New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-27

it was approved.
Mr.. George E. Paris was sworn in as Rep
resentative of the fourth representative dis
trict, parish of Orleans.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mr.. Dinkgrsve offered the following con-
current resolution, which was read and
adopted under a suspension of the rules:
WHEREAS, The constitution of the United
States provides that each State shall ap-
point, in such manner as the Legislature
| thereof may direct, a number sof electors
| equal to the whole number of Senators and
Representatives to which the State may be
| entitled in the Congress, and provides that
the electors shall meet in their respective
States and vote by ballot for President and
| Vice President, and they shall make dis
| tlnotlve lists of all persons voted for as
President and Vice President, and of the
| number of votes for each, which lists they
shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed
| TO the seat OF government of the Uhited
States, addressed to the President of the
Senate, who shall open sll the certificates
| IN the presence of the Senate and House of
| Representatives, and the votes shall then
be counted, and that the person having the
| greatest number of votes for President shall
| be President, if such number be majority
OF the whole number of electors appointed
tent of the constitution that the several
| States shall determine, each for itself, the
mode of appointing the electors, and of es-
tablishing who are appointed; and that the
| vote OF the electors thus appointed and law
| fully certified, shall be received and counted
| as the vote of the State, and that it ia the
right and duty of the President of the
Senate to open, count and announce the
| votes.
RESOLVED, That the declaration of the re-
/ suit of the election by the President of the
| Senate, as determined by a vote of the ma
| iority of the electors on the sixth of Deem
Der last is binding upon all, and that in
making such declaration, and in unfolding
the constitution and laws, the national an !,
| thorities are entitled to the support of all
| patriotic citizens.
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of
Louisiana, having great confidence in the
ability and patriotism of the distinguished
Republicans who reported and are support
| ing the bill, regret, nevertheless, that q
measure has been introduced into the Con-
| gress of the United States to change the
constitutional mode for electing President
of the United States, and that the Senators
and members of the House of Representa-
tives be and they are hereby requested to
| oppose the passage of said bill, which, in
the opinion of the General Assembly of
Louisiana, is unconstitutional and contrary
to long usage.
Mr., johnson, of De Soto, offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which lies over under
the rules:
ResolUed, That the chairman of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses of the
House be and he is hereby instructed to
issue vouchers to the additional Sergeant.
alarms that has been appointed by the
Sergeant alarms and the Speaker of the
House, the same TO be paid out of the con-
tingent fund of the House; be 1t further
ResolUed, That the Clerk of the House be
instructed to furnish the chairman of the
Committee on Contingent Expenses with q
copy OF these resolutions.
MIR. Lane, chairman of the special com
mittee appointed 10 investigate charges
publicly made that members of the House
had been bribed to vote for Hon. William
Pitt Kellogg as United States Senator fol
the full term, submitted the following re
port, which was read, and adopted under q
suspension of the rules.
NEW ORLEANS, January %, 1877.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives,:
The undersigned, members of the special
committee appointed under the following
resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t has been charged in speech
delivered before a Democratic caucus by
Mr.. P. B. S. Pinchback, that each member
of the General Assembly received the sun
| of $3.50 for his vote in favor of w, +. KEEL
lOgg as United States Senator at the cleo
ton held on the tenth instant, which sun
was paid to each member by the Hon. L. j
Souer, a member of this House from the
parish of AvOyelies; therefore be it
ReSolUed, That select committee of five
he appointed by the Speaker to inquire intC
the correctness of this statement and thai
| the said committee be and is hereby EN-
powered to send for persons and papers, ad
minister oaths, and take the testimony o
| witnesses;
Respectfully report that they have exam
ined, under oath, every member of tn
House of Representatives who recognized
and responded to their subpenas. Ever,
member SO examined-sixty-tw in mum
, ber-testitied distinctly and unequivocall,
that he had not received the sum OF S21d
or any other sum, from Hon. l., j Souer TO
his vote in favor of Hon. William p kellogg
for the United States Senate. And eacl
and every witness swore that he had IL
, knowledge of any offer of money or patron
age on the part of l.. j. SOuer, or any on
else, to bride or induce by unlawful or cor
: rupt means the vote of any member for W
P. Kellogg as United States Senator
P. b. S, Pinchback refused to appear be
| TOTO bl6 COlnUl1bl60'
The testimony taken, which has been n
duced to writing, and is at the disposal @
the House, disclosed that some efforts ha
! been made by improper means to iniuenc
the action of mem 0ers in their vote to
United States Senator, but that these g
forts were not made by Hon. L. j. S0uel
and we're not made in the interest of HoI
w. P. Kellogg. Your committee therefor
report that the statement made by T. b.
Pinchback referred to in the foregoing res
luton was erroneous in every particular.
w, G. LANE, Chairman;
w. II. DINKGRAVE,
w. j. MOORE,
, L. A. SNAER,
PIERRE MAGLOIRE.
We have also submitted the evidenC
taken by said committee, which was o
a dered to he printed and referred to tt
Committee on judiciary when appointed.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Notices were given that at some futul
time the following entitled bills would
introduced:
By Mr.. Watson, of Madison:
:, An act relative to sureties on official bond
: A bill entitled an act relative to deput
+ sheriffs and their appointments.
!, BY Mr.. Jones:
An act abolishing the Louisiana LOttel
Company.
By Mr.. RoutOn: