New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-07


debt of over $l2, OOO, 900.
10. 2 urge on the House of Representa-
tives that it pass the bill limiting the ex-
penses of the General Assembly, which has
already passed the Senate.
/ feel that in again pressing these
matters on your attention l but dis
charge my duty. The delay by your
| honorable bodies in responding to
these recommendations and adopting meas
ures OF reform has given rise to suspicion
and doubt as to the sincerity and good faith
OF the professions of your members, es
peclally those who are supposed to be
cooperating with me in the administra-
ton OF the State government. 1t is to set
at rest all doubt, if there could be any, as
to my own position on these matters, that
l address you on this occasion. l have re-
peatedly expressed my confidence in the
professions you have made to me, and have
gone SO far as to assure the public that no
time would be lost in responding to the
popular demand for political and economi-
cal reform. So fully have committals
been made on this subject that a failure to
versally, and, will candidly add, justly re-
garded as unmitigated treachery and con-
''''p' ''' pN'''' 'p' Il. G. wARMoTH,
| Governor of Louisiana.
Mr.. Antoine moved that 5000 copies of the
message be ordered printed.
| Mr.. McMillen moved to refer the message
| to the Committee on Retrenchment and Re
| form.
Mr. Ingraham moved that committee of
conference be appointed ON the part of the
| Senate, to consist of five Senator's to confer
| with similar committee on the part of the
II l.
tied an act defining the distances from the
dOmiciles of members of the General Assem-
bly, to the State House, fixing the mode of
ascertaining the per diem of members OF the
General Assembly for the time engaged in
going to and returning from the State
House, and the mileage to be paid, and the
number of employees of the General Assem-
bly,, and their compensation, and defining
their duties, and making an appropriation
to defray the expenses of the General AS
sembly.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ray moved to amend the motion OF
Mr.. Antoine by including in the order to
print the annual message of the Governor
for 1872
Mr.. Wilcox moved as substitute thatjthe
message be ordered printed in the journal,
and be referred to the Committee on Re
trenchment and Reform.
Pending the consideration of the motion,
the order of the day was called.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Substitute for Senate bill No. 272, to be
entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec
tons one, three, four, eleven, thirteen,
fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-one,
twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty
three, thirty-fOhr, thirty-tive, thirty-six,
thirty light and forty-two of an act entitled
AN act TO provide for the revision and cor
rection of the list of registered voters of the
State, the appointment of the various Off
GERS necessary therefor, and to prescribe
the duties, powers and compensation of the
same; to prescribe certain duties for the
sections of the cemeteries Of New Orleans;
to prescribe the penalties for the violation
of the law, and to provide for a new regis
tration in certain parishes and wards" ap-
proved March 16, 1870, and to repeal sections
seventeen and forty-one of said above
entitled act.
On motion of Mr.. McMilen the bill was
taken up section by section.
Mr.. Wilcox moved to postpone the regu-
lar order of the day fifteen minutes, that
the Senate might act on the Go ,ernor's
message.
Refused.
Mr. hot thn
mittee on Election and Registration be in
structed to return to the Senate the bill in
troduced by Senator Campbell amendatory
of the registration law and referred to such
committee, and that such bill, and the bill
under consideration, be made the special
order of the day for tomorrow at p. NJ.
On motion of Mr.. McMillen, and on call
OF the yeas and nays, the motion of Mr..
Hunsaker was ordered to lie on the table
by the following vote:
Ieas-Anderson, Antoine. Blackman,
Bowman, COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, Ingra-
ham, Kelso Lynch. McMillen, OHara,
Pincnback, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Twitchell, Wilcox-20.
Nays-Barber, Campbell Gallup, Harris,
Hunsaker, jerks, Noland Raglan, Swords,
Todd-l0.
On motion of Mr.. Ray the Senate went |
into committee of the whole for the consid
GRAFTON of substitute for Senate bill No 272. |
The bill was taken up section by section. |
Section one was read.
Mr.. Campbell rose to the point of order |
that the committee of the whole should |
elect chairman.
The President said that such was only |
the case when the President chose to vacate |
the chair.
Section one was read.
Pending discussion OF which section, on !
motion of Mr.. Harris, by vote of seven |
teen yeas and five nays, on a division, the |
Senate rose from committee of the whole. |
and reported progress.
Mr.. Harris moved to adjourn, which the |
Senate refused by the following vote, on a
call of the yeas and nays:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker jerks, |
Lynch McMillen, holland, Pinchback, |
Raglan, Swords, Todd, Twitchell-l6.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman,
COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, Ingraham,
Kelso, Lewis, O'Hara, Ray, Smith, Sypher,
Thomas, Thompson, Wilcox-I6.
The Senate then went into executive SEES
sion.
The Senate rose from executive session.
Mr.. McMillen moved to adjourn, which
was adopted, on a call of the yeas and nays,
by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp |
BELL Gallup, Harris Hunsaker, kelso,
Lynch, McMillen, holland, Pinchback,
Rauan Swords Todd IWitchall=-l6