New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-03

| De returned TO the House lOr Cl6 concur
renee of that body to the Senate amend
| ments.
The bill for the reliet Of Mrs. Catherine
Epps was called up and indefinitely post
poned.
! MIR. Brewster called up Senate bill No.
433, an act to amend an act entitled an act
to charter the Monroe, Bastrop and Arkan-
sas Railroad Company. The bill was read,
| and under a suspension of the rules finally
| passed.
The Senate adjourned to meet at II A. NJ.
to-day.
Speaker Lowell being again unweli was
absent, and Mr.. Mathews was called to the
| chair.
The special orders of the day were a
local bill and the appropriation bill. which
were postponed.
Mr.. Gair desired to reconsider the vote or
| the Metropolitan Police bill. The object of
| the bill had been to reorganize the force.
and the bill as amended left the board just
| where it was before.
Mr.. Demas said only two members OF the
board had been confirmed by the Senate
and there was no reason assigned to get
rid of them except perhaps that some one
else wanted to be appointed. He moved to
| lay Mr.. Gair's motion on the table, and the
| House tabled it.
Mr. Simms called up the resolution of Mr..
Estillette. offered on Tuesday, for the ap
| pointment Of committee of five to report
such bills to the House as tho interest Of
the State demanded.
Mr.. Gair offered substitute that the
| committee should report on the bills for the
public schools, the Metropolitan Police. the
appropriation. Criminal Court and city
| taxes.
He said no five men could do the work
| required by the resolution in the time re-
quired. He was opposed to any omnibus
| committee or bills.
! Mr. Estilette moved TO table Mr.. Gair's
| substitute, and the motion was carried.
Mr.. Ward moved to table Mr.. Estilette's
| resolution. and the motion was carried.
Mr.. Page offered a resolution that on and
| after March 2 the House should meet at
| seven o'clock each evening, and it was
! adopted. as was also one from him instruct.
ing the sergeant-atarms to procura the
necessary gas.
About score Of resolutions instructing z
| the chat :man of the Committee on Contin
| gent Expenses to issue vouchers to clerks
| of committees were passed.
! Mr.. Ward, of Grant, offered resolution
to the effect that Battle Payne, having ap-
| peared before the Committee on Elections,
who decided that he was elected from the
Fourth District, although they had never
reported. should be admitted as a me mber.
! and sworn in.
Mr.. Gair moved the ooin: Of order that
the House had adopted resolution offered
by him which declared that no contestant
should be seated without complying with
the law, and beng reported on by the COM
mittee.
The Chair ruled the point well taken.
Mr.. Turead desired to submit report
from the Committee on Elections. but the
House refused to suspend the rules.
Other resolutions for paying clerks were
passed.
Mr.. Young objected. There was no ap
| preparation to meet the demand of these
resolutions. Out of the 500, 900 appropriated
at the first of the session $50, 900 had gone
to the Senate, and more than enough reso
lutions had been passed to exhaust the little
that was left from the balance. He called
for the order of the day. which was again
postponed.
Mr. Montaldo offered q resolution to pay
the mileage to the Committee on Health
and Quarantine.
Mr.. Young objected.
Air. Montaldo said the committee were
! obliged by law to travel to certain places
| and ought to receive their mileage.
With an amendment including the Com
mittee on Canals and Drainage the rssolu'
tion was adopted.
| Mr.. Montaldo introduced a resolution
| paying the nineteen members who had
| been admitted this session for the extra
session Of 1872 and regular session Of 1873.
| Mr.. GAR wanted to know where al! the
| money was coming from.
Mr.. Langies explained thai he had had a
consultation with the Appropriation Com
mittee. who would attend to that.
Mr.. Gair moved to lay the resolution on
the table. and called for the yeas and nays
During the calling of the roll Mr.. Young
objected to any one of the nineteen voting
as they were interested in the result.
The House refused to table the resolution.
| Mr.. Montaldo moved to amend the reso
luton by adding tho name of Paul Jones
Of Cameron. which was adopted.
Mr.. Gair msved to amend by inserting
the name Of w. B. Barrett, B. Paul. Battle
Payne, John McEnery and d. B. Penn.
The resolution was adopted without add
ing the names offered by Mr.. Gair.
On motion of Mr.. Demas the House went
into committee of the whole to consider the
appropriation bill.
Mr.. Montaldo was called to the chair in
the committee of the whole.
The committee Sat until after P. NJ. and
then rose, reported progress and asked leave
to 81. again.
The House then adjourned to 10 a. NJ. to
day.
Doing Well.
Mr.. J. B. Gerard, mail agent on the Nor
| gan road. who lost both legs by being rur
over at the Algiers station some days ago
is. we learn, in Charity Hospital, and do
ing as we'll as could be expected. As an