The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-26

! Ing with all who may be affected by your new
constitution, and by maintaining the honor
and fair fame of our cherished State: and for
| this, too, your neghbors will applaud you.
You are sent here by free men who love liber-
ty and revere the institutions by which II Is
maintained who trust in your own affection
for that great boon, and who believe
that you will fortify It's posses
f bat You ~ can s devise xo thus ]
the desires Of those who have clothed you
with delegated powers and put In practice
your well known principles, the free elti
zens whom you represent must indorse
| and approve your course. For men who
thus come in the name Of liberty, honor and
juatice, with clean hands and true hearts, to
| build up the fabric Of State government for
| themselves no less than for the citizens who
sent them, there can surely be nothing to up
prehend. Public opinion has no tefrors for
men who are wise enough to know what Is
right and brave enough to do 1t. II The work
| which we have to do Is open to the criticism
OF our constituents, IT IS also open 10 the mp
prevail and communication Of all the states-
| men OF the Republic. When We have. made
| Tor Louisiana the best constitution In our
power to devise, we may safely walt for
time TO rendorjust Judgment upon our action
Lei 'ts therefore "bc jnaf md fear not
Mr.. White moved that 5000 copies Of the
address OF the President Of the Convention
be printed for circulation by the printer Of
the Convention, when elected.
On motion of Mr.. Forman, Mr.. Whites
motion WAS ordered to lie on the table subject
to call.
On motion Of Mr.. Stille, the Convention
proceeded to the election Of Its Secretary, and
he nominated for that position Mr.. William
II. Harris.
Mr.. Allan nominated Mr. w. f. Dink-
grave, and on q call of the roll the following
was the result Of the vote, to-wit:
Hon. L. A. Witt, President and Messrs.
Angustin, Baslan, Bell, Btenvenu, Blanchard,
Bolton, BreauS, Breen, Bridger Brian, Bull
ger. Bulow, Barton, Byfne, Caffrey, Chaffe,
Chiapel,a, Claiborne, collins, Colvin, Gun
ningham, Davenport, Davidson of Claiborne,
Davis, Denis. billiard sEastery. Edwards, Els
topinnl, Faux, Favfot, Forman, Gaskns,
George Girard, Covers, Guerlnger, Hazard,
Henry of Camerops Henry of Natchitoches,
Heron, Howell, Jestremsksi, Jenkins, Jof-
frion, Kelly, Kemp, Kennedy, KernochaD,
Kidd, King, Kirkrhan, Knoblock, Lagan, LII
nanx, Land, Leake, LeGardeur, Long, Lott,
Luckett, Lyons, Marks, Willard, Moreland,
Moore OF Lafourche, Moore Of st. Landry,
Munday, Mcconnell, McGloin, Mutt, Ogden,
Olivier. OFT, parlange Phelps, Poche Ponder,
Reid, Richardson, Robertson, Self. Semmes,
Simon, Smith Of Jackson, Stage, Stille, Stone,
Stringfellow, Sutherlin, Thompson, Todd,
| Vance. Webb. Wells, White Williams Of
Grant, and Young of East Baton Rouge
voted for Mr.. William II. Harris.
Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Benham, Bobe,
Bourgeois, Cahen, Davidson of Ibervlle,
i ..1. An, l.,
/ Grimes, Hough, Landry, Loan, Mathews,
/ Mentz Noguez, Pardee, Roach, Smith Of ST..
| Mary, Stamps, Steele, Stevenson, Strovick,
Warmoth, Williams Of Grant, and Young OF
Concordia voted for Mr.. W. II. Dinkgrave.
And Mr.. Pinchbaek voted blank
REHABILITATION.
| For Mr.. William II. Harris .........10 100
| For Mr.. w. III. Dlnkgrave. ................. 30
Total number OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1870
/ Mr.. William Fl. Harris, having received q
majority of the votes cast, was declared by
the President to be duly elected Secretary OF
the Convention.
Mr.. Robertson submitted the following reg
olution:
/ Iesoiyed, That q committee of five, Of which
the President Of this Convention shall be e1
1
report rules for the government Of this Con
vention, and that until this committee report
that the rules OF the Senate at It's last session
be adopted as the rules OF this Convention.
On motion of Mr.. Kelly, Mr.. Robertson g
resolution was amended by striking out
therefrom In the seventh line the word "Sen-
ate" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
t'House of Representatives"
On motion OF Mr.. Estopnal, Mr.. Robertson's
resolution was further amended by striking
out therefrom In the first line the word five, =
and inserting In lieu thereof the word "nine."
And the resolution as amended was
adopted
Mr.. Munday submitted the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That the members OF the Con-
vention retire to the lobby and that the Sec
rotary place the number of senatorial dis
tricts In hat, and as the numbers are drawn
out the delegation from the district drawn
shall come In and select seats contiguous.
On motion OF Mr.. Heron, Mr.. Munday's
resolution was amended by striking out In
the second line thereof the words, "retire to
the lobby and"
/ And the resolution as amended was
adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Munday the Hon. A. b.
George Senatorial Delegate from the Second
Senatorial District, was allowed to select his
seat on account Of infcr1ity, and on q similar
motion the Hon. r. b. Stille, Senatorial Dele
gate from the Nineteenth Senatorial District,
was allowed to select his seat on account Of
old age.
The Convention then took recess to facil-
itate the selection Of seats, and as soon as the
arrangement OF seats was completed the Com
vention was again called to order.
Mr.. Poche submitted the following resolu-
ton:
Resolred, That a committee Of five be APP
pointed by the Chair to determine and re-
port to the Convention the number and dispo-
sition of the committees necessary to the
transaction of business in this Convention.
On motion Of Mr.. Chiapella, Mr.. Poche's
resolution was amended by striking out in
the first line thereof the word Give and in
| aertinp In 1ipr thereof tho word nj