New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-02
DEBATES OF THE SENATE.
SATURDAY, February Is, 1871.

lIr. Lynch. from the finance committee.
reported back, without action, House bill
No. LAG, appropria!inS two hundred and
fOrty-six thousand dollars.
Mr. Lynch said: There is an impression
that the finance committee have been keep
ing back this bill unnecessarily. IL was
delayed in order TO prepare different plan
OF .iisposing OF the appropriation than had
been pursued with the last; but the COM
mittee found it would occupy more time
than they expected 10 prepare this plan.
The pressure on them was great, ard rhey
consequently reported back the bill with
one slight amendments: the insertion OF the
words Ito the credit of the general fund
The committee do not recommend the bill:
they simply report 1t back. move the
adoption Of the amendment.
NJ. Twitchell feared the effect ~ the
amendment would lie that all the other
outstanding warrants would get i'll ahead.
Mr.. Lynch explained that the object oi
the committee was simply to prevent the
Use of school money. Although this was
an appropriation ont OF the general fund, 1t
was an appropriation for specific purpose.
He suggested that to the words 10 the
credit Of the general fund" in the amend
ment should be added, mot otherwise
= appropriated"
FIR. Fish: Then every outstanding war
ran. in the State will come out of it.
Mr.. Lynch: No, because they de no;
registered. and these are registered.
Mr.. Todd rose to "a point OF ordci. There
was 40 motion before the honse:
The President: Yes, sir, a emotion to a,!op.
the amendment.
Mr.. Todd moved the recOmlnitment OF the
bill to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Lynch: | hope ii will be referred 20
some other committee.
Mr.. Lewis: | shall certainly oppose the
rccommitment. Ii the committee las not
made proper amendments | think the
amendments may Just rs well be inserted
here today by the Senate itself. know
the postponement OF this bill operates to the
injury of some members and employees OF
this Senate, and also operates I" the benefit
of some of its members. l know that the
pages serving on my committees are sc ling
their warrants at Il discount while some
fortunate persous who are also members OF
the Senate, are buying them. | think II
wrong that the final passage Of this bill
should he postponed from day to day Ill
order that members may buy up the war
rants of pages and others who are COLL
PEELED by the necessities OF themselves and
their families to sell them at Il discount to
persons who know that the bill will be
IL shape before the Senate adjonrns.
Mr.. Ray moved to lay the motion to re-
commit Oh tie table.
Carried.
The biz as amended was then finally
passed.
DRAIN tGE OF NEW ORIkANS.
Mr.. HunSaker desired to call mp the sub
s.i.Gtt bill for the drainage OF the city of
New Orleans by the Mexican Gulf Cana!
| Company.
The assistant Secretary said the bill had
| only been reported that morning.
| Mr. Blackman objected to Il bill being
eall,d up which was no: printed.
| Mr.. IiunsuEcr: | will give you an opp0r-
| tunitv OF prin.:n. il if you want to do so,
l mercy cali it up for the purpose Of
| NJ. fiackman: OF passing IL.
Mr. ii;lnsaker: No, of discussing it.
Mr.. Blackman: l object to the discussion
| Of an imprinted hill i'll this hasty way.
on motion OF. Mr. Hunsakcr. seconded
| by Mr.. Camobcll. the rules Were suspended
| and the bill pat 10 :. first and second read
! ing.
Mr.. pirchbani. called for executive scs-
| SION and the call being seconded. the lob
bites were cleared
Tie Senate rising from executive session.
res lmed the consideration OF tn" substitute
| iur drainage bill, which was finally passed.
and Z; motion 70 reconsider TIE s;:ulc was
tailed.
| S.I.iEL .;iiTT * cos EtNN.
Mr.. Ray called up Senate bill No. 202. in
cooperating Nessr>. Samuel Smith n Co. 5
Bank.
Mr. Ssh moved 20 make the duration OF
TIE charter twenty-five years, instead OF
| iit.v wears.
Iir. Ray Suggested, that for a permanent
! bank Tie longer the charter was The better.
! This was IN incorporation Tor merely ordl-
! nary banking purposes.
Mr. Fish: l. there 20 section requiring
! Iornsi+S IN ". made IN thiS haui,
Mr. Ray: 80, sir. The compulsory sec
| tons have all been stricken out.
Mr. Fish Withdrew his amendment.
On motion OF Mr.. Ray, the bill Was made
the special order OF the day tor Monday
next at onc y clock.
! tate HOUSE.
Mr.. Ray called up House bill No. 2l0,
commonly known as the State House bill.
The rules were suspended, and the bill
was placed on its first reading.
Pending tie consideration of the bill the
ORDER or TiIE p,r
Was called for.
The Assistant Secretary said tlc first
business on tie list was Senate "iii 80. g.
reor.anizing the state Land Office.
Mr.. Smith: For heavens sake let us have
fine printing biz. There has been so much
| s.hallooing" aboU: il, let rs have 1t up
| There has been a great zeal OF huncomht
on this question Men have taken occasion
TO blow off ali their supertuous gas which
| they have gathered up during the Whole
wear about this printing hill-this enormous
bill-tLis infamous bill-and they have even
had the audaci.y to set up ard challenge
The votes Of members on this floor because
folSooth. they happen to publish litfl'
| picayune paper up in the country some
| where. Even myself, l was one Of those
| who had my name mentioned last night. ant
, for that reason mean to have something t
say about i. Ny vote was challenged. and
why because forty miles Irom here | hap
pen to publish
Mr.. Campbell rose to a point of order
The land bill and not the printing bill wa
the first on the calendar.
The President, pro TEN Mr. Coupland
after some technical discussion, ruled tina
the printing bill lad the call.
TEE PRINTING ELL.
Mr.. Smith resumed: l ain sorry hav
been interrupted. ! am more accust me,
to writing than to speaking; but when IN
press Of Louisiana has been assailed as
has been on this question, deem it my dut
as their legitimate representative. to hv
something TO say. As l said before, thcr
has been a great deal of buncOmbe got OFT %
this bill. Men have been getting up steal
and expending their fuel for the last yc;,
and letting it of on this bill. They hav
taken occasion to denounce this terrible
this Infamous printing bll--ths monstrous
this terrible burden, chat is crushing the pee
pie of Louisiana to the earth AS if there wa
never anything of this kind known before 1
Louisiana. AS if in all the past this poo
f misused Louisiana had never had a Legisls
ture which passed a bill that was not d
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