The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-04-21
THE EXTRA SESSION.

The Extra Session of the Louisi-
ana Legislature, which had been CALI
ed mainly to receive and adapt the
"Wheeler Award" met on the l4th
inst, and we must here give our read
ers a brief synopsis Of it's acts and
deliberations up to Saturday evening,
being the last adviees we have from
the seat of Government.
The Hahn Crowd, as it has been
named, with the addition Of the Dem,
ocratic- Conservative members, who
had been counted in by the Wells
Anderson Board, precisely at II
o'clock NJ, on Wednesday, the 14th,
met in the House and answered to
the roll call of Vigers, the Clerk OF
the Hahn Crowd and were thus seated
and considered organized.
The Speaker then said that there
was contest from St. Landry. The
parish was entitled to four Represen-
tatives, and at the last Legislature a
contestant had been admitted. This
left the four returned by the Return
ing Board out, of which he should
select three to be sworn in. He &C
cordingly rejected the one who had
received the least number of votes
and swore in the other three. Led
ruin was the rejected one. ;.
A message was then received from
the Senate, that that body was pre-
prepared to succeed to business.
Cant, of St. Landry the contestant
who had been admitted, suggested
the postponement of the St. Landry
matter till the award should be read.
Souer moved that the Clerk be di-
rected to inform the Senate that the
House was now ready to proceed to
business and that committee be ap-
pointed to transmit the same inform
alton to the Governor and request his
messages.
Mr.. Hall opposed this motion on
account of it's inopportunities, and a
motion to lay Souer's motion on the
table was lost.
BY viva yoce vote the motion of
Mr.. Souer prevailed.
Mr.. Matthews then offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, p. R. Beasley and E. F.
Dugas, of the parish of Assumption;
James Brice, of the parish Of Bien-
Vile; j. F. Scales and Charles Schu-
Ter, of the parish of De Soto; E. Kidd,
of the parish of Jackson; James JEFF
fries, R. L. Luckett, and G. W. Stat
ford, of the parish of Rapides; Ed
ward McCullum and W. H. Keys of
the parish of Terrebonne, and George
A. Kelley, from the parish of VIM,
respectively claim that they were
elected at the last general election in
this State to seats in this House from
their respective parishes, but that
said seats were not awarded to them
by the Returning Board; therefore be
it
Reso7red, That the Committee on
Elections and Qualifications be direc-
ted to inquire into the validity OF
said claims respectively, and report
their conclusions to the House at the
next sitting.
Matthews then moved to suspend
the rules.
Sartain called for the yeas and nays
on the motion.
The motion prevailed, and the rules
were suspended.
Ray made the point Of order that
since the resolution was now to be
voted on upon it's merits, that the
rules of the House required the ap-
pointlnent of a new Committee on
Elections and Qualifications.
The Speaker requested a suspen-
sion of discussion and submitted q
communication from the Clerk ofthe
House of Representatives at Wash
ington, apprising him that the reso-
luton of George F. Hoar, recogniz,
ing the Kellogg Government, and de,
claring that the Louisiana Returning
Board had committed wrongs, which
should be corrected.
The discussion about new com.
mittee was then resumed, and it was
finally cut off by a call for the pre-.
vious question.