New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-26
DEBATES OF THE SENATE.
TUESDAY. January y. 1871.
t'csIib DOORS

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! ,.osEi. DOORS.
NJ. :.cNi,.en: l desire 20 know. Mr.
Ir.si,ier.. 10y wilt authority the doors OF
! the Senate We're locked just now.
The President: The Chaplain was ;nvois-
| ing blessing.
M MeM:ilen: ask. SIR. by villa: author.
| itT the doors We're closed
| The PRESIDENT: Ii l. !. customary rule Gi
the Senate WIZ. Il blessing IS be:L. IL
| vol.ed
! Mr. NcM.'en: ask. s;r. under VIA. rule
! the door was locked.
| The President: !. was TO: Cooked: the
! Doorhe":.er stood again>-l.
! Mr. NcMilieG: ! move. .hcn. ia. here.
| after when 'ne Senate is open :iia. .!.e Coors
! be kept open.
The President: .tte: .l,c Secretary has
! read tie minutes nc ch.iv W.. entertain
! Your motion.
The rca,.iu. Of he inmates having been
dispensed with
Mr.. Mcilillen: l row ask tina. the door
keeper ne instructed hereafter not 20 close
except when ordered to do so by the Senate.
The President: II was not intended 70 de
plive You or any c.Eec member OF tic :'iuh:
OF admission.
Mr.. NcNiilen: Blu: ,rcs excluded.
Mr.. Todd: l desire that The doors sioud
he closed during prayer. l: is the only time
we have order iii the Senate. move tina.
the Goorkeepcr he instructed 20 keep the
doors closed during prayers.
The yeas and nays We're ca..'t. and Mr..
Yodt.s motion was carried by ~ 90.
DISCOUNT On WARRANTS.
On the molten 20 refund 70 J. .. Nixon.
late State Printer. The discount PAID Oh his
State warrants.
NJ. Lynch SAID: l simply wan: 20 al The
attention OF The Senate 70 This enc fact.
that this il claim Tor Giscoun. on State
warrants. Let any person 90 through the
Auditors books and see the amount of war
rants issued during Ike last two years. most
OF which Lave been sold ONt q. discount
II this principle OF rimhursiug the dis
count thus PAID is once admitted, where
viii these claims end Ii il j. rroper 20
pay .iiscoUN. for printing, why 10. .or every
other kind Of work +! 1t see1us % lne we
must not establish Il precedent OF this
kind, but Mrst rciec: AL these claims.
Mr. Smith: As l understand it. the con
tract il this case was made Tor payment in
currency. suppose. tli!a beng so. The
prices would be put down !ower than under
the present CONTRACT system, whici, IS on IL
warrant or deprecated currency basis.
Mr. Lynch: the Senator is {, printer him
self. Ii he viii examine the rates charged
in this contract. and compare them with
The prices charged by any printing Office
throughout tie country. ne vii iin1 the
rates very high Il he principle involved
III tbs resolution is once established. the
Judges ". the courts. who ar. entitled 20 be
paid il currency. nut are pad IL warrants,
may claim discount also. WHY sluuId :.
solitary exception be made IN favor. II the
State Printer.
Mr.. Pinclbacil: .regrc. 20 ,l;..er viii TIE
last gentleman. with whom can generally
agree on 81 points. but am -"ld Iv gentle
men WHO lave examined this biz .nat the
prices
Nh. jerks rose 20 a point CI ORDER. \ dis
cuSsion Of the merits OF the bill was II
regular Oh :. motion to suspend the rules.
Tie President decided TIE point well
taken. but suggested after the rules had
been suspended .il&t the Senator should
make & motion 20 bring himself in order.
Mr.. p;nchback: | move, then, that the
usual number OF copies De printed 1merely
wanted % state that there was a vast dit
ference between this claim and such other
claims as the Senator seems TO think Will
hereafter come IL.
The i,il and the accompanying memorial
were ordered printed.
DONALDsoSvILLE.
The resolution for changing the venue of
the trial OF the Donaldsonville prisoners to
jefferson beng under discussion
Mr.. Blackman said he had series Of reso-
buttons passed at public meeting of Repuh-
hcans OF the parish OF Ascension. which had
been forwarded to him through the REPuB-
LIcAN for presentation, but which were d.
rectly opposed to the resolution introduced