The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-04

nIhny OF these corrupt measures, II
would be better at the start to ignore
Ientirely all unfiniehcd business coming
from the Hahn House, and that mo
ton should be- made In the Houses tt
that effect, which he warmly supported
and u motion was unanimously adopted
To call the serious attention Of the
House to the matter He also said
that In view Of the tendency on
the part Of the Radicals to waltz
gracefully away with all OF the
nimble fingers on 1t was better to use
due diligence to prevent this. He more
over said that the State was put to enor-
NOUS expense for stationery, and that
1t was wasted and squandered and 1t
was better immediately on the conven-
ing Of the House to put q motion before
1t TO the effect that the Sergeant at Arms
be instructed to only issue enough sta
tionery to supply the members actual
wants, and that u law should be enacted
as early as practicable to allow only q
sufficient amount OF stationery 10 be
purchased, say about $3 worth u piece,
suffice he knew for the whole session.
The caucus then adjourned TO meet
the Senate in Joint caucus Oh Monday
at o'clock. The joint caucus Of the
Senate and House met persuant to nd
journment at 10 o'clock on Monday with
u full attendance. motion was made
to call the roll to ascertain how many
members was present, which was car
ried.
A quorum was asccrtained to be pres
ent. A motion to appoint % committee
Senate, to ascertain what sort Of legis-
lation was most needed and report to
the joint caucus. The Senate members
then retired and the House members
kept their seats o few moments and then
adjourned. The joint caucus meets to-
day again ut 10 o'clock.
The scene presented ut the State
House yesterday was, MS usual, u vsrie-
gated one. All of the entrances were
crowded with q miscellaneous assem-
blage Of lobbyists, ofIlce-seckers and
politicians. who all had mn earnest look
Of business. La Mr. kcllogg's office oil
which will be given with more elabora
ton when II Is read before the Assem-
bly,, Is vast document, touching more
particularly on the public debt, the
leyee question. taxation Of church prop.
crty, the Returning Board. official fees,
and city affairs.
He thinks during his administration
that the sum of &b, 13O,OUO has been
saved the State. His figures are slight
ly jpmbled and tho rules Of arithmetic.
III followed, do not quite prove II. He
says tho Congress, I'm his opinion, is
bound to take into their own hands the
building Of our State levecs, but Ii Ii n
question OF time. and until they do the
State must continue to work the con
victs on them. He says that the prop
erty owned by churches, which Is used
by them to get ~ revenue and not for
church or claritAble purposes, amounts
10 Sic, O0U, 900, and most OF it situated in
this city, aud that this deprives
the city ~ " revenue Of at least
ri 100000 per annum. He wants what
he calls q board Of equalization Of tax.
alton. aud says The $40,OOO,OOO will be
thereby saved. The q,eerest and most
ridiculous thing that he says Is about
the Assembly with the idea that he
wants u law made which will make the
action Of this body on election returns
fair. He says he Will approve any law
passed by them on this subject. This
Is really rich. He who got into power
through the instrulnentality Of the cor
rupt and Illegal action Of u fraudulent
Returning Board Wishing TO have d
fair system inatigurated! He recon-
nends the reduction Of the per diem Of
members Of the Assembly from 81 to
IS a day. He wants u reduction, also, In
the fees Of country officials, He claims
I hat the public schools now cost less
{ llan when under the control of the
Democrats, and says II now costs only
$40 u piece for 1850 pupils, when it
cost $23 II head when there were only
900. He says tho cost Of the police
under the control Of the State Ii less
than when under the city, and he has
saved the State $iOO.O0O on them. He
says finally that the city debt is $24,-
900, md wants the CITY charter
SO that the Aldermen will
serve without pay. ~ 7if