New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-08

| resentatlves appearing at the bar of thu
Senate, announced that the House of Rem.
resentatives was then ready to organize /,
joint session for the purposed counting Off
cially the votes that were cast at the lat
election for Governor and Lieutenant Gov.
ernor of the State.
The following resolution was then, On
motion of Mr.. Burch, adopted:
WHEREAS, The Senate having been mott.
| fed BY the House of Representatives of
their readiness to meet in joint session 20
| count and declare the vote in the late gen.
| eral election, held November 9, 1872, for
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor for tina
| State of Louisiana; therefore, be it
Resolred. That the Senate proceed at the
hour of p. n. this day to the chamber of
the House of Representatives, then and
there to count the votes cast for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor and proclaim the
result, in accordance with article forty
eighto the constitution Of the State.
At the hour of one the Senate proceeded
70 the House of Representatives
The Senate and House of Representatives
went into joint session.
The joint session sfhe Senate was called
to order by the Hon. A. b. Harris, Lien
tenant Governor of the State and President
of the Senate.
Joint session.
The President of the Senate, Hon A. B.
Harris, took the chair, and directed the
Secretary of the Senate to call the roll of
the Senate in joint session.
The following answered to their names;
Hon. A. B. Harris, President, ard
Messrs. Alexander, Barber, Blackburn,
Blunt. Butler, Burch, Brewster, Cage.
Greene, P. &. Herwig, E. F. Herwig,
Harper, Ingraham, jerks, Kelso, IasicOt,
holland, Pollard, Swords, Sypher, Stamps,
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, Worrell-26.
The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tiyes. then ordered the Clerk of. the House
to call the roll, when the following mem
bers answered to their names:
Speaker Lowell, and Messrs. Allan, Arm
stead, Antoine, Bowman, Baker, Boyd, Ben
ham, Blackstone, Boatner, Connaughton,
Cousin, Demas. d. C. Davis, K. r. Davis,
Decker, Devezin, Deioie, Dumont, Dayries,
Devices, Elliot Fontelieu, Greene, Grant,
Gair, CAN'T, Guichard Heffner, Hubeau,
Hill, Heath, Hedgepath, nj Jones, Judice,
Heating, Kenyon, Kern, Lewis, Landry,
sonI. Mahoney, Mayo, Martinez, Marie.
Mathews, Montaldo, Page, Paris. BABY,
Rochon, Rodrigues, Souer, Sawyer, Stewart,
Sartain, Snaer, Southland, Sutton, Sewell,
Smart, Thomas, Tureaud,
Williams, Worthy, Washington, Wlggin,
Ward, Wands, Young-72.
A quorum present.
The joint session, being composed of
twenty-six members of the Senate and
members of the House, then
proceeded il! joint assembly to count and
leclare the votes cast at the general cleo
ton held on the fourth day of November.
1872, for Governor and Lieutenant Govern
Or, in accordance with article forty-eight of
he con stitution.
The President of the Senate having stated
he object of the joint session, then ap-
pointed Senators Twitchell, Ingraham and
Weber as tellers on the part of the Senate.
The Speaker of the House appointed
Iessrs. Dumont, Green and Souer as teliers
N the part of the House
The joint tellers then proceeded 70 ex-
mine and count the return of the votes
ast in the several parishes of this State,
which are as follows:
official return of the votes cast in the sew
eral parishes Of the State of Louisiana on
the fourth of November, 1872 for Gov
ernOr