New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-06

tackled by another member or the papers
Mr.. Young-I have been attacked and BY
nearly every member. Not openly on the
floor. but every where they could meet me.
The responsibility does in certain way
attach itself to me, but the House has no
right to refuse me the privilege to yindicate
myself, and am surprised at the unwilling.
ness of the gentleman to accord it to me.
have no objection to paying whoever has
been employed for whatever work that
has been done. but ! do object to giving
vouchers on resolutions which members
have caused to be passed TO little Jimmy or
little JOHNNY. when they never saw the inside
of the State House. perhaps. The House
forces me % do this. to pay seventy odd
pages 70: less than 100 members. Why, the
Senate and House Of Representatives Of
Massachusetts, $50 members, do not ha ye
half as many. Fifteen thousand dollars is
all both houses pay in that State tor the
services Of all the doorkeepers, messengers
and pages. and I. Ds the orders Of this
House, have issued vouchers for more th an
$4,000 for the same purpose. The vouch.
ere have issued are largely in excess of
the appropriation. To members tor 1874.
50. ,OlS 20; for mileage 1886: for members
for Isl: and 1873. $23325: for employees.
s46,iis. and for contingent expenses.
s222,676 81. which is S20,i24 9i in excess of
the appropriation of sl57 900. and to-day I
have signed vouchers amounting to be.
tween ten and fourteen thousand dollars
more. The documents in the committee
room viii prove this, and show that not q
dollar OF this sum would have been issued
but for the resolutions the House has
passed. This sin shall not be charged on
me. These gentlemen who have been so
eager for their passage shall not, when the
time for an appeal to the people comes, at
tempt to point the finger of scOrn at me or
the Committee on Contingent Expenses for
wasting the public moneys. 1t has been
said that ! have preached reform. So
have, and so have many others; but l have
practiced it, too, and ne act of mine ha
caused any one to receive pay for work he
has not done. The thirty-odd thousand dol
lars is on the record as the excess, and l
WduJ lut NluulCdtlOu 1 hh CAGAtlcu ". Ill dt
am not responsible for it, to stand with it.
! wash my hands of the whole business,
and challenge any man 60 come before the
people and say did it.
Several relief bills were passed and be.
nevolent societies Incorporated.
The Senate bill prescribing q fee Of sew.
enty-fve cents for recording tax judgm ents
was indefinitely postponed.
The bill to incorporate the Sanitary Exca.
waiting Company came up and was passed.
The Senate bill On the Sunday liquor sell.
ing business cana up. but the yulss were
not suspended.
The House then adjourned TO: M.
EVENING SESSION.
The frs: bill rallied up was by Mr.. De-
wees. which provides foy the changing Of
venue in criminal cases on application of
any party to the case. providing that the
grand jury Of any parish may invsstg at g
and find an Indictment on an offense pun {.
ishable by death committed in another. and
abolishing the necessity OF the signing Of
the death warrant by the Governor.
Mr.. Young moved to strike out this latte:
section.
Mr.. Gair made the point Of order tn a. at
this stage. the third reading. the bill could
not be amended. and the Chair decided that
custom had allowed it.
Mr.. Gair appealed. and two hours were
taken up in settling it. the Chair bein e sue
tanned.
Sir. Young then renewed his motion. The
section provided that even the clerk of a
court could make out the warrant Of execuo
ton to hang a man before word of his
conviction could ge: to the Governor. The
people did not wish to take the respo nsio
bility OF executing man from the Gov
ernor's shoulders, and be did not believe
there was man. white or black, Demo era!
or Republican. who would vote to shift the
responsibility in any such way.
After two or three diiatory motions the
section was stricken out.
Mr.. Dumont moved to postpone the VIII ole
bill. bu: Mr.. Allan. claiming that he was
not in his seat. was recognized by the Ch air
and moved that the bill finally pass.
Mr.. Harris. no: being in his seat. but
having general privilege. accorded by the
House, to roam all around when Mr.. David .
| son was absent. moved 20 lay that IA otson
on the table.
This complication of motions being new
one on the members, more than. half the
! House voted exactly contrary to what they
intended. and consequently there were near.
Iy two score OF changes after the last name
was Called
While the roll was being called tall
gentleman with heavy moustache. deter.
mined expression and slight etutter pro"
posed 10 come within the bar and ass lst the
House in its deliberations. MI. Flower rs. the
dOorkeeper. objected. and the aspirant for
privilege OF entrance planted his dexter
and dexterous fist between his eyes. A gen.
eral row followed. the doorkeeper kicking
with great vigor from the inside, the ser.
geantat-arms rushing to protect his subor'
dinate. Lieutenant Colonel Murrell, of
Madison. seconding his efforts with voice
and gesture. and the Chair ordering the
lobby cleared. which settled the trouble.
The House refused to table the mo ton 10
pass and Mr.. Gair moved the final passage
of the bill. calling the previous question.
Mr. Hahn called for the yeas and hays.
which made the fifth time the roll was called
on the bill. and the previous question was
ordered.
Mr. Bckhan,. who. since his explicit de.
elaration in the afternoon that no gentle
man could 81. in such body, had been
taking a more active part in the proceed