The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-25
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Forty Fifth bays Proceedings.


a. m. Present:
Hon; L. Bush Speaker and Messrs. .Aldige
Ayeock. Bridger. Breard, Bowden,. Barron.
Brady, Buck. Berry. Bell, Barbin, Bliien. Car
rick. Forester, aIllespfie.e huntington, Hill Of
leans, kernochan, Kidd. Lyons, Leeds. La
Means. incidence Newsom. Nnnes. Porter. Per-
alta, Pitts, Richardson. Robertson. Ryland. RAN
s p aR s hagsy sr sPsa ao
moulet Toler, VOORHEES,, Wasbburne. Wilde,
Williams, Young OF Claiborne and Young OF
East Baton Rouge.
Sixty rec members and quorum.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DIR. Palmer. of
The Presbyterian Church.
The journal of Feb. 81 was approved.
Mr.. Young, Of East Baton Rouge. moved q re-
consideration of the vote OF the House by
which Senate bill No. 81 was finally passed on
the 21st inst. 1. a
Mr.. Jonas moved that the motion to recon
slider be laid upon the table, on which motion
the yeas and nays were called for with the fol-
lowing result:
Yeas-Messrs. A1dige Bridger. Bowden, Bar
ron, Buck, Cressg,. Duke Dupree Gillespie.
SHass en- Nswsom. Nunes. Peralfa. Pits
Randolph, Role. Ridgley, Singleton, Self, Spill
lsr Steele !, smart, Tremoulet, Washburne
Breard. barrett. Brady. Berry. Bell. BarhIn
patriek Foe eiYi Gaskins. Huntington. RELY
Of Orleans. Kernoehan. Kidd. Lyons. Leeds,
Lanare, Leonhard Of Orleans, Richardson.
TAYLOR. Toler VOORHEES,, Young of Claiborne
and Young Of East Baton Rouge-34.
The motion to lay upon the table was lost.
On the motion to reconsider the yeas and nays
were called for by MFR. Fitzpatrick. with the
following result
Yeas Hon. r. Bush. Sneaker, and Messrs.
topinal, Fitzpatrick. Forester Huntington. Hill.
Of Orleans, Kelly of Orleans. Leeds. Lamare,
Leonhard Of Orleans. Mcdeh bee, NeTgsom. Ry-
VOORHEES, and Wilde-4.
Nays Mossrs. Aldge, Bridgsr, Breard Bow
loss. Uressy. Duke Dupree. Gaskins. Gillespie,
Jonas. Kelly OF VIM. Kernoehan. Lyons. Leu
Martin. Means Nunez, Porter. Peraita, I. it's.
lev. Self, Spiler. steele. Smart TAYLOR. Toler;
Washburne Williams, Young OF Claiborne. and
Young of East Baton Rouge-4i.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
JOINT SESSION.
Joint session of the General Assembly was
held for the purpose of further balloting for
Senator to represent the State of Louisiana in
the Senate Of the United States for the term be-
ginning March 4. 1877, Hon. Louis A. Wilt,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Sen
ate. pre- stdtng
The roll OF the Senate was called. when the
| following Senators answered to their names
| Messrs Ducros, Ellis, Eusts. Garland.
George. Goode., Grover, Kelly. Mitchell og-
den Perkins, Richardson. ohertson. Sandi-
| ford. s even. Stubs, Texada, Wheeler. White
and Zacharie.
| Twenty Senators and a quorum of the Senate
The roll of the House being called. the follow
ing members answered to their names:
Hon. L. Bush. Sneaker; and Messrs. Adige,
| Aycock. Parbin. Billieu, frdger. Breard Bow
den. Barron, Barrett. Brady. Buck, Bell. Berry.
Caross. Greasy, Delavigne. Duke. Dupree, rs
topinal, Fitzpatrick. Forester. Gaskins, Gillespie,
| HUNTINGTON. Hill of Orleans, Jonas. Kelly OF
Winn. Kelly Of Orleans. Kidd. ,kernoehan.
Lyons, Leeds, Lamare Lea, Leonhard Of Or
eans Marin, Means. Mciehe9 9. Nqpaz p9r ,ah
Singleton spiller. stagg. Steele. SELLERS; Smart,
Tayior, Tremoulet. Toler, Voorhies, Washburne
Wilde, Williams Young of Claiborne, Young
|of East Baton Kouge.
sixty-six members and quorum of the
House,
The purpose of this joint session was an
nounced by the presiding officer, and the nomi-
nations were read as follows: .
Messrs. Jonas. Gibson, Wickliffe. Egan. Rob
ertson and Jeffries.
Mr.. Texada. of the Senate, Withdrew the name
of the Hon. James Jeffries, Of the parish Of
Rapides.
Hon. W. r. Hall, of the parish of Morehouse
and the nomination vas seconded by MIR
Wheeler. of the Senate.
There being no further nominations, the roll
of the Senate was called with the following re-
suit:
Senator George voted for the Hon. B. F. Jonas
II yOts. 49,.
senator Kelly voted for the Hon. Randall L
Senators Ogden and Perkins voted for the
Hon. Il. @. Wfckliffe2 votes,
Senators DueroS and Sandiford voted for the
. Hon. w b. Egan-2 votes.
Senators Garland and Grover voted for thu
Hon. W. A. Robertson-2 votes.
Richardson, Robertson, Steven Texada, Wheeler
White and zacharie voted for the Hon. W.
: The roll OF the House was called. when thu
following members voted for the Hon. B. i
Jonas:
Messrs. Aycock. Bowden. Brady, Berry
8 Billieu. Robertson, Dnpree, Forester. Hunting
ton. Kelly. Of Vim, Lyons. Newsom. Peralta
tidgley. Role, Shakespeare, Singleton. Stag
and Wilde-1s.
The following members voted for the Hon
Randall L.. Gibson: -.e.......
Messrs. Aldige. Barrett. Buck, Greasy. Fstopi
nal. 'Fitzpatrick. J, Kelly OF Orleans Kernochan
!. The following members voted for the Hon
= r. G, Wiekliffe:
Messrs Barbin, Bell. Deayigne. Porter
Ryland. Spiller, Williams and Young OF Eas
Baton Rouge-8 ..
, The following members voted for the Hon. "
. B. Egan: -
, Sneaker Bush and Messrs. Barron, Carloss
, Duke, Jonas Leeds. Lea. Means. McGehet
Randolph smart and Young OF Liaiborne-12
The following members voted for the Hon. "
A. Robertson:
Messrs. Gillespie. Martin, Nunez and Richard
son-4.
y The following members voted for the Hon.
7. Hail.
Messrs Bridger, Breard, Gaskins. Kidd Leon
hard Steele. Sellers, Taylor, Voorhies an
:, Washburne-10.
: Total vote Sc: necessary to a choice Al.
No one candidate having received a maiorit
of all the votes cast, the presiding officer de
q clared that there had been no election.
On rnntion of Mr. White. of the Sonata lii