New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-06


on Penitentiarv. moved 20 take up the re-
port of the committee. submitted yester-
day, and that the same be OritTed printed
in the journal.
Adopted.
Cons;-r,s0 o. psSlrRSrrARy
February /, 1873. }
TO the Honorable ?1esiIen. and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Penifentiary beg
leave to make partial report. On their re
cent visit to the State PenitentiaTy the
following list of questions was served on
the clerk OF the Penitentiary. Owing to
the absence Of the lessees he was unable
10 answer them all. and your committee
therefore directed him to return, - early
as practicable. direct and explicit answers
to the same.
List of questions relative TO III" Conli-
ton and man1 cement OF The Ptulte!!-
tiary:
!. What disposition Of the convict labor
has been made Tex the year Is. OK . part
thereof.
-Tel! how many have been en-
played on railroads, ieyees, plantations, or
in any manner outside OF the penItentlaFy
building, and in competition With free
labor.
When, where. and in cha: numbers. and
upon what terms as to prices OF wOIk and
costs Of support have they been employed!
What is the average cost of keeping the
convicts on the plantations, and what the
wages obtained by the lessees for them!
Give the details fully on the points herein
suggested, and also give tabular state
ment of the present number of the conyicts.
,. Under provision of the eighteenth
article of rules OF Board Of Control, which
prohibits unusual and cruel punishment of
cOnvicts-
What has been the method of discipline
IN the Penitentiary for the year 1872!
Do you resort TO bucking, gagglns or
shower bathsl
How often, and for what time. do you use
the dark cell!
Do you use dogs in catching convicts'
How many times in 1872
What particular modes of punishment are
generally adopted!
How many stripes are given at any time
BY whose authority do you fog cOnvict.9
Is any discrimination made between the
white and cOlored convicts in this sort OF
punishment?
Is this sort of punishment inflicted with
the knowledge and consent of the board
of control
3. Questions about machinery:
What was the amount and character OF
the shoe machinery purchased by the les
sees and sold to the State?
What was the price paid by the State IN
certificates or money, or both
What amount of this machinery was sold,
70 whom and at what price:
Has payment been made for the same.
and how much
Did the Governor give his consent in
writing t. the sale. and. il so. give his let
ter
Have the certificates been disposed OF by
the lessee
g. Memoranda under resolutions Of Sena-
tors Blackburn and Ingraham:
I. Furnish the names of the coiOred con
victs, from the parishes of 81. Landry.
Caddo, DeSoto, Claiborne, BOssier and
Jackson, together with the crimes charged,
the date OF the sentence and the term ct
service.
:. Give list OF all cOnsicts under twenty
one years of age, together with the parishes
Of residence, the crimes charged, the date
of sentence and the term of service.
3. Have you any knowledge that durin =
the last four years the executive clemency
has been frequently extended to colored
convicts on the alleged grounds that said
Convicts were sentenced 70 the peni.entiary
for political reasons.
Your Committee on Penitentiarr would
respectfully submit that as yet they have
been unable to get the answers III :ull to
these questions. and that. as they have ust
been empowered To sUmmon persons, send
for papers and administer Caths. etc. the V
ask tor further time before maxim. a final
report.
Respectfully submitted.
f. l.. WEBER, Chairman:
j. HENRI BURCH,
A. J. SYPHER,
W. JASPER BLACKBURN.
GEORGE Y KEISO.
L. a. FULLER. Clerk.
Mr.. TUitche! called Up the fo!iow:n:
Joint Mutton ,ution:
Hog o,'il No. -, TO fix the compensation
Of C.. ri 'n Ssfficers of the General Assembly
for the extra session thereof. begun Decem-
Der 9. 49,. and authorizing the payment
thereof, and for other purposes.
Resolution read and adopted or second
reading.
Mr.. Brewster moved 70 amend the reso-
luton by striking out five hundred dollars
and inserting three Hundred instead
thereof.
Motion ruled out Of order.
Mr.. Buc.h moved that the bill &c commit
ted to the Committee Oh Finance.
On cali o: the yeas an! nays .he Senate
refused the commitment o: the BIZ. by the
following vote:
Yeas--Barber. Brewster, Bu,cfl. Harris,
L. +. IIerwig. Pollard. Stamps. Sypher.
Weber,.
N.vs-Anierson. Alexander. Blackburn.
Blunt. Greene. Harper. 2. +. Herwig
Ingf ham. il $50. Mas:cO.. TwItcheu. WhaV-
t0n-!".
Nr. lngrah.m moved tina: the bill tie
fxr; f.. til. spe"ia. order Of the day for
Tomorrow at ?. NJ. on whiei. he moved
the previous question On ,he motion.
On call Of the yeas ana nays. the main
question was ordered By the following vote:
Ypas-Alpxantier Anderson, Blackburn,
Barber. Blunt. Greene. Harris. Harper,
p. F. Herwig. Z. +. Herwig, Ingraham,
Kelso. Masicot. Pollard. Sypher. Twitchel!.
Nays-Brewster. Burch. Stamps, Weber
~.
The Joint resolution was then fixed 20 be
the special order of the day 70, tomorrow
at 2. NJ. on call OF the soll by the follow
ing vote:
Navs-A'eHander. Anderson, Barber.
Blackburn. Blunt Brewster, Burch, Greene,
Harris. Harper. T. +. Herwig. f. F. Her
wig. ingrahan, kelso. Mascot. Pollard.
TwitcheIl-H.
Nays-Stamp., SyDhe:. Weber. Wharton
II.
On call. the Senate went into executive
session.
Executive session having been raised. on
motion of Mr.. Harris, the Senate voted to
adjourn.
The Presiden. then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned till Thursday. Feo-
yuary 6, 1873, at twelve O'Clock N.