The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-03

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OF VIM. P. Kellogg, Acting Governor Of tn
State of Louisisns;
Whereas, . full discussion Was allowed OF
the said question, discussion in which 10
; publican and Democratic members part
cipated and which consumed the whole day
, until after o'clock P. NJ, when vote was
} taken resulting in the adoption OF the report
recommending the said impeachment ~
vote Of 81 yeas to As nays;
Whereas, committee was then appointed
to 20 to the bar of the Senate, and there, in
!; the name Of the people Of the State impeach
William Pitt Kellogg, acting Governor, as
aforesaid, of high crimes and misdemeanorJ
wholly committed by him since the Wheeler
compromise, and inform the Senate that the
House would in due time prefer specific
charges and make good the same by proof;
Whereas, the said communication and no
tice was at once conveyed to the Senate, after
which the House, having been in continuous
session for nearly nine hours, adjourned after
6 pollock P. M. until Wednesday, the LIST of
March, at 10 A. NJ, Tuesday, the intervening
day. being q legal holiday.
Whereas, the Senate, after the House had
adjourned, without notice to this body, with
oat any specific charges or articles of i'm
parchment having been filed, proceeded at
| once to organize Q Court of Impeachment,
and without the presence of the managers to
prosecute in behalf of the people of the State,
and without proof or evidence Of any kind, did
Immediately at CLOCK P. NJ take up the case,
and, by vote of Is yeas to 8 nays, dismiss
the impeachment, giving to the order in the
premises "the same force and effect as jude.
ment Of acquittal," declaring that the acts Of
the said William P. Kellogg, as Governor Of
the State of Louisiana, are fully known to
each and every member of this Senate, and
known to rs not to be criminal or unlawful,
and " we believe the said William p Kellogg,
Governor of the State of Louisiana, to be in
nocent of any criminal act, or of any high
crime or misdemeanor !"
Whereas, the House on Wednesday, the LIST
of March, 1876, adopted articles of impeach-
ment containing distinct and specific charges.
and are now ready to- make the same good by
proof sufficient to convince any fair and i'm
partial tribunal Of the guilt of the accused;
And whereas, the majority of the Senate,
without hearing the charges and without
proof, has declared their belief and opinion
that the said William P. Kellogg, acting Gov
ernor, is entirely innocent;
Resolued by the House Of Representatives,
That the Senate, by its partisan and arbitrary
conduct, has deprived the people Of the State
of an opportunity of bringing to trial the
Chief Magistrate of the State, charged with
high crimes and misdemeanors, and with
criminal neglect and violation OF his official
duty.
Resolved, That the members Of the Senate
having formed and expressed their opinion,
that the said accused is entirely innocent,
are disqualified from now sitting in Judgment
on the trial of the impeachment, and that
this House can proceed no further in the
premises and are powerlesS to resent this IA |
grant outrage upon right, justice and de-
cency, and can only refer the matter to the |
people Of the State for their consideration.
The report with accompanying resolutions |
we're adopted by vote of 81 years to 81 |
navs.
MIR. Wilt rose to question of privilege, |
and replied to paragraph in an article in |
the Republican, headed:
"REFORM OR REVOLUTION.
AN EXPLANATION FROM THE REPUBLICAN sENA.
TORS TO THE PUBLIC /"
The paragraph read as follows:
The Republican majority Of the Senate !
have passed number Of honest measures of |
relief; these bills have not been acted upon by
the House in most cases, and where acted upon
1t all, they have been amended by the insertion
Of offensive clauses, or by the postponement
Of their operation. We instance among the
bills passed by the Senate, as aforesaid, the
new charter Of the city of New Orleans, SUBJ
mitted by the Property Holders Union; an
act to reduce the fees of clerks and sheriffs
throughout the State; an act to reduce the
costs of collecting taxes, and ether kindred
measures.
Mr.. Wiltz in reply read the following:
To the Committee on City Affairs OF the House
of Representatives:
Gentlemen Your memorialists, members of
he Legislative Committee Of the Property
Holders Union, respectfully call your atten-
ion to the fact that the City Charter passed
trough the Senate and presented to the
louise, as eminating from the Property
Ioldors' Union, is not the charter adopted or s
pproved by the Union. II
Very respectfully
JOHN HUGHES
ARCHIBAL MITCHELL, IL
ALEX. BoNNEvAL,
D. P. SCANLAN, In
o. F. THIEsMAN, 7
@. H TEBAULT, NJ. D.
A. DELAvIeNE
The General Appropriation bill came up. :
After considerable discussion the bill was !.
assed by vote of So yeas to % nays.
The amendments of the Senate to the print
az bill were concurred in.
An act providing for the funding OF the
arish debt Of 81. Charles parish, was indef- &
itoly postponed.
u the administration Of the affairs of the
ity Of New Orleans; TO provide for Com mon
ouncil, its organization, and qualifications
its members, ETC. Referred to the Com 4
littee on City Affairs.
The House took recess until o'clock.
A. about 4:3OP. n. the House was ag sin +,
lied to order.
The Senate bill consolidating the Louis
ma State University and the Medical and :,
gricultural College, and locating it at Baton y :,
ouge, was called up. 81
An act repeating certain provisions Of the
corporation act Of the New Orleans, Vicks- o.
,rg and Baton Rouge Railroad, was passed. Il
An act incorporating the Merchants Ex- te
range Of New Oreana Went over on its al
cond reading. G
An act authorizing the Governor to appoint
State Board Of Assessors was indefinitely p
in
Senate bill No. 1913, an act governing the az
amer in which cotton press and warehouse cl
Ceipte, or the receipts of other custOdians