New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-02
TnE STATE HOUSE.

StfaU@ OF House yesterday. Ue SShdLe
after very short session with opeE doors
went into executive session. and When that
was raised, adjourned unit! to-mor"""
iNondayj az twelve oclocl: n.
Before going into executive sess OF, Sena
| 1or Brewster gave notice that be designed
iutrod uciug al the proper time bill 10 III
| corporate the Monroe. Bastrop and ArkaN
sas Railroasl Company: ALSO, S'Q' ?" iT'
corporate .he Monroe Badge ComPanyo
- bill was introduced 10 revoke and
annul the charter OF the Louisiana State
Lottery Company, and to repeal an aeC u
increase the revenue Of the State and u
authorize the incorporation and establish
ment OF the Louisiana State lottery Com
panvr and to repeal certain other acts now
in force. It was ordered 20 lie over.
The Honse did very little but discuss and
finally pass the bill-known as bill No. u -
creating the parish of Algiers. This had
| been made she special order Of the day for
Yesterday. Shortly after Speaker Lowell
had called the House 10 order and quorum
| announced. Mr.. Btnham. Of Can@N. was
called 10 the chair
Mr.. Oumont, OF Algiers ;heH called up
the bill creating the parish Of 3lgiers, and
moved that u he placed uPon It's tbEd read
ing.
Ny. NaL0Ecy, nf Plaquemnes. arose
} agd, addressing the Speaker. said he de
! sired to give his views on this bin before il
was placed upon its ghird reading and final
| passage. He said he shoLld oppose the bill
because IT proposed so create 4 new parish
| by dividing an old one Hc was not III
favor of creating new parishes in this way
al cost Of fro1R SIS, ,000 to 100000 O year
for eaoh additional parish thus created 10
Qhe people. de said there had been many
applications for dividing parishes, and il
900 many Instances th0y had succeeded
! This Is generally done by men who want to
! be parish Judges, sheritis. etc. Dir. Ma
honey said he was opposed 10 qleatA g
these small parishes, not only because they
! are heavy expense TO the State, bat be
] cause they create too many offices and iii
F Poyerish the people. EIe woulsi therefore
move that the bill be indetnitel7 post
poned.
! Mr.. num0It replied 10 the geatlcI2 on
from PiaGuemiHes MT. 8ahaGcgl. and OK
! Snbited . memorial signed ny numerous
@itizchs of &lgiers, asking for separate
ParOcbia! and municipal government for
thai portion Of the parish Of Orleans sta
! at@a &c the left bank OF she Mississippi
river. 1Er. OHmont charged that Mr Ma
| honev had changed his views buc recently
"U tho subject. and was unable 20 accouat
for bis opposition t@ Fhe bill now before shs
House. His vacclatiOn sGorld not be an
| impediment 70 shc wishes OF She people
| living in the district that would consulate
the parish OF Algjers, jCthe bill passed. Mr.
| Dunlont conciu1ied 10y renewing his sao-
1.un to have tho bill PLACED apoL its third
and final reading.
Mr RofrigGes, Of OYtcans, was enes. eZn-
DAatically opposed 30 creating new par
ishes by dividing old ones. lie h.artilS in
dorsed the views 90 the gentleman from
Plaquemihes upon this subject. and hoped
| members wOulG not Tete 20 burden she
people with additional taxation bE passing
Bills like the enc under confederation.
Ar. Mgr..l, o: Madison, entertained eirai
lar views. lie said experience ba8 shown
that where parishes have been divided 20
create additional ones, such divisions have
resulted injuriOusly 10 the great body of
the neOpie concerned, while d f " Eaersons
have been benefited. $Ie knew O memo
rials Of citizens living N parishes that have
been divided asking 20 be returned tr sheir
Old ShGition
The member from ST. Charles ". Hahn
desired to know whether the committee
that the bill had been referred to reported
tavOrably On IT, The clerk. in answer 20
this inquiry, was instructed by the Speaker
to read the concluding potion O1 the re
port, aIich was favorable To the bill.
After further debate. which was Of %
rambling and confused nature, Hhe Gaaip
question was ordered, anu the bill finally
passed bf q vote of fUrtv-ttr4G yeas e. sew
%nteer NAYS.
when the yeas and nays were 0rdeEed Oh
the final passage Of tAs bill, Hir. Gair, Of
Eas' Feiiciana, gave aotice that when his
name was called he would claim &he right
"a explain his vote. This he did as follows:
YEo said he vas not opposed 70 creating
toe parish uf blgieTs bat he was opposed
10 the b:n IL les present shape lie desired
&c amend It. # members would carefully.
examine tue bill, ne was satisfied they
would not vote for It until :. was amended.
IL proposed to change ottt that had
been elected bg the people, and substitute
in the;r places men appointed by the Gov
ernor This cv.ild not be done w:thout
great wrong and expense 10 the peopIe-ah
expense of e. least So, coo. The men
who had suffered d detea" al
the hands q She people we're the l-a"ers
III tie present movement--Rre tLc Tlel! who
have been defeated in popular election, and
take this unfair way TO give themselves an-
other chance of office. Mr.. Gaiy was opposed
to this way Of doing business IN the iegisla-
ture. That branch of the State government
had already had too much sin laid at its
door BY those who are ever ready to find
fault with the acts oi a Republican major
tv; and legislation Of this kind would tord
q strengthen the charges that hay" been
made against the Legislature hv th' enc
mics of Republicanism. For these reasons
he hoped the iill would not Yas@ without
being amended. He voted no
n adopting the little OF the bill there was
an Intellectual attempt made to amend il.
Mr. Montaldo, Of Orleans, introduced an
act to enforce article ~ OF title six 81 the
State constitution, and for other purposes.
1t was read twice and referred 70 the Com
mittee O Constitution.
Article II, Of the State constitution pro
hiUit- one uerson from holding more than