New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-19

Ibl JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
Fsglsl JOURNAL or THE ClTY0F NEW ORLEANS
DEBATES OF THE SENATE.
MONDAY, March Z, lSIO.

MONDAY, March 7, 1870.
The Senate met at twelve o'clock H., in
,rcordance with the proclamation OF the
Governor, calling an extra eessloh OF ten
days. and the proclamation was read:
Preliminary business, pertaining 10 lue
organization of the Senate having been dis
nneed of (see journal OF the Senate)-
Senate Bill No. 5 (the Militia BID, was
taken M ION third readiDg), IL being one OF
the bills specified il the message OF the GOV
ernor to have precedence over other oUsl-
ness. so1,r
psss. ,-.--..a ..,..,
The bill was finally passed; yeas, il;
Hir. Campbell: move to fill the blank in
the title by the sum named IN the Dill
100000.
MIR. Wittgenstein: Can bill originate in
the Senate, appropriating SlO0,OOW L be
lieve the constitution requires that such
bills shall originate in the House.
Mr.. B!ackman: | rise to the point OF Or
der, that this being a separate session from
The last, and as the constitution requires
that every bill shall be read three several
times, it must have three readings al thls
session.
Mir. Lynch: l would ask the Senator if
he regards that as necessary Tor all OILS,
railroads as well as others Laughter
Mr.. BlaCkman: Yes, sir; the PRESIDENT
decided the point of order CT Senator
RIackman not wen taken, and that the
question raised by Senator WittSenstein
had been decided when the bill Was before
the Senate at the regular session.
The amendment to the title was made ana
the title adopted.
House bill No. 1872 Getty charter was
taken up and ordered printed.
Senate bill No. 209 (postponlng the city
election) was taken up on third reading.
Mr. Backman raised the same point OF
order on this bill as OIL Senate bill No. D,
but it was decided not well taken by the
President, and the bill passed without dis
cussion as to its merits yeas Is. nays 8.
Several other bills were passed without
debate. (See journal) ~,
Mr.. Wilcox called up House bill No. 32l,
of the file of 1862 on second reading, An act
for the relief Of william II. Hunt, Henry Z.
Dibble. and John B. Robinson"
Mr.. Ray: This bill provides compensation
for three attorneys who were employed by
the Governor, for the purpose OF defending
the one per cent tax. There were powerful
organizations of property holders Ito defeat
that law, and it was matter OF SO much
importance to defend the interests OF the
State, that the Governor employed the best
do not regard extravaganza A private con-
Germ, where there was one tenth or one for
tieth of the amount involved, would have
asked much larger fee. No attorney OF
reputation would have undertaken to sus-
tain that law for less fee. For that reason
I concurred in the bill as d member OF the
committee.
MIR. Bacon: Ny chief objection to the bill
is that it is setting a very bad precedent,
rI,n, ha of is m Attorney
General, presumed to have great ability, to
allow the Governor to employ additional
counsel. He has done so without any au-
thority whatever. AS TO the amount OF the
fee can not say whether it is extravagant
or not; but if it was necessary to have addl-
tional counsel in the case, one of those
gentlemen would have been ample, without
having all three.
Mr.. Foute: l desire to say, sir. that, from
what | have heard and seen III print, the
Attorney General does not seem to be as
strong as he ought to be in defending the
interests of the State. Hence it has be
come necessary tor the maintenance OF the
law to employ other counsel. That is a
misfortune which We can not now avoid,
and if these counsel have rendered serVices
which have proved successful 10 protecting
the interests of the State, they ought to be
paid forit
Mr.. Futch-I will offer an amendment
making it So 600 instead of SO, 900. | dis
cover from reading the constitution that the
Attorney General receives a salary OF So 600
year, and considering that 1t was the duty
of the Attorney General to attend to TINS
business, think the additional counsel en-
ployed on this one case can well afford to do
it for the amount received by the Attorney
General as a whole years salary.
The President-That $4,000 shas to be d.
yided between three.
Mr.. Futch-Very well; if there had been
forty it would be the same thing. 1pTesume
one could have done it as well as three; but
no matter how many were employed. it was
the business of the Attorney General, and
for that and other business OF the State he
receives but $1,000 a year.
Mr.. Packard: / second the amendment.
On motion of Mr.. Antoine the amendment
was laid on the table.
Mr.. Ray moved suspension of the rules
to put the bill on its third reading.
The rules were not suspended-yeas 10,
nays7.
THE bill passed without debate on SUBJ
sequent day.]
The President: will state to the Senate
that the Sergeant alarms informs me that
the Waterworks Company have suspended
our water here. We can't get water until
we pay the bill.
MIR. Blackman: We will have to instruct
them to draw our water. [Laughter.l
Mr.. FOute: Ii the waterwOrks of any Sen.
ator are out of order hope the Senate will
try and have them repaired.
Mr.. Wittgenstein: The President has re-
marked that the water has been shut OFT.
There is bill before the Senate that will
give US plenty of water-House bill No. 126.
Mr.. Ray: That has nothing to 90 with the
water, it is dredging bill.
Mr.. Wittgenstein: | move suspension OF
the rules to take up House bill No. 1875.
MIR. Backman: object, and call for the
yeas and nays.
The President: As we are not following
any rules to-day, the Chair is of the opinion
that it requires unanimous consent TO sus-
pend the rules.
Mr. Wittgenstein appealed from the de-
'cision OF the Chair. and the Chair was not
sustained-9 yeas, Is nays.
The rules were then suspended, l6 yeas to
2 nays, and House bill No. l26 was then
taken up.
Dir. Bacon: move, as an amendment to
the first section Of the bill, to strike out the
names of the incorporators, and insert the
roll of the Senate.
Mr. Packard: | move that the further
consideration Of this bill be postponed, and
that it be ordered printed.
The motion was adopted.
After the passage of several local bills
without debate, the Senate adjourned until
tuesday, March 8, at II NJ.
The Question of the Period-gho Wrote