New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08

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question shall be upon pending amend
ments. and the main question. in thelr
regular order; and all Incidental questions
| of order arising after a motion for the pre-
| viOus question has been made, and pending
| such motion, shall be decided, whether an
appeal OF otherwise, without debate; pro
rided, that a majority of the members pres
emit shall be necessary to order the pre- vious
| question; and the question from the chan
| shall be, "Shan the main question Do now
put"
! BARCLAYS DIGEST.
| Rule Con any question of order and
parliamentary practice, when these rules
are silent or inexplicir, Barclays Digest
shall be considered authority.
! Rule 63.-Smoking is strictly prohibited
on the floor of the Senate or in the lobby
| during the session OF the Senate.
| j. A. MASCOT, Chairman;
| j. II. BURCH,
~ II. TWITCHELL.
The minority report was then read as
follows:
SENATE CHAMBER I
New Orleans. January q. 1876. )
! To the Honorable President and Members Of the
| Senate:
! The undersigned members of your Com
mittee en- Rules beg leave to submit this
| minority report:
l
| lowing additions and amendments to the
rules of the last regular session be adopted,
viz:
First-That the following shall be added
| to and made part OF rule forty -four, viz:
"On the fourth day after bill or resoiu-
| ton shall have been referred to any COM
| mittee, upon the request of the intro
Queer of the bill or resolution SO referred
| it shall be competent tor any two members
l nf a
said bill or resolution
Second-That the word "msj ority,' il line
| six OF rule sixty-tour, be stricken out and
| the words fourth inserted in lieu
| thereof
| WILL STEVEN,
JAMES II. GROVER.
Senator Twitche.l moved that the rules
| as reported by the majority of the commit
| tee, from rule one 10 forty one, inclusive,
| be adopted
Adopted.
Senator Twitcbell moved to adopt rule
| forty-two.
Senator Steven offered the following
| amendment to rule iorty-twc, viz:
That rule forty two of the majority re-
| port be amended by making the following
! addition to same, viz:
''On the fourth day after bill or resolu-
| ton shall have been referred to any com
| mitee, upon the request OF the introducer
| of the bill or resolution so referred, it shall
be competent for any two members of said
| committee to report upon said bill or reso-
Luton"
Senator White made the point of order
that no amendment to the report of the
committee was in order.
The President declared the point not well
taken
Senator Grover made the point of order
that amendments to the majority report are
in order.
The President declared the point of order
we'll taken.
Senator Eus:is offered the following as a
substitute for rule forty two, to wit:
That after tie call shall have been made
for the introduction vi resolutions, it shall
be in order for the introducer of any bill or
resolution which shall have been referred
to a committee. to inquire of the chairman
Of said committee why the said bill or reso-
luton has not been reported, and upon the
reasons given for failure TO report, it shall
be in order for the introducer OF said bill or
resolution to offer a resolution instructing
and the Senate shall at once vote upon said
resolution of instruction.
Senator Allan rose to the following point
Of order. That according to rules Thirty
one, line nine told rules. the considera-
ton of the report is out Of order, as it must
lie over
The President ruled the point not well
taken, az the Senate had already taken up
and partially acted upon the majority re-
port.
Senator Twitchell moved to lay the sub
stitute offered by Senator Eustis, CT the
table.
Senator White called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Andersor, Allan, Blunt. Birch,
Detiege, Ola, Harper. Herwig. kslso,
Stamps. Sypher. Twi5chel', Weber, Whit
nev-14
Nays-Alexaraer Blackburn. Breaux,
Cage. Chadbourn. Eustis, Goode, Greene,
Grover, Kelly. Ogden, Steven, White,
Young. Wharton-l5.
wster, Dumont, George, Ian
dry, Mascot, Pollard, Robertson-7.
Senator Eustis moved the adoption of the
substitute.
Senator Buroh called for the yeas and
nays on the adoption Of the substitute, re-
sulting as follows:
Yeas Alexander. Blackburn, Breaux,
Cage, Chadbourr, Eustis, Goode, Greene,
Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Ogden, Steven,
Wharton, White, Whitney, Young-7.
Nays-Andersop. Allan, Blunt, Burch,
Detiege. Ola, Harper, kelso, Landry,
Stamps, Twitchell, Weber-l2.
Absent = Brewster, Dumont, George,
Masicot, Pollard, Robertson, Sypher-7.
Senator Whitney offered the following
amendment to rule hfty-one:
Add to rule ffty-one the following:
''Sergeant-at-Arms or doorkeepers ad-
hitting others than the above, except by
permission of the President OF the Senate,
shall be disuis ed from Office"
Senator Chsdbourn moved the adoption
of the amendment.
Senator Cage moved to lay the amend
ment on the table.
Adopted.
Senator Steven offered the following
amendment to rule sixty-four:
Resolced, That the word "majotity," in
line six, rule sixty -four, be stricken out and
thereof.
Senator Whitney moved to lay the
amendment on the table.
Senator Alexander called for the yeas
and nays, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Allaip, Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux,
Burch, Cage, Chadbourn, Dumont, Harper,
Herwig, Kelso, Mascot, Stamps, Sypher,
Twitchell, Weber. Wharton. Whitney-l8.
Nays-Alexander, Anderson, Detlege.
Eustls. Goode. Greene. Grover, Kelly. o.
don Stovor VNhifo-