The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-16
THE LEGISL AZURE.


At noon Lieut. Gov Antoine knocked III
eavel, and Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms MERGE
looked savage at some noisy individuals il
the lobby.
At the call of the roll q members answered
TO their names, when all took prayer.
The reading Of the minutes was dispensed
With.
Allan presented memorial of the Poic'
Jury of West Baton Rouge, asking relief
which was read. 1t detailed at length tn
sufferings of the people there from overflow
and asked that the State come to their aid
and remission of taxes. Referred.
Also another memorial asking for aid t.
build and repair levees on tho Crosse Tete,
Vas presented. Signed by the citizens Of the
parish Of Iberville. Referred.
Wharton opposed its reference to Committee
on Finance, but it was 50 referred.
The Chair then appointed as Committee on
Unfinished Business, Anderson, Burch and
Kelly.
Allan hoped the motion passed yesterday
to appoint this committee would be recOnsid-
cred. He said that the bills OF the session
fell with it.
He explained that bills ought to be sent to
their appropriate committees, and not to an
omnibus committee He made O motion to
reconsider.
Burch spoke in favor Of reconsideration.
Allain took an appeal from The decision of
the chair and argued at length that the motion
made to appoint the committee on unfinished
business was improperly passed, as it was
simply dodge to save a resolution to the
same effect from lying over under the rules.
Brewster favored the appeal.
Cage said that when the Chair appointed
and named the committee it was outside the
jurisdiction Of the Senate and the motion to
reconsider came too late.
Stamps thought the best way out of the
difficulty was to move the discharge of the
committee.
Allan rose to point of order and they
were flying about like feathers in hen roost.
Burch wanted to know how all this discus
sion could 60 on when they were brought to-
gether by the Governor in extra session for
limited time tor certain purpose.
Blunt made point of order, followed by
Anderson that Attain was too late
The Chair Overruled it, however, on that
ErOund. and sustained it on another.
Burch wanted to know what had become
Of his motion to table.
Antoine explained the snarl into which the
question b I'd been twisted.
Blunt spoke on the question of appeal and
then the yeas and nays were called-twenty-
one nays, nine yeas-and the chair was not
sustained.
appropriate committees.
Anderson moved to table, and the previous
question was called.
On the main question the vote was seven
teen yeas and thirteen nays.
Dave Young came up in q hurry and a. if
just aroused out Of sweet sleep, made a
motion to the same effect as the one Just
passed. hearty laugh greeted him.
Wharton was called to the Chair and stated
that it was not competent for the Senate to
transact any business until q message from
the Governor had reached it.
Stamps commended that the Senate had been
organized yesterday and veto messages re-
ceived.
Stamps moved that the Senate take up the
special order Of the day at o'clock.
Blunt made point Of order, and hit it this
time.
Stamps moved suspension of the rules,
and on division the rules were not sus-
pended-yeas ), nays %.
The order of the day was taken up and the
veto Of Kellogg of the Charity Hospital bill.
Weber moved to postpone and Stamps
wanted the veto to be taken up, and sus-
tanned the Kellogg veto in speech.
Ogden asked that the consideration Of the |
veto be postponed, in order that the members |
might examine it.
Stamps withdrew his motion to table the |
motion to postpone, and Burch came out in
little effort against the motion, although he
said he had been its enemy.
Wharton favored taking up the question in
volved in the veto bill at once.
Weber came smiling to the front and had
his say again, when the Chair put the ques-
ton and the reading Of the bill was dispensed
with and postponed.
Postponement Of the bill until Monday was
carried-yeas %, nays s.
Young then arose to take up some local
matter, when Burch rose to a point of order,
that it could not be entertained.
The chair then moved that only those mat
ters concerning the message Of the Governor
could be brought up.
resolution. holly opposed by Burch Young
then wanted to know when, during the day.
his rule could be brought up, and the Chair
decided Latter the business of the day."
resolution was then brought forward by
Young. that resolution appointing a com
mittee to investigate the Supervising and
Auditing Committees, which were appointed
at the last session. be adopted. Allain then
moved that the committee which had been
appointed on supervising and auditing be
made to report in five days. and that the state
msnt Of accounts be fully itemized.
The motion brought forward "that the
Committee on Supervising and Auditing to
report in five days" was adopted and ordered
10 be printed. The message of Kellogg ,
was received during '.loung's grand eulogy
on justice, and. after much discussion, and
the adoption Of the above motion, was read
before the Senate.
Green rose and gave notice that at some
future period he would introduce two
bills.
Blunt then introduced bill concerning the ,
jurisdiction Of the Superior District Court,
and after warm discussion on both sides the
bill was finally carried.
The motion for adjournment until to-day at j
IL O'Clock was then made and carried. 6
The House. a
The House was called to order promptly at $
noon by Speaker Hahn; lO7 members present. :