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


The Senate met at IL M. Lieut.. GOV.
Witt presiding, and q quorum present.
Mr.. Robertson, for Committee OF Con
serence. reported with amendments on
House bin 162, relative to the fees oil the
Criminal Sheriff for keeping prisoners;
The Sheriff is to have AZ cents lnstead
OF 40 cents when the city does not pay
him cash.
Mr.. Goode. for the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported on Senate bill l3s, Ieia-
tive to fees of harbormasterss Win
And on House bill 17s, to authorize
the city to fill vacancies In Office. Favor
ably. -, a at. .a 80
sheriffs for keeping prisoners. lavoIa-
word scents " in the fourteenth line,
section 1, the words, nor less tnan
twenty-five cents" This bill relates TO
And on House bill 299, substitute for
2O1, to create the Eighth Justices COURT
And favorably on House bill 227,
amending act No. IA OF 1879, relative 70
keepers of cotton presses, plckerles ana
ginneries. :,
Mr.. Texada reported enrolled Senate
bill lac. ,,,
Mr.. Mitchell introduced Senate bill
144, for the protection OF game.
At 2:3O, pending con sideration OF the
bill, the Senate Joined the House to bal.
lot for United States Senator, ana
shortly returned.
A message from the House announced
concurrence in Senate bill 1913, and the
passage of the Barataria concurrent
resolution and House bills 3l8 and 375.
Also asked a com mittee OF conference
on House bill 1853, the Board OK Health
bill.
Senator Perkins asked that the COM
mittee be appointed.
The game bill was postponed, and the
preferred calendar was considered.
House bill 31S-the general revenue
bill-was read and referred to the Com
mittee on Finance.
House bill No. 27s, the funding act
supplemental to the funding act OF 1874,
for funding the obligations OF the State.
Referred to Finance Committee.
House bill No. 162, relative to. fees OF
Criminal Sheriff for keeping prisoners,
with amendment making change from
forty to forty-eight cents, where cash is
not paid, was referred.
House bill No. 1853 was referred to the
Conference Committee.
Mr.. Steven, for Finance Committee,
reported on House bill 275. relative to
salaries Of clerks Of State officers,
favorably, but with an amendment
striking out In line ten of the first Sec
ton the words "and licenses"
The report was adopted. but the vote
thereon was reconsidered, and on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Eustis the bill was recon-
mitted.
The Senate, on call Of Mr.. Steven,
went into executive session, which was
shortly raised. The roll being called,
Senator +. T.. Allan, who has up to this
time affiliated with the Packard con-
clave, responded to his name, as one OF
the holding over members OF the SEN
ate, and took occasion to speak as fol-
lows:
obedience to the best dictates OF my
conscience, believing, as / do, that the
time has come when the white and
colored people OF Louisiana should
unite to bring about peace and pros
perity to the State.
am here to-day to cooperate with
you to bring about that good feeling
which has been 80 long wanting to
establish the well-being OF this COM
munity; not as DEMOCRAT. because to
say that would not be telling the truth;
but as a Republican, representing, as /
do, the best Republican district in the
State.
But, Mr.. President, what has actuated
me the most is the coming OF the con-
templated Commission appointed by
the President of the United States. At
the bottom Of this commission lies an
other compromise for Louisiana; and l,
for one, am OF opinion that 1t will do
the colored people no good in the fu-
ture, to allow delegation OF Northern
gentlemen to come here at this late
hour and make a compromise for US.
Therefore, in advance OF the arrival
OF the Commission, l have come here
to take my seat in this Senate, the legal
Senate, aud to recognize the govern
ment of Gov. Nichols, which is planted
and firmly established to govern the
destinies Of the people OF Louisiana for
four years to come.
What ask for my people is that your
government put In practice. the inesti-
mable language and promises OF Gov.
Nichols, delivered at the Baton Rouge
Convention in 1876. Give us broad civil
liberty. Do that, Mr.. President, and il
I doubted the sincerity OF Gov. Nichols
kind treatment towards the colored peo-
pie would not have been here to-day.
Now, Mr.. President, IN conclusion, !
ask you as Lieutenant Governor OF this
State to use your influence to restore to
liberty those poor illiterate and deluded
colored men who are now in the Parish
Prison, without the privilege OF bail, for
organizing militia against the State
government. Give them general
amnesty, Mr.. President, and send them
to their distressed wives and children.
That will be the browning act Of your
administration it will show chat
bygones are bygones, and that It will
not be long before Louisiana will rise
like q Phoenix from among the ashes,
like the Pelican feeding her Young from
her bosom will give nourishment to per-
haps millions Of her children, and when
other States have vanished from our
constellation Louisiana will loom up as
the most glorious planet Of them all.