied it would soon be
tested by a writ of quo warranto, and then if the
decision of the courts were against the bill, there
could be no election till January, 1867. Every
body was DESTROYS that we should have an election
but while he also wished it, he desired to see it
done properly.
Mr.. Mohan said he was nstonished that the Sena.
Cor from New, Orleans should offer any opposition
to this bill whether he thought it constitutional or
unconstitutional when he had seen the, unanimous
opinion of the Judiciary Committees of both
Houses in support of it, had seen it supported by
all the legal strength Of the legislature, and when
he saw how earnestly. all his constituents were
camoring for it. Cast your eyes abroad, said the
gentleman, looking towards the bar Of the Cham
Der, and see if many of the most respectable
citizens of this great emporium are not present in
manifest anxiety and snfcitude to see if the bill
will not be passed. 1.-THE observations of the
gentleman elected marks of approval at the bars.]
! Mr.. Duvigneaud rose to q point of order. He
wished the gentleman to conline his remarks to
the motion under consideration and not direct them
to him, ..,., ...,.....,.. ...- Ia,
Cries at the bars, addressed to Mr. NOLAN, " &c
We want an election I .,..
j The President Immediately called to order, and
said no remarks of appreciation could be permitted
again, otherwise he should order the galleries to
!. be cleared. ..sf ssr --.
! Mr. Mohan was sorry the Senator from Orleans,
| (Mr. Duvigneaud,) had taken his remarks as per-
sonal. He was merely speaking of the desire the
people have for an election in the city, and calling
the Senator's attention to it. The Senator had
said that he objected To the bill because it required
1 the Governor to issue his proclamation, ordering
the election instead of leaving it for the Mayor to
Edo, as the city charter requires. He held the city
charter IN his hand and would like the Senator to
iIkrto a.,