The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
EIg nth Day.
"WEDNESDAY. ia

"WEDNESDAY, January IS.
The House WIS called to order at "A 80 a. m.
Speaker Measure In the chair and seventy
seven members present.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr.. Tardy
The readiag OF the journal In detail was dis
A message from the Senate was received
stating that IN accordance with the law the Sen
ate had balloted for Senatorlon Tuesday, giving
the result OF the ballot, and informing the
House that the Senate would meet the House
In Joint session at II M day to ballot for Sem
atOr. ~
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS. AND RESOLUTIONS,
Representative Hart offered a .stition from
the New Orleans Mechanical institution Re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
that no comm ittee Of the House shall be per-
mitted to employ clerk, and that such per mis-
sion ALREADY asiIn granite "a, shoald be revoked.
rules were suspended In order to take ap the
resolution.
Repre- sentative Je fries advocated the passage
Of the resolution. He had asked for a clerk for
the Committee on Ways and Means because that
was one Oh the committees which had most
ment ha would be wiling to get along without
one.
JOINT SESSIONS.
,u The senate was announced. and Lieut. Gov.
The roll Of the. Senate was called and thirty
three members found to be present A call Of
the House developed the fact that al yhty eight
members wore In the hall.
A quorum OF both houses being present the
]9i A. session was organize 1. and the journals
t9rmining whether Sen ator was elected on
that day. It was found that no election had
occurred, and on motion OF Senator Steven the
lolnt sess ion proceeded to ballot for Senator.
Inc fonowing nominations were made:
Messrs; Lewis Texada A. b. Leonard. r. L.
rie. Ed. ilsbury, will Steven. j. 8. Landry.
me nGn 1 alto we're closed and ballot
| VoXadn 7. Leonard %, Gihgon Nutt Kan
nedy :, Jack s. George 5. Garland 10. Zacharie
8. Plisbury 3. Steven 4 Landry 10; Judge Lyons
Bowden /. A. L Dumont /. Pierre LANDRY
Gen. Brent 1. Judge Spencer
The total number Of votes cast was ri neees-
ssry to choice, 81. No candidate having re-
csiyed q majority. the Lieutenant Governor
declared that there was no election. The Senate
then Withdrew. and the House resumed consid.
| Grafton OF the resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Jeffries relative TO the ernployment nj
| clerks by committees. "
| The Speaker presented communicates,
from Representative J. G. Wise. asktnn ~ =.
EXCUSED from service on the COMMITTEES on An
propr .isln 2 on account of sickness. Repre-
sentative Pop0 was appointed as chairman o
| the committee. eaee Representative Wise.
Representative Cunningham offered a sub
ssitats 70 Representative Jesries' resolution. t.
when necessary by the Committee on Enroll
ment. - ~
heDresentativs Hammond offered an amend
ment that the Committees on Contingent Ex
pSnses; Ways and Means and Judiciary b
allowed each a permanent clerk rising vol
nd ' tb resulted Ayes 49, nays IS
RepreseD tative Warmoth offered as furthe
amendment that the Committee on Election
ana Qual Inc ,,ncations be allowed to employ a per
Representative Billieu, chairman of the com
ha tI1 snPPorsd the amendment 1t woul
without clerk. and he could not consent Is ~
main Oh the committee II be was expected 1
perform clerical duty. he came here to repre-