New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-11

| country members have to pay eXorOltant
prices, and if we are a little dark-hued we
have to pay full price and 60 away in some
dark corner or up at the root. We do not
propose to leave this matter to the city
delegation. For self-protection, for the pro-
| lection of the country members, we must
sustain this section. We are determined by
these means to get back to the State, and
as it comes back to the State we will get
some of it, some Of these ill-gotten gains.
On motion, the committee rose and re-
ported progress.
[Speaker Carr in the chair.
Mr.. Davidson, OF Livingston: This is an
| act to provide for the revenue of the State.
1t is very extraordinary that gentlemen are
here. who ask for a hundred thousand dol
lars for the improvement of their parishes,
their watercourses, and other internal i'm
provements, and get up and object to the
raising OF the money to meet these internal
| appropriations. How are they to have ap-
preparations made How can the Governor
sign bills when there is no money to pay
! them How ia it to he done am aston
ished am really grieved to see this thing.
Last night there was an appropriation made
of one hundred thousand dollars, and it
was remarked that the State was poor. We
know the State is poor, and the only rea-
son, the strongest reason why this bill
| should pass is that you have appropriated
money for internal improvements; and how
can you expect anybody to credit you if
you refuse to raise the money to pay for
neutrality-suspicious. l hope the House
! will take this into consideration at once
and adopt the report OF the committee.
The bill was finally passed.
Mr.. Faulkner, chairman OF special
committee to examine the condition o. the
| New Canal Of New Orleans, offered /! re
port which was read.
! Mr. Huston, OF East Feliciana: This canal
lacks in width and depth. and as 4 member
Of the committee on canals
| Mr.. Faulkner. Of Caldwell: ! call the
gentleman to order. The journal shows the
| gentleman is not member of the special
| committee.
Mr.. Huston, of East Feliciana: ] am on
| the standing Committee on Canals and
| Drainage. ! was one of the gentlemen
| who visited that canal. and found that in
no particular have they complied with their
| charter. In measuring. We found that
| from the mouth Of the canal up to the first
bridge it averages five feet less than called
for by the charter. The number Of bat
turs are less by six than the number re-
quired by the charter.
| Mr.. Carr. OF De Soto: 1t will be seen by
| reading that report that this committee
state that these men have complied with
their contract that they have made a canal
| SO many feet wide. so many feet deep
| Now everyone that rides on the shell road
knows better They know the road Is not
in order in the first place. and that the
canal company have never complied with
their charter in width and depth That re-
port, if adopted, will confirm them in their
charter. and will say that they have com
piled with the charter. We all know bet
ter. We don't want any OF that here. We
| know who owns this contract, and how 1t
was obtained: and we know that the State
has been swindled. BY their original con
tract they would have to pay SO much
money every year into the State treasury.
What did they do atterward They came
back to the Legislature and said in consid-
Grafton of our doing so and so this money
shall not he paid into the State treasury.
but will go into our pockets. They have
never complied with their charter. They
have never attempted TO do il. They tax
the trade coming in AT the rear Of the city
| seventy five cents ton, and this committee
say they have complied with their contract.
| l. sir. say that no committee report will
put me down on record in this way. We
all know whose canal it is. Ii is Dick Tay-
lor's canal | move TO lay the report on the
table.
Mr.. Faulkner. of Caldwell: | pronounce
the statement false. | tell you. il the gen
tlemen from Massachusetts or Maine come
| here. nothing is said of their contracts: but
when bona fide" citizens are involved.
they raise clamor. | tell them they are
false. Here, anywhere or elsewhere, want
to he heard and ! ask the gentleman to
withdraw lis motion.
Mr.. Huston. of East Feiiciana II make
any statements, am responsible for them.
The motion of the gentleman from
De SOTO Mr. Carl not being withdrawn.
the gentleman from Caldwell Mr.. Faux
ner] obtained the consent OF the House 70
make few remarks. He said
| desire, now that | can indulge in the
privilege of speaking. 10 make a lew re
marks |. myself. as chairman of this com
mittee, did not have an opportunity OF
visiting the canal. but ! sent two honorable
members OF this House who were with Ele
on the committee. ! was on three or four
committees and did not have the time TO
spare. l desired. if possible, TO have done So.
sent two gentlemen, honorable members
of this House. They examined tie new
canal, determined the width and depth.
and | say, Mr. Speaker, when this House
by its action appoints special committee
| 90 do and perform q special work, | would
like to know what parliamentary precedent
would Justify standing committee neglect
ing its own business, and slipping over to
| interfere with the operations of special
committee. We hear it stated by members
on this floor that they went to examine this
canal. Who authorized them to 90, They
have their particular duty they have their
particular province. Bat what standing
committee has right to go ard obtruie
itself within the sphere Of a special com
mittee9 Do yoH he&r that This special
committee simply went forward 20 Goits
\ duty under the power conferred upon It,
and the facts embodied in that report
are the results of their investigation.
Now then, | must 90 a little further. 1t
occurs to me, at least can not help having
the impression. that if that canal lad been
! under the control of some adventures from
Maine, Massachusetts or Connecticut. in
stead of poor Dick Taylor or some other OF
our old citizens who have been broken up by
| the ravageS of war. we could not have Eta!'!
of this opposition ! would Ike TO know
why this feeling manifests itself on this
floor and elsewhere whenever ar old citizen
comes up Answer me that question. |
say this thing shows itself o-ten and de
prccate it.
Mr.. Gaddis, Of Orleans rise 70 a point
of order. would like 10 ask the gentle
man a question. thought you rose on tue
floor to give an idea about cana!
Mr. Faulkner, of Caldwell: simply have
this to say. that when YOU put the saddle ON
a sore back the horse begins to finch.
simply wish to state, for the information OF
the House that this special committee went
forward to discharge its duty dndcr the
powers conferred upon il, and they made a
report accor1in. to the facts exhibited IL
the members when they examined the work
Now, then, simply because these parties
may or may not have done ail-tla report
does not say they have done all. hut It inli-
Gates that they have done as muck as thcy
could under the circumstances; il don't rec
ommeDd this or that, bat SimTlv states