New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-15

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49, committees that do the work OF ti>'a
o tho committee OH enrolment, the eou
n;t4ee on engrossed bills, and one sl SID :"
+he one now under consideration: ne oon
,,,;t.ees ouyht to be more equally dV'oea,
and not have everything thrust upon ono
onrnm;ttee. Let it bc arranged 80 thaS W.
nav ali do our duty. This bill would Ia
a tendency to detect whas a Tod
Tho lobby technically denoialhaeoo
~ :. snatas-. Such clause found It's way
INTO The revenue bill Of 1863, known as y"
namhlne clause. 1t was serious reHeE'-oi,
IN the Legislature that passed the OIL
1c.ire To state that there wlS reso1at'o''
;,+,oduceI in the Senate which Will retA
All bills or resolves on the t!lira Ie''AS
shall, be committed to committee 10 cor.
nare bills in their third reading, whose uuyy
It shall be to compare thelr IeI.s'i 80 ra-
the constitution and now exlstlh9 "a"
'.,-inr to the same subject matter" II re-
trollnaed E, resolution of this character; "
,ro,,1d he an insult to every member on siA-7
taor II seems to me this IL rather c1 an
arbitrary nature ! desire to introduce ms
resolution simply to protect the Speahel
when he signs bill that he may kho" 1n''s
Il is right Ny resolution only says ~
shall .se their duty to compare and verify
.Il bills coming into the House WITT tre
nri~i,,aI language Of the bill introduced"
Mr.. Murray, Of Orleans, thought that INC
hi was a grand insult. 1t had no pre-
cadan. There never was such q thing as "
committee appointed to investigate tho
bills OF the General Assembly. no
Speaker here read an eXtfa''. iioin'
CusIipg's MANUAL In tho second place,
onv Yoember of IA committee that IL not
>bie 10 draw up a resolution to present DE-
fore tbs body. ought to be driven ont OF :ne
legislature. That is what make OUT ot =:
committee of this sort might Keep b-d
ont for two sessions.
Mr. Mahoney, Of Plaquemines: tf.hh
myself that the bills heretofore have been
introduced without that committee. think
:ha. the General Assembly, which have
been elected by their constituents, by the-r
countrymen, come here to protect .te
people at large. without being brought III
de- bondage. If l introduce bill. nave
70 send it to three persons to see whether
know the English language, and they are
to be the Judges of it. 1t may lie three or
four days or two months before y comes
no. hope that bill viii 60 down.
Mr. Stamps, of Jefferson: l thirE The
discussion is altogether unnecessary.
move 70 lay the matter on the table, and
call tor the previous question.
On tie question being put, the reSoiut5cn
was tabled.
The Committee on Apportionment OF
Registration reported progress ant ASKED
leave 70 sit again.
Mr. Devices, of DeSoto: The committee
are i. error l furnished the chairman OF
the committee with the official census re-
turns. with the exception of four parishes.
NJ Worrall, of Jefferson: l have never
seen the returns spoken of.
Mr. Harper. Of st. Charles: l woulC Like
/. the committee would inform me an 70
what sor. Of information they Want, or
where that information will be obtained.
II understand the character of the report,
it Is quite probable that we shall Sit hero
u,.tl the first day Of March, waiting fo-
something. but l do not know wlac they
are waiting for. understand the report
has been received in regard to the n1lln'er
o: inhabitants. l would like tie cha.
,ns,. to inform me what reports o. Those
reports we are waiting for.
NJ. Worrau OF Jefferson: am truly SUI
l,rised al the imputations of this House oe
this subject. 1t is well known thar 1t he
close NJ the session day before yesterday /
asked t;o- the names of the committee to re.
them immediately ut work. l was not able
- get the names so as to call the committee
together until yesterday. Before had AZ
opportunity of giving them notice the House
got up very speedily and ad iourned. AL the
time tho committee have had has been
from the close OF the session yesterday uu:.
this morning. AS states in the report We
haze taken advantage of every tn NJ We
u.
accounts. al OF which differ materially from
each other on this point OF the census.
Certainly. Sir. ] am not in favor OF tastq
legislation. or forcing this House into tie
passage al an Illegal act. / ain satisfied.
sir. from Il careful reading Of the law. THAI
Il We proceed until We have the proper
returns from the proper officers, that We
shall. a committee, be sanctioniuc his
iiou-e IN hasyy legislation. We have seen
the Secretary of State and the gentleman
who SAYS he has given US these reports
We have received returns from the ;'n4tee
States Marshal and several other gen-le1uer.
and not one of them agree. We know noJ,
which IS right nor which is wrong. They
certainly can not all be right, and .hc pre-
sumption is that all are wrong The con-
1nittee have set their clerks, this morning W
work TO sec II they can get the official returns
trust there will he no attempt to force
this committee to 10 that which is absc-
lutelv wrong, but that time will be granted.
and have no doubt, eventually. tia. every
member will be ahundantly satisfied.
Mr.. brewster OF Ouachita: The law re-
qulres Us to make the apportionnent frctu
the returns OF 1870. They are not Yet com
pieted and consequently the matter stands
az II there was no such. (The Speaker hero
read an extract from the cunstitu.oU1
There is a general opinion prevailing tina.
no law can be passed until we have the Oft
cla4 ItlulnS tnlnk there Ia 4 little his
understanding. 1t requires us to make th,s
apportionlnent i'll the first session after thew
are completed. five can get the official re.
turns, then We can go on with our lcr:s,atio
The same as III any other session.
On motion the report was adopted.
Several bills were introduced. pas.et
through their first and second readings. and
referred to their appropriate committees.
On motion OF Mr. Lynch, of Ibcry;ile. The
House adjourned 1t l:30 P. NJ, 10 meet oU
Monday, at II NJ.
Remarks Of Hon. p. Jones Yorhe. O. Car
roll. on the Governors Veto MESSAGE
OF the Hississippi Valley Leyee Bill.
Ia consequence of several inaccuracies
~ re official report of Colonel Yorke's
spec Il on the above bill, the following q
P'"Ashed as being more nearly what the
honorable gentleman said on that occasion. !
Ahe House being on the considerations a.
ne royernor's message vctoinr tne Nissie.
slrP valley l.evee bill, Nr. Yorke. q, Car-
roil. spoke rs follows:
III. Speaker: The bill before .Ie House
!. nos :: new one. It Was reported LIST Sos,
flon from III" committee OF which Z yyaa
chairman, and Was exhaustiyeIy .3is~uSsed
"a Dom branches ot.thc Legislature aud ip
w" '.'''o press. Il went to it's passage b,
~ oyer" 4Ie'mlng majority in hotli bodies
-'t"s!E every ne" apspcr in the State a(lso-
''teo :, rs q measure Of great utility. ORC.
H'.Glc n the Louis Vile Commercial Cor
''th'!"l. one OF the most intellioen+. assopo
~ business men ever convened Il this
so'HtfE, 'hc pre- cat was espou.cd lv this