New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-31
DEBATES OF THE SENATE.

DEBATES OF THE SENATE.
| TUESDAY, March s, 1870.
MIR. Pinchback: Mr.. President. desire
to introduce a resolution to fac litate bust
ness. At the close of last session a rule
was adopted to call the roll, and give each
Senator the right, as his name was called
to call up bill from the calendar and
think it wilt be desirable to adopt the
same resolution now.
Mr.. Lynch: Mr.. President, I rise to q
point of order. would inquire whether
there is not resolution pending now?
MIR. Pinchback: Well, have asked for q
suspension of the rules to introduce this
even it there was resolution pending. ii
| would not come up until after the morn.
ing business.
Mr.. Packark: I move to make the hour
| one o'clock.
Mr.. Pinchback: My object is simply to
give US a chance to do some business, SO
as not to have the rules suspended every
ten minutes for the Introduction of peti.
tons, memorials, bills and everything else.
Mr. Packard: A resolution has already
been adopted to allow Senators to intro.
duce bills.
Mr.. Bacon: Mr.. President, would sug.
gest an amendment.
MIR. Pinchback: l don't care how you
amend the resolution; all I want is to
adopt some system that will be fair and
equitable, and giving every Senator a
chance. Now I can get up as quick as
anybody to get the floor, but do not de-
sire to have that advantage. want to ex-
pedite business and don't care what
shape you put it in.
Mr.. Packard: suggest to have it take
effect at one o'clock.
Mr.. Bacon: would suggest that we
should not adopt any rule which amounts
to suspension of the rules; as each Sem
ator's name is called he should have a
right to have the floor in order to take up
any bill on the calendar, but it will not do
to grant him suspension of the rules for
that.
Mr.. Pinchback: Then offer your amend.
ment.
Mr.. Campbell: Mr.. President, [ would
inquire whether this will not conflict with
the bills mentioned in the Governor
proclamation?
Mr.. Pinchback: | suppose they will be
''orders of the day and acted upon as
such.
Mr.. Futch: Then it should not be fixed
at one o'clock, for that is the hour for the
order of the day.
The President: We have already adopted
our rules, and this resolution proposes to
set aside portion of these rules, for,
after receiving reports of committees, the
first thing in order is notices of bills bills
according to previous notice, Joint resolu-
onki "a 1r1p
Mr.. Pinchback: Mr.. President, the Sem
ators will observe that this is a very fair rule
that propose; it is certainly not for my
own benefit, because [ can get up as quick
as anybody, and business will be con-
Quoted with much more fairness if we
adopt some such system. There seems to
be some difference of opinion as to when
the resolution ought to 60 into effect; my
idea was to give the committees time to
report first.
The President: But then you would cut
off the privilege of acting on these re-
ports.
MIR. Pinchback: One of the Senator'S
suggests that it 90 into effect at the hour
of the order of the day.
MIR. Bacon: This is what propose as an
amendment.
MIR. Packard: That 1 think would oper-
ate very badly.
MIR. Wilcox: Mr.. President I believe
that the best way is to take up the calendar
just as it ia, and bring up every bill and
let it be disposed of as the majority may
desire. We tried this system of allowing
each Senator to call up bill and never
made anything by it, so think it is better
Just to take up the calendar.
Mr.. Pinchback: l withdraw the resolu-
ton.
MIR. Wilcox: Mr. President, ask a sus.
pension of the rules for the purpose of in
Producing bill (Mr. Blackman's billy
The rules were suspended, and the bill,
being an act to incorporate the Alexandria,
Homer and Fulton Railroad Company,
was read.
MIR. Wilcox: ask further suspension
of the rules to put the bill on its second
reading, with view to its reference.
Mr.. Blackman: No, not with view to
reference.
Mr.. Pinchback: If it is not with view
to reference 1 shall object.
The rules were suspended.
MIR. Blackman: MIR. President, before
the bill is read, will state what it is. 1t
is simply an act of incorporation to run a
railroad through the northern part of the
State. 1t grants no State aid whatever,
except the Endorsement of the second
mortgage bonds. 1t is copy almost of
the original Chattanooga bill as passed in
1869. 1t gives no privileges whatever, ex-
cept the right of way over the public
lands that the State owns.
MIR. Pinchback: MIR. President, do not
know anything about the bill; l move
that it be printed.
Mr.. Blackman: That would be killing it;
call for the reading of it.
The Secretary commenced reading the
bill.
Mr.. Pinchback: 1 call for the order of
the day.
Mr.. Todd Tin the chair: There is no
order Of the day.
Mr.. P.nchback: Yes the school bill.
The Secretary: That is still in the hands
of the printer.
Mr.. Z lckard: move that the order of
the day be postponed till half-past one
O'Clock.
This motion was adopted, aud the Sec
rotary finished reading the bill.
Mr.. Wilcox: Mr. President, | move that
The bill be considered engrossed.
Mr.. Pinchback: Not quite so fast. Mr.
President I rise to move to refer it to the
Committee on Railroads. 1t il long bill.
The reading OF it by the Secretary took
of an hour. tiled to listen
to it, but it was impossible for me to un-