New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-16
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN SATURDAY, JANUARY Isl 1875 :

Sypher, Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, Whit
ney, Young-l4.
Mr.. Allan offered the following substi
tute for the committees amendment:
Provided, That two-thirds of the mem
| bers present shall be necessary to order the
| previous question; and the question from
the Chair eball be- ''Shall the main ques
ton be now puts"
Mr.. Burch called for the special order Of
the day.
On motion of Mr.. Brewster, the special
order was postponed for fifteen minutes.
| fMr. Whitney in the chair
Mr.. Young moved to lay both the
amendment of the committee and the
amendment Of Mr.. Allan on the table.
I On call Of the yeas and nays by two Sen.
ators, the Senate refused to lay the amend
ment on the table by the following vote:
Yeas-Cage, Crozier. Detiege. Dumont,
Harper, Landry. Mascot. Pollard. Young
Nays-Alexander, Allan, Blackburn,
Blunt, Breaux. Brewster, Burch, Ola,
Sypher. Twitchell. Weber. Wharton, Whit.
ney-l3.
Tho Chairman declared the amendment
of Mr.. Allan was in order.
Mr.. Cage moved to indefinitely postpone
the amendment.
Mr.. Blunt moved to table the motion 20
indefinitely postpone.
On call Of tho yeas and nays by two
Senators the Senate voted to lay the motion
| on the table. as follows:
Yeas-AlIain, Blackburn. Blunt, Breaux,
Brewster DumOnf, Greene. Herwig Mast
cot, Sypher. Twitchell, Weber. Whitney
| ID
Nsys-Cage, Cbadbourn, Crozier, Detiege,
Landry. Pollard. Stamps. Ioung-S.
| On call of two Senators the Senate went
| into executive session.
| Executive session having been raised,
Mr.. Burch, in the chair, directed the roll to
be called.
The following Senators answered to their
| names:
! Messrs Alexander, Anderson, Allain,
| Blunt. Breaux, Brewster, Bnrch. Cage,
| Chadbourn. Crozier. Detiege, Ola, Greene,
| Harper Herwig, Landry, MasicOt, Pollard,
Sypher. Twitchell, Weber. Wharton, Whit
ney-23.
The President in tao chair announced
that there was . quorum present. and the
special order Of the day was pending.
The special order was postponed for if
teen minutes.
The President announced the pending
question TO be the adoption of MI. Adams
| amendment to rule sixty-four.
On motion Of Mr.. Whitney. the words
"lwo-thirds'' were stricken out Of Mr.. Al.
iaia's amendment, and tho word ''majerity'
was inserted.
Then the amendment wac adopted and
the rule as amended was adopted as
! rule sixty-fous.
Mr.. Young moved to amend the report Of
the Committee on Rules by adding rule
sixty.ive. as follows: "On any question of
order and parliamentary practice, when
these rules are silent or anexplicit, the Man
ual of MIR. Jefferson shall be considered
authority to, the report. with the following
amendment:
ITO strike out the words Manual of Mr..
Jefferson and insert Barclays Digest"
Mr. Blunt moved to table the amend
ment.
On call of the yeas and nays the Sena
refused to table by the following vote:
Yeas-Blunt, Breaux, Greene. Harper,
Herwig, kelso, Sypher, Twilchell, Weber,
Wharton, Stamps-ll.
Nays-Anderson, Allan. Brewster, Cage,
Chadbourn, Crozier, Detiege, Dumont, Ola,
Landry, Pollard, Whitney. Young-l3.
The President declared the amendment
still in order.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to adopt the amendment.
leas-Anderson, Allan, Brewster. Cage,
Chadnourn, Crozier, Detiege. Gla-S.
Nays-BIunt. Breaux. Burch, Greene,
Harper. Herwig, Keiso. Landry. Pollard,
Sypher, Stamps, Twitehell. Weber. Whar.
ton, Whitney. foung-i6.
Mr.. Young gave notice that he would
move to reconsider the vots just taken
tomorrow.
Mr.. Burch moved to seconside: the vote
just taken, and also moved to lay that mo-
ton on the table.
lay on the table the motion to reconsider
was in order.
On call OF the yeas and nays by two mem.
beers. the Senate voted to table by the fol.
lowing vote:
Yeas Anderson, Blunt, Breaux. Brews.
ter. Burch, Crozier, Greene, Harper, Herwig,
Kelso, Landry, Pollard, Stamps, Sypher.
Twitchell. Weber. Wharton, Whitney-l9.
Nays---Allain, Chadbourn, Detiege, Du.
mont. HasicOt. foung~~6.
Mr.. Allan moved that the present rules,
as now amended, be adopted, and that two
hundred copies Of the same be printed in
pamphlet torn. with the constitution of
the State, with recent amendments inserted.
The motion was adopted, aud the rules
were ordered to be printed for the use Of
the Senate.
On motion Of Mr.. Stamps the Senate
voted 60 adjourn.
The President then announced that the |
Senate stood adjourned to meet at t. NJ.
Friday. the fifteenth day Of January, A. D.
1879.
r. f.. BECHTEL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
HOUSE OF KEPKEsENTsTl YES.
Tenth Days Proceedings.