The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20


ment to section T."
Respectfully
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary Of the Senate.
On the motion of Mr.. MEG ehee, the messag
from the Senate was taken up.
And on his further motion the committee O
conference on the part of the House on Hous
bill No. II was revived, with instructions t.
meet the Senate conference committee on sal,
bill in order to take into consideration tn
amendments of the Senate, from which tn
Senate refuses to recede
The motion was carried and the Senate wa.
notified OF the action of the House.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER |
New Orleans. March 16. 1873 !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of Representatives
am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate agrees to q further con-
ference on the revenue bill, and that the SEN
ate cOncurs in
il. "An act to provide for the further liquida-
ton OF the Consolidated Association Of the
Planters Of Louisiana" ETC.,
With amendments as annexed to the bill.
hesp'o55to5HflyN c1Eee,
Secretary OF the Senate
Mr.. Leone I'd, of Caddo, moved that the bills
named in the Governors proclamation be
taken up in the order as named as having
preference over all other business.
Mr.. Keeting made the point Of Order that
the bills specified in the Governors pro-
clamation, calling this extra session, were
entitled to precedence and accordingly called
up bill No. - as being one Of those entitled to
preference to the bill under consideration.
The Chair again urged the House to deter
mine the question, announcing at the same
time that if the House did not pass upon the
issue the Speaker would with view of placing
the matter before the House for solution by
appeal so that the opinion of this body might
be formally expressed and placed of record.
And the House failing to act the Speaker
ruled:
That, considering article IS of the constitu-
ton, which gives to each house of the Cen
eral Assembly the right to determine the
rules Of it's proceedings, the statute 10, of 1870,
could not constitutionally impose any limita
tions upon such right beyond the term of the
Legislature which passed the act; that all
subsequent legislatures were free to disre-
gard any restrictions contained in act 10 and
decide for themselves the rules by which they
should be governed without repeating said
statute, which was an innovation on the pre-
of this House and tended to subor-
dinate it to executive control in violation of
the fundamental principles of our organic
nh at M
three departments OF government-the exec
utive, the judicial and the legislative indie
pendent Of one another.
Furthermore that il statute 10 Of 1870 is
held operative and binding upon this House,
The effect would be to place it in the power of
the executive to control and direct legislation
at his will and pleasure, and preclude the
House from deciding for itself by what rules
It should be governed, and what legislation is
most important for the people of the State;
or, admitting the repeal of the statute
we're ordered by majority, the executive
might interpose his veto and thus compel the
House, which is constitutionally empowered
1y article 80 to decide by what rules it shall
De governed by a majority vote, to submit to
he rule of one-third of the House to over
'ide the veto, and thus place the majority
lnder the control of the minority, thereby |
every principle Of republican in
;titutions and concentrating in the hands OF
he executive both the legislative and execu-
i've functions of the government.
Therefore the Chair ruled the question of
,rder raised by Mr. Keeting not well TAKEN
ind oyerruled the same.
yr,1Iin Mr. ord
ind called for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Jonas moved the previous question,
which was seconded by rising vote of IS
yeas to 81 nays.
The question was put:
.sShall the n ain question be now put p
On ordering the main question, tn yeas and |
lays were called for with the following re-
suit:
Yeas Messrs. Aldige, Aycock, Berry, Bell,
3reard. Brice, Billieu, Bowden, Buck, Car
oss, Delavigne, Duke, Dupre, Fitzpatrick,
1askins, Gillespie, Hammond, Jonas, Kelly
If Orleans, Lamare, Lea, Leonhard OF Or
Nunez, Peralta, Pitts, Porter. Randolph, Rich
.rdson, Role, Ryland, Sartain, Shakespeare,
Smart, Stage, Self, Sellers, Steele, Stewart,
spiller, Tremoulet, Vance, VOORHEES,; Wash.
burn, Wilde, Williams, Wise, Wood Young OF
50.
Nays-Barron, Brooks, Brown, Bosley, Car
lille, Como, Cole, Davidson, De Lacy, De-
iege, Drew, Dickinson, Drury, Fobb, CAN'T,
iary, Graeien, Hill of Ascension, Holt, Jones,
/. NJ. Johnson, Robert johnson, Keeting,
leonard of Caddo, Lewis, Magloire, Romero,
,naer, Semmes, Tolliver, Walker, Warmoth,
Washington and Watson-A.
Mr.. Stewart moved to reconsider the vote
ust taken.
Mr.. Sartain moved to lay the motion to re-
onsider on the table.