The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-01-06
Arrest of the Governor and Mem.
bers Of the Assembly.
A Rump House Organized.
MILITIA AND POLICE CALLED OUT
U. s. Troops Placed at the Dis.
pOsal of Gov. WarmOth.
STATE GOVERNMENT SUSTAINED.

In the city of New Orleans the
present week has been one of excite
ment and most extraordinary events,
attendant upon the convention of the
General Assembly of Louisiana in
it's regular annual session. As our
space in this number of the CHIEF is
somewhat limited, we shall be COM
PEELED to give but condensed ac-
count of these events, reserving more
complete comment for future issues.
On Monday, January LIST, the Sen
ate was called to order at twelve NJ,
but Immediately adjourned for the
want of a quorum, only fifteen Sena-
tors answering to their names. The
Sergeant-at-Arms>w was instructed to
arrest the absent members, but fifteen
of them were and still are, at latest
accounts, on board the revenue cutter
Wilderness, which has been steaming
about in, above and below the harbor,
beyond the jurisdiction and reach of
the authority of the Senate, hence
every day this week that body has
been compelled to adjourn without
transacting any business, for want of
a quorum. The Senators aboard the
Wilderness are those who support
the opposition to the State Adj
ministration, consisting of eleven
who call themselves Republicans
and four of the Democrats, and their
purpose in keeping themselves beyond
the reach of the Sergeant-at-.Arms is
to await the arrival of those Senators
who have not yet reached the city,
when they hope to have majority
that will enable them to enact such
measure as shall please their fancy.
This using of United States vessel
to prevent the efficient working of the
State Government is such a fragrant
outrage that We deem it unnecessary
to make comment upon it, but leave
our readers to judge of the desperate
strait to which the mongrel coalition
of the Assembly have been reduced
in their endeavor to overthrow the
Government of the State and place it
in the hands of the Democratic party.
Their plans will be checked, and not
one of the least obstacles in their way
is the fact of Senator Thomas Ander-
sons arrival in the city and his
expressed determination to support
the Governor of the State and the
administration. Two of the Senators
aboard the Wilderness, Messrs. Will
cox and Lewis, are members who
voted for Lieutenant Governor Pinch
back, but who have since appar-
emily sold out to the Custom house
Democratic clique.
The only business transacted at
Tuesdays session of the House of
Representatives was the adoption of
a resolution authorizing the Speaker
to appoint committee to draft resell
utions relative to the death of the
late Lieutenant Governor Dunn, after
which the House adjourned until next
day in respect to the memory of that
lamented official.
The session of Tuesday was charac-
terized by deal of filibustering and
trials of strength between the oppos-
ing factions of the House, consisting
OF the straight-out Republicans on the
one hand and the combined Demo-
Gratis and Custom house adherents on
the other, resulting generally in favor
of the latter by small majorities. A
resolution of Endorsement of Speaker
Carriers past course and expressing
renewed confidence in that official was
adopted by a vote Of 40 yeas to As
nays. This success was the cause of
much rejoicing among the Carterites,
and they became confident of there
after having everything their own
way and maturing their Ubiquitous and
revolutionary plans. These hopes were
effectually checked and turned into
disappointment, however, by the de-
velopments of Wednesdays session.
The supporters of the State Admins
tration gradually grew stronger and
stronger as the programme of the CO..
alitionists developed itself, and itsoon
became apparent to Speaker Carter
and his friends that there was deci-