New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-11

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| those bills.
! Mr. Ray: do not understand This reso
| luton to mean that the Governor shall sign
! any resolution Of the Sea ate maxim" dis
! tribution OF the contingent fund. think
| that all these bills granting extra co,npen-
| satIon to the attaches OF the Senate ought
to he introduced and 20 through in the regu.
lar form. IT has been the general rule Tor
these bills 70 pass at the rc3d OF the session,
and if this I7iie is adopted. ii will bring
them i:p b.toi,, The Senate swo or three days
before nd iouInInent.
Mr.. Bltrkman: Are We to understand
that il the Senate O,iclx newspapers. or
orders the Sergeant-atAlzns to purchase
stationery "r postage StalnIa. or IL pay for
gas or ,oHi. ~ anything tla.: is necessary
for the Senate. that it il requisite Ia have u
Joint resolution: l.; 80. the .*,st."t printing
and passing III. these resolutions will he
worth more than the COS. Of the article
itself;
Mr.. Ray: u is very easy 10 get over that
by passing ;it"n under /. s,SssL sOn Of the
rules.
Mr.. rH.r.. remarked that .n,icr this
rule, f ;.lopte... il would cost Naoyr to have
The resolutions printed and passed than it
would 10 buy the original articls- e.. Which;
it was intended lo pay.
Mr.. Campbell observed that this Lad
been the same rule that the ScIntc had
heretofore :,.,.d upon, and he had never
heard any complaint from the Sergeant at
Arms. or the Committee on CentiE sta.t E..
pcnSes.
The an,.ndIn"r: proposed 10y Senator
Pinchhach. 20 strike on, that las: which
referred !" any money appropriated nat Of
the contingent fund. was carried. az! the
rllie adoptes. as amended.
Mr.. . IiarI. on moving ~ strike 9th :ule
Il. I
be stricken ont. as | understand ii 70 ,sia,e
it in the power OF three Senators 10 delay i.
bill! AZ indefinite time. Suppose. for ~
stance. thar ! introduce a bill int" the
Senate. and the majority help Inc to pass
that bib TO lis inu stage. and then SUPPOSE
ii is referred to this committee of three
Senators, they may say this is not a good
bin. and We do net want 1t: and they Ma:
refuse to report Il unless get I, majority Of
the Senate 20 instruct them to do so. ! ito
not propose that any tirs. Senators or any
five Senator's shall become dictators 10 the
balance Of us. Il the chairman of the Com
Mittee or Rules Will consent to throw some
protection around this Senate by inserting
u clause that this committee shall be re-
4ured to rcpor. :. bill within given, me
will be satisfied. Suppose we have only
five or six days to sit. nca- the close of the
session. and u biz comes up which some
Senator is very DESTROYS OF having passed.
and suppose after it is referred to this new
committee, ;ncv should refuse to report it,
that would certainly Kill! the bill for the
session. BY adopting this rule you are not
only placing IL" Senate. but you are placing
the entire Genera! Assembly in the hands
of three or four mcis. These are INV reasons
FOR "'.iecting L. this rule. and for these
reasons ! move to strike that rule out In
contested election eases this committee
might keep papers on hand forever
Mr.. Campbell: Nocontesttd election case
can ever come before this committee. This
rule was copied from the rules of the Senate
Of the State of Massachusetts. think that
1t ought to he adopted. Us ben. a rule con
tanning good and wholesome pro, isions.
and as being OF great deal Of usefulness
10 the Stat,-for tbs rcason-tliat ii will
prevent errors from creeping into bills that
ars. passed hastily. This committee might
iind that it contilcted with some other law
on the subject. which should be repealed.
and they could bring that to the notice of
the Senate. think it is good rule, and
hope it will be adopted.
Mr.. OHara remarked t!iat there was i.
vast difference between the lcgisla-
tor of the State OF Massachusetts and the
State of. Louisiana.
Mr.. McMillen remarked that the State OF
massachusetts Was rapidly approaching die
Level OF Louisiana in that particular
Mr.. Ray remarked that this WAS a new
rule to be adopted by the Senate. and he
though: it would operate badly. He said
that the Senate was limited to sixty days
every year for the transaction Of the bust
ness Of the state, and that many bills would
not be acted on because this committee
might not be willing TO report them to the
Senate. He said that it WAS true that this
rule might have been adopted in Pennsyl-
vania or some other State; but there might
have been circumstances existing there
that made i. necessary.
Mr.. Lewis remarked that wise men have
said tia: all things that are worthy OF being
done at all are worthy OF being done well.
As TO the objection that this committee
would allow bills TO remain On their hands
an indefinite length OF time, he said that a
bill referred to any committee would be
dealt with in 'he same way. He thought
that some guard or shield should he thrown
around the bills that were passed hastily:
and that i. WAS best to have
a committee to refer such bills to, tn-put
them in proper shape, and to make fair
and honest report upon them, and thereby
prevent she bad effects of hasty legislation
which takes place at the latter end OF every
session.
Mr.. r'Hara: ! Will offer this conipro-
misc-that as song rs We are going to have
this committee, le: lis have on it three Of the
oest lawyers ID Use senate. anu will be
SATISFIED VITA II. II you are gong to have
thc committee 10 say what Is CONSTITUTIONAL
ana "hat - MOI, 'hel ict 1t he composed of
men who know something of constitutional
law.
MI. Complaint remarked that be had moth
ing to say against The principle that all bills
SHOULD tie referred TO the proper commit
tees; but that alter the report was made on
them by ono committee, they would have to