New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-08

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bnly, and BY means perfectly legitimate and
honorable; further. thst hothi6G appears in
bvidence, nor do your committee know Of
hny evidepce In exist61O0 a6ooting unfavor-
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o. II. BREWSTER.
On motien Of Sena1sr Brewster the re-
port Va sdopeed. *f 49,
Senator Twitehell offered the following
motion:.e 3r.y8.ss.F smdl s4~t,.s..e4s
Resolved, That the reporters Of the New
Orleans Republican.- Bee. Times, German
0asette, Picayune, Bulletin aud Democrat
be paid 500 for reporting the proceedings
Which vas adopted. .,...l
MEssAoE FROM 1HE HOUSE.
The Chief Clerk of the House was an
nounesl, with the fellsWiag messages:
New orle:ns. March :. is7e
10 tns i aensrasas PsssidPnt End Asnbsrsof the
| 1 an ditecsed BY the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes 70 inform your honorable body
II y - III L. H.
ments t. the following Heass hills:
House bill No. II, aafited- IN oct to regu-
lstA tho manner Of making tadvertiSements
in judicial proceedine and sales Of prop
House bill No. 2; entitled an act to regu-
heoG3on Of legal and judicial advertisements
in the perish Of Orleans. saa slyss.
And also in the amendments Of bill No.
$40, general appropriation bill
And in Senate bill No. 168, m act to
amend the constitution Of the State.
Chisf Clerk.
aJ y s1e 80 = s, zs.cs isss
Senate:
am directed BY the House of Represen-
tstiyes to inform youf hoporable body that
the House he's CONQUERED IN Senate bin No.
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limits of the Second Judicial District; to FIX
the termse Of court thasin, and to define and
extend the jurisdiction of the Second Ju-
dicial District, etc.
Respectfully. ete., - p @ii.l
! PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
Senator Robeeteon aGked and obtained
unanimous consent to call up House bill
No. $40. entitled q - for TIE relief of the
widow and children q Judge John ]. Nor
gan. -. - - g,,
On motion Of Senator Robertson the coz :
stitutional rules were suspended by four
ffths Affirmative vote OF the Senate. and
the bill vas placed ON ito third reading, and
finally paassd it, title to stand, and notice
of concurrence was oedered to be sent to
the Houso. ieie@ef so 3asol.l s.si,r +t
! | 8senaso5i Chsaboura asksd and obtained
unanimous essssnt to take up House bill
| No. SO, session Of 1875 IN act to enable the
! parish Of Ct. Charles to fund ito debt; to
J issue bonds for said puPpess, snd 10 provide
by taxation for interest and redemption
thereof --.. .s -. ..,.. $1,000.
On motion Of Senator Chadbourn the bill
} passed its first reading, and the constitu
: tional rules being suspended the bill passed
it, second reading.
, On motion Of Senator Chadbourn the bill
was adopted ON it, second reading.
On melton Of Senator Chadbourn the
4 constitutional rules were suspended by q
four.fifths affirmative vote Of the Senate
!, the bill was placed on its third reading and
, finally passed, it, title to stand, and notice
of concurrence was ordered to te sent to
i, the House.
: Senator Twitchell submitted the follow
ing address, which was adopted and ordered
), printed in the journal: ....-....
WHEREAS. A correct history of the action
4 of the two houses of the General Assembly
/. during the session Of the Legislature, which
eventuated in the impeachment of Governor
Kellogg. and the action Of the Senate, or
l. panised - . eourt Of iapeechneut, to try
n the case, il important for the proper under
!. standing Of the true condition Of the affair
Therefore, We submit the following facts:
No proceedings, Of any kind, were
taken in either house, looking Il
y The impeachment ef tGoyerner Kellogg
snsil after the biz psssed hy the Demo NO
~ existing Law creating the board Of return
4 ing officers Of elections was defeated by the
i Republican majority in the Senate.
= ImnsdistelJ after the defeat of the allow
% bill, resolution was introduced into the
House by Mr.. Kidd, and passed by the
u Democratic majority, declaring that the
10 defeat Of said bill was. violation
DE- of the Wheeler compromise, and ex
empted tho Democrats from the binding
Y effect Of that agreement which secured thu
10 GovefHor from impeachment for causes ex
;. listing anterior thereto. ..,
% Subsequently ON the twenty fifth day o
% February, 1876, after oil hope Of inducing
the Senate to consent to the repeal of tn,
70 law creating the board of returning officer
p, had been abandoned, the House appointes
10 q committee to report whether there wer
= charges against the Governor that woul.
10 Justify his impeachment. This committee
n without taking any evidence or giving tn
"a Governor any notice, ~ the law requires
% reported on the twenty-sixth day Of Feb
OF ruary, 1876, that the Governor was liabl.
Do to impeachment for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. in general terms, without speci
'lr flying single charge, and reported the requi
=. site resolutions impeaching tho Governor
oI which .reooluti0ns were passed by tn
40 House about S P. NJ. on Monday the TWEEN
~ ty-eighth of February, 1876.
IN Immediately after, committee Of tn
r. Houss appeared at the bar of the Senao
or -Sh f>.ya Se.n1ufiNS and irunaachaA Hou