New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-12

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hnction or discrimination on account
OF race or color.
Mr.. WickIiffe raised the point of
order that a substitute for an article,
itselfa substitute for the original prop
osition' could not be entertained.
The chair decided the point of order
to be well taken.
Mr.. Pinchback appealed from the
decision of the chair.
And the question being put to the
convention, the chair was sustained.
Mr.. Smith asked leave to retire with
the privilege of recording his vote
upon his return.
Which was granted.
Mr.. Pinchback submitted the fol-
lowing amendment:
All persons shall enjoy equal rights
and privileges while travelling in this
state upon any conveyance of a public
character. And all business pluces,
and those otherwise carried on by
charter, or from which a license is re-
CURED by either state, parish, or mu-
nicipal authority, shall be deemed
places of public character, and shall
be open to the accommodation and
patronage of all persons without dis
tinctiOn or discrimination on account
of race or color.
Tho chair decided that Mr.. Pinch
backs original proposition had be-
come tho property Of the convention
and that ne could not accept sub
stitute, and his amendment was not in
order, being a substitute to a sub
stitute.
Mr.. Pinchback appealed from the
decision of the chair.
The question being put to the con-
vention, the chair was sustained.
Mr.. Packard moved to amend the
substitute of Mr.. Wickliffe by in
serting:
The equal rights and privileges of
all persons while travelling on public
conveyances in this state shall not be
infringed by reason of race or color,
and places of public character where
license is required from state, paro-
chial, or municipal authority, shall
extend the same right aud privileges
to all persons without distinction of
race or color.
Mr.. Mcmillan asked for call of the
house and the roll was called.
The question was put upon the
amendment of Mr.. Packard, which was
lost-yeas IL, nays 57-as follows:
Yeas: Antoine, Barrett, Brown, Burrel,
bearing, Demarest, Douglass, Gair, Har-
per, Hiestand. Leroy, J. B. Lewis, MASH
cot, Meadows, Mcmillan, Moses, Packard
IL.
Nays: Belden, Bertonneau, Blandin,
Bonseigneur, Bonnefoi, Butler, Cooley,
Crane, Crawford, Quincy, Depasseau, P.
| G. Deslonde, Donate, G. Duparte, U. Du-
part, Duplessis, Edwards, Esnard, FRANCOIS,
Fuller, Ferguson, Guichard, Ingraham, Il.
| H. Isabelle, Thomas Isabelle, jackson,
Jones, Kelso, Lange, r. Lewis, Ludeling,
Marie, Martini McLeran, Morris, Murrel,
Mushaway, Myers, Oliver, Pinchback,
Poindexter, Pollard, Reagan, Reese, Riggs,
Riard, Rodriguez, Schwab, Scott. Snider,
Steele, TiGchant. Vandergrff, Vidal, Wick.
life, Williams, Wilson-57 nays.
The question was put upon the adop-
ton of Mr.. Wiokliffe's substitute, and
it was lost-yeas %, nays 53-as fol-
lows:
Yeas Brown, Burrel, Butler, Crane, De-
passeau, p. G. Deslonde, Donate, G.
Drparte, Gair, Il. II. Isabelle, Jackson
Jones, Martin, MushaWay, Pollard, Riggs
Rodriguez, Schwab, Vidal, WieklifIe
Williams, Wlson-22.
Nays: Messrs. Antoine, Barrett, Belden
BertOnneau, Blandin Bonseigneur, Bonnie
fol, Cooley, Crawford, Cromwell, Quincy
bearing, Demarest, Douglass U. Dupart
Duplessis, Edwards, Esnard, Francois, Full
Ter, Ferguson, Guicnard, Harper Heistand
Ingrabam, Thomas Isabelle, KelsO, LANCE
Leroy, j. B. Lewis, R. Lewis, Ludeling
Marie Massicot, Meadows, MeLeran Nc
MILAN, Morris, Moses, Murrell, Myers, Oil
yer, Packard, Pierce, Pinchbaek Poindex
ter, Reagan, Riard, Scott, Slider, Steele
Tinchant, Vandergrff-53.
Mr.. Pinchback asked leave to with
draw the original article proposed by
him as article thirteen, which was
granted, and the article was with.
drawn.
Mr.. Crawford moved to adjourn.
Lost.
Mr.. Pinohbuck moved to adopt the
following as article thirteen of the con.
stitution:
All persons shall enjoy equal right:
and privileges while travelling in this
state upon any conveyance of public
character, and all business places OF
otherwise carried on by charter or fol-
which o license is required by eithel
state, parish, or municipal authority
shall be deemed places of a public
character, aad shall be opened to thu
accommodation and patronage of al
persons without distinction or discrimi
nation on account of race or color.
The previous question was ordered
| The question was put upon til,
adoption of the article.
The roll was called and the article
reading as follows:
ART. Is. All persons shall enjoy
equal rights and privileges whil'
travelling in this state upon any CON
veyance Of public character, and al