The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-24
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We The undersigned memhe's of til
| General Assembly Of the, !, State o
Ll.onniSiapa call Your ea}nfst att.nti"n
careful, personal. aud ,iinn,parn!iql ,.iFlg
mert TO the following STATEMENTS rela-
tive t" eur legal legislative action. prini
to and si since, Thursday, January 9Th
1872. in ,"l,l.r that yon may arrive nj
The true cause of the .sa,ne,, and also,
that you may know the responsible
authors of the. recent ontra.es which
have been inflicted np"p us, as leealie
elected members of !he Legislature,
and npon yon as, our constituents.
Hdii'ing that this plain, truthful
statement, Of which We challenge suc-
teysful 'cpnt'a'licti"n, may have the
effect Of indicating us in the premises,
and Inducing You to assist us by yomr
approval, thai We may remain firm and
nndannted III orr opposition to armed
might against right. We 'esrrctfuil,
snbmit to you the following Statement,
to-wit: q s.
On, Wednesday, january 81 after
the meeting of the IImsc, aud during
the call Of The roll Of the, House MI
CaT insisted upon offering a motion
declaring the Speaker,s Chair vacant.
The Speaker Mr., Garter. refused to
PM the motion. to the House. for the
reason that the House had on the pre-
,vions day declared its. fn.l confidence.
in the Speaker aud fully, endorsed his
course. and pledged. itself TO support
him during the remainder of the ses-
sion. and the motieW was rrcnnSi,lercd
and laid upon the table. The motion
was ont of ORDER, because he was !,
constitutional officer of tie State, ard
could only he removed lay inpe;ch-
ment /; aud secondly. for the reason
that no motion wis in order while tie
,r1ll was being called. 81 Mr. Carr took
ShOuppesil frmnthe' DECISION ofthdtiair.
and; contrary to tllarirles of the House
and all precedent. Mr.. Carr PM the
motion himself that fl,e Chair hc Ae
clarpd Vacant, and Mr.. Waters invited
tO take possrssi6n thereof He de-
,clared the motion carried, aud. backed
bv.a disordcrly body Gofs tlie members.
started tOwards,tl,e speakers stand Will,
the evident, Intention of taking ,i,s-
session forcibly hf ta,,'h SINE! BIT,
being met with /, ,let.1.miht,li,c resistance
he and his revolutionary hackers re-
tired" to their seats" After t,atisart-
ing other business, the House adjourn
ed. On Thursday there was a DE-
iterminetlH effort iiiade to break rl,r
quorum Mr.. Carr and other members
attempting tn ic,,ve,' permission to d.
so having been refused by tile House.
Mr.. Carr finally got the permission of
the Speaker tn leave t1le Hall for ii few
moments, pledSinS his word Of lronnr
to immediately return, bnt failed t6ao
so. An"tlter'm'nfbtr" eiuatii the yisi-.
lance OF tile Sergeant ARMS hy 'tscap-
ing through the Speakers room
When the resolution iiiisc:iiins Nrss,s
Mcfarland, Soner.rf LaiEaia,iiir aud
Wleyland was voted tupon, fifty mem
beers voted. 'Tht'Sreaktid did NOT vote
so the journal shows fifty one mem
hers pi cs"nt MT tlie;vote. The Horse
WAS at that time composed of lGI MEM
hers, instead of ln2,, as declared by
the Clerk ih his affidavit. This is evil
dent by an examination of the roll OF
the members. .l06 members were
elected in 1870, and four of these were
dead before the commencement of the
session--one from Tens.,s, one from
Assumption, one from the Parish of
East, Baton Ronge, and one from Rich
land; and Buchanan, from the Parish
'"t Orleans, right bank, WAS declared
not entitled 10 his seat in 1871 max
ing IN all five vacancies, leaving lGi
members, L ,.,.,r
!, Thus it is evident that the adoptiou
of the report of the ELECTION Commi,
tee DE-, laying these ..members NOT en-
titled to their seats vas strictly LEGAL
as we'll as other actions Of the ,IInnse
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