The Louisianian., 1871-03-05


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A resolution concerning John Cheevers and
r. Beauw,is, District Attorney and District
Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, and ask
ing the appointment Of committee of the SEN
ate, etc ,..
Mr.. O'Hara moved to reconsider the vote by
which the resolution to increase the Committee
on Elections to seven was adopted.
Dir. Pinchback raised the point of order that
the motion to reconsider could not be entertained,
in.l.lnlci, as the members OF the committee had
been appointed by the Chair, and virtually the
purposes of the resolution had been accomplish
cd and ended, and was no longer within reach
of the Senate, ...
The Chair overruled the point of order.
Mr. Backman called FOR the order of the day.
Mr. Campbell moved to suspend the order Of
the day for twenty minutes. 10 --fr.l.. .....
On call of the yeas and nays the order of the
day was suspended by the following vote:
Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Butler,
Campbell, Daigle. Futch, Gallup. Harris, Hun
saker, jerks, Lynch, Noland, O'Hara, Pierce,
Ragan. Swords. Sypher, Todd, Twitchell Whit
| ney Wilcox-22. =, .. .... .,.,... .....r . e..
Nays: Blackman, Bowman, Coupland, Fish.
Kelso, Pinchback, Ray. Saith, Thomas, Thomp-
son--10 -.. tF
Mr.. Smith moved to lay the motion to
postpone on the table -' ',
On call of the yeas and nays the
Senate refused to lay the motion on the
table by the following vote: e., ...~t
Yeas: Antoine, Blackman, Couplnnd,
Daigle, Fish, Futch, Gallup, Kelso
Pinchback, Ray, Smith, Thomas, Thomp-
son-12.
Nays: Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, jerks,
Lynch, Noland, O'Hara, Pierce, Ragan,
Swords, Sypher, Todd, Twitchel, Whit
ney, Wilcox-19. I" %
Mr.. Campbell called for the previous
question ON the motion to reconsider.
! The main question was ordered, and on
call of the yeas and nays the motion to
reconsider was adopted by the following
vote: ..r ...,
Yeas: Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, jerks,
Lynch, Noland, O'Hara, Pierce, Ragan,
Swords, Sypher, Todd, Twitchell, Whit
ney, WIlcox-2O. .a.-.a
Nays: Antoine Nackman, Coupland
Daigle, Fish, Futch, Kelso, Pinchhack
Ray, Smith, Thomas, Thompson-12.
Mr.. Campbell moved that. the resolu-
ton now reconsidered be laid on the IT,
BILE. .,--
Mr.. Pinchback called for an executive
session, which was duly seconded.
The President ordered the lobbies t
{ be cleared. ..-
The executive session having been
raised, Mr. Cambpcll called for the pre-.
yious question on his motion to lay the
resolution then recorsidercd ON the table
Main question was ordered, and Oh cnl
! of the yeas and nays the resolution wa!
laid on The table by the following vote:
o Yeas: Anderson, Barber, Dlackman
Bowman, Butler, Campbell, Daigle, Gal
! lup, Harris, Hunsaksr, Lngraham, jerks
{ Lynch, holland, O'Hara, Pierce, Ragan
Swords, Syphcr, Todd, Twitchell, vii
cox-22.
Nays: Antoine, Coupland, Fish, Futch
Kelso, Pinchback, Ray, Smith, Thomas
4 Thompson-10. a
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The unfinished business of yesterda
e was taken up, it being the substitute 70
o Senate bill No. 33, to be entitled an &C
reorganizing the police juries of thi
State, making the parish judges member
y and perform the duties Of presiden
- - thereof, prescribing the number thereo
and the mode of election, and fixing th
duties and compensation, and maxim
t. clerks of the district courts in each pal
'p ish clerks of the police juries, and pre-
=. v:ding how their compensation shall b
fixed
Nr. Lynch offered the following amend
by ment to section first of the bill:
ts Strike out of line FIVE the wortls go
.s ss the first Monday of May next" and ii
sert the words ''there shall be appointe
by the Governor, by and with the advic
n and consent of the Senate, three polio
he jurors, who shall hold their Offices unit
'' the next general election and until the