New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-11
Ninth Days Proceedings.

fbe HOuse met at ten O'Clock A. H.. the
recess having expired.
Speaker Brewster in the chair.
Nr. Davidson, of Livingston, moved that
az there was not.a quorum of the members
until eleven o'clock.
Carried.
The recess having expired. the Clerk
called the roll, and the following members
answered to their names:
Speaker Brewster. and Messrs. Abel, Bar
rett, Barrow, Belot, Bentley. Bickham,
Blunt, Bowen, Brown. Buckingham, Carr,
Cochrane, Crawford, Darinsburg. Davidson,
Davis, Demas, Devices, Deslondes, Floyd,
Fontelieu, Gardner, Garstkamp, p. Harper,
Hampstead. Kinsella, La Sallniere, Marie.
Mahoney, Marvin, Matthews, McCarty, Nc
Farland, Morphy, Morris, Murray, OvertOn,
Ong, Oplatek. Quinn, Riley, Ringgold, Souer,
Sartain, Smith, Stamps. Stanton, Tounoir.
verrett, Washington lAssumption). Wash
ington tConcordia), Waters, Worrall
YOung-55.
Quorum present.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr..
Brown. of Ascension, offered the following
resolution, which was read and adopted:
a., l.
requested, as member of the House of
Representatives, and q personal friend of
the deceased, to deliver the funeral ora
ton at the burial of the remains OF the late
Hon. Walter K. Wheyland.
Mr.. Barrett, of Orleans, moved that the
House, as body, do attend the funeral of
the late deceased member, Walter L.
Wheyland.
Carried.
Mr.. Barrett, of Orleans moved that the
Sergeant-at-Arms be directed to procure
earriages to convey the members attending
the funeral, the expenses of which to be
borne by the members.
Mr.. Young, of Concordia, moved to amend
by the appointment of a committee of three
to make the necessary arrangements, which
was accepted, and the resolution, rs amend
ed, was adopted.
The Speaker appointed upon said com
mttee Messrs Barrett, of Orleans, Souer,
of Avoyelles, and Young, of Concordia.
Mr.. Barrett, of Orleans, chairman of the
committee, reported that the arrangements
had been perfected.
Upon motion Of Mr. Davidson, of Living
ston, the House took a recess until halfpas
twelve o'clock P. NJ.
At the expiration Of the recess, the House
resumed business, with Speaker Brewster
in the chair.
The roll was called, and the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Brewster, and Messrs. Abel,
Barrow, Bel0t, Bentley, Bickham, Blunt,
Brown, Buckingham, Carr, Cochrane, Craw
ford, Darinsburg, Davidson, Davis, Demas,
Devices, Deslonde, Floyd. Fontelieu, Gard
ner, Garstkamp, P. Harper, Hampstead,
Marvin, Matthews, McCarty, Mcfarland,
Morphy, Morris, Murray, ODg, Oplatek,
Overton, Quinn, Riley, Ringgold, Sartain.
Smith, S0uer, Stamps, Stanton, Ta,man,
Tounoir, Verrett, Washington lAssump-
tionl, washington iConcordial, Worrall,
Young-53.
Quorum present.
Mr.. Brown, of Ascension, rising to o
question of privilege, made tho following
statement:
Mr.. Speaker: rise to question Of per
SonaI privilege. l noticed in this mornings
New Orleans Republican that the pretented
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Carter faction,
who murdered Walter r. Wheyland in cold
blood, had q warrant in his possession,
when searched last night, for my arrest,
sisned by George w. Carter, Speaker of the
House Of Representatives of the State of
Louisiana At the time he was the Speaker
/ entertained high regard for his ability
and integrity, but subsequent develop
ments have changed the course l intended
to pursue and my opinion of his character.
He is at present, by action Of this House,
neither member nor legal Speaker of the
body. He is a trailer to the State, and will
use all means, no matter how desperate, to
carr y out his nefarious plans.
At the last caucus attended, on Tuesday
night, January 2, after it had been demon
strated for two days that the adherents of
Carter were in the majority, it was agreed
BY the caucus, at his instance, at that meet
ing, to go into the House of Representa-
tives the following day and expel, without
a hearing, certain number of Republican
members. The purport of this movement
WAS to still further weaken the minority
adhering TO the State administration, and
at the same time seat such contestants as
would pledge themselves to carry out the
plans of the gentleman from Cameron. 1t
was the intention Of Mr. Carter, by carry
ing out this plan, to secure himself beyond
question in the Speakers chair. The further
intention of his programme was TO refuse to
recos nise Senator Pinchback "a President
of the Senate and Lieutenant Governor of
the State; then prefer articles OF impeach-
ment against Governor WarmOth, suspend
him from Office, and BY the operation
this conspiracy, place himself In the
guberna tOrial chair The cOnspirators
In the Customhouse and the Senate
Zero to corporate with him In oOnsun-
aIng this revolutionary proceeding. In