New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-29

So the minority report wss orce Cd to lilo
upon tho table,
Mr. Wilt moved the adoption Of the
majority report and the accompanying reso-
lutions.
The subject was then open to debate, af-
ter which the question recurring on the
adoption of the majority report, Mr. Wilt
| called the previous question.
The Speaker then put the question, "shall
the maia question be now puts" Which
being decided in the affirmative, Mr. Wilt
called for the yeas and nays on the adop
ton of the report with the resolution
| which resulted as follows:
Yeas-Aldige. Booth. Byrne. Burkhardt,
ayley, Blatfer, Bower, Beasley, Bllliu,
Brice, Collins, Carmouche. Cal!oss, Dupre,
DeBlanc, Dugas, Dunn, Durr. ID ihommer.
Edwards of Tangipahoa, Edwards OF Rich
| land, Elliott. Gilmore, Hall, hammond,
Kummel, Kelly. Kidd Lowell, Lafargue,
Maginnis. Meredith Mitchell, Matthews of
| Franklin, Martin. Mcclellan, McAIpine.
Nunez, Pascal. Pipes, Roman, Richardson.
| Smith. Self, Seeman, Sibilski, Schenok,
Scales, Schiller, Voorhiee, vidrine, Walker.
Wilt, Walters, Wells, Webb, Young--Gl.
Nays-Armstead, Butler, Baker, Carville.
| Cousin, Davidson, Devices, Dickinson. De-
mae, Guichard, Grant, Gracien. Hill of AS
cension, Hahn, Hubeau, Hill Of Ouachita,
| Honore, Hunssker. Jourdain, johnson Of
Caddo, Jones of P0inte Coupee, keeting.
Mllon. Matthews of Tenaas, Parker, Piles,
Ridgely, Ray, Raby, Sutton, Snaer, Sar-
| tain. SOuer, Stafford. Stewart, Thomas.
Wilson, Woods Of West Baton Rouge.
Woods of Ouachita, Yorke-45.
And the report of the majority Of the
committee and the resolutions accompany
ing the same were adopted.
| Mr.. Stafford having previously obtained
leave gave the following explanation to Ills
| vote:
| Ivote no. for the following reasons: That
| the result of impeachment. it only constitu-
| tional means are used, will either make no
change in the executive department. or if
| any be made, the succession would devOlve,
first on Lieuten.E Governor Antoine, who
would, in my opinion, be only q tool in the
hands Of Marshal Packard, ono Of the most
INSCRIPTIONS minions of power ever foisted
upon an unhappy people; or next, al will
be claimed, on the President pro tenn of the
Senate, Senator Thomas G. Anderson, ren-
dered notorious by his connection with tho
infamous Returning Board Of 1874; can not
| see that the State would be benefited by
such changes. Any result beyond this could
only be attempted by revolutionary meas
ures. plainly I deem, in conflict with the
Joint resolution passed at the extra session,
which agreet to mot disturb the present
State government, claiming to have been
elected in 1872, known as the Kellogg gov
ernment," would end in defeat, and pos
sibly engender confusion, strife, and. per-
haps, blOodshed, a state of affairs ever to
| to xuhau NiptatQH nv i'm
perious necessity. Finally, fear that the
excitement necessarily produced will effect
| ually estOp tho passage of measures ct ma
terial relief 80 much needed and urgently
demanded by our suffering people, and
more important to them ct this time than
! mere political or party advantages.
GEORGE w. STAFFORD,
Represen tative from Rapides.
Mr.. Lowell raised the point of orce: that
it requires vote of twothirds of the mem
bers present to adopt the report of the
majority of the committee and the resolu-
ton accompanying the same.
Which point of order the Speaker de-
cided not to be we'll taken.
Whereupon the Speaker announced that,
by vote of the House of Representatives.,
William Pitt kellogg, Governor Of the State
of Louisiana, has been impeached for high
crimes and mi,demearors.
The Speaker of the House made the fol-
, lowing announcement, to wit:
In pursuance of the reeolutions just
| passed. Messrs. Young, Witt, Jefries,
{. ! Wells, OF Livingston, and Latargue, are
/ appointed committee to 60 to the Senate,
|. and at the bar thereof, in the name OF the
= House of Representatives and OF 81 the
,rin ~ yuNp0
i. Pitt Kellogg, Governor of tho Stale OF
/, Louisiana, OF high crimes ard misdemean
!. ors in office. and acquant the Senate tina,
2. | the House of Representatives will, in due
!, time, exhibit particular articles OF impeach
r. ment against him and make good the same
l, and the said committee ara directed 10 &c
r. mand that the Senate take order for the ap
Ia pearance of the said William Pitt kellogs
to answer to said impeachment
On motion Of Mr.. Kidd:
Ordered, That the above committee.be re
81 cuested to Withdraw in order to carry on
the object OF their appointment.
g MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
ID The following messages were received
Is from the Senate:
SENATE tHAnBER.
New Orleans, February 70, 1916
- To tie Foncrabe Speaker AMI Members Of til
HOuse Of representatives:
g. am directed By the Senate to ask tn
r. concurrence Of your honorable body Ill th
passage of the following Senate bills:
Senate bill No. ia, to amend section
e. two, three. four and five of an aeu ent
ee tied an act to grant additional privileges
the Clinton and Port II udson Railroad Con
y, pany, etc.
ed Senate bill No. l73, an act for the bette
management of the Poydras fund, in II
us parish of Pointe Coupee, etc.
"" Senate bill No. III, an act to authors
We the Governor of this State to appoint
roadmaster who ehall have charge OF al
in. establish toll gates, and collect toll. On Il
d. road passing through the prairie betwet
m. New Orleans and the English Turn, etc.
IN, Senate bill No. I6S, an act to exempt fro
If State and parish taxes lands overlooked
ma. the Grand Levee and Bonnet Care al
wa other crevassas now existiug.
,v Senate bill No. ITO, an act to require {
~. CITY of Monroe to pay the parish OF Ga
Ito chita One-third of certain expenses.
Also that the Senate ooncurs in the ps
ey sage Of the following House bills:
ar. House bill No. 47S. an act to Tx the til
rr. of holding the regular term of the Min
"a Judicial District Court in and for the p.
all. ish of Vernon.
iv House bill No. II, entitled an act to
no | neal an act entitled an act relative to pub
AR. printing, approved July "a, 1868; and to
,al neal an act entitled an act relative to t
III judicial and legal advertisements, No. 81
aa | the acts Of 1870, and to repeal sections 29
it, 29S7, 1888, 29s9, 1890, 299l, 1892, 1898, 80
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1000 of t
Revised Statutes of the State Of Louisiar
and to regulate and define the rates al
the prices of the public printing, and to pl