The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-13
CAPITOL NOTES.


complete legislative directory will be
found In another column.
There are fully thirty applicants for every
committee clerkship In both Senate and
House,
The Democratic Senators held short
caucus yesterday after the adjournment OF
the Senate.
The report of the Board of Directors of the
Insane Asylum was presented to the Governor
yesterday.
DIR. Ryland is still trying to devise ways
and means of running the State government
free of cost
Room No 9, second floor of the State House,
has been designated as the one to be rendered
to the Immigration Convention as place Of
meeting.
The annual report OF the Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College was laid upon the members desks
yesterday.
On motion Of Mr. Dinkgrave. of Madison,
seconded by Mr.. Kidd, resolution passed the
House yesterday, instrueting our representa-
tiyes i'm Congress to urge the levee appro-
priation.
The Secretary Of State has received the re-
port of the registrar for the parish of Caddo,
showing the total registration of that parish
at the late registration for the special election
to have been 2491, of which 995 were white
and 1896 colored.
lilGTe IL LHlk DI IL DpJ1LlOH ITOf11 IhilU lcI
the expulsion of G. w. Keeting, representing
that parish in the House, on the ground that
he Is resident of New Orleans, and has not
been in Caddo for more than o year. The
Caddo people are old fashioned folks in these
matters.
Gracien, of Orleans, presented a bill for the
creation of a recorders court in Algiers. The
obstreperous Algerines regard 1t as a great
hardship to be brought across the river to be
tried for "drunks and downs" and similar of
fendings against the police regulations, and
demand a court OF their own.
The Auditors report will be ready for the
printer by tomorrow. Yesterday his entire
force OF clerks were up to their ears in figures,
and the main office was actually carpeted, OF
the desks were, with huge and lengthy state
ments or tabular work, which is to accom-
pany and form part of the report.
The Senate committee to select more suit
able room have looked at the room formerly
occupied by the Secretary of State, as a tenn o-
rary location, and will, perhaps, in their re-
port recommend such an alteration in the
way of a glass roof over the present Senate
Chamber that the acoustics will be much
improved. This change will not, however, be
made during the present session.
The Lieutenant Governor will begin the
work of appointing the standing committees
on Monday next.
During the Senate executive session on Fri
day the Governors nomination of DR.. Car
rington, as quarantine physician, was con-
firmed. During Yesterdays session the
nominations confirmed were: Catahoula--W.
G.. Stoup, parish surveyor; D. P. Calhoun,
police juror; VIM. Griffith, justice of the
peace, Second Ward. Tangipahoa-O. P.
Amockendist, attorney pro tenn. Bienville-
w. P Jones, constable vice John A. Mcclure,
resigned East Baton Rouge-Thos. b. Du-
pree, district attorney pro tenn. Iberia-Nor-
wood Stansberry, justice Of the peace, Second
Ward. Also that the Senate grant the full
pardon of d. A. Wade. convicted OF altering
the marks on hogs in the parish of Caldwell