The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-07

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The Chair said the gentleman was laborinl
under mistake, that
The gentleman (interrupting), think am
! thought we were here to legislate with SOM
decency..
The Chair Continuing bill has beer
read, and adopted on its second reading, and
allow its reading in detail for your information
The clerk read the bill When he had con
cluded, Devices renewed his motion to suspend
the rule requiring the reference of the bill to the
Committee Of the Whole, and called the previous
question.
Lowell made the point of order that the rule,
required the reference Of the bill, and that the
rules could not be rescinded without one days
| notice.
| He kept the floor an hour, endeavoring to ex.
plain his point, he meeting with constant inter.
rupton by other members, and while he was
making it, the Chair decided five others, all made
for the purpose OF getting him down. He at last
got it in, and the Chair decided it not well taken.
Lowell appealed and called for the yeas and
nays.
Souer made the point that pending call for
the previous question an appeal could not be
and from this decision Lowell appealed.
| SOuer withdrew his point.
Demas moved to table the appeal. Guichard
called for the yeas and nays, and Lowell seconded
| it. The motion to table prevailed.
| The Chair decided Deweess motion in order,
and put the question, "shall the previous ques-
| ton be put?"
| A call for the yeas and nays was ignored by
1 the Chair, who decided the main question or
dered, and amidst great confusion, put the mo-
ton to suspend the rules again ignored call
for the yeas and nays, and again decided the mo-
ton carried.
Lowell insisted on the Speaker taking the
Chair He wanted no such arbitrary ruling. He
wanted to inform the Chair that he would not
be gagged.
Great uproar prevailed, during which Devices
moved that the bill be considered engrossed, and
the Chair decided that motion carried.
Devices moved a further suspension of the rules
to place the bill on its third reading, and the
Chair put it.
Lowell again called on the Speaker to take the
chair.
Guchard rose to question of privilege. and
proceeding to criticise the action of the Chair
when he was called to order by a number of men,
bers, who proceeded to talk all at once.
Guichard moved that the Chair and the gentle
man from Fed River (Dewees) be authorized to
alarms to seat Gulchard, and instructed the
Clerk to call the roll on the motion to suspend
the rules
Lowell endeavored to say something, but
yielded to a motion made by Ray and duly sec
onded to adjourn.
The Clerk started to call the roll and Ray asked
for information as to the pending question.
The Chair Informed him that it was the mo.
ton to suspend, and Ray got rampant and want
ed to know what disposition had been made of
his motion to adjourn.
The Chair stated that the first name on the
roll had been called before the motion to adjourn
had been made.
Ray begged to differ and appealed to Arm
istead to know if he had heard his name called.
(Armsteads name is the first on the rol) Arm.
lstead said he had not, and the Chair admitting
that he might have been mistaken, put the mo-
ton to adjourn.
They yeas and nays were demanded.
Ray and Guchard refused to vote.
Lowell also refused to vote, saying, " l decline
to vote because | do not recognize you as Speaker
OF the House, on account of your outrageous and
arbitrary ruling.
Pierson moved that Lowell be arraigned for
contempt. Devices interviewed him aid he did
not press it.
The Clerk announced the vote: yeas 7, nays IS,
blank g.
The reading of the vote was called for; Lowell,
Gulchard and Ray were announced as having
voted blank.
Lowell insisted on correction of the record:
he had not voted at ALL he wanted to be recorded
as having declined to vote.
He was followed by Guichard and Raw with the |
same demand
Devices moved that the bill be placed on its
third and final reaoing, and moved the main ques-
ton.
The question on ordering the previous uues- |
ton was put, and declared carried.
Lowell and Guichard again callsd for cor |
recton of the record.
The Chair declined to recognize them-the !
record was correct. |
Stewart desired to know if the Chair ruled that |
) member not voting at all, had voted blank. The |
chair declared that was his ruling.
Stewart wished to know if the absent Demo-
,rats who had never taken their seats had been
recorded as voting blank.
The Chair said that was different CASE His
decision applied only when member was present
More confusion, during which a motion to ad-
ourn was made, and the chair entertained it,
md in compliance with demand, ordered the
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he motion to pass the bill was put. During the
all, Lowell went to the door to pass out and was
stopped bv the Sergeant at arms. He insisted
IN his right to go, and was placed under arrest
y Gair, Chief Sergeant alarms, and brought to
he bar. Gair notified Heating 1.-THE Chain of
lis action.
The Chair paid no attention to the notfica-
ion.
Armistead also endeavored to get out and was
ialr thumped Armistead, and
A FIRsT.CIAss ROW
vas the result. Gair was pulled one way aud
Armistead was pulled the other. The latter got
lold Of an inkstand and attempted to throw it at
he former, but succeeded only in splitting the
NIX. The police interfered and the difficulty was
ettled.
Ray, Guiehard and Lowell declined to vote.
The Clerk announced the result-yeas 46,nays
, refusing to vote 8, and the bill was declared
assed A motion to adopt the title prevailed
nd motion to reconsider the vote whereby the
ill was adopted and to table that was declared
arried.
The Wing adjourned.
Antoine's Wing
Met at u M.
The committee Of conference on the appropria-
on bill reported substitute to pending bill.
The Committee on Retrenchment and Reform
eported, recommending the immediate passage
an act repeating Act SO of 1878, relating to the
,es and emoluments of the Auditor OF Public
cceunts.
Executive session was called. The session con- ]
nued for about two hours and half. On its
eing raised Allan offered a resolution of thanks
the United States House of Representatives
r the passage Of the Civil Rights BILL to Butler
r his efforts to put it through. and urging the
nited States Senate to adopt it. and Grant to
gnit. The clause relating to Grant was stricken
1t and the resolution passed
motion to adjourn prevailed.
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