The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-02
milton Of the Minority Report of
the State Debt Committee,
with Amendments.
rec Per Cent Interest for Fifteen
Years and Four Per Cent
Thereafter.
pital Question Decided II Favor q
Baton Rouge BY Large Majority.


hook d. M, President Witt. In the chair,
III q quorum present
MIN DEBT QUESTION.
The Convention Immediately proceeded to
psider the question Of the State debt, the
hiding question being the amendment
offered by Delegate Stringfellow, with the
amendment thereto by Delegate Lyons, as
Efollows:
Strike out, All after ths word at and insert
h words wo nar cont .or an w Se sas three e
c psat thereafter, from the 1rst 81 january
Iaso. payable Hefni.annuails. Provided. that the
nsTs & a oan e e 81 81 s
cent ok tho principal thereof. currency bond. of
the danomfnation .of Ave. ten. twenty and fifty
c cS1sps pataehsa which eospons shsl BE-
cslvAbIU for all taxes due to any fund that may
ssss spsFt y y Buy no interest % no public
q. Delegate Breutlx offered an amendment til
1ufupDBition, providing that the fate OF
DhG should remain intHet. and that the
Ii shonld bear p per cent interest Tor ten
y and per cent afterwa 4, ,,....,.
Bndment, arsl It was Lost BY % nays to 81
Delegate Ogden offered an amendment to
Ia0Rte Strlngfellow,s amendment, provid-
that the debt should bear ? per cent until
fRe s,e a aid and nays we're then demanded on
adoption of Delegate Stringfellows
spdnent Tesultng ye..s W nay W. 81 ,,,r
ordinance by providing that the rate of
iterest shall be fixed ut . per cent for fifteen
years. and per cent thereafter.
The yeAs and naya were dem anded on che
! adupttOn vi the amendment resulting yeas
h. hays ~, The vote II detail was as fol-
z y y
sYelas Deleeates Allain. Bahcock. Bell, Benhan.
Hohie. Bolton, Bourgeois. BraHux, Drean. Bula
|1srs BtlAn, BuloY usffrey. oahen. ShaiTs, glai-
basis. bsiias. benis. Edwards. Fontelia,l Oar.
dnefs asorRe Ola, Grimes, Hsrrpn, Hough.
klns I aape nySa LMSn aaRs
f1tshall Matthe Menig Moore, y. .. Meoon-
osusE ply ott Paslanse =,
atfoosyilch, aWarnloth, Watkins. Wells, y. VII
Yn 1sss-.Dsisrstes Daskin, BIenvenu. Blaneh-
6oIti L, i Unnninghnn Davenport billiard ms.
ins di G ID uowers s ausrinssr, Havsrd. n p.
Is iSa ksliy. Kemp. Ksnnsdy, .kIad. kiFknan,
Hsl h an aake oeas Meff pnasr aRRs ea
Blohnrdenn KIyat, sslf, Simon. N. M Smith.
SNssS y Wlliana e
Designate pRsier, moved to strike out article
~ ~ tho ordinance, W follows.
Axr, 4. He N ordained. That the principal Of
s4ats consolidate bonds lssued by tho State liz
dSolsrsd Vi ~ Y yAlid obligation, and shall re-
s1ahin inviolAte.
Deleoate Ogder, said he made this motion
ln delerenee to the views 81 . large majority
adk Democratic On this floor, who did not con-
sNtd0r that they could support the ordinance
sstth that article u n, ~, y. :, y, =.
should remain in the ordinance. There was
M necessity III declaring the debt inviolate.
VIZ had lust entered upon new agreement,
md IL WINS well to stand on 1t without regard
Delerate Lott said the middle men on the
iioor should be allowed, In concert with the
Republicans, to perfect their own ordnance
The extreme Views OF both sides had been full
IN perfected and voted down. He hoped his
sias would have nothing 70 20 with Y. =, W.,
amendment resulting yeas 65, nays rs; and
i the motion 10 strike out prevailed. The vote
lid detail was as follows:
Yeaa-- Delegates Baskfn, Bienvenu. Blanch-
Ard. BrIdRer. Burton. Byrns. Carey Oolvin.
Favro
fssi ot cameron, Henry o3 ksatchitqsshsss,
ke sms Kennedy. Kidd, Kirkman. Iagas Land.
of 81. Landry. Munday. Mchloln. Nut1 Ugaen.
hobsrtson. Soil. Simon. Smith q Jackson,
Stagg. Stone, stringfelow. sntherlin, Thomp2-
son. Todd, Vance. Watkins. Webb, Wells, VII
Nav NaSs = ls Allain, Babcoek. Benham.
Nohie Bolton, Bourgeois. Breanx. Breen. Brian,
pelia. Claiborne. Collins. Davidson Of Claiborne.
Davidson OF Iherville. Davis, Demas, Edwards,
Fontelfeu. Gardner, George, Ola; Grimes. Her
naux LeEardeur Jr. Loan Marks Matthews.
Mentz. Moore OF Lafonrche. MCCONNELL. Nnguez.
OF narde s Pheps E msss poehs
ntevenson. Stewart. Strovich. Warmoth, viii
Hams OF Terrebonne. Young Of Concordia.
Young OF East Baton Rouge.
Delegate Simon moved the adoption of his
Litute Unpublished yesterday for the entire
article. He argued that a scaling Of the debt
30 per cent Sspnld bring adequate relief to the
people. and that no other proposition now be-
lore the Convention would.
adoption Of the amenSpent, resulting -yeas
20, Nays %. The vote "a detail was as fol
lows:
Yeas Delegates Baskins. Bienvenu. Bridaer.
Burton. ByIne. Carey. Calvin. Cunningham.
fo anaMg dashns a1rard. covers. Gaernser.
Hayard. Henry of Cameron, Henry Of Na 4 n.
tnches, JastremsEi, Jenkins. Jeffrion Kelly.
MoGioin. MUTT. Ogden. Ponder, Reid. kivet
Self. Simon: Smith of jackson. Stagg, stone:
Sutherlin. Todd. Vance, Webb. Winiams Of
y Nays Delegates Allain. Babcock. Bell Benz
harn' Blanchard, Bobie. Bolt Ii. Bourgeois,
BFeaux. Breen, Brian. Bulger. Bulow, Caffrey.
0ehAn, ChafTa. Chiapella. Claiborne Collins.
Davidson of Claiborne. Davidson OF Ibervile.
Favrot. Fontelieu. Gardner, George. ella.
Grimes. Heron, -HeuRh. Howell. kernochan.
King, Knohiock. Lananx. Landry, Leake. Lee
sSstshews. Mentz. Moreland, Moore Of La
forFcha. Mcconnell. Noguez. Olivier, OFT. Par
barh, Robertson. S@mmes. Smith 81 1t. Mary
saraus stevenson Stewart, Stringfellow, Stro
efch Thompson. Warmoth, Watkins Wells.
kifn Williams of Terrehonne, Young OF Con-
KpnnG of Baton Rouge.
n1ans moved to amend the
~ aHtele 2: Provided