New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-16
p RENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF LOUISIANA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ls, 1856.
Aennte,

SAoS"
burthe took the Chair, stating that the Lieutenan
Governor mad been prevented from attending j
time 70 preside, and had requested him to take th
Chair. ,6a
On the roll being called, twenty-eisht member
RESPONDED. @ . .f''5 : llE.. % IA
Re :rayer was offered by the Rev. DR., Hedges
y The journal Of yesterdays proceedings was rea
and approved. .,',,,...t ,...,,,..7
There were present during the proceedings tn
following Senators: ,. b + QI .-sl. y. '. { 10
aessrs, Abney, Armstrong, Bell, Brusle, Burthe
Campbell. Coco, Foute, Gibson, Gordon, Hougt
Kavanagh, Kslso, Kenner, Lapeyrc, Lott, Mohau
Hunday, Nelson, Newton of jackson, Newton O
Morehouse, Pochs, Purcell, Scruggs, Tayler an
Mr. Taylor called up the special order of tn
day, on the veto message Of his Exoeency tn
Governor, on the parcchial election BILL
Mr. EgGn, would like to have the aergeant-at
arms sent for absent members. 41 =
Mr.. Brusle, from the Committee on EnroIIments
presented. as correctly enrolled, the bill to con
tinue the board of levee commissioners appointet
by the Governor. fE-nsIz tl. NJ
Mr. Kenner moved for call of the aouse, which
was agreed to, ln
OF the list above given, it was found that Messrs
Horgh and Kayanagh had left the chamber.
There were absent with leave, Messrs Andersen
Barrow, Brownlee, Cooley and Palfrey
Absent without leave, Mr.. Gordon, who imsoe
tliately afterwards entered the chamber. y
There were present, therefore, on the calling o,
the roll, % Senators. Mr. Gorden's arrival made
the number 29 s.n ~G
At ! O'Clock the Lieut.. Governor, having arrived
took the Chair. oo' ''HF~N .fNe''
Mr.. Egan moved that the sergeantat.arms be
sent after absent members.
MI. Lott moved that the order of the day. on An
act to regulate the sale Of property seized under
an order of seizure and sale or writ of fer fncias
be taken up. a Haa #7
This measure had been made the order of the
day, but the Governors veto message Of the pa-
rochal election bill having been made the special
order or the day for O'clock, had the preference
1t was understood, however, that Mr. Lofts bill
should be taken up Immediately after that.
On motion of. Mr.. Egan, the Governors veto
message, as published in the CRESCENT Yesterday.
wasread. eas Ir,. RI ... aa p .H.-r
Mr. Egan said he could not help charactersing
this message as in some respects very extraor-
dinary document. The Governor had not thought
it necessary to give his views as to the constitu-
honal objections which he darkly limited he nav
have or might urge against the bill hut had left
to sarmise what they were. In this, he could not
help feeling that the Governor had not dealt
frankly with the legislature. He ought to have
intinlated what are the constitutional defects OF
the measure, if there were any. They might then
have been avoided in future. The only objection
the Governor had specified against the bill was
that the lack of postal communication prevented
sufficient notice being given to allow of the cleo
aon taking place at the time appointed by the bill
rAfar Az
ounds, how far the Governor was himself res.
asible for having increased the very difficulty
rhich he had made the pretext of yetoing the
BILL twas well known that the bill was placed in
his hands on the I'd of February and It was not ill
the day before yesterday, after the Senate had ad
journed that he returned it with his veto. The
Senate on that day sat till within few minutes of
the usual hour of adjournment, and it is well
known what are the usual business bours
of the Senate. That message consequently
remained sealed till yesterday morning. It |
would seem that if his object had been to
deal frankly with the legislature, and did not think
it necessary to intimate what his constitutional Oh
jections to the bill are, but confined himself en-.
trey to the shortness of the time given for notice
of the election, he would have given as little ex I
cuse as possible for increasing the shortness Of
the time would have returned the bill as promptlv
as possible. Instead of this he had detained tho
bill until it had become very grave aaestion
whether it had not under the Goth article of the
Constitution become law by the provision that
If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor
within ten days tSundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be law in
like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Gene
raj Assembly by adjournment prevent its return, y
But the Senate would hardly feel disposed to take
these grounds, but proposed to consider the OBJ
Jections taken to the measure, to remove them If
well taken, and if untenable to overrule them,
The Constitution provides that the people shall t
have the privilege of choosing oil elective officers
Now frst let US consider the message with regard
to constitutional objections. The mode of filing t
Offices is provided for under several consecutive n
sections Article so provides that +" the clerks of
the inferior courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of ther several districts and shall hold v
their Offices during term of four years. +" Shall
be e,ected'' are the words Have they been 8
elected! Article 50 reads, the jurisdiction Of O
Justices OF the peace shall not exceed in civil s
cases, the sum of one hundred dollars, exclusive h
of interest subject to appeal in such cases as shall
be provided for by law. They shall the elected tg n
the qualified veters of their several districts and
shall held their'ofice during term of two years n
They shall have such crimnal jurisdiction as shall
be provided'by law" ShGR be electedn again. ~
Have they been elected? Article 50 provides 4 =
among ather things that the district attorneys O.
shall be elected by the qualified voters of their ),
districts for term of foer years, ~ a
Has this 0een done? Have these elections :,
taken place as the Constitution proyides?
Again, article l9 ai the Constitution provides thatH
a laws in ferce at the time of the adoption of the =,
Constitution and not inconsistent therewith, shall
continue as if the had not been adopted /.
Now, by section 7of the general lesy upa1 elec. .
ions, appearing on page ZIG of the Revised Stat ,"
ties of 1885, "the Governor is authorized and
npowered to issue his proclamation ordering, in re
u easrf net otherwise provided for electisns to II
e held in tee different parishes of this State to fill
ny and all sacancies that may happen many cleo tai
I've Office" He quoted these provisions to show an
hat if the Governor wished to give the people the
ght thus accorded to them, he not only would mot en-
waited till the very last moment to object toit ta2
ut would not have waited for any legislation on the
bject. The case being, in hisopnion notother- COZ
ise provided for nle would have issued his procla at
aon at once. It would seem as if the Governor apl
light have regarded these offices vacant, though init
ere were only vacancies such as had been cre- }
ed by the result of the war. And the Governor sec