The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-03
FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
SECOND SESSION = FORTYsslxTH
DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
rae ae,,ate.

LIENS kENV1sfkssSAIs"Ss
The senate.
The Senate was called to order at u In. b
Lieut.. Gov. Witt. Twenty Senators presen
SPECIAL ORDER.
Senate bill No. 1873. the vagrant law, was, OF
mgtion q NJ. Stubs postponed p 2, pn M hour ,s
substitute for No. 1bi was also postponed
REPORTS Or Committees.
Finanee-On Senate bill No. 1ss, to amend ac
Nc ~ extra session q 1sIT fayoraby =, a.,
penitsnarym sca s, oafan ds % af
seBos5 h ot sed the spH ~,
ioi lie Senate Received. and on motion SOC
Tensions. Mr, Bandiford. chairman, reported
committee together for the consideration Of
claims, etc, but had not, 49, yet been able TO get
ssn sa .a m s Teaa 10 a
mittee without action.
On motion. the claims ETC.. alluded to were
Hetrenchment and Reform -Favorably by
majority on the resolution authorizing the
payment Of the pages yes, employed :, 4o
Committee on Mections. presented the. report
Of the COMMITTEES lin the contested case OF Wales
s ana i Sp sqeass h e Mses e I s aa
Wiling thai Wales be sworn In seated aud re-
Senatorial District. They report further that q
press d, business prevents giving detailed re-;
port Of the reasons for the conclusions arrived
Mr aro,ver assens and Noses bamon AZ
aa and Bfyant present. ,.l thn s report
the testimony before the COMMITTEES In the case
Eleetlons and Registration On House bill No.
sration n q i VOTERS yotera yoraby with amend
mentH limiting the provisions oil the act to the
election Of November. 1878. !, Received. =,
lions presented the report OF that committee
In the contested election case, of Moore vs.
Cage. reporting that Moore dig not receive 9
to 4 seat ii the. Senate further. that the com
tse II Pe b sq sr e a nqrg M 9 .a the nes
Mf Grover moved that tho report and all the
EVIDENCE IN the case be. printed. CARRIED.
Mr.. Grover remarked that he also dissented
MI. Robertson called for an executive session
and the chamber was cleared.
The Democratic Senators then left the cham
Der and held caucus In one Of the rooms ad-
The doors were opened again at Ills p. m.
Air. Eheharie IN the chair.l
The special order for the hour was Senate bill
No. 1875, An act to create. define and punish the
e q Rns n s ana hs oasap af
punish the ofTense. of being an lncorrlgible
& FDEuet alQ uTQFIN6 IBF UHH SUMMARY ITiHi anu
Punishment ol offenders against the provisions
on this act, and Of oonstabes and other peace Of
nrers, Tor failing or neglecting to perform the
late the requisites oil a record 81. conviction for
violating any oil the provisions Of this act to re-
peal all lays Of paEsis Of lsws Inconsistent with
The bill was taken up section BY section.
Lieut. GdV. Wilta In tle chair.l
The hr6t section was read.
Me-. Ailain moved to lay IL on the table.
MIR. Ogden nude the point OF order that the
amendments offered BY the committee was the
only matter before the Senate and should be
The Chair ruled the point well taken.
The first amendment was read.
Dill. AlIain made the point Of order that his
motion to lay the flrst section on the table was
The uhair ruled the point not well taken
Mr.. Allan moved TO lay the first amendment
hTr. White called the yeas and nays-yeas 10,
nays L.. Lost.
Mr. White moved to adopt the amendment
Mr.. Allan moved az d substitute that the bill
be recommittsd and on that motion called the
fNfr. Young wanted copy oil the bill. and 1t
was furnished to himI
a I ss said s be S srw All S the he
would, ask them 70 pause In this. They. had
passed tive or three bills. he said Of this kind
appns hs session pss s se sss Of W hh s
WIS isals d th :, S hour hHS
the gentlemen On lie other side who v wanted a 70
p ss aid she spesRer ean np i've WIFI Wiz
h a hs eu tes Wifi e e s ees w ess
where. You have pasaed the .chain-gang law. |
ap p i With ether object but but that which
yhs d ygs propose % dol Nine out q ten moi d
me bills Witch have sgme h from his authority
some one and for WHAT To put some one In
II this nass you will not 90 down on Canal
after day Hundreds. yes and thousands of men
loHflng on the corners, dressed nicely and can
800 any coored people. You are not going gi to
those corners Oh no. but this is for the ooiored
while the others you let e? scot free
Now ts yos pass t tbasS With majority
want 10 enact. The power you have now you
may not always, have. Il may pass from you.
ss from hive so here W He Fnawp Sss
many idle people In the State, but the greater
part Qf those were not Of his peoples they were
as P t s woft rs sa hard
cant get Il, all Of Thorn but many you will see
on the levee every day and now you are going
plantations 70 work This Is the e only OF obj sne
you have rye In g y,ew and d you G ~ deny
Tie Iii soadn ', % The ,ee sep ms hoPs
action Of the caucus to the contrary
notwithstanding. In your campaign, he said. |
you told my people that no laws would be
passed that had for their object injury to the
colored people. You have got to go before the |
which you have paased. and do you think thew
will listen to your No. because here comes an |
other, worse than even the cha gang bill
Mr.. Burch wanted to hear from the Senator /
tMr Stubbs) who introduced the bill,
air. Stubbs arose and remarked that he was !
SORRY to see that tho Senator from Coneordia
had started Off on tho wrong course, and was
sorry he had not taken the pains to read the |
bill. He was sorry TO call his attention to the |
TACT that there had been on the statute books of
the State for years similar law. The object we |
had, said he, was not simply to enforce The law
against warrants, but TO provide for the punish |
ment OF the larger class than those who were |
simply idle
He disavowed any intention under anv of tho |
provisions of the act to punish the laboring
class. but would eompd those who could to |
work: The object OF the bill is to protect the !
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