New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-17
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1874

Of order that the first thing In the order Of
unfinished business was House bill No. IS,
entitled the funding bill. which was under
consideration when the House last ad-
| journed.
The Chair decided the point we'll taken.
Gu motion, the bill was referred to the
| committee of the whole.
INF. Mathews. of Tensas, in the chair.l
Mr.. Montaldo. of Orleans. called up the
| following resolution. and substitute by Mr..
| Elliott, of Orleans:
| Rcsoiced That David Wilson and K. Pre-
l vost, from the second ward, be seated as
| men bers Of the House of Representatives,
| subject to a contest.
| Mr.. Elliott, Of Orleans. offered the follow
| ing as . substitute:
| Rcsoared, That if by tomorrow at one
| o'clock the members from the second ward
| Of Orleans whose seats are contested by f..
| Provost and David Wilson, do not appear
| aud take their seats, the same Will be de-
| clared vacant, and the said Provost and
| Wilson, contestants, be sworn IN as mem
| berI, subject to contest.
| Mr.. Montaldo, of Orleans. moved to lay
| the substitute on the table.
! Mr.. Gair, of East Feliciana. rose to a
I psnt of order, that the motion to lay on the
| table was out of order, for the reason that
the substitute was part of the proceedings
of the House, as the journal containing the
same had been approved.
| The Chair decided the point not well
| taken.
| On the motion to lay the substitute on
tho table the yeas and nays were demanded
by Messrs. Montaldo, of Orleans and Sar-
tain, of Carroll, resulting as follows:
| Yeas-Allain. Bowman. Baker, Boyd,
Blackstone, Bickham. Barrow. Carey,
Cousin, Demas. Davidson. D. C. Davis,
r. 4. Davis, Decker, Devtsin, Devices.
Elliot, Greene, Grant. Ga;r, Guichsrd,
Hahn, Kenyon. d. Kirg, Lewis. Landry.
Laws, Murreil of Lafourche, Murrel Of
Madison, Mahoney. Mayo, Montsldo, Pey-
ton, Page, Paris, Raby, kochon, SOner,
| Sawyer, Southland, Sutton, Sewell, Smart,
Thomas, Tureaud. Wilson, Worthy, Wash
ington, Ward. Young-5O.
! Nays-Bryant, Bnafner, Harris, Hill,
P. Jones, johnson, Kirkman, Kern, Little,
| Marvin. Moreland, Mathews, Norris, Price,
| Wiliiams-N.
The House agreed to lay the substitute on
| the table.
Mr.. Montaldo, Of Orleans, then moved to
adopt the original resolution, as follows,
| aud called for the previous question::
| Rcsolrcd, That David Wilson and E. Pre-
I yo,t, from the second ward. be seated as
I menu ers of the House Of Representatives,.
| subject to a contest.
On ordering the main question, the yeas
and nays were demanded by Messrs. Tu-
reaud, of St. James and Young, of Concor-
| dia, resulting as follows:
| Yeas-Al!ain, Antoine, Bowman. Boyd,
| Blackstone. Barrow. Carey. Cousin. Demaa,
Davidson. d. G. Davis, r. Z Davis, Decker,
! Deve1in, Elliott, Grant, Hubeau. Heath. d.
King. Lewis, Landry, L.wes, Murren of La
f"urche. Mahoney, Martinez, Montaldo
Page, Rachon, Rodriguez, Souer, Sawyer,
Sutton, Sewell. Thomas. Tureaud, Wilson,
| Washington, Ward, Wands-39.
| Nays-Bryant, Baker, B-nham. Boatner.
Birkham, Cannaughton, Dawers, Greene.
Gair, Harris, Hettn Humble Hill, ?. Jones,
Johnson. Klrkman, Kenyon, litti-, Marvin,
| Mureland. Mayo. Mathews, Norris, Price,
P-yton. Prescott, Paris, Stewart, Sartain.
| Snaer, Simms, Southland, Smart, Williams,
Worthy. Young-36.
The main question was ordered.
| Ga the adoption Of the resolution the
yea. and nays were demanded by Messrs.
Gar, of East Feliciana, and Tureaud. of st.
James, resulting as follows:
| Yeas-Allain, Armstead, Antoine, Bow
man, Bryant, Boyd, Benham, Bickhau,
| Barrow, Carey, Cunnaughton, Cousin, De-
mas. d. G. Davis, r. r. Davis, Decker,
Devezin, D-inie, Devices. Elliott, Greene,
| Glichard H.tfner, Hnbeau, Kern, D. King,
Lewis, Landry, Lawes, Murreli of La
tourcbe, Murrell of Madison. Mshoney,
MurtaldO, Eochon. Rodriguez. Souer,. saw
yer, Sartain, Sutton, Seweil, Tureaud, Wal
son. Worthy, Washington, Ward, Young-46.
Nays - Baker, Blackstone. Davidson,
Grsnt. G .ir. Harris. Humble. Hill, P. Jones,
1 Heating, Kirkman. Little. Marvin, More
land. Mahoney, Mathews, Norris, Price, Pey-
| ton, Paril, Rabv, Stewart. Simms Southland,
Smith, Smart, Thomas. Wiliitms-28.
The Chair decided that the resolution
was not adopted, as two-thrds vote was
necessary to adopt the same:
MESSAGE FROM THB SENATE.
SENATE CnAMBHR !
New Orleans. January l6, 1874 5
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of tho
| House Of kepresentati,
am directed by the Senate to ask the
concurrence of your honorable body IN the
following bills. viz:
Senate bill No. rs, an act relative to the
| trial Of certain suits in which provision al
! seizures have issued.
Senate bill No. 81 an act to amend and
ra-enact sectious two and three of an act
| to Incorporate the Louisiana Workingmrn's
| Homestead Association. approved April %,
1872.
| Respectfully,
W. H. GREEN,
Assistant Secretary.
Mr. Montaldo appealed from the decision
of the Chair.
(The Speaker resumed the Chair;
Pending the decision on the appeal the
House, on motion of Mr.. Paris. of Orleans,
adjourned until Monday at twelve o'clock.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Tenth Days Session.
Sen ATE CHAMBER, I
| New Orleans, January '6, 1874. !
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by Hon. G. c. An
tome, Lieutenant Governor of the State
and President Of the Senate.
On call of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Anderson. Alexander, Blackburn
Barber, Blunt, Butler, Burch, Brewster
Chadbourn, Crawford, Greene. Harris, T.
2. Herwig. Harper, Ingraham, K-lso, Mast
Thomas, Weber, Wharton. Whitney-s5.
present.