New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-25
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY JANUARY 25 1872
The Secretary asked the concurrence of

The Secretary asked the concurrence OF
the House.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The motion to adopt the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That q committee of three be
appointed to inform the Governor and the
House that the Senate is organized and
ready to proceed to business.
Pending discussion of which the following
message was received from the House OF
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
State of Louisiana,
New Orleans, January %, 1877
To the Honorable President and Members OF the
Senate:
lam instructed by the House to inform
your honorable body that they have con,
Cured in the following concurrent resolu'
ton
RESOLVED. That the presiding officers OF
the respective houses appoint a committee
of three Senators and five members Of the
House, whose duty it shall be to ascertain
the amount of the State debt, and to classify
the same, reporting by bill the true mean
ing and intent OF article lb5 OF the constr
tuition.
Committee on part of the House: Messrs
Harper, Barrett, Oplatek, Carr. Tatman.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk.
Messrs. Blackman and Ray entered their
protest against the receipt Of the message
After considerable discussion regarding
the resolution of Mr.. Hunsaker, Mr.. Ragan
called for the previous question.
On call of the yeas and nays, the pre-
vious question was ordered by the following
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
| bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker. jerks
Kelso, Lynch, McMillen, holland, Raglan
Swords, Thomas, Twitchell, Whitney-H.
Nays-AntOine, Blackman, Bowman
COPELAND, Daigle. Herwig. Ingraham
Lewis, O'Hara, Ray. Smith, Sypher, Thomp
son, Todd, Wilcox-l5.
The resolution was adopted, on call OF
the yeas and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris. Hunsaker, jerks
Kelso, Lewis, Lynch, McMillen, holland.
Pinchback, Raglan, Swords, Thomas, Twitch
ell. Whitney-l9.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman
COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, Ingraham
OHara, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thompson
Todd, WilcOx-l4.
POINTS OF ORDER.
Mr.. Sypher moved to open the outer
doors of the Institute.
Mr.. Campbell raised the point of order
that no such motion could be entertained.
Mr.. Sypher then moved to take q recess
until the outer doors were opened.
Mr.. Campbell raised tbs point of order
that the motion was frivolous and uncalled
for, and that the Senate had nothing to dc
with the matter.
The President suggested that the motion
| was unnecessary, as he had full power to
clear the passages to the Senate Chamber
and had SO ordered.
Mr.. Blackman occupying the floor, the
President requested him to be seated to
permit him to make a personal explana
ton.
Mr.. Blackman being seated, Mr.. Harris
rose and moved to reconsider the vote
adopting Mr.. Hunsakers resolution and to
table that motion, upon which Mr. OHara
raised the point Of order that, Mr.. Black
man possessing the floor, and being seated
to permit a personal explanation by the
President, the floor belonged to him.
The President ruled the point of order
we'll taken.
lSenatOr Blackman in the chair.
Mr.. Lewis moved that the Senate adjourn
until tomorrow at II NJ, to which, on a call
of the yeas and nays, the Senate consented
by the following vote:
Yeas-AntGne, Blackman, Bowman, But
Ter, Campbell, COPELAND, Daigle, Gallup,
Herwig, Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks, Kelso,
Lewis, Lynch, McMillen, holland, O'Hara,
Ragap. Ray, Smith. Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Todd, Wilcox-26.
Nays-Anderson, Barber, Harris, Swords,
Twitchell-5.
Adopted.
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Wednesday,
the twenty-fourth instant. at II NJ.
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.