New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-29

tne people sass elected nun. newssh g
Tie rules vere not suspended 49,. ~ :
| s'4't PAngsH OF WEBSTER. 8 irssl III (.
Mr. Antoine called up House bin No. 81
creating the. parish ofWebeter., a-ssi5I
Mr.. Thomke moved to- refer the bill to The
Committee on Parishes and Parish Bound
Mr. Thonas offered the following amend-
ment: 81 i -e -si Al siy@ 81 aet Sic
THAT it be left to . vote of the people IN
the territory in Booster parish Immediately
lntereeted3 to determine whether Or n0e they
are willing 70 become Incorporated In the
proposed parish Of Webster; that the Sd
peryisor Of Registration of Bossier parieh
ShaA proceed. On the first Monday Of My,
after proper notice, to hold said election, To
new parish, slall be paid BY the parish Of
Booster, and if in favor of the new parish,
shall g Paid BY the parish Of Webster when
Laid on the table. "a.
The bill was considered engrOesed. >sGHo
Mr.. Ray moved that the bill do finally
PsSs' d, 81, -Iifr 3.
Mr.. Thomas: This thing appears to
have b en- cut and dried beforehand. It
has been showed through like some Of eur
previous Creased .lesislstion. New would
like to know what win become Of tho bar.
ish Of Bossier when you have cut Of 3 few
more pieces of it. l have already given .
portion Of it to 6enat0r Twitehel and =
portion Of II to somebody else, and I would
like to know whore will be when the mar.
ish is gone. tits a;subjectr Of curiosity 10
me TO, ascertain who IL advocating this
bill from that parish. Memorial after me-
their objections in detail to the division 6f
the parish, and no attention has been paid
tothen, They have already entered Int;
contracts and levied tax for the ,parpOae
Of paying expenses already incurred and
now . portion OF the property Is taken
away from them. | have offered
an amendment providing that =, the
p SSssser OF saG nos their see ps.h sS. S a
membered, and it has been voted down ky
the Senate, although if the Senate had
shown any regard tor the wishes Of the
people in this instanc4' .it would be the first
time in its history. Who il the, instigator
of this measured and from whence come the
influences which have evidently been
brought to bear? Who Ia it that comes
here to the Legislature and asks it TO cut
bills am afraid that this is scheme 10
subserve personal ends, and am compelled
to denounce it Is such in the name Of the
people Of the section interested They arc
compelled to leave theiF own parish and ri
among new and almost strange people In .
new Territory and incur heavy expenses for
the erection of . jail and other necessary
public buildings. The new parrish
viii be divided by bayou. which will sub
There 10 bill il the House of Reprssenta-
tives taking away the southern part Of the
parish; the eastern portion Of it il already
gone; and nov the western portion, it
Judge correctly the sentiments Of the Sem
ate, is to he taken away. / shall " Len
without constituents or territory, and ! do
not know what shall do with myself, nm
less come down here to New Orleans and
join some of these rings here.
Mr.. Thompson: move that the balance
of the Senator's parish be annexed to the
State Of Arkansas. (Laughter.1
Mr.. Thomas: One man in the lobby has
been working at this matter, and how he
has done it ! am at loss to conceive. 1t
has all been sprung 1p0n me in one night
and passed through it's several readings
under q suspension of the rules. The
its territorial integrity. and what shall / ssy
to them when 60 back and tell them how |
ruthlessly the dissecting knife has been APP
piled! Judge Lewis comes from Minden,
and works against me. and even my col |
league from Claiborne [Mr. Biackman] has |
deserted me. l am all alone, aud tear ] |
will be left without constituents or territory.
think had better let this piece 90, and |
try to get my friends to assist me to keep |
Of the way these matters are managed, Il |
would know on what ground / stand; but |
when theee schemes 'unmask themselves |
[ am afraid will have to 60 by the board. |
Mr.. Ray: AZ the Senator (Mr. ThOMas) |
has set himself right before his constituents, \
now move that the bill finally pass, Care
ELECTION LAW. -. 100 -@
On an alphabetical call of the roll, Mr.: |
Blackman called up Senate bill No l29, to |
amend the eleGsien Aaw. ,.sn,oap .fa,sW
Mr. Hunsaker moved to indefinitely post |
pose the bill. S
! Mr.. Blackman: This is not bill intro !
1uced by myself but by the Judiciary COM
nittee, a majority Of which is composed Of |
Republican Senator's. have no private |
scheme to pass through the Legislature, but !
stand here to support any measure for the |
benefit Of all the people Of the State; The |
asst election I have no hesitation in denounc- |
ng as an unmifigated fraud and swindle. |
do not place the blame Of this on the Gov.
ernor Of the State. but it isa well known |
fact that he appointed registrars for the
purpose Of holding the election in |
majority Of them succeeded in
having themselves returned as elected to
various Offices, many Of them even mot hAv-
ing been candidates for the offices, to which |
hey have been declared elected. There |
we're two men returned from the parish of |
Bossier, wha now ;4oli issats in the HSaee
If Representatives., and who, / have Seen |
informed by Republicans themselves, have
lot been in the State twelve months, or in
he parish which they pretend to represent
en days prior to the election. In 1he par
sh Of Richland the registrar was arrested
or stuting the ballot-bOx, and now he is
IN honest man out Of his seat in the House
# Representatives. In the parish of De !
soto there was perpetrated the most un.
FLUSHING piece Vt effrontery that was
,ver practiced npOn-ary people. So
outrageous was # #, That / am aston
shed, Mr.. President. at the forbear-
lnce Of the people Of that parish, both
white and colored. = This man went up
INTO the parish of DE Soto having been ap-
pointed by his ,excelleucy for the purpose Of
folding the election there. His name was
lot on the. Democratic or the Republican
tickets. A col0red man was nominated by
he Republican party, and supported by the
White as we'll as the colored people; and 10 i
N the day Of election poor George Wash
ngton's name was not known, and the man
hat had the power to dOso had himself re-
urned as elected to the Legislature, and
ven had the audacity to have himself
lected Speaker Of the House Of Represen-
atives. l am astOnished that any man
you'd rise here in his seat, knowing the
utcage0 swindles which have been per-
'etrased under this election law, and at
empt to uphold tby opposing this amend.