The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
WEDNESDAY, January u, 1876.

iatone ~ tbo '"oi -~
re.enn.,, ia opening business, the C!erl
AneT ~ was announced with I
me He notified the Senate TIM
Tnuse was ready to meet me Scnnt'
,nint session Tor the eiec1'on vi
~ sd States Senator. a.,
Wharton declined 20 serve 81, ~ ~.
y, .r,ittee on which he had been mp
cen1.,,di He said that he had been re-
Iclnsd rom the chair'nanship 81 the
noy.,,ttec on Finance, and he believed
Coliihn;ss"re removal was the. result 81 tht
nv. ., a. nee Of the Executive, Tor IN the
lnte!na sroe ~ Ills duties he had investi.
disclsus'Eses affairs Of the militia,. and nc
gstea. h XVI M action IN thoroughly inyes
ihou.E;nnrs hid aroused the ire Of the Tx.
sclliIs,,u,. ~ Incorporate the town OF Clin.
"a mt Feliciana, was introduced by
ieu' Weber. and referred. q y.
~ w, WIIt M amend the funding law was
,.s,,ovauced BY Mr.. Chadburn, and re-
| le1eo. t,yc session was called. On the
bis .s.e session being raised, q motion
sSe sa;o,,rn to IL m. to-day prevailed.
,..,.sAt twenty minutes TO IL the
u,,se came 20 order, eignty.six mem
~ es,I present, Speaker Estilette presid-
'p&S ha reporter inadvertently omitted
y ansntoi, that, at the session OF Tues
!. rhen the regular committees were
Msy,csnced, and 1t appeared that MI.
s sg,ss ms Chairman Of the Committee
VIZ s4Sssnchment and Reform, that gen
% declined as his time would be
pea'n'ssiei On other committees.
oW Vuar,,tine matters disposed Of, Mr.. Kidd
,na. yd that the hour was approach
qpsss, ,r n Joint ballot for the election OF
10y n W States Senator. He. therefore,
pa s.d that the clerk inform the Senate
m W, ,he House was ready to proceed 10
w. W. sisrtiop and that he be instructed
mu,.srcst al, Immediate answer to the
w l,ssrc No objection was made to
w mrtlou and II was adopted.
W XIV annual report Of the Attorney
nlan 49, WINS received, aud. without be-
y ~ Dsaali. Il was referred 70 the Judicia-
nv following additional committees,
..rdinu md special, were announced !.
Ni rsJsref Reldti0ns Webb, Edwards,
J, I'm Tsnripahoa, Dunn, Carlos, Sartain,
yorte Johnson, OF Caddo.
giais Library -Lafargue. Carmouche,
Y,hnsorl. Of Iafourche, Kummel, Mat
sssws' q Franklin, Hunsacker, Jour
w, r,asf;t,nion-- -Billieu, Koontz, Lowell,
gilmore. Walker, Hunsacker, Kidd.
'im,niorafion Martin, Self, Shannon,
Webb, Cousin, Honore. Triplet.
IF I'M
sunes. Pipes. Armstead, Dickinson,
It,enrlment and Reform Baily,
booth, Self Dunn, Schiller, Snaer,
csnsus- Walker, Carmouche, Baker.
Younr. Dcnlas, Sibilski, Dupre.
In, Speaker, addressing Mr.. Dupre.
Ia chat he did not put that gentle
nsn's name on any OF the standing
0mn1lttees because he understood him
Yesterday TO object to being upon any
I'm committee, but rs the objection
/ "a not embrace special committees, he
~ Speaker had put him on the Com
nlttce on Census.
M, Dupre replied that what he had
"a Wa 10 be interpreted ironically.
oeeing bis name upon no committee he
M asked to be stricken from every
|mmmlttee.
AZ q irw minutes after noon the clerk
imported that be had delivered the
|n1ssagc Of the House TO the Senate,
{tut had received no answer.
Mr. Young suggested that those Sen
1 lors who were wiIling TO join the House
klnvited 10 Joint session.
The motion was seconded by Mr.. Du-
|pN, who read the law 10 show that the
|jvceoding was u proper one, when "a
naiofisv Oh the Senate refused to ,tclui-
|ee.
Adopted
The Secretary of the Senate being
assent the Clerk OF the House was oil.
|hsted 70 call the roll Of the Senate.
Mr.. Lowell Inquired II the Senate was
VI part Of the General Assembly?
Il II wasllnder the control Of the House?
Mr. Young replied that that might be
Ne Understanding Of the gentleman.
BIT Il was not the understanding OF the
majority In the House. A majority Of
" Senate did not think proper TO Join
N House for an election and the House
Knitted the minority to form a conven-
I'D. -
lnumber Of Senators having entered
I'd taken seats, Senator Green occupy
EAchaif on the right of the Speaker.
Ne clerk called the roll of the Senate
"a then the roll OF the House.
The following Senators answered.
~ names of the Republicans, of whom
ntre were three, being italicised: Iicr-
gdr, BldrkLfp1t, Ogden, Steven. kcl-
!, White, Robertson, Green, Goode, |
kustis, George and Grover.
beveDty-oight members or tho House
.a1wered, I'LL the prominent Repub-
beans u the body being present.
On motion OF Mr.. Kidd, the proceed
ngs had IN each House yesterday on the
g!Dlect Oh this election were read from
,nc respective official journals, Mr..
lowell directing that the publication
9 the Republican, purporting TO be an
oucal account of what was done yes
srcay In this Senate, could not be re-
latded as authentic, since the journal, |
saoer the rules OF the Senate, was open
y amendment to-day. and corrections |
nght eppear tomorrow. IA
NJ, Kidd then moved that the Con-
en!lon proceed to the election, and the |
NOTION % was adopted without dissent.
wnereupon Mr.. Kidd nominated Mr..
s suS.s, and Mr. Hahn nominated Judge
iesnsaleEro Mr.. Lowell named Mr..
sooen 4. Mari, but MS he did not vote
4 ~ ne gentleman, the nomination was
sesiously bit OF badinagc.
uurlng the morning Mr.. Pinchback
~. IN tne noor, and as the crisis APP
Mcmme0 ne took q seat next to Mr..
s' seil, where he remained until the
seslness was over.
hs ~, mann again eulogized Judge Tai
i 1910, showing that in speaking OF
a. o =. ~ OF that gentleman yester-
~ he ud not desire To revive the
An sss -, " the war. and declaring that