New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-04

Raymond, Rey, slaton, Smith, sterrett,
washington, Wren, Wilson,. VIM, G. vii.
liams, zOelly-43.
The motion to suspend the rules was lost.
RESOLUTIONS. .....
MIR. Brewster, of Ouachita, offered the
following resolution, which. lies over under
the rules:
RESOLVED, That from and after the fourth
Of August the Sergeantat-Arms be and is
hereby instructed not to admit any person
within the lobby or this hall except State
olhcers, members of the Senate and House
OF Representatives, without the written con.
sent OF one or more members Of this House.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
MIR. Rey, of Orleans, chsirman of the
Committee on Education, submitted the
following majority report, which was re.
ceived and accepted, and the bill therein
recommended, under a suspension of the
rules, was placed on its first and second
readings by title, and 200 copies ordered to
be printed:
COMMITTEE ROOM,
House OF Representatives. !
To he Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of Representatives:
The Committee on Education beg leave to
report the following:
Act entitled an act to regulate public
education in the State OF Louisiana.
our committee ask the suspension Of the
Il,ItoSt tP ~ ,e"t 'mICe W us IlIe anu
and fifty (250) copies thereof be printed for
the use of the members of the House, and
that 1t be referred back TO the committee
for further consideration.
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Mr. Carr, OF Orleans, chairman of the
Committee on Elections and Qualifications
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MAJORITY REPORT.
To the Speaker and Members of the House of Rem
resentat.ves of the State OF louisiana:
The undersigned, members of the Com.
mittee on Elections and Qualifications Of
Nem6 Gers respectfully repoTtas follows:
We have examined with much care and
study the case of Messrs. Heidenheim and
Hail. contesting the election of Megsrs
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House from the Fourth Representative Dis
trict of the city of New Orleans and have
come to the following conclusions, which
they believe are clearly borne out by law
and evidence:
That gross and most ortro,oo,,s r.s,,Is
were pernetrafed in tbe sei5 I+ony1b Parra'
sentative District mi ,f which yot-a coll,I
iated Ia ininr,. tba muse ~ tha ,ostaC,s
Heid.nbai3, gnd TuIl ana - -. ~, 70
0roclaimed rlsc,ion IF Zecbarie and Siri,,d,,
er uuiI1st and tI.eu,l ma Observation-Disclosures
Q That 1arrtS nnD,be, oc
colored voters were deDrivea 0f
thcir inst rigbts as AInaricg, I,ttzsTs oNd
voters in almost every instonce tblir Ir
registration papersD were uniustly taken
from them by PARTISAN c0rnnlisslen9rs and
tho voters themselves were sant ID nrieon
and kent until the election was over ana
there was an utter impossibiiitv Of tbeiT
making anv furtbsr eiTorts t aeyoiya thoii.
rights Of suffrage. The evidanca shows tbat
yery many Of them were kent In iSii nnt'i .'i
the Tuesday after Tie election when tbev
were released unier vary cnrions cirrl,Ty,
stancas nv Recorder C4stineI ,rbo ,ras ~.
self o candidate for reelection. and nro5tad
by their deprivation Of their snffraoe
3. Tic Board of Reaistrars comnosed of
AIessrs, S. b. packard chairman NJ TTn5ar
wood, ]. II. Ipgrabam. s, B. Harris " las.
per Blackburn, O. III. Hempstead' and q.
III. WlCkliffe. appointed by tie late Consti.
tuaonal Convention. i'm their rnnort to tho
Legislature. saw;
Theprotest ofHeprv Heidenhnim and Jarl.v
Hall against Charles Strir ger and +, q
Zacharie. who were d-1Iar j elected from
the Fourth Roprrsentltivg Dlsu ict of the
city of New Orleans, claims the All ntion of
your honorable body.
''rhe Board is satisfied from their invcsti,
cations that the amount Of Frauds in that
district was sufficiently great 80 7itiate tue the