The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-29
State Legislature.
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.4iuaJ .lilag lsqi ur MONDAY. Feb. 2s.
sarsnt4l The esnete
cane an to order At 70 q n, quorum pr present; :,
aatef which, NJ. ,drover offered 4 petition nu-
afSlns lie 'is rasssee q u ths New Orleans psinc
ssstr2 % sls's % mlIess S J sedESS%; d"sas S"''
niember then called upthe bin. which WIS
~ S' r.s ssss I'll sss % @as % vsT ss
s atss!'ys yY,s sppfspPs'i"s ss, G
M. Robertson offered he Following rcsolu-
Whe,eas. .he governor n the state has MS 'sausd @
scRi,is tR% Hcnate @ Il the stals of L"asnnay At
!@s dsnersi Xsscmbiy esbfres 6y constitutional
co"ySns is;c az deaSr Assembly on estracrpary
occasiona Aa confcrfhd by article sis'y four Of
w Wbare"s, Wl"sih neither House. 81 the denera AZ
senbjy eopstitutss tho 0eileral Assembly within
ai .a rsa"S Il NJ l. 1S
Eesoised, ffEaf fRis senate win dlsregara said
fringlnv upon the cQnstitutional prerouatives Of
the General Assembly. deserving not tho obo-
dience but tho condemnation Of the senate.
tcs"plaie " rsvol"ticn' ION and and Rs hoped Tue sspai
would not. They should act IN etr'"' aeeef"'enee
"isI 4 motion "io 10 lay on the table was carried
utss and S II NJ, ,oSS White Gescd to speak on the
motion be Withdrew H.
vailed by n strict party ytte, lt= =sI...,
The New Orleans Pacifc bill came M under
the head of unfinished buainees;
IND % was made a, WAS lost by vote ot il to IT,
4 motion to table motion by Mr.. Robertson
30 reconsider this wins loat4N1a to AZ;
Tho motion 10 reconsider was also lost by
The senate then went into executive session.
On executive session bsing raised tho btll was
again considered and put on its socond reading,
and was road.
Mi, Ogden characterized as "infamovs',,, the
sss sste hna hs eSp"aa w w Nh
shoaid be belk .vea after The tax ha1 ii beea y,
fund would 30 smployedto THEFT Bcsi advantage.
rven n the etrustees were composed of respe.ta-
stood the bin had never been read III tho House.
All the s,sesdsaen,s offered to the bill were
motion To adopt the bin NJ n whole on its
second reading was rnaslc. and. qfter eome dis
Ho"ss Si No. d. repeating tho c,,srter Of The
Ia tho Uolninitiee On Judiciary.
Houss bill ass4 an net to autborisc md require
the police juries In certain parishes to submit
ordinances 10 the popular. vote Of Hatd parishes
tSs Ts Nw sSerGssn Orleans " pe Hallway Company was
thcn taken up, gnd pending action oxocutivc
Al sIx o'ciock executive session was raised
and The Committee of Impeachmept appointed
BY the House wore reesiyed, ppd they toGmnlly r y
announced the impeachment of Gov. WI ke'-
Tie following resolution was offered on the
retirement Of the conmittee. ~,
'Eesolsed. That. the Senate resolve ltsclf into
HiKh Court of Impeachment. ana that the
Chief JGatice be notified to appear anu preside.
Mr. Hhreh offered resolution providing for .
committees Of tive 10 uraat rules for tho govern
Mr. Robertson ninde tho point of order that
the President was n2 longer the rrvg'd.ll @ n VIZ
Scnate: that he was the Governor, W. ka,u9gg
the next business IN order was the election oi q
~ rcsaihk fr6m thc iav and sTnsitollon On Tho
Ho hold that impeachment was aoasummated
~ soon M the House had announced II before
!he hsg oi TN senat". Th" point was ruled out
Tho Senate then resolved itself into n Court Of
az ths osh HY Js'cs was smn,sarsa
and afterwards ~ me soNatofs ~ groups o'
The cou,psel OF Gov. Kellogg, Messrs Ray.
Dibble sqnd LoonMd hore appeared with q
waiver uf summons on the part of his EN"llency.
Judge Dibble then presented PAPER setting
forth TINT his client WIS ,rcady for trial. He
a5fs4. sfs1 tGs n,istds bs % ap' hat the court t'
Tha Senate, On motion Of Mr.. TwicIcli. re-
solved itscif into i high court Of ippev,b,pept.
and ~ tl's president was INSTRUCTED 10 notify The
Mr.. i,o5ertoti made tho point d order that The
Lieutenant Governor WAS DISQUALIFIED from pre-
siding over The dolibsraiSns Of The fens," as
tho suspension of the Governor and the Lieu
tenant asverhor thereby becomes tho Acting
Tse Tss rs Jn. 6Fa tSsss .si sGs' sSs Ms s cs
s Hasso sns sst sr Il. cbs hex Es In wss sy
then ajninistered 10 thc Senators
Tho eeunssl at Coy. Kellogg ,Messrs. II. C
Dibbte. J, Y. LeDnari and John Iay-appeared
was flied by Judse EDlIjtle announcing that W.
L. Kellogg was rcady Tor trial.
Mr. Twiichell moved that the Secretary I've In
strurtes tn notify the House that tho Senate was
organized as u high court Of impeachment pre-
pared to receive tho House Committee and hear
their charges, and that tle ,eommitteMe M Is order
ed to submit their charges ut O'Clock this day.
A motion to amend tho order. by inserting In
place OF Z o'clock. II o'clock Wednesday. was
A motion was made by Mr.. Twitchell to table
Mr. Whitc contended that there were no rules
for the guidance of tho court
The Chief Justice stated that no had been in
formed that the necessary rules were in exist
epcc. .!1ash2wed some manuscriptl
Mr. White requested that they be read.
Considerable discussion epsued. Mr.. Robort-
son held that nd rules had been adopted Mr..
Twitchcll moved To adopt the Senate rules.
A cali was made for the reading Of tho minutes
and the minutes showed that the rules had been
adopted. s
Mr. Robertson said the minutes were incorrect
and that the statement conta lined therein that the
rules vera adopted. absolutely false
The rules were read.
MI. White was denied tho right to file his pro-
tcst t4 ".' .1 ,i
Mr.. Robertson reiterated his charge that
Ihe minutes Of the secretary. were absolutely
false in their statement that the rules had boen
MI. whIte renewed f,fs motion to substitute IL
A motion to taS.e was again mado by Mr..
9n .El
A motion was made by Mr.. White that the
ioors be closed for discussion. Lost. IA yeas. IL
nays.
The yeas and nays were called for on tho
v-itii thtlfoliowing result: Yeas %, nays9.
The .Secretaiy proceeded to carry out his in
structions. @s'. F..F'
A motion was made by Mr.. Blackburn to re-
consider the vote adopting the rules.
AZ a substitute Mr., Grover moved that that
portion Of the. minutes recording the adoption
Both motions were lost
The Secretary appeared and mode announce
mcnt that he had sppI"d f9r "a admission % ,S to te
m Mr.. ~ Enstis ss d moved Mat. in consideration
81 the adjournment Of tho House with