New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-01
PIRATES IN THE HOUSE,
SIKH Days Proceedings.
INV ORLEANS. January T.. -:
/ PRIVILEGED QUESTION.

INV ORLEANS. January l.. -. J.
4 PRIVILEGED QUESTION.
! ..:g. Nontalio. OF Orleans. third ward,
! G0s. 70 aguestIou OF priv ilege and said:
| n.t!ce III yesterdays issue of the oldest
! and best paper in the city of New Orleans.
: and claiming to be the most reliable paper
! in the South. an article in which it states
! that ! aul q: Indian extraction. | believe
!. the gentlemen connected with the oldest
and BEST have derived their information
! from the same reliable sources from which
; they receive all II their reliable in;orma-
; tons. nellcva the same paper some time
. ago stated was a colored man from the
| th!.t: wa:u: now they state am of Indian
! extraction. Mr.. Speaker. if the gentlemen
| connected with the PcaynHe can or will re.
caive any reliable Information. | will state
10 them that an, neither the colo-ei man
from the third ward. nor of Indian extrac.
ton. but tina: am the extraction OF French
and Italian. Now. Mr.. Speaker, DO not
mention this because ] feel aggreved. bu.
simply 10 show how ridiculous il is for any
ane to look to the i'tcay'tHe for any pu9lica.
ton in which there is any truth.
on CONTESTED ELECTION CASES. FIRST AND
SECOND WARDS.
Mr.. ioung--I move that the papers now
in IT.. hands Of the Committee on Elections
and Qualifications, relative to the late con.
.PSi.Ui Eases IA t'i" lIIsG " ara OF Inc parish
-: Orleans. BE Withdrawn from that com.
:niftte.
Mr.. N0n.a',r---1 second the motion.
i!r. Mathews. OF Tensas-I move - lay
III" whole matter upon She table.
Ir. Brnaam. Of CarFoll--i d, NOT know
anything about these cases. would ike
TO know from the chairman os the commit.
tee what has been done in the case.
Mr.. iureaud-1he committee vii! 'e
.eady 70 report in day or two.
Mr.. Benham-The COMMITTEE" OF Elections
and Qualifications will be ready 10 act upon
i: in q day or two. | do not believe in taking
cases cat OF the hands .. the committee in
that war.
Ir. IoUac--l 49, state. sir for the in.
Formation. ~ :nv friend from Carroll (Mr.
Btnhaml. tnat these cases have already
been reported on by the Committee on
Elections aud Qualifications. hope that
lie viii bear me out himself when l say
there is not member on this floor tairer
IN his dealings than myself. believe.
sir, that the papers that the committee now
hold in thsi: hands are sufficient to establish
their case beyond q doubt. And that is the
reason why make the motion that al! the
papers pertaining be Withdrawn from the
committee. SO az to let them come before
the House and let the House act upon them
My friend from Carroll will bear me on. tina:
we seated him on no better ground than We
intend 20 seat these memb6rs from the first
ward. and | stand here willing. il | tiui.
that the cases from the other wards present
themselves to my mind as clear as that
from 'he 'lCst ward, TO support them. ether
wise viii not: and there Is 10 man in this
House who vii. be more willing to vote for
them than will. hope that my friend
from Carroll vii. Withdraw his objection.
The motion 70 withdraw The paper. pre-.
vailed.
Mr.. Iorn. then introduced a resolution. |
notifying the two gentlemen from The first
ward. whose names appear on the roll III |
the House. that unless they appeared al or |
before one o'clock the mex, day and claimed !
their seats they would be declared vacant. |
and Messrs. }. l.. Langles AID 4. +. Themp. |
son seated III their place. |:
Mr.. Mathews. of TeIsas. took .hc too; |.
and said: think that these election eases
were before the House last session. under.
stood the report. but the House at that time
was not satisfied, and therefore thew delayed
taking any action on the case. Now thei.
seats will be declared vacant. and the tol.
lowing gentlemen VIII be seated il! their
stead: j. l.. LaDgles and K. T. Thompson.
These two gentlemen, whose seats you want
20 vacate, have been sworn in. You. gen.
.lemen. know very we'll that if they were
lot elected. the Lynch returning board
would not have seated them. ! do not de-
ire TO oppose any Republicans admission
.e:e. SIMPLY Nses.se te IS 6 :egSb.!ean.