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

item BY striking out "forty thousand dol.
Lars" and inserting fifty 1--we thousand dol
lArs.r" H." Z, 90 x - s'''
Adopted. s''-''' y
| On motion Of Senator Twitehell the fur
tier reading q ~ bt,l wAs dispsassd with,
and, ssaAended, It was adopted - whols
On its second rsading.. ,bs,y i a5A
| On noeion Of Senator Cage the oonstitu.'
ltional fales were suspended BY four,ffths
Affirmative vote of the, Senate, the bill WA
placed on ito third reading and hnsi passage.
On motion of Senator Robertson the bill
finally passed, it, title adopted. and it was
ordered 10 be sent to the House for concur
renee in the amendments. '-''f @'--
6enator Anderson, from the Committee
On Judiciary, asked and obtained uuani-
nous consent to mako the following re-
ports: .4 ..la a-tL.e f2s.
ConHlT1l1 on JrDlclARY,l
New Orleans, March :, 1916. s
TO the Honorable President and Asnhses Of ths
0enAte: J A.. t...-.
Your committee to whom was referred
House bill No. 80. respectfully report favor
ably ON the came, and reeomm<nd that it
'p EDWARD D. WHITE,
4 1.ra %. J.. B. RUSTI6, 40 80 slf..r ..
w. JASPER BLACKBURN, d,
J. HENRI BURCH,
E. L. WHITNEY, 81 iom .4,1 !
-.s--ss A. DUAONT. ga, syfd -
...a. ... co..,1!rx o. Sr1D'Sss,.1ss1.l
10 the aoassas's President and Members Of sAs
I Your Committee on judiciary having had
under consideration House bill No. 2o2, re-
p''' VIC THOMAS G. ANDERSON,
5f-as y. ini o0l Cbairman;
..... EDWARD D. WHITE,
J. B. EUST1S, .-.,5...
A. DUPONT.
- MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Tho private secretary OF the Governor
was announced with Ihs following message:
s Bs4z1 o. LoulsIAnA,l
Executive Department
-.-g-. r.. 5f Hew Orteane. March 2. ls7.}
TO the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
I have this day approved and signed the
folio wing bills originating in the Senate:
An act regulating the term Of the Eighth
Judicial District Court Of tho parish Of
An cot extending the jurisdiction Of the
parish courts.
An est aneading session 34lo Of the Re-
vised Statutes.
An act amending section SIS Of the Code
Of Practiee.
Al cot for the relief of the minor heirs OF
An cot amending an act relative to the
police of Opelousae. e- % =
These bills and those promulgated are al
the acts originating in the Senate which
have been received by ne up to tho present
time, IL p. n, March 2. 1876.
WIN. P. KELLOGG,
Governor.
STATE OF LorIs,ANA.)
Executive Department, 7
New Orleans, Msrcn ., 1876
n tho Honorable President and Members Of the
In accordance with . provision of the
constitution which requires mo TO give the
General Assembly information from time to
time respecting the situation of the State, l
deem it my duty to lay before the Senate
certain facts which have direct bearing
upon questions Of grave political impor-
tsnce recently acted upon by the Senate:
have seen In the public prints that
| in the lover house Of the General A.
sembly during the session Of March se-
| ries Of charges were adopted, purporting to
| DO articles Of impeachment against Evil
liam P. Kellogg, acting Governor Of the
State Of Louisiana" drawn up BY commit.
tee appointed ito prepare specific articles OF
| IMPRISONMENT against Willism p. Kellogg,
| Governor of the State Of louisiana"
Prom the reports published in the public
press, gather that the prooeodings were
! chasacterised by grave parliamentary If
| re9ulsritiee, aside from the fact that the
| impeechment had already besn passed upon
| by the Senate, sitting - . Court q In,
peacbment, and had been finally disposed
| Of and Judgment Of acquittal entered. But
/ probably disclose the adoption by that body
Of series of fourteen charges against the
Executive of the State, it seems to me
proper, notwithstanding the gross irregu.
| fsritiee of form which have characterized
| the introduction and adoption of these
| charges, that the journal of the Senate
should contain An authoritative exposition
Of their grouudlcssness and frivolity.
take MP the accusations in tho order in
which they are stated to have passed the
| House,: rt-f "a
!. appointed Settoon - State super
visor of registration of one Of the distan1
parishes, on the Recommendation of the Stats
Senator of that district. 1t is utterly i'm
possible for the Governor to be personally
acquainted with the exact dOmicile of every
officer he is called upon to appoint. did mo-
know that Settoon was resident OF Tangl'
pahoa when appointed him supervisor o
Washington parish. and do not know il
now. It requires but ton days fol
q citizen of the State to acquire . residence
in q parish under the constitution.
9. Taking exception to the phraseOlOgy
of this charge, l admit the substantial fact
stated that did remove one tax collector
and appoint another, and the courts O
this State, from the lowest to tho highest
/ Id hat khA N
has the legal right to do 80 without slleg
ing causes. -.z
s. did not remove Charles Clinton
Auditor, after he had boon impesched BY
the House and indicted by the grand jury
MY reason for not doing 90 was that tn.
Supreme Court had decided that consti
tutionsl officer can not be deprived Of hi
Office except for the causes and In the man
ner pointed out in the constitution and law
passed in conformity to tho constitution.
cite article seventy of the constitution, AM
State W. Towne (2l An, 1907. I did all
was empowered to do in the premises. in
structed the Law officers of the State +
prosecute Mr.. Clinton clvilly and criminally
4. djdn not appoint exports every thro
months, whether there was any necessity t
de 20 or not, to examine into the books o
| authorizing the Governor to do 30 contain
the words, "if in his opinion the public in
terests REQUIRE it," Whenever the publ
interest seemed to require it, have 81
pointed experts under section eighty-nine
act No. AZ, 1871.
S. / do not deny the assertion that I di
not renew tho commission Of the experts
but e the letters of instruction issued I
them authorized them to examine the book
both Of the Auditor and Treasurer ther
was NO necessity for the renewal Of thei
commissions.
6. I psid to Mr.. Gardner and other q