New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-11
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Ninth Days Session.

SENATE CHAMBER,
Wednesday, January TO- 1872.
The Senate met at II ~, pursuant to adj
journment.
Presentation. P B. s. Pinchback, Lieu
tenant Governor and President OF the Sen
ate, and Messrs. Anderson, Barber, Butler,
Campbell, Gallup Harris, Hunsaker, jerks,
kelso, Lynch, McMillen, holland, kagan,
Swords, Twitchell, Whitney-l7.
The President announced that there was
no quorum present.
The President announced that he had re-
ceived information from one of the Assistant
sergeant farms, appointed under resolu-
ton of the Senate to arrest absent members,
that, on the seventh instant, he discovered
several of the absent Senators at Bay st.
Louis.
Mr.. Harris moved that ell the assistant
sergeants-at-arms appointed by the Presi-
dent of the Senate, with the exception OF
ten, be dismissed
Adopted.
The President of the Senate further an
nUunced that in pursuance to cOmmunica-
ton addressed by him to the Attorney Gen
eral of the State, requesting his opinion as
to whether the Serseantat-Arms of the
Senate, duly authorized by the Senate to
arrest absent Snators, has the legal rig bit to
enter upon the premises of private citizens
of the State Of Louisiana to seek for and
arrest such absent Senators, or either of
them, upon his receiving such information
as to give him reasonable cause for believ-
e
upon such premises, he had received a COM
munication purporting to come from that
officer, but not possessing his superscrip-
ton. The communication was returned by
the President of the Senate to the Attorney
General, and his attention directed to the
absence of his signature, with request
that it be returned properly superscribed,
or other expression of his opinion in the
premises given.
Mr.. Campbell offered the following reso-
luton:
ResoIred, That committee of thee be
appointed by the President to prepare an
address presenting to the people OF the
country a statement of the existing out
RACES and attempts at revolution now agi-
tating the State.
MI. Gallup moved to amend the resolu
ton by adding the following:
Resolred, further That the President of
the Senate be and he is hereby instructed to
advise the President of the United States
OF the action OF the federal officials com
planned of in the premises, and to ask him
to instruct his appointees to refrain from
further interference with the existing State
government of the State OF Louisiana.
Mr.. Barber moved to amend by adding
the following:
Resoiced, further, That a copy of these
resolutions be forwarded to each of our Sen
ators and Representatives, IN Congress, re-
1uesting them to cooperate III securing
prompt action by the general government
IN the premises.
On motion Of Mr.. Harris, the resolution
was referred to a committee of three to be
appointed by the President.
The President appointed as such commit
tee, Messrs. Harris, Barber and Campbell.
BY unanimous consent, Mr.. McMillen was
added to the committee.
On motion of Mr. Harris, the Senate took
a recess until three o'clock p. NJ.
The hour Of three O'Clock having arrived,
the Senate was called to order by the
President.
Presentation. p. 3. S. Pinchback, Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the Sen
ate, and Messrs. Anderson, Barber, Butler.
Harris, Twitchell-6.
The President announced that there was
no quorum present.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the Senate
took a further recess until eight o'clock
p. NJ.
The nour of eight O'Clock having arrived,
the Senate was called to order by the
President.
Presentation. p B. S. Pinchback, Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the Sen
ate, and Messrs. Anderson Barber, Butler,
Gallup, Harris, HunSaker, jerks, kelso,
holland, Twitchell-lI.
The President announced that there was
no quorum present.
Mr.. Harris moved that the Senate ad-
iOurn until tomorrow at II NJ.
Adopted.
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Thursday, the
a!avnnth instant af - M