New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-22
THE STATE HOUSE.

! tine busiress being disposed of, the Senate
| went into executive session; after Whlch IL
adjourned until to-day at II NJ.
Rev. DR.. E. O. Haven, of Brooklyn, New
York, beng present yesterday when the
House was called to order, was invited to
open its proceedings with prayer.
After the reading of the journal had been
disposed Of Mr. Benham, of Carroll, asked
permission to record his vote on the resolu-
ton passed the day before, authorizing the
| Speaker to appoint a shorthand reporter
| Permission being granted, he voted yes,
| and then moved reconsideration OF the
vote by which the resolution was adopted,
saying, at the same time, that the employ
ment of short hand reporter simply meant
an expense to the State of $50 per day.
| Mr.. Young rose to question Of order.
| He said tie motion of the gentleman from
| Carroll was out of order. The motion TO
reconsider had been made the day before
| by Mr.. Mahoney, Of Plaquemines, and that
I motion had been laid upon the table.
Whereupon the chair decided Mro Ben
hams motion out of order.
Mr. Benham introduced joint resolution,
! which passed the House, asking Congress
| to refund the tax on cotton.
! Mr.. Demas presented q memorial from
| Thornton Butler, claiming to be a member
of the House of Representatives from the
fourth ward of New Orleans in place of j.
B. Blanchard, Jr. 1t was referred to the
Committee on Elections.
Mr.. Devices, of Red River, called up the
concurrent resolution from the Senate, con-
stituting the presiding officers of each
house and the chairmen of the Committees
on Finance and Auditing and Supervising
Expenses of the Senate, ehairmep Of the
Committee on Ways and Means and Con
tingent Expenses of the House, a committee
to act for the General Assembly in case of
sale of warrants TO be sold under provisions
of act No. II of 1873. 1t was read and
finally posed
Mr.. Hahn, from the committee appointed
to investigate the affairs of the city park
commission, asked the authority of the
House to employ clerk. After good
deal of opposition had been shown by
members to the employment of clerks for
committees, the House finally acceded to
Mr.. Hahn's request, he having satisfied
members that a clerk was really necessary
to get through with the work the commit
tee had to perform.
The hour of | P. N. having arrived, the
special order of the day was called for
which was the report, with accompanying
resolution, regarding duly returned mem
bers of this House who are participating in
the proceedings of body pretending to be
Legislature and holding its meetings in
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mr.. Gair moved that the further eOnsid-
GRAFTON of the report and accompanying
resolution be postponed until Tuesday, the
twenty eighth instant, at p. NJ. He said
he had good reasons for asking the
House to postpone action upon the report
and resolution IN question until that time,
and hoped that his motion would prevail. A
vote was then taken and Mr.. Gair's motion
adopted.
The report Of the Committee on Rail
roads, to whom was recommitted an act
entitled an act incorporating the Louisiana
Central Railroad Company, being the next
thing in order, was called up. The report
recommends the passage of the bill as
amended.
The amendment to the twelfth section of
the bill was being considered, when MIR.
Sewell, of Orleans, obtained the floor, and
in written speech of some length, de-
nounced the bill as a huge fraud. Mr..
Sewell's remarks will be found in another
place.
Mr. Keating, of Cdddo, was unconscious
of fraud in the bill, and pronounced the
charge false. He eulogized the gentlemen
who proposed to build the road, and said
they weIe incapable of perpetrating fraud
upon the State. Mr.. Heating continued his
remarks at some length showing the neces-
sity of the road to revive the trade of New
Orleans with Shreveport and the Northern
portions of Louisiana and Texas. He was
particularly caustic when referring to that
portion of Mr.. SeweiPs speech which
charged that the bill under consideration
was gigantic fraud.
After Mr.. Heating had concluded his re-
marks, Mr.. Benham, of Carroll, arose and
said that as the debate on the bill was
growing rather warm, he would move an
adjournment of the House until tomorrow
at twelve o'clock NJ. The House refused |
to adjourn.
Mr.. Gair obtained the floor, ana spoke |
for some time, without creating a clear |
impression as to whether he was in favor |
or opposed to the bill.
Mr.. CAN'T followed in very clear argu- |
ment in favor of the bill. He said the |
people of his section OF the State were |
deeply interested in the building Of rail. |
roads. They shipped 10000 bales of cotton
and 5000 hogsheads of sugar from his |
parish. They wanted all the facilities
for getting their produce to market |
that could be had, and for that reason they !
wanted the Louisiana Central railroad |
built. 1t does not interfere with the Back
bone" or Vicksburg road. or any other
road, and it don't cost the State dollar;
he was in favor of the bill Mr.
CAN'T could not see why the matter should |
be longer delayed. The bill had already |
been twice tavorably reported upon, and
the opinion of the Attorney General of the
State had been rendered upon it, showing |
that it viii not conflict with the interest |
the State may have N other roads. The /
road will pass through the finest section of
the State, and he wanted TO see the bill |
pass.
Pending the discussion on the bill the