New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-21


OF Pointc Coupee. Resting. Lane, Murre
Million, Parker, Pierson, Piles, Rahy. I
chon, Sutton, Sonthard, Sartain, Triple
Thomas, Woods, Yorke-35.
Nr. Kidd moved reconsideration Of Il
vote, and moved to lay tina. motion On Il
table. ....
Mr.. Ray called for the yeas and nays:
Yess-Aldiga, Booth. Byrne, Brice, Ba
ley, BlefFer, Bower. Bessley, Biilieu, Ca
mOuche. Carloss. Dupre, DeBiauc. Duga
DUR, Bolivar Edwards. Z. p. Edward
Elliott, Gilmore, Hall. Hammond, Jetfrie
kOuntz, Kummel, Kidd, Kelly, Lucket
Lafargue, Maginnis, Meredith, Mitchell
Matthews of Franklin. Martin McCullun
Magee, McAlpine, Nunez, Pascal, Pipe
Richardson, Scales, Schiller, Stafford. Sci
Smith, Seaman. Sibilski, Schenck, Vidrin,
Walker, Wilt, Walters, Wells, Webb
YOung-j7
Nays-Butler, Baker, Carville, Cousin
Davidson. Dickenson, Demas, Floyd
Guichard, Gracien, Hill of Ascension, Hi
of Ouachita, Hubeau, Hahn, Honore. HuI
ssker. Jourdain, johnson of Caddo. Jone
of Pointe Cnupee, Heating. Lane, Lowell
| Matthews Of Ten sas. Murrell, Milon. Parker
Pierson, Randall. Ridgely, Ray. ROchon
Stewart. Sutton, Southland. Snaer, Sartain
Souer, Triplet. Thomas, Wilson, Woods
Yorke-.i:..
The majority report was adopted, ant
the following members were sworn in:
Felix VOORHEES,, of st. Martin: c. De!hom
mer, of St. Martin; o. l.. Collins. of st
Helena; George P. Burkhardt, seventh
ward, parish OF Orleans.
The Speaker submitted the following
communication from Hon. Charles Clinton
Auditor of Public Accounts:
STATE OF LOUISIANA. }
Auditors Office, }
New Orleans April -, 1875. }
To the honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives,;
most respectfully request your body to
appoint, at your earliest convenience, a
Trustworthy accountant whose capacity and
integrity are known to the public, as an
expert to examine the books, vouchers and
accounts of this Office.
l desire, and think l have right to de.
mand for this work, person who will have
no political, personal or venal motive in
making either favorable or unfavorable
report, and whose report when made, will
he the result of genuine and fair investiga.
ton.
Committees of both houses of the Cen
eral Assembly have at different times been
appointed for this purpose, but, with some
honorable exceptions, have developed other
designs than those for which they were ap.
pointed.
The usual plan has been for some one or
two members of such committees to have
delegated to themselves the entire charge
OF the work, and then employ irresponsible
and totally incompetent persons as clerks,
to manufacture reports to suit the special
parpose Of their employers. Such reports
have been used with a view to force me
into what | believe to be illegal designs
upon the State treasury. Charges of
fraudulent disbursements of the public
money have been freely made by persons
whose wishes have not acceded to which
repel as false and slanderOus, every one
of them. The public. however, have a
right to know the truth or falsity of them,
and for this purpose and in justice to my
self, l request rigid but non.partisan ill.,
vestigation at the hands of person who
has no other interest than to discover and
report the truth.
of your honorable body to direct the man
ner of the investigation. but in order TO
thoroughly divest it of any partisan pur.
pose, l respectfully request and urge that
you authorize by resolution. or otherwise.
the president of the Cotton Exchange and
the president Of the Merchants Exchange
to appoint an expert, known to the COM
mercial community as competent, honest
and impartial, thus securing a report salts
tory to the public and just to me.
Doubtless in the great difficulties sur
the administration OF the duties
Of my Office, mistakes may have been made,
and for these SO far as any may be found to
have occurred through my fault, l do not
object to being held responsible; but most
protest against an investigation
made as has heretofore been the case, by
clerks who are mere impecunious tools,
incapable of making either an honest or
correct report
Very respectfully.
CHARLES CLINTON,
Auditor.
There being no objection, the conmuni-
,ation was received.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr..
Pierson, of Natchitoches, called up House
dill No. 81, entitled an act to incorporate
he New Orleans and Northwestern Rail
Dad Company, etc.
Mr.. Wilt, Of Orleans, offered the follow
ng memorial, which was referred to the
Committee on Lands and Levees:
The following named merchants, to whom
memorial to the honorable
he Senate and members of the House of
Of the State of Louisiana,
If the planters of the parishes of Pointe
Coupee and Iberville, asking for aid in pro-
getting the levees Of the Bayous Crosse
rete, Fordoche and Maring gum, held a meet
ng at the Citizens Bank of Louisiana on
the eighteenth OF April, 1875.
The subject of the memorial and accom-
lotk h,,x, oEr1lr
and it appearing that the State Levee Com
Dany have been applied to and failed to
afford protection, the following resolutions
we're unanimously passed:
RcSOi0ed, That fully approaching the
lamage from overflow to which the people
'esiding on the BayOus Crosse Tete, For
loche, and Maringuin are exposed, we
ympathize with them in their Efforts for
elf protection, and earnestly nrge upon the
the Senate and House of Repre-
OF Louisiana. to pass an act ap-
means to aid the memorialists
n the construction and maintaining the
evees upon said bayous.
Resolrcd, That in view of the great losses !
lready sustained by the people of the
;rosse Tete country from overflow, and the
consequent sufferings and destitution
xisting in that portion of the State, and
With the hope OF preventing further loss
nd mpoyerishment, We would respect
ully impress upon your honorable bodies |
he great necessity for prompt action for |
he relief of your memor ialists.
AMUEL J. CRANWELL, of Edward j. |
Gay & Co.
,MORY CLAPP, Of Clapp Brothers &
Co.
. l.. HARRIS, of J. L. Harris e. Co.
!. M. BICKHAM, Of Pritchart & Bick- |
ham.
EDWARD II. LOMBARD,
Chairman.
Mr.. Mitchell offered the following resolu-
on: