New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-10

leans, right bank, to eXpunge article
ten of the majority report, and to
adopt article eleven of the minority
report as article eleven of the eOnsti-
tuition, came up.
Mr.. Reagan moved to refer the arti-
Giles and amendments to committee on
general provisions.
Mr.. NAPLES moved to amend by
striking out the word and" and in
sorting the word "by."
Mr.. Isabelle moved to lay the amend
ment on the table.
Adopted.
Mr.. Packard withdrew his motion,
Mr.. Cooley moved to adopt article
ten of the majority report as article
eleven of the constitution.
The previous question was demand
ed and ordered, and the yeas and nays
we're called, and the article, reading
as follows:
ART. IL. No law shall be passed
regulating labor and fixing the price
thereof,
Was adopted as article eleven of the
constitution by the following vote
yeas AZ, nays 32-as follows
Yeas: Antoine, Baker, Barrett, BeldcD,
Bertonnesu, Blackburn, Bonnefoi, Brown,
Cooley Crawford, bearing, Demarest, Des
| u nArafo n,,r1aaa II
Dupiessis, Fuller, Gair, Guchard, Harris,
IngrAham Kelso, Landers, Lewis j. b.,
Lewis H., Ludeliug, Marie, McLeran, Muir
rell, Morris, Myers, Newsham, Pierce,
Piuchback, Riard Scott Snider, Steele,
Tinchant, Twitchell, ValfrOis, Vandergriff =
43 yeas.
Nays Bonseigneur, Burrel, Butler,
Crane, Depasseau, Duparte G., Esnard,
FRANCOIS, GaI diner, Harper, Isabelle r. II /,
Isabelle Thos., Jones, LANCE, Leroy, Mar
tin, Moses, Mushaway, Oliver, Packard,
Pondexter, Pollard Reagan, Reese, Riggs,
Roberts, Rodriguez, Schwab, Smith, Under
wood, NAPLES, Wlcklife, Williams, and
Wilson-33 nays.
Mr.. Cooley moved to adopt article
IL of the majority report as article II
of the constitution, and the article
reading as follows:
ART. 70. Every person has the nat
ural right to worship God according
TO the dictates of his conscience.
No religious test shall be required as
qualification for Office,
Was so adopted.
Mr.. Pinchbaek moved to adopt the
following as article 10 of the constitu-
ton:
ART. IL. The right of all persons to
travel on the common carriers AID be
entertained at all places of a public
character in this state shall not be in
fringed or in any manner abridged.
The yeas and nays were called for
and ordered.
And the article was adopted by the
following vote; y
Yeas 81, nays &.
Yeas Antoine, Baker, Belden, Ber-
tonneau, Blackburn, Blandin, Bonseig
neur, Brown, Burrel, Butler, Crane,
Cromwell, Demarest, Depasseau, P.
G. Deslonde, Donate, Douglass, G..
Duparte, u. Dupart, Duplessis. Es-
nard, FRANCOIS, Gardiner, Guichard,
Harris, Ingraham, r. Fl. Isabelle,
Thomas Isabelle, jackson, Jones,
Kelso, Landers, LANCE, Lewis, Marie,
Massicot, Meadows, McLeran, Morris,
Moses, Murrel, Mushaway, Myers,
Newsham, Packard, Pierce, Pinch
, back, Poindexter, Pollard, Reagan
Reese, Riard, Riggs, Roberts, Rod
riguez, Schwab, Smith, Scott, TincEant,
Underwood, Valfreit, Vandergriff,
, Vidal, NAPLES, Wickliffe, Williams
WilsOn-67.
Nays: Barrett, Cooley, Crawford
Fuller, Gair, Ludeling, Snider
Steel-8.
Mr.. Wicklif6e moved to reconsider
the last vote.
Mr.. Cooley moved to lay the motion
: to reconsider on the table.
!. Lost.
) The question was put npon the mo
: tion to reconsider, and it Yves adopted
], Mr.. Wickliffe offered the following
Z amendment:
3 All persons shall enjoy equal right
and privileges, while travelling in thil
statei and all public places of amuse
ment, refreshments, entertainments o
e any public nature whatever, shall b
open to all persons alike. No com
pany,oF municipal, parish, or charters
, corporation shall make any rules o
a regulations creating any distinction
n between persons on account of race
\ color, or previous condition.
Which was accepted by the mover
Mr.. Cooley moved to amend as fol
Q lows:
That the Legislature be instructed
It provide for payment of tickets t
\ theatres of such persons as are unabl
: to pay, so as to secure a more perfec
equality.
y Laid ON the table.
9 Mr.. Packard moved to amend b.
: reading the words ''no distinction O
the ground Of race or COLOR"
Amendment accepted by the mover
On motion Of Mr.. Oliver the con
IS venfion adjourned until Thursday &
IL o'clock A. M.