New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-23
THE EXTRA SESSION.
SennIe.

SennIe.
A cor munication was received yesterday
from Auditor Clinton, asking the appoint
neat OF experts to investigate the books,
etc, of his office. A motion was made to
have i. read.
Senator Wharton objected to the reading
Of the paper for any other object than as a
matter of information to the Senate. The
Secre,ary WAS instructed to read the paper.
Ue was IN the performance of that duty
When. on motion of Senator Detiege. it's
farther reading was dispensed with.
Senator Whitney introdu ced bill to au-
tlor.ze the auditing, funding and settle
rneno Of the outstanding debts of the
Charity Hospital at New Orleans, and In
safe Asylum at jackson, Louisiana, ard
forbidding the Issue of injunctions in certain
cases. 1t was read twice and referred To
an appropriate committee.
Senator ChadbOurn introduced bill to
enable the parish of st. Charles to fund its
debt; to issue bonds for said purpose and
20 provide by taxation for the redemption
and interest thereof. Read twice and re-
terred 20 the Finance Committee.
Senator Breauy introduced bill to re-
duce the expenses of the administration OF
Justice. and TO define and regulate the costs
and fees, and fix the compensation and
define the duties of the cl erks of courts and
saeritfs throughout the State of Louisiana,
aad to regulate the mode of collection OF the
sane. and providing torfeitures and penal
tiss for over charging or failing to perform
their duties, and to aid the Charity Hos
pital in the city of New Orleans.
The concurrent resolution suspending G.
Clinton, State Auditor of Public Accounts
came Up upon it's second reading.
On motion of Senator Twitchell it was
amended so as to make it joint resolution.
1t was then adopted on it's second reading.
The Senate then went into executive ses
SION
After executive session the roll was
called and thirty-one Senators answered.
Senator Wharton obtained unanimous
consent to offer resolution requiring the
Senate 20 resolve itself into a court of i'm
peachment, and requiring the President to
notify the Chief Justice or the senior Asso-
cjate Judge Of the Supreme Court of the
action OF the Senate. The resolution was
adopted.
On motion of the same Senator the
President of the Senate was authorized to
appoint a committee of three members to
proceed to the House and inform that body
% its action, and to further inform the
House that the Senate will advise it OF all
orders taken in the pre- misses.
The President appointed Messrs. Whar.
to1. Grover and Burch said committee.
On motion of Senator Robertson the
President was authorized to appoint com.
n;ttee of five to prepare rules to govern
the Senate when sitting as court of i'm
peachment.
Senators Robertson, Burch, Eustis, An
derson and Gla were appointed said com
;ttee.
Senator Eustis called up the majority and
minority reports on the bill giving the
Fourth Fifth and Sixth District Courts, of
tle parish of Orleans, concurrent iurisdic.
tioa with the Superior District Court. and
moved the adoption of the minority report.
"a support of his motion the Senator said:
The real object OF the bill, Mr. President.
ia merely to define the jurisdiction OF the sew
e-ai district courts of this parish, in certain
cases. the jurisdiction of which is now
exclusively confined to that of the Superior
District Court for the parish OF Orleans.
T. there ia any Senator on this floor who
believes that this bill includes, in any sense,
l4v political question, or that it will give
to the Democratic party in this parish, in
political sense, any advantage, am willing
to accept any proper amendment by which
,he the obnoxious feature may be ex-
,Iuded; but l do say, Mr.. President, with |
-eference to the bill creating this Superior |
District Court that it gives to this court a |
power unknown in any State of this Union. |
Whenever the city of New Orleans is sued, |
" whenever it institutes suit. the case |
,as to be tried in this court. Whenever
ilv corporation, as, for instance, bank |
or an insurance corporation, in
titiltes suit it is compelled to go INTO that |
pecial tribunal and have the merits of its
.ase decided by that court. 1t is com.
lied to nave its case decided without the |
privilege of choosing the court in which it
hall be tried. have, Mr. President, made
10 allusion to the personnel of the court.
10 that it is within the power of the judge
y LnaU COCrU 10 ISSUE u sluSic OTUoT WHICH, |
nav destroy the existence of any corpora
ION, and thereby bring ruin and misery to
aa hearthstone of every household in this
,arish. | wish to ask, to use vulgar
xpres sion, "Why. is this thus! Why is
Z Why are such extraordinary powers
onterred upon one mani l can well un.
erstand, sir, at tho time this court was
political considerations that
rere urged in support of its organization
av,1 l
ne act creating this court why certain
70 wers were conferred upon it. If you are
till determined that this court shall retain
ne extraordinary powers-which l say are
lonstrous-of issuing all iDjunctions, man
amuses, ETC., you ought at the same time
, bs willing to give to the people of this
ar,sh those rights which they are entitled
, under the constitution and laws OF the
tate. and not leave the subject wholly in
ie hands of one man. know not what i'm
resson l may have made upon the
inds Of members of this Senate
Y these few remarks. l believe we have
othing in this bill but what is just. Strike
1t. if you please, from my bill those fea-
Tres that are obnoxious to you, but this
IL is drawn up in the interest of the cOlOred
an as well as of the white man. and my
II is in the interest of all litigants in the {
sr;sh of Orleans. l call upon you to open I
Ie doors of the other courts in order that ,
tigants may choose in what courts they
III have their cases decided. In conclu-
on let me say that desire to have this
Il pass to-day: but, sirs, if you are going a
prepare coffin for it let me see 1t to-day. .
senator Blackburn wish, Mr.. President,
say a word or two, in reply to portion t
the remarks of the gentleman who is c
this bill, on the merits of the h
iaoritv report; for it seems to me, though
am not a lawyer as the gentleman is him
If. that there is nothing strange or remark e
Die IN a court having exclusive jurisdiction