New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-08
FIFTY-FoUR FUsIoNIsTs PRESENT
NO QUORUM IN THE SENATE

NO QUORUM IN THE SENATE
FIVE MORE SENATOR'S WANTED
AS predicted, the failure OF the fusion
| Legislature to get together on Monday a
| quorum of its own nembers-easy as it has
| been for their four different returning boards
to prepare a'list of MEMBERSHIPS demon
strated to the public how thorough izzle
| the movement has been; consequently, yes
| terday when the hour of meridian arrived
no portion of our city was freer from excite
| ment than the neighborhOod of Odd Eel
lows Hall.
At twelve o'clock NJ, Mr.. Moncure called
the House to order, aud the following
named ffty-three gentlemen answered to
| their names
T. B. Blanchard. Orleans.
j. j. Boles, Union.
J. Belleu, Lafourche.
f. l.. Bowers, Orleans.
T. Bynnm, East Baton Rouge.
J.R Kavanaugh, jackson.
u. SO5LtllUy Ob' nd
l.. b. Claiborne, Pointe Coupee.
z. B. Cox, Assumption.
c. c. Davenport, Morehouse.
j. Delaney, Orleans.
K. V. Ducros, st. Bernard.
j. B. Elan, DeSoto.
j. B. Eustis, Orleans.
+. Fuzelier, Orleans.
j. j. Finney, Orleans.
M. j. Foster, ST. Mary.
natn
A. Gandel, Orleans.
ID. X. German, st. Helena.
.. Harang, Lafourche.
J. p. Harris, Pointe Coupee.
j. G. p. Hooe, Rapides.
w. G.. Kinsella, Orleans.
C. Kummel, Orleans.
j. l.. Lobdell, West Baton Rouge
f. H. McCaleb, Orleans.
j. Mcconnell, Orleans.
J. 4. Mcdowell, Madison.
J. j. Mellon, Orleans.
T. L. Mills, East Baton Rouge.
w. f. Moreland, Claiborne
Z. w. Norris, Franklin.
f. L. Pierson, Natchiteches.
w. A. Pouder, Natchitoehee.
E. Riviere, Orleans.
LIP Sandidge, Bossier.
w. L. Stanford, Orleans.
w. Ii. Scanlan, BGssier.
J. A. Shakespeare, Orleans.
w. Stevens, Orleans.
j. J. Swami, Rapides.
G.. L. Smith, Caddo.
W A. Strong, Winn.
j. F. Smith, Sabine.
j. G. Tate, Tangipahoa.
j. ID. Trahan, Lafayette.
l.. Texada, Rapides.
j. Timony, Orleans.
n. Wives, Assumption.
+. c. Zacharie, Orleans.
T. Price, Claiborne.
II. +. Vickers, Richland.
These, with Mr.. Moncure, Speaker, con.
stituted a quorum.
Prayer was then offered BY Rev. Mr.. Bu-
ford.
Mr.. Elam, of DeSoto, moved that COM
mittee of three be appointed to notify the
Senate that the House was duly organized
: and ready to proceed to business.
The motion prevailing, the chair ap-
pointed MessIS Elan, Ducro and Stevens,
who forthwith retired but returned at once
with the information that they could find
no Senate to notify.
Mr.. Elan then made motion TO the ef-
feet that the rules OF the House of 1871 and
1872 be adopted temporarily in the regula-
ton of this body. Carried
He then moved that committee Of five
be appointed to draft rules for the perma-
nent regulation of the House. Adopted.
The Speaker appointed hessrs. Elan,
Eustis, Mcdowell, Stevens and Person.
They were instructed to make their report
by tomorrow morning.
The Speaker then stated that a tempo
rarily appointed committee on credentials
was now engaged in session He stated
further that he would appoint permanent
committee on Wednesday.
The body then adjourned to meet ou
Thursday at noon. The committee On ere
dentials meantime were instructed to sit To-
day and have their report ready for adop-
ton when the body reconvenes 1t is un-
derstoo6 that this committee will report in
favor of giving seats to enough defeated
candidates, whose claims to such reeOgni-
ton have been repudiated by each Of the
returning boards in succession, to guard
against running short of members IN the
future.
In the room set apart for the assembling
of the SenateeGeneral Campbell and the
following named gentlemen were present:
Edward Booth, d. s. Cage, E. d. Gra-
ham, A. S. Heron, b. +. Jonas, A. II.
Leonard, A. J. Lewis, w. B. Mcdonald, G..
j. c. Puckett J. NJ. Thompson, A. Voorhies,
J. s. White and r. G. White-l+
Mr.. q. A. Brusle, who was defeated by
Senator Wharton in the fourteenth senate
rial district, composed of the parishes of
Iberville, St. Martin, West Baton Rouge
and Iberia, and who had not been returned
by any of the fusion returning boards, was
also present, and had the body lacked but
one of a quorum, it was understood he was
to be counted in"
1t will be observed that of ali the SEN
ators holding over only One-General
Campbell-recognizes this organization.
Messrs. Daigle and Thomas, Democrats,
fail to appear In either Legislature. SEN
ators Stamps, Weber, Worrell and Brow
sser, Republicans, and Anderson. inde
pendent, who are returned by all the
returning boards, will have nothing to dc
with this crowd, but are and have been in
daily attendance at the State House. Thus
the prospects of General Campbell ever
being able to provide quorum Of gentle
men claiming senatorial honors continue
to be doubtful.
1t is worthy of comment, that while Demo
Gratis are sitting in both branches OF the
Legislature at the State House, like honest
and law-abiding citizens, not Republican
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