New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-23


express words of the constitution and the
law on the subject matter of converting in
extraordinary session the General Assembly.
We therefore move that the Senate do now
proceed to the election of q President of the
Senate, to fill the vacancy OccasiOned by the
death of Lieutenant Governor Oscar j.
Dunn.
Mortimer +. Smith, A. j. Sypher,
P.OHara, James H. Ingraham,
P. +. Herwig, William L. Thompson,
7. " COPELAND, +. Daigle,
G. G. Antoine, 5. s. Bowman,
j. B. Lewis, s. N. Thomas,
G. Wilcox.
Pending discussion of the substitute, the
Senate went into secret session.
The Senate having risen from secret SEES
sion the rule of the Senate of last session re-
lative to the admission of persons to the
floor of the Senate, was, on motion of Mr..
McMillen, unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Anderson moved to strike out the
preamble of the substitute submitted by
Mr.. Dlackman, which was adopted, on call
of the yeas and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp.
bell, Gallup, Harris. Hunsaker, jerks, KeIsO,
LYNCH, McMillen, holland, Pinchback, Ra-
gan, Swords, Twitchell, Whitney-T.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman,
Coupland, Daigle, Herwig. Ingraham, Lew
is, OHara, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Todd, Wilcox-l6.
Mr.. Anderson offered the following reso-
luton, as substitute for the resolutions
previously submitted by Messrs. Harris and
Blackman.
Resolred, That the Senate do now pro-
coed to the election of President of the
Senate.
Which on call of the yeas and nays,
was rejected by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Antoine. Blackman.
Bowman, COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, Ingra-
ham, O'Hara, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Todd, Wilcox-l6.
Nays-Barber, Butler, Campbell, Gallup,
Harris. Hunsaker, jerks, KelsO, Lewis,
Lynch, McMillen, holland, Pinchback,
Raglan, Swords, Twitchell Whitney-F.
Mr.. Harris withdrew the resolution of
fered by himself.
Mr.. Wilcox raised the point of order.
that the question required upon the sub
stitute of Mr.. Blackman, as amended.
The President decided the point of order
not we'll taken, as the subject matter of the
substitute offered by Mr.. Blackman, as
amended, was the same as that of the sub
stitute offered by Mr.. Anderson, which the
Senate had rejected.
Mr. O'Hara moved to adjourn, which the
Senate refused by the following vote
Yeas-Bowman, COPELAND, Ingraham,
Lewis, O'Hara, Ray, Smith,.
Nays-AndersOn, Antoine, Barber, Black
man, Butler, Campbell, Daigle, Gallup,
Harris, Herwig, Hunsaker, jerks, Kelso,
Lynch, McMillen, holland. Raglan, Swords,
Sypher, Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Twitch-
ell, Whitney, Wilcox-25.
Mr.. Blackman raised the point Of order,
that che substitute submitted by Mr.. An
derson having been rejected, and the sub
stitute offered by himself differing from the
substitute rejected, both in language and
matter, the question now required on the
substitute offered by himself. as amended.
The President expressed the opinion that
the subject matter of both resolutions was
the same, but announced that he was will
ling to refer the matter to the Senate for
decision.
Mr.. McMillen moved to amend the sub
stitute by striking out the words ITO fill the
vacancy occasiOned by the death of Lieu
tenant Governor Oscar j. Dunn" which was
adopted by the following vote, on call of
the yeas and nays:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, jerks, Kel-
SO. Lynch, McMillen, holland, Pinchback,
Ragan, Swords, Twitchel, Whitney-7.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman.
COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, Ingraham, Lew
is, O'Hara, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Todd, Wilcox-l6.
Mr.. Campbell raised the point of order
that the Senate having rec ognized the CON
stitutionality of the session of December g
1871, by striking out the preamble OF Sena-
tor Blackman's resolution, and having re
fused to recognize vacancy in the chair,
by striking out that part of the resolution
declaring that there was vacancy occa-
s;oned by the death of Lieutenant Cover
nor Oscar j. Dunn, the resolution to elect
a President of the Senate was clearly out
of order.
The President again declined to decide,