New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-13
THE LECI.LATURE YESTERDAY.
Senate.

seated was presented to the Senate yester-
day BY Mr.. Weber. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Jenks is also an applicant for re-
admission to the Senate, he having been
expelled from that body last winter in con-
sequence of having gone over to what is
knewn as the Fusion Legislature.
Mr.. j. f. Kelly also claims seat in the
district in the place Of MIR. Alexander. The
petition in supper. Of hi. Claim was pre-.
sented by Mr.. Brewster. and referred to the
Committee on Elections.
Mr.. Bovee introduced bill: authorizing
Hornos & Benedict to cue the State. 1t
was read and referred 70 appropriate com'
:n:ttae.
M Harper. Of Ca:ic. obtained the con.
ser. Of the Senate 20 introduce bill for the
relief Of the taxpayers of the parish Of
Cadio. II was read twice and referred.
Mr.. Bovee introduced bill to emancipate
Thomas A. Franklin. and empower him TO
practice law in the courts of this State.
Read twice and referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Ma. Burch introduced joint resolution.
repeating acts Nos. Is and 81. and al! sup
Elementary laws thereto. granting aid to
the New Orleans. Mobile and Texas rail
road; and authorizing the Attorney General
10 bring sui:s TO recover all aid in the shape
of bonds, etc. granted by the State to said
railroad. The resolution was read and ;e.
ferred to the Committee on Railroads.
The cases Of Clemen: +. Glaudin and
Emile Detiege. claimants for seats from the
first and second senatorial districts of
this city, being made che special order of
the day for yesterday at one o'clock. were
called up at that time. and after some dis.
eusson. in which Messrs. Burch. Whitney.
Brewster. Stamps and Harris participated.
the further consideration Of the subject
was on motion Of Mr.. Harris. postponed
two weeks from that time. The Senate
then al burned until twelve o'clock today.
House.
.he members me. a: twelve O'Clock. be.
III. called to order by Speaker Lowell. and
sevent Iseves ;iIUoru'Ai answered 20 their
names.
'ev. N-. Green oferei prayer.
Nessrs. Smart. o: Vernon: Smith. o: Sa.
H;le, Little aud Prescott. Of St. Landry.
presented themselves :or the first time this
session. having acted the greater part OF
tho time heretofore with Mr.. NcEueyy .
caucus.
Seyera! notices o: ;.i!s wer. given, and a
large number introduced.
The resolution OF Air. Deiuas relative to a
committee oi five to be appointed to exam.
ins the outstanding vouchers OF 1872 and
1873 was called up by him. and. after
amending it SO as TO include the years 1870
and 1871. and increasing the numbe. OF the
committee to seven. WAS adopted.
Mr.. Coanaug ghton's resolution Of inquiry
into the manner IN which the Slaughter.
house Company had conducted its business
was carried after increasing ;iie number Of
the committee 20 five.
Reports from the administrators o! the
Insane Asylum. tle commission Ot ensi.
nee:s. the committee Of persons. the State
engineer. the COMMITTEES to examine the
StSAc uCCts aiud IL .iACbIOA 4AohA Ado ~oaAA-
mittee OH designs OF the Saratoga Monu.
men:a! Association. and message from the
Governor. ;nc!osin. the report Of the State
registrar OF voters. were received.
Among other bills introduced. read twice
and referred to appropriate committees.
was one by Mr.. Sewel!, OF Orleans. estah.
fishing c,imina! distr;c. court tor the
parish Of Orleans. which. wen. to the Judi.
ciary COMMITTEES.
The bill. provide. f.. Judge. clerk and
assistant district attorney. 20 be elected by
the people at the sam. time as the genera!
election Of judges. the Governor TO appoint
them in the interim! between the passage OF
the bill and the next election. The judge Is
to receive . salary OF $1,000. ths clerk and
attorney the same fees received b. :asse Q:
the First District Court.
The Jurisdiction OF the court is 10 extend
over all offenses committed In the parish o:
Orleans where tho punishment il death or
ia the State Per iten;iary: the
grand Jury is to yepor, al! indictments and
the Eirs: District Court transfer all cases o:
.f!s characte. 70 the Crimina! Court.
Mr.. Montaiio arose to a persona: exr's.
nation. The paper which styled itself the
organ Of the cld.s: and best and claimed TO
have the largest circulation of any paper.
had described him as of Indian extraction.
Sometime ago il called him colorea man
from the third ward. It was matter of
H,,A hot
would eondescend to receive any ;nforma.
ton. he would state that he was neither a
cofored man nor of Indian extraction. What
he could claim was French and
italian. He did not mention this matter be-
cause he felt at all aggrieved, but simply as
! means to show how ridiculous it was to
ooil at the Peayuns for any instruction.
Mr.. Young moved to withdraw from the
Committee on Elections, they having asked
'urther time. the cases of J. l.. Langles ann
(; T. Thompson. In supporting this motion
10 said these cases had already been re-
ported on by q committee, and no doubt
,ould exist that they were entitled to their
eats. The two who had been sworn in had
lever taken their seats and had never ap-
,eared before the committee when notified
hat their seats were contested. He offered
resolution giving notice to Messrs Timony
nd Mellon that unles. they appeared IN
heir seats BY Tuesday a: Y. NJ. they
would be declared vac ant and tn. contest
nts admitted.
Mr. Mathews opposed the resolution. and
esired to amend It b. striking out all
tter the word vacant. He said the two
entiemen who had been sworn in had
cen returned by both boards. No one