The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-03

Tn the mOtfUn v1H44f S4fraTut the report OF
the COMMITTEES u Ions In y the
nell and Phelps was postponed and made the
special order Of the day for Monday, June 3,
directly after the reading of the journal.
| [Mr. Lyons Id the chaiss
SPECIAL ORDER Oh THE DAY.
The special order Of the day, the report OF
the Committed on the Legislative Depart
presented May n, was taken up.
On motion, ii was ordered that the ordi-
nance reported By the COMMITTEES, being Ordi-
nance No. 4O4 concerning the Legislative
Department. be taken up and considered
article by article.
| Article was read.
Mr.. Parlange offered the following substi-
| Arr. 1. The Legislative power Of the State
shall be vested Ia two distinct Branches, the
one to besty1ed the Houseof Representa-
General Assembly of the State Of Louisiana"
The substitute was laid upon the table and
[ the article was adopted. ss%
Article was adopted
Article wasread. &c.
Mr.. ForInan offered the following amend
ment ass substitute for the article:
The members sof the House }of Representa-
tiVes shall be elected for term Of four years
and the members Of the Senate for b term OF
eight years, une.half Of whom shall be elected
every fourth year. &
Mr.. Cunningham moved to amend the sub
stitute by striking out four and inserting
two" as the term 81 office of the members Of
the House. and by striking out sselght" and
inserting -four, iii fixing the terms OF the
Senators, the Senators first elected to draw
lots, and One-half Of them to serve two years
and the other half four years.
| Mr.. Knoblock moved that the substitute
and the araendrnent thereto be laid upon the
table. / BE s. T.. = s9
On motion made and carried, the question
was divided, and the vote was first taken on
the amendment offered by Mr.. Cunningham.
the yeas and nayss being called for, with the
following result sas5z s4=
Yeas hlessrs: skfn, Bienvenn, Blanchard,
ID, Collins. Uolgin, Davenport, Denis, billiard,
Easterly, Edwards sFprnlan, Girard, Henry
OF Cameron Henry sef NAtchftOeh Howell,
JofHon Kelly Kefnochan,- Knoblock, La
n sas Lem, Leaka Loan, Long, Luckett,
Poche, Ponder, Reid, Rivet, Self, simon.
Smith of JACKSON, Stevenson, Stille. S1ther,
liz, Todd, Vance, White, Young Of East
] Nay NaysD ossss s. !, Allan, Bell Benham
Bohie, Bourgeois, Brian, Burton. Byrne
CaRrey, Carey Claiborne, Cunningham
Davidson Of Claiborne Davidson II
IberyilIe. Fayrot, FOntelieu, Gardner, ella.
Covers, Grimes, Guefinger, Hazard. Heron
Hough, Jastrensk Jenkins. Kemp. Ken. Zen,
nedy. KfrkInan, La9an LeGareedr. Jr,. Lott
Lyons, Marshal Matthews, Moreland'
Moore OF st: Iandry Munday. Noguez, OFT,
Pardee,s tRehaFdson, Roach, Robertson,
s s,eIll sstanlfs. Steele Stewart, Stone,
stroHeh. Thompson, Warmoth, Watkins.
Welis, WI alans of Grant, Williams OF Ter.
rebonne, Young Of Goneordia IS.
Absent -Messrs. Babcock, Bridaer BuI-
ger Gahen, Davis. Demas, .Dickergon. Elan,
IEssoopisAly Fanlk, Gaskins, George Kidd,
{ hIng Landry, Marks, Menfz. McGIoIn.
/ WebD-22 d. 80 2 - ''
The motion to lay upon the table was lost.
aIr. Jenkins gave notice that he would on
some future day move d Reconsideration OF
the vote just taken,. sss
entlte mod :of ham the fur
fher eonsid eration % alEielas ana 81 the pro
posed snbstttate and asAendn ent thereto was
Postponed until tie Committee