New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-25
TIE STATE HOUSE,

was received from the Governor. transmit
ting the annual report Of the State Treas
urer.
Senator z. +. Herwic. chairman OF the
Finance Committee. reported substitute
for the bill introduced by Senator Harris
in regard 20 the registration OF warrants.
On motion of Senator Harris the report Has
received and the bill finally passed. il
does away with the registration OF war
rants and certificates of Indebtedness. BY
unanimous consent Senator Brewster intro
duced q bill extending che jurisdiction OF
parish courts to eases not exceeding SaOo.
and fixing the time tor holding said courts.
The bill was read twice and referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Senator Burch introduced resolution
substituting Senator Blackburn in place OF
Senator Weber as o member of the Com
mittee on Penitentiary. The resolution vas
adopted.
Senator Burch rose 60 a privileged ques-
ton. In the Pieaytsme Of that evening, he
said, the name of Burch appears among the
names of Senators who answered roll call
at Odd Fellows Hall that day. While he
deemed it unnecessary to inform Senator'S
of the General Assembly OF Louisiana that
he has not been there, he desired to call at
tention to the report in the Picoyunc in
order that the public may not be erroneous
ly led to believe that he is the Burch who
is represented as a member of the Odd Eel
lows Hall Assembly. He wanted it under
stood that he aspired to no such honor.
Senator Lngraham introduced a bill
amending the election law. 1t was read
twice, and motion was made that 1t be
considered engrossed.
Senator Brewster was opposed to this.
He did not want the bill passed hur-
rieGly. He wanted an election law that
would give general satisfactioni one that
would not place SO mnch power in the
hands of few men. At the last election
We had seen the evil Of this. We had seen
men selected entirely from one party to
conduc, our elections. He did not want
law that would enable any party that hap'
pened to be in power TO abuse authority in
thai wayo II it was wrong in Democrats to
do thiss it would be w!Ona foT Republicans
to do 1t. He wanted law that partisans
could not take advantage Of-one that
would secure fair election to the people.
Senator Ingrahans hoped the gentleman
who had last spoken would net push his
opposition at this time, as the bill! was
NJ eessary to enable the State to hold elec.
.ious 10 fill vacancies In the Legislature.
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pass an election hii that would be accept.
able to The great body Of the people.
The bill. WAS then taken NJ. anG .inaily
passed.
Senator 'rwitchei! called up the bill pun'
ishing extortion in vficr. 1t passed through
it's several readings. and was declared finally
passed.
Senator Wharton called ur the bill! re.
peaiing the State House commission. On
motion of Senator Harris it WAS ISferred to
the Committee on Parks and Public Build
ings.
Senator Blackburn rose TO privileged
Question. He said the Times, Of this city,
had made scurvilous attack on h;s action
as q Senator. and hoped to be indUlged in
making % few remarks. no! for the purpose
OF defending himself against the vile at
taci1s of an unprinsipied press. but for 'he
purpose of placing himse!! right before the
Senate. He had presented for the consid-
Grafton Of the Senate a printing bill that
does not please the Times. and foT that rea.
son i assails the bill as ''anOther in:amy."
and hurts st him its filthy epithets. This
the Senator did not object 70. But he did
object 20 being inisTe presented. The Times
charges that the bill proposes to gi'e an
extrayagant price Tor public printing. " hen
in fact it proposes to do work from fifteen
to two nty-tige per cent cheaper than the
Times has charged ior the same kind Of
work. He then referred 20 the corrupt
and renai course Of tha. paper, and
charged 10 with having stimulated pFeju.
dices among the people that lie
at the foundation OF all their troubles. If
it we're not for the prsjudicss that had Leen
fostered and encouraged 10y such paper. as
the Times, Senator Blackburn felt confdeNt
there would be no necessity Tor Repub-
lican Legislature 80 pass laws for the en-
courag cement of Republican newspapers.
The Times, and papers like it, had created
a psInicious public sentiment in this State
that rendered it impossible for Republican
newspaper 60 exist without the sid Of the
party in power.
No business was transacted in the House
yesterday, and the two houses have ad-
iourned unit! Monday Nexs at twelve
c's.oek NJ.