New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-24
THE STATE HOUSE.


duties without let or hindrance, it is not
unreasonable to suppose the people con-
tinue desire to know what is going on
there.
The contest that has been waged so
fiercely by the minority in both houses of
the Legislature for the supremacy over the
majority has, it is hoped, at last come to
an end The action taken in both houses
yesterday would seem to warrant this be-
lief
The Senate after discussing the subject
two days, passed resolution notifying
the Governor and House of Representa-
tiyes that the Senate was organized. The
most of the Senators who had opposed the
organization of the Senate, effected by the
majority, also opposed the action of the
majority in the House. For two days
they fought the resolution recognizing the
present organization, and what has been
done in the House since the election Of the
Hon. O. H. Brewster as Speaker,
but they were finally beaten by a
vote of nineteen to fourteen. The
opposition Senators, which embraced
the Democratic strength of the Senate,
and the Republican Senators identified
with the Customhouse faction, took the
ground that the present organization of
the House is illegal, and for that reason
the Senate should not communicate with
it. The Senators who support the State
administration and oppose the alliance of
Democrats and Republicans to break it
down, support the organization with Mr..
Brewster as Speaker, thus finally settling
the pretensions of Mr.. Carter to the
Speakership. The discussions upon this
subject were continued in the Senate yes
terday by Senators Campbell, Blackman
and Lynch, and We're of an interesting
character. After the passage of the reso-
luton, Lieutenant Governor Pinchback
called Senator Blackman to the chair, and
addressed the Senate upon privileged
question He said his character had been
wantonly and maliciously assailed by such
papers as the Times and National Repub-
fcan of this city. He denounced
their aspersions as false. and filthy
as they were false. H. said the
Times had denounced him ever since
lie voted against the Slaughterhouse mo-
nopoly; and the National Republican de-
nounced him because he voted against all
of the pet schemes of plumber in which
the friends and supporters of that paper
were interested. He appealed to the
records of the Legislature to prove what
he said, and was satisfied if his constitu
ents were consulted that they would gain
say all that his enemies had falsely said of
him.
In the House yesterday ffty-siX mem
bers answered roll call. Mr. Huston
arose to question of privilege. He said
he had been present in the Senate on the
previous evening and heard the discussion
of Senators upon the subject Of the House
organizations that while it was admitted
the House was to be the sole Judge of this
matter. Senators contended that the House
was not legally organized; that Speaker
Brewster who had been elected and sus-
tanned by the majority of the members of
the House of Representatives, was not
the legal Speaker. Mr.. Huston wanted
Senators to understand that the
majority of the House claimed
the right to organize the House
to suit themselves, and any attempt Of
Senators to interfere in that organization
would be regarded as an insult. The
House had been organized for nineteen
days. and ready for business, while certain
Senators had absented themselves on
board of the Wilderness and in other
places, thereby obstructing legislation
and preventing the contamination of
those very reforms about which they
had talked SO much. He wanted
Senators to distinctly understand the
House would suffer no dication from the
Senate in regard to its organization Such
dictation as he had heard in the Senate he
thought came with bad grace from the
Senators who had prevented, for three
weeks, the organization of the Senate
Mr.. Speaker Brewster than arose and
said there was doubt in the minds of
many of our best citizens as to the legality
of the present organization of the House;
and as he did not wish to stand in the way
of the interest of the State he would then
and there tender his resignation as
Speaker
Mr. Davidson Immediately arose and
moved that the House refuse to accept the
resignation of Speaker Brewster, calling
for the yeas and nays upon the question
By a vote of ffty-seven to Eve, the House
refused to accept the resignation of the
Speaker.
Mr. Worrall then offered resolution,
which was adopted by a vote Of fifty-.,ix to
eight, ratifying and confirming the cXpul-
sion of Mr. Carter from the House.
On motion of Mr.. Davidson, the resolu-
ton expelling members was reconsidered
so as to admit Messrs. Chachere, Durlo,
Darby and Hyams.
THE DEMOCRATIC SPECIFIC.