New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12
AN ATTEMPT TO BORROW SIS, 900
THE HALL RENTED FOB ANOTHER SHOW

ings."
Everything had been cut and dried in
caucus. The Senate, according to Isabelle
& Co., met yesterday, after twelve o'clock
in the room formerly occupied by the Ad
ministrators, was called to order by H. J
Campbell, and is said to contain majority
Of members. some Of whom have already
| been indicted into their seats as m8m bers
| of the lawful body now running the ma
chine at the State House. The House, &C
| carding to the same Isabelle &, Co.. met in
| Lyceum Hall, and elected Mr.. j. G. Mon
cure Speaker, and parcel Of clerks, secre-
| taries, eeFgeants alarms, etc.
| The Senate elected Mr.. Z. A. Burke as
secretary. and went through the motion Of
| electing the other officers.
Then the compliments of the season
| passed between the two bodies Bows
| were exchanged, message from the Sen
| ate" was called out to the House and tines
| sage from the House" was called out to the
| Senate, and the Gem saloon "reminiscences
| all gathered in crowd as these things were
| seen.
The corridors were not filed this time
| with an eager crowd, but everything had
| an appearance "too thin" in this weather,
| which needs to have more body than brains
| to get along smoothly. The resolutions
! were 'Etoo thin" the sentiments of every
| one who spoke too thin, the House had not
| a Quorum of legally elected members and
CONSEQUENTLY that was too thin; the Senate
had not a quorum Of such members either,
and that was too thin, while over all hung
like cloud an expecta ton that the tramp
of armed men would soon be heard, fol
lowed by the command, ''Order. arms" &C
comDanied with the well remembered thud
of musket butts upon the stone paving. SO
the members tried to assume look like
martyrs and patriots, but that was too thin.
Mr.. Hunsaker, of St. james, offered in
the Senate bill entitled An act to provide
for an appropriation Of $4,000 and Rego-
tate a loan of this amount, besides appoint
ing o committee ito draw" the same from
the treasury. This bill was laid aside to
await the organization of the House.
The act provides for the appropriation of
81, 0G0, tWU-thirds to be set aside for the
House, one-tbird for the use Of the Senate;
that the Precedent shall appoint commit
tee of two who, with three of the House,
shall form joint committee who shall be
empowered TO pledge the warrants issued,
to realize cash, or may sell the warrants for
cash, provided they shall not be sold for a
sum less than sixty five cents.
General McMillen having reported on the
part Of the committee that they had Wis
tied the House and informed them they
we're organized and in readiness to proceed
to business, a similar committee from the
House, led by j. b Elan, made similar
announcement on the part OF that body
A pause, during which nothing took place.
3:I5-Mr. Zacharie-We have come as
committee on the part of the House to unite
with similar committee on the part OF the
Senate, to wait upon the Governor.
3:20-Mr. A. S. Herron-On the part OF
the committee, etc. | have the honor TO
report that we have waited upon the Gov
ernor, and he informs us that ne will com
municate with the House aud Senate lmme-
di&teiy.
Message from the House-Tbat the House
would meet the Senate in joint session to
near the message of the Governor read.
a pause and consultation.
And now the House and Senate came TO-
gether in Joint session to hear the Gov
ern0r's message. roll of manuscript
is handed up to the Clerk Of the House,
who sits beside a deal table placed on
the edge OF the platform. He receives
ii. turns IL over, looks around and evidently
don't know what to do with it. Mr. Durant
DaPonte advances up the big and wide pas
sage, and says.
IN read It,"
BY THIS time the Senate and House have
all been adjusted into their seats, and so
Mr.. DaPonte steps forward and unrolIs the
bundle. There is momentaTy hush like
AAN>A'S
when the curtain goes tumbIng up into the
flies.
The message is found to begin in the
same old way, and is addressed to the
members of the Senate and House. But 1t
recommends nothing except toward the
end, and that is precisely what the IN
dignant and oldest recommended, to wit
send a memorial to Congress. As the read
ing is unrolled from it's COIL within the
pages there is a sentiment prevailing that
we have heard that before; an idea in the
head of every nearer that it is brief, an
argument bill of complaint in chancery,
or anything but a message urging the mem
bers of legislative body to do anything IN
particular, or accomplish anything in gen
eraI. It begins in a quotation from the
law, that the Governor is authorized TO call
the legislative body together whenever
necessary, and that under this law the
General Assembly was called. Then 1t
sails into a combination OF persons, etc.
who took possession of Mechanics Institute
and one Of their first acts is TO place tor
Governor Senator whose term had eX-
PRED. Then the route OF the message lay
through Baton Rouge politics, the summon
ing of political convention, majority OF
whose members were federal employees, and
called to order by a United States marshal,
and so on until it arrives at the nomination
of w. Pitt Kellogg, who is ineligible as Gov
ernor. Then the eligibility point IS argued
GG ,lQuSeGD, and the same old story told IN
the United States Circuit Court appears
again Then the message gallops into the
United States judge and tells the history OF
the late case in that court with much bitter |
ness and chagrin which can not be hidden.
Then the message runs tilt at the return
ing board, and introduces an array OF hg-
ures TO show the canvass and count by the
lawful board was fraudulent lns short, the
editorials and reports OF the Times for the
past ten DAYS have been garbIed and intro |
duced into the message in the way OF opIn- |
ion or fact.
The meat in all this soup is that it is I'M
possible that Congress will sanction these
proceedings and therefore a memorial re- !
citing facts will meet with respectful con- !
sideration, and that the General Assembly !
wilfetreat the subject of finding out by |
count of the ballots who is and who is not |
Lieutenant Governor, or at least 1t will be |
treated with the attention the Importance |
Of the subject demands.
The 9nate, on the reading of the message, |
went on to mind its own business, and Mr. |
C. A. Weed walked boldly out with the roll |
of manuscript to have the honor OF being |
the first man who would set il in type.
The House, left to itself, made the Gus !
tonarv motion that the message be referred |
to a committee of five, who were to report /
upon it's various heads, which the House |
adopted, but the committee was not ap- |
pointed. c. |
which announced the adoption of the act |
To nrovide for raising $4,000 to pay ex- |
nenses. 1t ia needless to say that this was |
adopted without any sort of discussion, |
,n+1,; tl,s +apdInr Mr. 7 r Eustis, called /