New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-06

VI al TIC VOt0S cast, was UtCldItu cAectSu
| assistant minute clerk of toe Senate
Nominations for doorkeepe- ware then
declared to be in order.
Senator Harper nominated Mr. j. Cal
| houn.
Senator Robertson nomin ted Mr.. j. C.
Coleseu
Senator Herwig moved to postpone all
| further elections until tomorrow.
Senator Blunt moved to lay tn. motion
on the table.
On the motion to table the following SEN
ators voted yea:
Messrs. Allan, Blunt, Cage. Chadbourn.
George. Goode. Greene. Harper, Kelly
kelsO. Landry, Ogden, Robertson, Stamps,
Twitchell, White, Whltney-i7.
The following Senators voted nay
Messrs. Anderson, Blackburn, Breaux.
Detege, CHA, Herwig, Pollard, Sypher,
Wharton, Young-lG.
Absent and not voting-Messrs. Alexar-
| der. Brewster, Burch, Dumont. EUstis,
| Mascot Steven, Weber. Grover
| Carried.
| The election for doorkeeper was then de-
| cyared to be in order.
The following Senators voted for Mr..
| Calhoun:
Messrs. Anderson, Blackburn, Blunt,
Breaux. Burch, Cage, Cnadbourn, Detiege.
| Dumont, Ola, Harper, Hsrwig, Kelso. Ian
| dry, Pollard Stamps, Syphrr, Twitcheli,
! Whitney, Wharton, Young-2l.
The following Senators voted for Mr..
Cole:
Messrs. George, Goode. Greene, Kelly.
| Ogden. Robertson, White.
| Absent and not voting-A!ex Ter, Al
| LAIN Bre wster, Eustis, Grover, Mascot,
! Steven, Weber-S
Mr. Calhoun having received the major
| doorkeeper of the Senate.
Nominations for chief enrolias clerk were
then declared to be in order.
Senator Whitney nominated Mr. D. P. c.
| Hill.
Senator Young nominated Mr.. j. A.
| Greene.
Senator Chadbourn nominated Mr.. Charles
| H. Merritt.
The nominations were then closed.
| Senator Greene asked to withdraw the
| name of j. A. Greene.
Senator Young objected.
After the roll was called, and before the
| result Of the vote was announced. several
| Senators asked to change their votes.
Senator Blunt made tho point of order
that this could not be done.
The President Senator Wharton in the
chair, ruled the point OF order rot well
| taken.
Senator Blunt appealed from the decision
of the chair and called for tie yeas and
nays.
The chair was sustained by tne following
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Allan. Bucch. Black
| burn, Cage. Chadbourn, Detiege. Dnmont,
George, ella. Greene, Grover, Harper,
Herwig, Kelly, Kelso, Landry, Masicot,
Ogden, Pollard, Robertsoa. Stamps,
Steven. Sypher, Twitchell, White, Whit
ney. YOung-2S.
Nays-Blunt, Breaux, Goode-3
Absent-Alexander, Brewster. Eussis,
Weber,.
Mr.. Wharton, in thu CHAIR, did rot
vOte-l.
ton of chief enrolling CLERK.
The following Senators voted for Mr..
Hill:
Messrs. Anderson, Allan. Black burn.
Blunt, Breaux, George. Greene. Kelly.
kelso. Landry, Ogden, Robertson, Whar-
ton-l3.
The following Senators voted for Mr..
Merritt
Messrs. Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege, Du
mont. ella, Grover. Harper. Herwig. Mast
cot. Pollard, Stamps, Sypher, Twitchell,
White Whitney. Young-i6
Absent and rot votin Alexander, Brew
ster. Burch Eustis, Steven. Weber-G.
Senator Goode voted blank.
Mr.. Merritt having received ajority of
all the votes cast was declared elected chief
enrolling clerk.
Senator Wharton obtained the unani-
nous consent of the Senate to introduce
joint resolution providing for the appoint
ment of joint committee on city affairs.
Lies over under the rules.
Senator Whitney offered the following
resolution:
Resolred, That the President of the Sen
ate be and is hereby authorized to appoint
a stenographer az official reporter OF the
Senate, and an assistant.
Lies over.
Senator Robertson offered the following
concurrent resolution:
Resolred, That a Joint committee be APP
pointed, to consist of five from the Senate
and - from the House of Representa-
tives. to consider the report OF the State
Registrar as to the census
Senator Stamps objected to the introduc-
ton of this resolution.
The President ruled that it could be in
troduced, inasmuch as the regular commit
tees are not yet appointed.
The resolution lies over under the rules.
Bv unanimous consent the following reso.
luton was introduced and lies over under
the rules:
BY Mr.. Herwig:
Resolred, That there shall be appointed
by the President of the Senate committee
to be known as the Committee on Unfinished
Business, to whom shall be referred all
Senate and House bills remaining over from
the last session.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By unanimous consent, Senator Black
burn introduced the following bill:
Senate bill No. l. an act apportioning the
State into senatorial districts, and fixing
the number of Representatives to be elected
from each parish and representative district
in the State; designating in what senatorial
districts Senators are to be elected at the
next general election, where there has been
change in the senatorial districts, and re-
nool;no all o+her la WA on the subject