The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Fifth Day.

Il hVUSE OF kEf " ES
Fifth Day.
{ SATURDAY. January II, 1879.
The House was called to order Mt l o. m
Speaker Moncure in the chair and efghty-on
The procee 1ings were opened with prayer b,
| The journal Of Thursday was corrected an,
: The special order Of the day. being the bill t.
repeal the Moffett Register act. was called for
summoned to appear before the Teller com
mittee, and called Representative HILL of Or
leans, to the chair.
:, Leave Of absence for one day was given to
Representative Detiege.
The special order was taken up and read q
SECOND time By Its title.
be suspended and the bill be taken up on its
final reading. The motion was lost and the bill
| went over.
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Representative Murrell moved that the Moffett
register bill be made the special order for Mon
| day after the reading Of the journal
Representative Ryland moved as a substitute
to refer to the Committee on Ways and Means.
which motion was declared out Of order By the
| chair.
| then stated. The yeas and nays we're demanded
| on its adoption and resulted: Yeas 49, nays II.
Before the vote was announced many mem
bers changed their votes from the affirmative
to the negative on the ground that a bill OF such
Importance should be referred to a committee
before final action was taken upon 1t. The
changes were so rapid that another call of the
roll wss necesstated: The final vote stood.
yeas 20. nays 81. and the motion was lost.
Representative Ryland renewed his motion to
Means Near 80 '"' " '''0 oi"'''o' VI ways ana
Representative .Demas offered motion 10 adj
Journ until Monday ct ! o'clock. This motion
was made because the Representative UNDER
stood that Representative Simmonds. OF Wash.
ington. was dead.
The House refused TO adjourn
The bill rpDnuliuU the MufTprt raUirter mt
then referred to the Committee of Ways and
A motion to adjourn was again made from
the Republican side. and voted down.
Representative Taylor asked permission to
withdraw from the House act No. 60 Of the extra
session OF 1873. Granted
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Notice was given OF an intention to Introduce
at some future time the following bills:
4, Speaker Monoure: A bill TO donate certain
lands to the Red River and Mississippi Rail-
Representative Landry: A bill to define the
t 81 police Jurors In the State outside of
Representative Demas: An act for the relief of
Edmund Trepagnier of 81. John.
Representative Gubernator: An act for the |
relief lie o. certain persons named therein.
j, hepresen ts Barthelmy; An act to abolish
the act OF 1878. establishing the parish OF West I
Carroll.
:, Representative Lyon: A bill for the relief of
. W.
!, Representative Steckman: An act relative to
he State Printer
Representative Taylor: A bill relative to the
Representative WeIghtman An act TO change
he name OF Stella Lailtte to Stella Fuller.
Represenaive Hssam bin g establish
he peace OF the parish OF Orleans.
Rep TAYLOR: An act to define the
1ut1eS and Tx the com pensation OF eoroners
Representative Scratchley-An act to protect
he health OF the city OF New Orleans.
THE CONVENTION BILL.
The hour Of 2 o'clock having arrived, the
peecial order of the day being The convention
Representative Murrell moved that the special
rider BE-, postponed for one hour and on that
notion demanded the yeas and nays; The vote |
esuited: Yeas III, nays 63. The motion to post
'one was lost and the special order was !
aken up.
ReD5Eesentaiye Lyons offered the following
After the word 'apportioned' In section Q. {
trike out the balance OF tho section and insert
ne General Assembly OF the State are now an I
ortioned by law; and the several senatorial
istricts and parishes Of the State and the
cans shall elect the same number OF delegates ,
nd In the same manner as by existing laws q
ach a Is entitled to Senators and Representa-
Mr.. Lyons demand ed the previous question G
q the adoption OF the amendment ? !,
On ms IN motion the yeas and nays were de-
lain question was ordered: Yeas a. nays o. :,
be amendment was then adopted.
Mr.. Lyons moved that the bill as amended be Z
iopted. I
A message from The Senate was announced =
wing notice that that body had adopted the =
!e thanks Of the General Assembly to Mr.. W. 1
sCorcoran for the donation of the painting.
The Battle Of New Orleans"
Repres entative Murrell inquired IL 1t was the
lrpose OF the majority to pass the convention Jt
y under the gag" OF the previous question. m
Lyons stated that 1t was not u
g purpose OF the majority to cut off debate ct
1less the minority resolved to illibuster r
Murrill said he would make :;
compromise, He would use the rules of the n
ouse In opposition to the bill. The Republt- al
. party Killed itself BY gag laws. The people vi
ID not party would rule in the end. He b.
IS the representative of no ring. The Gus. "
m-House opposed him and he was elected here
an independent. He was opposed tn gag
He appealed TO the Speaker from th
tristan standpoint. [Great laughterl Was il -
znt 70 emu, OIL debate by calisg the previous =. ",
estion? His parish was opposed to the CON th
ntion as the vote on the amendments show we'd h,
tn Democrats and Republicans voting for ~
EN-: Ii the convention was called it would "
,mocratic party. u 'Ao RI
representative Hawkins followed at soma :.
lgth In the same strain. su
Demas moved the surtbar to
stponement OF the bill until Mondav n se
pport OF the motion he spoke for several min =.
%. opposing the bill. DIT
representative Smith, OF st, Mary. followed 81
mas In opposition to the bill. tn
representative Brown. OF Jefferson seconded -
mollon 70 postpone and opposed the bill. ~ =.
Lyons moved to Law the nnfion III
Nn foA L !,