The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
The senate.

Landry relative TO the sale OF intoki-
eating liquors. tho committee to whom
tte subject was referred reported mat
IL was subject to the control OF the par.
ish authorities, and that no Legislation
was necessary.
On motion. the Senate went into ex.
ncutive session. and after. raising the
same, and a call Of the roll. joined the
House to ballot for United States Sen
sator.
Att o'clock tho Senate returned and
resumed Ito regular proceedings.
MIR, Zaeharie In the chair.
Mr.. Robertson introduced petition
from the Medical Department Of the
University Of Louisiana, accompanied
by u bill TO .repeal 50 much OF SECTION 7
OF act 1876 of 1874, establishing an "Agri.
cultural and Mechanical College of
tho State" az relates to the east wing
building of tho Louisiana University
And to reHtore said building to the
Louisiana University. Referred to the
Committee on Public Education.
AIR. Boatner. for the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported. by substitute, on Sen
ate bill No. "a. to repeal section 20lp, of
the Revised Statutes, regulating the
terms oil parish courts and fix the salary
ct parish judges,
Mr.. Ogden In the chair.
The substitute bill fixes the salaries
at $500 In parishes having but one Rep
resentative. and $4,000 in others. IL was
amended 30 as to fix the salary In par.
ighes having but ono Representative,
$1,000 In those having two Representa-
tiveH, $4,000. and in those having three
or more. $2500.
As thus amended, the bill finally
passed.
A proposition for executive session
was withdrawn.
Mr.. White introduced u new bill to
establish Bonrd Of Police for the city
OF New Orleans, and defining the duties
OF same, and asked that it be read sec
ond time SO as to fix the bill TO come up
with the other police bills Monday.
Objection being made the necessary
motion to suspend the rules was with
drawn on the suggestion OF Mr.. Robert
son, that IL would be better to refer the
bill with instructions to report Men
day,
At a45 y. m. pending action In the
matter the Senate went into executive
session for the purpose, 1t was suggest
ed, OF considering some communication
from the Governor. After which the
Senate adjourned till ~ IN. Monday.
The House.
The House assembled at noon.
Speaker Bush in the chair and n
,auorum present.
Prayer by the Reverend Father Hu.
bert.
Mr.. Kidd arose to question OF infor-
nation: He wished to know why boys
from the New Orleans District Tele-
graph Company appeared on the floor
OF the House TO supersede the regular
nagee. He thought that resolution
passed on the previous day maintained
for the extra session all the officers and
employees of the regular session.
He knew of no law authorizing the
removal of pages. The action Of the
Speaker might be right, bat he knew
nothing OF the change. TO say the
least, the action Of the Speaker seemed
informal. IL the Chair was right he (Mr
Efddl would not be obstinate In oppos-
ing him.
Speaker Bush replied that in making
che change he had acted Ia the spirit OF
economy which marked the Democrat
lie caucusses. Notice had been pre-
vieusly given 10 the sergeant.at arms of
the change. II the law gave the Speak
er the right to appoint 1t must be
move. The motive OF the Speaker was
10 make a saving Of $l400 at each SEES
sion. He had even dispensed with his
own private secretary and his messen-
ger In the same spirit.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Orleans, remarked
that some of the pages removed were
supporting mothers and sisters with
their earnings. Their number had been
cut down to eight pages, and the total
expense was $500 for each session. He
was opposed to the employment Of the
boys OF u corporation, for the corpora
ton and not the boys enjoyed the bene-
fit of the money paid for their services.
He asked the Speaker TO reconsider his
action.
MIR. Brady. of st. Tammany, was In
favor of sustaining the action of the
Speaker Of the House.
MIR. Toler, OF Rtchland, said that It
seemed to have been forgotten that the
regular pages had gone into service at
the same time as this House was organ
lied. and had taken the chances of be- |
ing paid or not. They had embarked |
and sailed in the same ship with us, and
now that we were touching the shore |
it appeared in bad grace to throw them |
overheard.
MIR. Aldige, Of Orleans, said that he
was opposed TO the oAange which put |
the money into the pockets Of a cor
poration.
Mr.. Gillespie, of Cameron, thought
that lie was an injustice done to the boys |
who had shipped in the same boat with |
as.
Mr.. Kidd, again on the floor, said that |
the corporation got one dollar and |
twenty cents for each page by the con-
tract, whilst the boys they employed
only got thirty or forty cents of the |
money, and that besides the corporation
was an institution owned by people |
known not to be in sympathy with the
Democratic party.
After further debate on the question,
lfr. Kidd offered resolution providing
that the Speaker be authorized to re-
move any page and supply his place by
another appointment-this resolution
being offered on the hint that some Of
the pages might have proved inefficient.
MIR. Ryland. Of West Feliciana, said /
that this resolution interfered with the
privileges OF the Speaker and limited