New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-10
DEBATES OF THE SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, February |, lSI.

will have to be paid on the scale Of the
present printin. bill. AS my friend. Sena
| tor Pinchbacl. stated yesterday. the best
wav of draining the State was to keep the
present General Assembly i'll session Ii
YOU only keep sitting long enough. there
will he no resources left to meet this or any
other bill. | trust this measure will not
pass without proper restrictions rs to the
price.
1lr Fish: The bill scans to me di>prOpor-
tionate in its details Five thousand copies
of the Statutes, which nobody will look at,
and five hundred copies Of the decisions of
the Supreme Court. which, will be read as
long as law prevails.
Mr.. Todd expressed his willingness I" re-
fer this measure 10 any committee the
Senate might select.
Referred, to the Committee on Judiciary.
THE REGISTRATION Law.
Senate bill Nv iOi being called up
Mr. Campbell said; l have found this
bill on my desk for the first time this morn
in. 1t is a bill which makes some very
radical changes in tn" election law which
we passed last scssiOn-changes some of
which agree to. but others think should
be seriously considered by the Senate be
fore passage. In order to obtain time to cX-
anime the bill carefully. move to postpone
the consideration of it till Tuesday week at
one o'clock.
Mr.. Ray: This bill was laid on my table
yesterday. think the time asked is rather
long. as this is a very important bill. have
no objection to the postpone:nent OF IT, but
ask that it Only be to Saturday of this
week or tomorrow.
Postponed till Tuesday.
ArPoRTIOSMESr
Mr.. Hunsalscc: understood the chair TO
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as passed. was detective. | would like to
know. officially. how the matter stands.
The President: 1t is impossible to make
the change "a suggested by the Senator
from Carol! (Mr. McMillent. 1t will have
to 90 to the Governor as it is, and, ii neces
saly IL supplementary bill must De- intro
duced.
THE rROJECrEl. STATE HOUSE.
On the motion t" appoint an engineer to
select Il site for a State House.
Mr. McMillen moved t" postpone inde.i-
nitely.
Mr.. Ray rose t" speak in supper, of the
motion.
Mr. McMillcn: l. - motion to postpone
Icbatable'
TIL. President: II j.. according 70 your
rules.
Mr. McMillen l never heard Of such !,
thing before.
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rules. and you will tind only four privileged
u,lestions which are not debatable. a mo-
ZION to postpone indefinitely is not one "t
them.
Sir. Raw: ! was merely .on. ON to OBJ
serve that some step of the kind indicated
in this resolution. ought 70 be- taken The
action proposed is not bindin: az al! on the
senate. l, only requires y report in ten
days and there is no additional expense III
nl,nI in fln mar roy. To mo is
time We should select = site tor :. State
House. and begin the erection OF it. Other
wise. this question of the seat of govern
ment will be KEEP, in perpetual agitation.
The constitution has fixed the seat vi gov
ern1nent i'll New Orleans.
Mr.. Raglan: am opposed to this motion.
because it conflicts with Il resolution now
before the Senate. The Senator from
Ouach,ta says the constitution has fixed
the seat VI government i'll New Orleans
but say it also gives the people of Louisi
ana the power to move 1t. 1t Is impossible
for the committee proposed by this rcsolu-
ton to 90 over the whole State and make a
report in ten days. Ii the motion to post
ponc docs not prevail. shall be in favor of !
referring this resolution 10 the city delega- !
ton. So that they can have charge of the |
whole State. as rue desire vi some members (;
seems to he. / hope the motion 10 postpone !
will prevail
MI McMillen: II j. with good deal of !
reluctance do violcnc" to my feelings by !;
r!sin. to debate motion I" postpone. To !
NV thinkn. sucl, n rule is entirely unprc- /,
criented. But l am informed by the Presi- !
dent that debate On - motion to adjourn is !
i'll order.
The President: will refer the Senator 10 !
rul. sixteen.
Mr.. McsIillca: DO not doubt the Presi- !
dent. hut i, is singular rule. In private !
life. when we start building house. we first .
look over our bank book to see if we can !
afford il; and it any of our neig hbors talk |
about new house. our first inquiry is. J
sitting here as legislators. repre- Sentiny the !
people. and TO a certain extent the guardian
of their interests, the first question We
should ask ourselves when we contemplate
building u State House is. lean the people
afford to do it. having nothing to their credit
in the treasury" The building Of = State
House is a considerable undertaking. 1t in
volve. good deal OF preliminary investiga-
tioli. and an ultimate expense of many mil!
lions of dollars; because the ideas of the
American people are naturally grand and
and when We contemplate State
House we all think of something grand.
costly. and we are not
going to be satisfied in Lousian.
with any small affair. Not only must we
have /. tine building. of costly material, but
We must have park round it, and stately
trees; and the people who own th, land
must be paid. and paid handsomely. In
til" meantime. the State of Loui,i-
ana is bankrupt: our paper is
going begging ON the street TO-
day nj seventy-tive cents On the dollar
We owe two millions of dollars and have not
one dollar in the treasury. The constitu
tional limit of the State debt has already
been reached. With 3 tax Of fourteen mills
on the dollar. how are You going to get
money to build u State House out of the
pockets of the people. We have already
taken as much money out OF the pockets of
the people as any community can he tx
pcctcd to endure. We have spent in the
thirty days of our session two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars OF the peoples
money, and before we have done Wa shall
have spent two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars more. l aru- told there are three
hundred employees of the Legislature
now receiving pay. Three hundred en-
ployrs to one hundred and forty members:
Three hundred employees A page and IA
boot-black FOR each member. to say nothing
about servants for domestic purposes. The
only thing we have omitted. which. think.
We might with proprietv supply. following
the example of the Western States, who
have appointed young girls for pagesfrs
stead OF boys. IA to appoint 'tcnate page
for each member SO that We ~;nh have one
of each kind. !Larslter.
Mr.. Todd: supros" there t"nh :. IN
objection if the Senator from Carro.! like.
Mr.. McMilicn: don't suppose 10! = mo
mcnt that the senator from Jefferson would
max. any objection Renewed lau.hter.i
But seriously | desire TO call III. attention |