New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-20
EXPELLED.


voked its constitutional remedy to preserve
its dignity against the refractory member:
who have cOntumaciOusly refused to recog
nize its authority. Thirty-three members
have banded themselves together on a
''long strike, after the fashion of the de-
luded workingmen of England, and
held themselves aloof from the State
House. Due notice has been given
them that if they did not return to
their duties at once, their names
would be stricken from the rolls. And as
they have persisted in their revolutionary
course the House has invoked the only
constitutional remedy III its power to cor
rect a great evil. By very large vote
| (forty-eight yeas to eight nays) it has dis
solved all official connection with the Sc
coded members by expelling them.
The books are full of precedents to sus-
| tain this action. We do not believe, how
ever, that any are necessary under our
constitution. That instrument expressly
provides for such a contingency us the
present by giving to number less than
quorum full authority to compel the at
tendance of absent members" and to two
thirds of a quorum the unquestionable
right to expel members. At the final vote
yesterday tifty-six members We're present,
and nearly a quorum voted in the affirma-
tive on the adoption of the resolution. We
cited a few leading precedents on this
point, the other day, in commenting upon
the action of the House in expelling
Messrs. Carter, Stevens. Schumacher, Will
son and kearson. 1t will be found that
the language of our constitution and that
of the constitution of the United States
is the same in regard to the expulsion of
members. The rules observed by Con-
gress may, therefore, be cited as the high
est authority on the subject In 1862, the
Senate of the United States consisted of
sixty-four members. Two-thirtls of sixty
four are forty-four. But on the fifth day
of February. 1862, Jesse D. Bright. of In
diana, was expelled by vote Of thirty
two to fourteen. The entry in the minutes
is as follows:
So the resolution was agreed to, two
thirds OF the Senators present having voted
in the atfirmative.-.SenOte Journal. Second
Session, Thirty serenH Congress, page I76.
July II, 1861, the United States Senate
expelled Senators Mason, Hunter, Cling
man, Bragg, Chestnut, Nicholson, Sebas-
tan, Mitchell, Hemphill and Wigfal by
vote of thirty-two yeas against ten nays,
''two-thirds of the Senators present having
voted in the affirmative.
The House of Representatives has fire.
quently resorted to the remedy of expul-
sion to protect itself from unworthy mem
bers. When Preston Brooks, of South
Carolina, was expelled for assaulting Mr.
Sumner i'll the Senate Chamber. it is noted
in the journal that two-thiris of the men,
bers present voted in the affirmative,
which is all that was demanded under the
constitution or the rules of the House.
The following statement Of the action of
the House on the expulsion of the thirty
four members yesterday is compiled from
the official Journal:
Resolution by Mr. Davidson, of Livlngs- |
ton:
Resolred, By the House of Representatives. |
That for the reason that the following mem |
bers-elect to the House of Representatives /!
of Louisiana have willfully and contuma-
ciously absented themselves from meeting
the House of Representatives of Louisiana
at the place and house authorized by law
for the meeting of the General Assembly of |
Louisiana. and have attempted and are
now holding pretended sessions at a place
not indicated nor authorized by law; be it
therefore,
Resolred. That Messrs. AdoIphe. Antoine,
Baker, Barker, Broussard Bryan, Burch
Butler, Chachere, Durio, Ellis, Cad
killen. Llambias, H. Lott. j. b. Lott
Meadows, Moncure, Nelson. Otto, Stinson.
Thompson, Tatman, f. Williams. H. Will
iams. Darby, Kenner. Laurent, Tureaud
and Ullman, be and are hereby expelled
rom this House, two-thirds concurring.
Vote on the final passage of the resolu-
ion:
Yeas-Speaker Brewster, and Messrs.
Abel, Barrett, Belot, Bentley, Blunt, Bow
N, Brown, Carr. crawford, harrisburg,
Davidson, Davis, Demas. Devices. Deslonde,
Faulkner, Floyd, Gardner, Garstkamp. P.
Harper, Hemptead, Huston, Mahoney,
Marie, Marvin, McCarty, Mcfarland. Nor
'hy, Morris, Murray, Ong, Oplatek Over
on. Quinn, Raby Riley, Ringgold. Smith.
'Ouer Stamps. Stanton, Tounoir Nerrett,
Washington (Assumption). Washington
Concordia), Waters, Worrall-4S.
Nays-Barrow, Buckingham, Cochrane,
'ontelieu, Matthews, Moore. Sartain,
iorke-S
Absent-Bickham Pond, Kinsella, La
aliniere and Young.
Expelled some days ago--Schumacher
,arter, kearsOn, Stevens, Wands and VIII
on-6
Dead-Coleman, L'Oficiel, Douglass,
ourdan, and Wheyland-5.
Cnseated-Lynch (Deslonde seated in his
tead).
Vacancy by contest-Fifth District-l