The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-02

HOUSE,
Speaker E,tilette called the House to orde
NJ 1920 o'clock.
A quorum present.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Markham.
After preliminary business the Speake
stated that:
"In obedience to the resolution of impeach
ment passed last Monday, l, q short tim'
after the adjournment on that day, appointed
as q committee to prepare articles of impeach
ment against VIM. Pitt Kellogg, Governor o
Louisiana the following named members t.
Wit: Messrs. Wilz, Young, Kidd, Kountz
and Hall"
Mr.. Wilt moved that permission be given
to the committee to withdraw.
Mr.. Mathews called for the yeas and nays,
and the committee was authorized to retire
by a vote of SO to 81.
Mr. Heating moved to adjourn, and the
motion was lost.
A motion made to reconsider the vote BY
which the committee was authorized to retire
was lost.
Mr.. Matthews introduced joint .resolu.
tion, providing that the Speaker of the House
and the President of the Senate be authorized
10 adjourn their respective bodies sine die.
On call of the yeas and nays the motion
wss lost, by vote Of 81 yeas and So nays.
On motion of Mr.. Wiltz q recess was taken
until o'clock.
After the recess the House again came to
srder-76 members, and . quorum, present.
The Secretary of the Senate announced the
action OF the Senate respecting the impeach-
ment
Nj. Wilt rose to . point of order, and
mid that, inasmuch as the House had never
been informed that the Senate had resolved
itself into 81 Oh Court of impeachment, that
the decision Of that body could not be re-
celvei.
The Speaker requested time to consider
Mr.. Witt rose to submit the report of the
Board Of Managers.
Mr.. Matthews made point of order that
the Speaker could not ct that time entertain
the committees report, and read from the
rules in support Of his position.
Overruled by the Chair.
From this decision Mr. Matthews appealed.
but the decision of the Chair was sustained.
MI. Witt then submitted his report as
privilege report. i
The report contained fourteen articles, the
leading ones of which were That the Gov
ernor had, in July, 1875, appointed one D. O. |
Seton, of Tangipahoa Supervisor of Regis |
tSation for Washington parish that he re. |
moved. without cause. in February, 1861. B. |
CAson, Tax Collector Of TaDgipahoa, and ap- |
pointed to his place Charles A. jackson, who |
made false census returns in 1876 that he |
refused to appoint an Auditor after Auditor |
Clinton had been impeached that he refused |
to appoint, once in three months, an expert to
examine the books OF the State Treasurer; that
m May, 1875. he appointed an expert for the
Auditors office. and refused to renew the |
commission to examine the Treasurer's books:
that after May, 1875. he paid $4,000 to Z, H.
Gardner, for twenty days service Is an ex.
pert in the Auditors office; $500 were taken
from another fund by his direction: that
while the House was in peaceful session he /
had in it armed polio men disguised as cit.
liens; that he appointed Geo. H Brauehn.
during the recess Of the Senate, Judge Of the
Superior Criminal Court, and kept him there
in CONFIRMATION of law; that he rendered no
sccount Of the $4,000 appropriated for bis
contingent expenses, and that he. in February,
1876 called an extra session of the Senate
without the House.
Mr. Willz desired to say . few words re-
specting the report, but Mr.. Matthews OBJ
jected; he moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. Matthews made the point that the
adoption was out OF orde.. Ruled not we'll |
taken.
MIR. Mathews took an appeal and made
speech, which was followed BY Demas, who
made use Of disrespectful language toward the
speaker, for which Mr.. Walker moved his ex-
pulsion.
The Speaker ruled the motion out, and said
That the member should be given an oppor-
innity to apologize.
After long discussion Mr.. Demas apollo
gized. and his apology was accepted.
The previous question being ordered the
Chair was sustained.
Mr.. Wil:z took the Aoor on his motion 10
adopt, and spoke at some length il review Of