New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31

ConnlTTkR ON CONTESTED ELKcTIOSs
New Orleans. January g. 1874.
To the Honorable President and Members Of tn
| Senate:
Your Committee on Contested Elections
to whom was referred the case of J. F. Kel
ley vs.. }. K. Alexander, respectfully repor
adversely to the claims OF the eaid J.
Kelley, he having failed to comply with tn,
requirements OF the law relative to con
tested elections.
Your committee, therefore, recommend
that j. X. Alexander be confirmed in hi
seat as Senator from the twenty fourth sena
tOrial district, and that j. +. Kelly receive
the same mileage and per diem as paid OF
due to }. X Alexander, as Senator to this
date.
| Respectfully,
T. B. STAMPS, Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON CoNTHsTED ELECTIONS, I
New Orleans, January 20, 1874. 5
TO the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Contested Elections,
| to whom were referred the cases of Detiege
VS.. VOORHEES,, Glaudin VS.. Booth, and Kelly
| vs.. Alexander, have the honor to report as
| follows:
| That f. Detiege and C. F. Glaudin be
seated Senators respectively OF the sec
| Ond and first senatorial districts. the testi-
mony taken in these two cases showing that
they received a majority of the votes cast
| in these two districts at the election held
| on the fourth of November, 1872.
That in the case of Graham vs.. Gre ne
the latter be confirmed in his seat as Sena-
tor from the nineteenth senatorial district,
and that Z. NJ Graham be paid the same
mileage and per diem as paid or due to
Greene as Senator to this date.
T. b. STAMPS, Chairman;
4. l.. WEBER,
.. H. BREWSTER.
A. +. BARBER,
T. &. ANDERSON.
On motion of Mr.. TwitchelI, chairman of
the Committee on Finance, Senate bill No.
25I, bill to be entitled an act providing
for assessing and collecting the taxes Of the
parish of Orleans, both for the State and
city, and penalties for failure of duty Of
officers, was taken up and ordered printed.
Mr.. Butler, chairman of the Committee
on Claims reported as follows:
House bill No "a, for the relief of Mrs.
w. p. Noble, favorably.
By unanimous consent the bill was taken
up.
Mr.. Harris moved that House bill No. "a
be printed and made the special order of
the day for Monday next at one o'clock.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
On motion of Mr.. Burch, and by unani
nous consent, the following was taken up:
Senate joint resolution No. 90, authoriz-
ing the dean Of the law department of the
University of Louisiana to pay the claim Of
b. NJ. Harrod.
The bill was read the second time and
considered engrossed.
The constitutional rule was suspended by
a four iifths vote, the bill read the third
time. The bill finally passed, the title to
stand
Mr.. Barber moved to take up the reports |
Of the Committee on Contested Elections. |
By unanimous consent, the reports were |
taken up and read.
Mr.. Harris moved to strike out the words |
ito this date" and insert the words, .'as
Senator for this session of the legislature
n the case of contest of Kelly VS.. Alexan.
Ter.
The amendment was adopted 20 the first I
'eport of the Committee on Contested Elec.
ions, and the report was adopted as
lmended.
The second report was then read.
Mr.. Harris moved to strike out the follow.
ng words, 1.-The same mileage" etc., to the
md of the paragraph; and also, to insert
he following words, "his mileage and per
lem as paid. or due to Greene as Senator
or this session of the Legislature"
Mr.. Thomas moved that the whole sub.
ect matter be laid on the table.
The Senate refused to table the whole
ubject matter.
Mr.. Barber moved to adop: the amend.
1ent Of Mr.. Harris.
Adopted. !.
Mr.. Barber moved TO sdop. the r.por. as I
mended.
Mr.. Thomas moved to lay the motion of
[r. Barber on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate ;
,fused to lay the motion on the table by
le following vote:
Yeas-Daigle, Thomas
Nays-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Blunt.
utter, Burch, Brewster. Cage, Chadbourn.
rawford, Harris, +. f. Herwig, Harper,
graham. Kelso, Mascot, Pollard, Rey,
,pher, Swaizie, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber,
'harlon, Whitney-25.
Mr.. Blunt moved to adopt the report as a
nended.
On call of the yeas and nays, the report
as adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Belden, Blunt. b
wee, Butler, Burch, Brewster, Cage,
ladbOurn, Crawford, Harris, E. F. Her A
g, Harper, Ingraham, Kelso, Masicot,
lizard, Rey, Swaizie, Sypher, Stamps,
vtchell. Weber, Wharton, Whitney-26,
Nays-Daigle, Thomas-2. h
Mr.. Whitney moved to reconsider the il
to just taken, and moved to lay the mo-
n to recon slider on the table. to
The motion to table was adopted D,
IN motion Of Messrs. Whitney and Bar
:, Messrs. Z. Detiege and c. F. Glaudin "
re sworn in as Senators.
IN motion Of Mr.. Harris, the Senate
ed to adjourn. az
he President then announced that the an
late stood adjourned until Friday, JAN he
y 3d. 1874. at I'm lii
P. E. BECHTEL, Ct
Secretary of the Senate.