New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-09
nFHxTEs IN THE SENATE.
THURSDAY, February i, 1870.
ICONTINCED.

l"CONTISCED.
The Chattanooga Railroad bin being IN
der CouslGeIatI"n-
Mr.. Bacon: 1 think Senator Campbell had
the the floor properly upon the motion 10
takeup the bill section By se,'l1n.
The President: Tia: motion has b unce-
Mr.. Bacon: The Chsir improperly put
the question while Ar. Campbell had tie
floor.
The President: Well, 1t is carried nov.
II the Senator wishes 10 IupeacA the CHAR,
wish no wonll for 70 hight.
Mr.. R4y: ] ask whether Senator Camp.
bell had til" floor
The President He has not it properly
| until the sectiGn IS read.
mr. Ray: That is what supposed. /
believe The motion TO adjourn Is II
| order. This bill will then be the
| unfinished business when the Senate
meets again. Inay have some suggestions
to make. / DO not intend TO act ~ttCjlously
upon il. hone the Senate will not SO on
with 1t tonight.
The President: The Chair did not hear q
second to the motion TO adjourn
Mr.. Campbell: How can you put a motion
| from any other person than myself when
have the floor?
The President: The Chair did recognize
Won as having the floor, but there was 10th
| ing to have the floor on. If you had waited
for the section to be read you could nave
had the floor then properly.
Mr.. Campbell: Begging pardon OF the
| Chair. | claimed tbe floor Immediately on If
announcement thai the motion 10 table the
| motioa to refer was carried. While | had
the floor Il motion Was maize 10 take 1t up,
section by section.
The President: And Just as soon So thai
| motion Was decided yOu lost the ilOOr.
Mr.. Campbell Il could not have beer
put while [ had the floor.
The President: lido not understand 1t so
You seconded TIE motion. and the chain
understood the previous question to be
| CaNtd. The motion EoW ls to adjourn.
Motion 10 adjourn lost twelve yeas
twenty one nays.
Mr.. Campbell: MI. President
MIR. Coup and What is the question
now?
The President: Senator Campbell has
the floor. Isupp3se ne viii state. lunder-
| stand there is d notion 10 take the bill VI
| section by section.
The motion to take up the bill, section by
| section, WAS adopted.
Section one was read as Tar as the END o
| the first clause.
Mr.. Blackman: / now Ove
Mr.. Lynch: I insist on his going nc
| further. until the section is through with.
The Secretary read the remainder OF tht
| section.
BIZ. Blackman: l rise to a point Of order
The section has been already read. 1t says
"And be it further enacted. y I move tc
| strike out the first eectiOn Of the bill down
to the wo ds, And b. it further enacted.
No second.
Mr.. Lynch: I moye to amend by.
The amendment OF Mr. Lynch was
adopted.
Mr.. ogden: I moye to adopt the section
as amended.
Mr.. Bacon: I rise 20 move to strike on
the residue Of this section, and now, sir,
wish to give my reasons for this.
MIR. O'HaIa: The gentleman having made
his motion must take his sat.
The President: # he makes p motion II
strike out he may give his reasons for 1t.
Mr.. Bacon: | wanted 70 speak to the gen
eral merits of the bill, but being unable t.
get the floor | have waited for il to be takel
up section By section, thinking might hav'
a better chance WDen we anne to c0nslde'
the several sections. l shall confne my
self, however, to the sebject matter imme
diately before as. and if L become discursiv'
| trust | shall not take any great amount o
time.
Mr.. Blackmsn: Bacon, you have 10 RICH
to speak; you are going to oppose the bill
Laughter.)
MI. Bacon: shall not speak at all if yol
keep i%nterrnpting ne. This first paragraph
is one which proposes to direct the carrying
out of certain ordinances of the city Of New
Orleans. 1t has been made my duty t.
track up all these matters connected witt
our railroad business for a long time.
know a good deal about it. I have heart
gentlemen making statements here oracu
larly in regard TO things as to which the.
know nothing, as to the progress OF affair
and the action of individuals which they hav'
heard from persons interested in these mat