New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-30

| several of tho Republican officials have been
/ threatened with violence, and, IN some IN
| stanoes. with death, unless they did roslgn
| and In consequence sent resignatlone g
| the proper authorities, and afterwerd LEFT
| their homes in order to escape TURNER VIC
'0V Where's, In justification of these violent
| massures. these Regulators" have declared
| that said officials were Ignorant, moon
| petent, unworthy and dishonest" and that
| it il absolutely necessary that they be re-
| moved bv violent means, and others ap.
nointed in their stead in order to secure
peace end order in these parishes; and
Whereas, Grave and serious charges have
been preferred against the moral s sna poilt;
| ical character of several of the state AND
narochial officers of the said parishes,
Which. if proved. would be sufficient to DE-
prive them of the positions they now NIL;
Whereas. It is reported that these "Regu'
latore. !" in the measures employed BY them
to carry out their ends, have placed tne
| lives and property of citizens IN JEOPARDY,
and that the civil authorities are wncIly
unable to preserve law and order; snefolofe
| be it
Resolred. That q committee Of five be ap'
pointed by tho president of this BODY
with instructions to investigate the conol.
tion of the alleged disturbed parishes, ana
to investigate she charges preferred against
certain officials in said parishes, with power
| to administer Oaths and send for persons
and papers, and that said committee De
further instructed to report thereupon with
in twenty days from the passage OF THIS
resolution.
Senator Landry asked unanimous consent
to take up the resolution.
Adopted.
Senator Landry moved the adoption OF
the resolution.
Senator Buroh called for the yeas and
nays.
Senator Brewster moved to strike out the
word '.sole," in the sixth line.
Adopted.
Senator Robertson offered the following
amendment:
That the said committee be composed of
three from the Senate and i've from the
House.
The President ruled the amendment out
of order, as the resolution was not Joint
resolution.
Senator Robertson moved that the reso-
luton be amended 90 az to read "that
joint committee of three on the part of the
Senate and five on the part of the House,"
Senator Burch moved to lay the amend
ment on tho table.
Senator Robertson called for the yeas
and nays, resulting ss follows:
Burch, Cage, ChadbOurn, Detiege, Ola,
Harper, Kelso, Landry, Masicot. Pollard,
Stamps, Sypher. Twitchell, Weber, Whar.
ton, Whitney-20.
Nays-Alexander, Blackburn, Brewster,
George, Goode, Greene, Grover, Kelly, Og-
den, RoberteOn, Steven, White-l2.
Absent - Dumont, Eustis, Herwig,
Y0ung-4.
Senator White offered tho following
amendment:
Providing said committee hold its session
in the city Of New Orleans, and that no ex.
pense be entailed thereby.
On motion of Senator Burch, the amend
ment was divided.
The first part Of the amendment, reading
as follows: Providing said committee hold
its sessions in the city of New Orleans"
was adopted.
Senator Burch moved to lay on the table
the second part of the amendment, reading
thereby
The yeas and nays were called for with
the following result:
Yeas-Anderson. Blunt, Breaux, Burch,
Cage. Detiege, Ola, Harper, Kelso, Landry,
Mssicot, Ogden, Pollard, Stamps. Sypher
Twitchell;, Weber, Wharton, Whitney,
Nays-Alexander. Allan. Blackburn,
Brewster. George, Goode. Greene, Grover,
Kelly, Robertson, Steven, White-l2.
Absent - Chadbourn, Dumont, Eustis,
Herwig-4.
was tabled.
During the calling of the roll Senator
Stamps arose to explain his vote.
The President ruled an explanation out
of order, on the ground that notice of an
intention to explain must be given before
the cslling of the roll commences.
The question REQUIRED on the motion to
adopt with the following result:
Yeas - Alexander, Allan, Anderson,
Blackburn. Blunt. Breaux, Brewster, Burcb,
Cage Chadbourn. Detiege, Dumont, George,
Goode. Ola, Grover, Harper, Herwig, KEEL
80. Kelly, Landry, Masicot, Ogden, Pollard,
Robertson, Stamps, Steven, Sypher. Twitch-
ell, Weber. Wharton, White, Whitney,
YOung-A.
Nay--Greene-l.
Absent-Eustis-l.
And the resolution as amended was
adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The Chief Clerk OF the House was an
nounced with the following MESSAGE
House, OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans January %, 1876. )
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
am directed by the House of Repre-
sentatives to ask the concurrence of your
honorable body in House bill No. Al, an act
to incorporate the town Of Rayville, in the
parish of Lafayette.
House bill No. 30, an act to repeal an act
to establish q hospital for smallpox and
other contagious diseases.
House bill No. Isl, an act to amend and
re-enact section thirteen, approved Febru-
ary q, 1871, etc.
House bill No 66, an act to incorporate
the town of st. Martinsville, in the parish
Of St. Martin.
And to inform your honorable body that
the House of Representatives has concurred
in Senate bill No. 81, entitled an act appor-
tioning the State into senatorial districts.
and fixing the number of Representatives
to be elected from each parish and repre-
sentative district in the State, and designat.
ing in what senatorial districts Senators are
to be elected at the next general election,
and designating the representative number