New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-23

OF order: That the substitute was out OF
order, it being a substitute tor substitute
in the third degree.
The Chair held the point not we'll taken.
The President then announced that the
main question was ordered.
The question recurring upon the adoption
of the substitute of Mr.. Campbell as
amended, the substitute was adopted.
Mr.. Lynch raised thepoint OF order that
the question lust decided was the ordering
of the main question.
The President decided that the MAN
question bad been ordered previously, and
that the vote Just taken was on the Adoption
of Mr.. Campbell's substitute.
Mr.. Lynch having explained that he
voted in the affirmative through error,
moved to reconsider the vote whereby the
substitute was adopted.
Mr.. Harris moved to lay the motion to
reconsider on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays the motion
to Law on the table was refused by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell. Gallup. Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham.
Kelso, holland, Pinchback, Swords, Todd,
Twitchell, Whitney-l5.
Nays-Blackman. Bowman, COPELAND,
Daigle, Herwig, Lewis, Lynch. McMllien,
O'Iiara, Ray, Smith, Sypner, Thomas,
Thompson, Wilccx-l5.
The question then required on the motion
to reconsider.
On call of the yeas and nays, the Sen
ate refused to reconsider by the following
tie vote:
Yeas-Blackman, Bowman, Coupland,
Daigle. Herwig, Lewis. Lynch. McMilien,
OHara, Ray. Smith. Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Wicox-l5.
Nays-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
| bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham,
Kelso holland. Pinchback, Swords, Todd,
Twitchell, Whitney-i5.
Mr.. Smith moved to take a recess until
half-past seven o'clock this evening.
On call of the yeas ard nays, the motion
to take a recsss was adopted by the follow
ing vote:
Yeas-Barber. Blackman, Bowman, But
Ter. Coupland. Daigle, Gallup. Harris. Her
viz, Ingraham, holland, OHara, Smith,
swords. Thompson, Todd. Twitchell-7.
Nays-Anderson, Campbell, Hunsaker.
Kelso. Lewis, Lynch. McMillen, Ray, Sypher,
Thomas, WhKney, Wilcox-l2.
Evening Session.
The Senate met pursuant to order OF re
cess.
Present-Hon p B. s. Pinchback, Lieu
| tenant Governor and President of the Sen
| ate, and Messrs. Anderson, Antoine. Barber.
! Blackman, Bowman, Butler, Campbell,
COPELAND, Daigle, Gallup, Harris, Herwlg,
Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks, kelso, Lewis,
Lynch, McMillen, holland, O'Hara. hay,
| Smith, Swords, Sypher, Thomas, Thompson,
| Todd, Twitchell. Whitney, Wilcox-2.
Mr. Thomas offered the following concur
rent resolution by consent:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
| of Representatives of the State OF Louis
| lana in General Assembly convened, That
| in view of the general demand of the PEG
| pie of the State OF Louisiana for reforms III
! the following laws. to wit: the election
registration, constabulary, printing. Metro
! politan police. militia and revenue and aI-
| propriation laws, that no other bills other
| than the above mentioned be considered OF
| acted upon until the final passage by this
General Assembly of those named III this
| joint resolution.
| He then moved that the rules be suspend
| ed to act on the same, which the Senate re
| fused, on call of the yeas and nays. by the
| following vote. twothirds of the members
| present not voting in the affirmative:
| Yeas - Antoine, Blackman, Bowman
| COPELAND. Daigle. Herwig, Lewis, Lynch,
! Pinchback, Ray, Thomas, Thompson, Will
| coX-l3.
Nays-Barber. Butler, Gallup. jerks,
| KelsO, O'Hara, Swords, Sypher, Iwitcieli,
| Todd-l0.
Mr.. Todd stated that he having voted in
| the affirmative to postpone until next
Monday the consideration of Senate bill
No. 348, to be entitled an act to
amend an act entitled IAN act to incor-
porate the Pontchartrain Railroad Com
| pany," approved on the twentieth OF Jan
uary, 1880. and the several acts amendatory
| thereof also to enable the said Pontchar-
train Railroad Company to sell to Charles
Morgan, his heirs, successors and assigns.
that portion of said Pontchartrain railroad.
with its tracks, depots, appurtenances and
franchises. lying between Girod street and
Elysian Fields, and to authorize said
Charles Morgan to incorporate the same
with the road now known as Morgan's Lou
isiana and Texas railroad, formerly known
as the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great
Western railroad, and for the purpose Of pro
yiding continuous and unbroken communi-
cation between the same by ferry transpor-
taton, through misapprehension of the
facts, moved to reconsider said action aud
that said bill be taken up.
Adopted.
The bill was then read q second time.
The motion pending, being that Of Mr.
| McMilen, to strike out the last three lines
of section one, commencing with the words
said sale to be for the sum of $685.
etc, the Senate refused to strike Ont.
The bill was then adopted as a whole and
considered engrosscd for its third reading.
TIE constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by the following four tifths a8;rlna-
tive vote:
Yeas--Antoine, Barber Blackman. Bow
man, Butler, COPELAND, Daigle, Gallup,
Harris, Herwig. Hnnsaker. Ingrahanl,
jerks, Kelso, Lynch, O'Hara, Pinchback,
Ray, Swords, Sypher. Thompson Todd,
Twitchell, Whitney, Wilcox-25.
Nays-Lewis, Thomas.
The bill was then read its third aud last
time, and finally adopted with its title.
Mr.. Hunsaker, from the Committee on
Judiciary, by consent, reported favorably
on the following Senate bills:
No. 367, to provide for the transfer from
the parishes of Caddo, De Soto, Natchi-
toches, Bossier and Bienville to the parish
of Red River Of certain pending suits, crimi-