New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-14

'sicot, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Whar-

Mascot, Stamps. syphsr, Twitchell. wha'
tOn-9.
Nays-Alexander. Allan, Breaux. Burch
Crozier, Dumont, Ola, Greene, Kelso, Poi
lard, Weber, Whitney, Young-l3.
Absent - Anderson, Blackburn, Chad
bourn. Eustis, George, Grover, Harper, Her
wig, Kelly, Landry, Ogden, Robertson
Steven, White-l4.
The question then required upon the mo
ton to postpone.
Mr.. Stamps moved the bill be taken ~
and considered section by section.
Mr.. Allan made the point Of order tina
the motion to postpone to day certain ha(
| precedence of the motion to adopt the bill
| section by section, under rule sixteen
The President sustained the point O
order made by Mr.. Allan. and announced
the pending question to be to postpone unit
Monday after the morning hour.
[Mr. Brewster in the chair.
While Mr.. Wharton was debating thu
motion to postpone, in opposition thereto
Mr.. Whitney raised the point Of order thai
pending the question to postpone the bill
was not debatable on its merits.
The Chair did not sustain the point and
Mr.. Wharton was permitted to continue the
debate.
The President in the chair
Mr.. Whitney called the attention of the
President to rule two, and desired the
President to determine the point of order
as to the debate of the Senator from Iber
vile.
The President ruled that the Senator
from Iberville was opposing the postpone
ment of the bill. He had right to set forth
every reason within his command. to show
that speedy action should be taken on the
bill, and he was strictly in order in allud.
ing to facts within his knowledge concern.
ing the bill, and its necessity for an early
passage.
While Mr.. Burch was explaining his vote
on the question Of postponement, which
he was about to make, Mr.. Harper made
the point of order that the Senator from
East Baton Rouge was making speech.
The President decided that the previous
question had been moved and seconded, that
no debate was in order.
Mr.. Cage called for executive session.
The President declined to entertain the
motion.
Mr.. Cage made the point of order that
the motion for executive session was in Or
der.
The Preslden: did not sustain the point
of order.
On call of two Senators the yeas and nays
were ordered.
The Senate ordered the main question to
be now put by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Allan, Blunt, Breaux,
Brewster, Burch, Cage, Detiege, Greene.
Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Whit.
new. YOung-2O.
Nays-Crozier, Dumont Gla-3.
Absent-Alexander, Blackburn, Chad
bourn, Eustis, George, Grover, Kelly, Lam
dry, Ogden, Robertson, Steven, Wharton,
White-l3.
Under operation Of the previous question
and on call Of the yeas and nays, the Senate
refused to postpone the bill till Monday by
the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson Breaux. Burch, Crozier,
Dumort, Greene, Landry, Weber, Whitney
g.
Nays-Allain. Blunt, Brewster, Cage,
Chad bourn, Detiege, Ola, Harper, Herwig,
Kelso, Masicot, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher
Twitchell, Wharton, Young-17.
acknowledgements, Blackburn, EHstis,
George, Grover. Kelly, Ogden, Robertson,
Steven, White-l0.
Mr.. Wharton offered the following amend
ment:
Strike ont of section three Interest fund"
and insert general fund.-" and moved to
adopt.
The main question was ordered.
Under operation of the previous question
the amendment was then adopted.
The bill was then adOpted'as amended
and ordered to be engrossed and read the
third time.
Mr. Stamps moved that the constitutional
rule be suspended, and moved the previous
question.
The main question was ordered.
Mr.. Stamps desired to withdraw the mo-
ton to suspend the rule.
Mr.. Burch made the point of order that
the motion could not be Withdrawn as &C.
lion had been taken on the motion for the
previous question.
The President sustained the point of
order.
The Senate refused to suspend the con-
,titutional rule.
Mr.. Harper moved that the Senate ad-
ourn till Saturday.
Adopted.
The President, in the chair. then declared
hat the Senate stood adjourned until
saturday, February l3, at twelve o'clock
".
P. E. BECHTEL,
Secretary of the Senate.