New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-22
DEBATEs OF TUE SENATE.
FRIDAY, February 25, 1877

FRIDAY, February %, 1870.
Senate bill No. 5-the militia bill, being
under consideration.
Mr. Pinchback: move to take up the
bill, section by section.
Section one was read, and Mr.. Ray
moved its adoption.
Mr.. Blackman: move to strike out the
words mot DISTINGUISHED.
Mr.. Ray: move to lay that motion on
the table.
Mr.. Blackman: Very well, just as you
please.
The President: hope before another
year there will be none Of rs dlsfran-
chised ! have heard DO second to the
motion to strike ont.
Sections two and three were adopted
and section four read.
Mr.. Ray: / move to fill the blank with
the word assessor. The amendment was
adopted, and the motion as amended was
adopted. Section 5 was read several
amendments offered by Mr.. Campbell, were
adopted.
Mr.. Ray: move to ELL the blank in
line--with the word five.
Mr.. Futcb: | move, as a substitute, 10
incert lone cent
Mr.. Ray: In the parish Ouachita, where
we have twenty-five hundred voters, zone
cent woald be only TWENTY-FIVE dollars.
Mr.. Futch withdrew his substitute.
Mr.. Lynch: It seems to me one cent.is
sufficient. This assessor at the same time
is making his assessment OF the. youth Of
the school age
Mr.. Ray: This is required to be done in
thirty days. 1t is separate business.
The other enumeration has to be done by
itself. Take the number of voters in your
parish, and you will see at once that it
could not be done for one cent. In the
parish of Ouachita we have about twenty
five hundred, and Of that number perhaps
one-third would not be liable to military
duty.
MI. Fuich: 1t will be remembered that
this duty is to be performed by the Asses
sor, who already has profitable Office.
He can well afford to do this for a nominal
sum.
Mr.. Ray: must decidedly oppose the
one cent arrangement, because I want
this to be an efficient lsw, and five fix II
at price that no one will do il, the law
will not be effective.
Mr.. Futch: Make it the duy OF the
assessor.
Mr.. Ray: We can not compel him to DO
it. If you fix it at one per cent il can not
be done, and the object of the law will be
defeated. l think five cents is not too
much, when we require it to be done in
thirty days, and it will be at time when
the Assessor is not performing his other
duties. In the country parishes it will not
be, on an average, more than hundred
dollars. If it did not, very few persons
would give their attention to it unless it
was made obligatory. / therefore move to
lay the substitute Of Mr.. Futch on the
table.
Tabled
Mr.. Day: / move as substitute to in
sert three cents.
Adopted.
Section six was adopted, and section
seven read.
Mr.. Blackman: Does that section provide
that the Governor shall proceed to organ
ize the militia Immediately?
TIE President: Immediately on the pas
sage Of this act.
Mr.. Hackm4n: Having read The section.
/ dosnot see the necessity of putting in the
word Immediately. ] see no state of affairs
existing in the State that requires the i'm
mediate organization OF the militia; We are
certainly not to be invaded by q foreign
power-there is no armed resistance to the
laws. l can, see no necessity for
the Governors Immediately proceed
ing to organize FIVE regiments
of infantry and three various companies
of cavalry and infantry. If this is simply
to provide militia law. such as exists in
every well regulated State, that they called
out in cases of emergency. shall be under
the direction of the Governor and shall
only be armed and equipped when neces-
sary, / should have no objection; but
see no necessity for this militia being Or
gained Immediately. interfering with the
pursuits and avocations of men, and in
terfering with the agricultural interests of
the State. Hope the word Immediately"
will be striker out.
Mr.. Antoine: It does not follow that
because it reads in th at way the Governor
will call them out, except in cases of
emergency.
Mr.. Blackman: If the word "immedi-
ately" Is left in there, he is bound to or
ganize the militia at once, or disobey the
law. ] move the word be stricken out.
Mr.. Campbell: think the gentleman is
frightened at nothing 1t only provides
that they shall be organized. There is
nothing providing for the arming, equip
ping or calling them out immediately.
We might as well not pass the law as not
organize some regiments. It is what every
State does that has militia law at all. |
move to lay the motion to strike ont on
the table.
Mr.. Blackman; Upon that !. call for
the yeas and nays.
The vote being tie, thirteen and thir-
teen, the President voted aye" SO the
motion to strike out was laid on the
table
The section was adopted as amended
and the sections to number seven inclu-
sive adopted.
Section eight was read.
Mr.. Fu.ch move to amend the section
by striking out the word Immediately"
and insert whenever ne shall deem it
necessary"
Mr.. Monette: move to lay the amend
ment on the table
The Senate refused to lay tine amend
ment on the table-yeas II, nays Is.
Mr.. aFutch's amendment was then
adopted.
Section eight was adopted as amended.
Sections nine and ten were similarly
amended and adopted.
Section eleven was read.
Mr.. Campbell: move to fl the blank
by inserting the words Zone dollar and
rations."
Mr.. Day: What are rations?
Mr. Campbell: They are fixed, accord
ing to the army regulations of the United
States.
Mr.. Ogden: The amount is more than