The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-22

LEWIS TEXADA, Chairman.
The hour OF IL o'clock m. having arrived.
the Senate proceeded In a body to the House
Of Representatives.
JOINT SESSION.
The Joint Assembly OF the Senate and OF
the House OF Representatives of Louisiana
was called to order by the Hon. Louis A.
Witt, Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate, who announced that the object OF
the Joint Assembly was the election OF a
United States Senator for the term CON-
mencing March 4. 1870.
The President directed the Secretary to call
the roll of the Senate. and 1t appeared the
following named Senators were present.
Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bryant, Cage.
Cahen, DeBouchel, DelahOussaye, Ellis, Fon-
tenot, Harding, Harper, Heron, Kelly, Mer-
KEEL, Mitchell, Norwood, Perkins, Sandiford.
Wales, Wells, Williams, zacharie"
Absent, Messrs. Bowden, Ducros, Garland.
WheelerS.
The Cle1k called the roll OF the House, and
1t appeared the following Representatives
were present:
Hon. J: G. Moncure, Speaker and Messrs.
Brent, Billieu, Bienvenu. Board, Bower, Bour.
geois, Brown of Tensas, Brown OF Jefferson.
Carron, Carville, Coco, Como Coleman, Cum
ningham, Davidson of Red River, Davidson
patty, Ducote, Durio, Fitzgerald, Gearey,
Guidry Gordon, Gubernator, Hart, Hawkins,
Hill, Hite, Hightower, Jeffries, Jenkins,
tansr t M IF ao a hyons M Mage q M st.
on, Munday, McElroy, Mckee, Nealey,
OBryan, Pope, Potts, Reaney, Redon, Rem
wick, Ryland, Sharp, Smart, Scratchley,
Steele, Stechmann, Smith of st; Mary, Scott.
Snhnmpprt Vance Voazpv VidriuQ Walton
Watson, Weightman, Young.
Seventy-three members present.
The President announced that there were
present one hundred members of the General
Assembly. and a quorum.
Nominations for United States Senator
being in order,
Mr. Zacharie nominated Hon. Boiling Will
lams, of De Soto.
| Mr.. Fontenot nominated MIR. o. II. Violet,
of st. Landry.
Mr.. Martin, of Claiborne, nominated Hon.
J. ID. Watkins, of Webster.
Mr.. - nominated Hon. William Bell, OF
Orleans.
Mr. Delahoussaye nominated Mr.. T. Fonte-
lieu, of Iberia.
Mr.. nominated Mr.. E. d. Craig, Of Tan-
gipahoa.
Orleans.
| Tensas.
The rolls OF the respective houses were
called, with the following result:
Senators Ellis, Harding, Heron, Kelly,
Merkel, Norwood, Perkins, Sandiford, Steven,
Texada, Wales and Zacharie. aud Represen-
tatives Moncure, Armstrong. Bower, David
son of Red River, Fitzgerald, Gearey, JET
fries, Jenkins, Nealey, Parmelee, Potts,
Reaney, Ross and Young voted for the Hon.
Boiling Williams-26 votes.
Senator Fontenot, and Representative Durio
voted for o. Fl. Violet 2 votes.
and Representatives Carter, Liddell, Lott,
Martin Of Claiborne Munday, Renwick
and Vance voted for the Hon. ]. d. Watkins
10 votes.
Senator DeBouchel and Representatives
Arnauld, Brent, Bienyenu, Dupaty, Gordon,
Gnbernator, Holzhalb, Marquee McElroy and
Mckee voted for VIM Bell-11 votes.
Senators Delahoussaye and Sutton, and
BpoMn q a5S
Coleman, Davidson OF Iberviile, Demas, De.
CUR Ducote, Hawkins, Hite, Landry, Smith
Of st. Mary, Veazey and Warmoth voted for
L. FOntelieu-20 votes.
Senator Caben, and Representatives Allen,
Hightower, Nixon, Smith of Jackson and
Watson voted for E. d. Craig--5 votes.
Messrs Cunningham, Hart Lauer, Nettles,
~
Hassinger-7 votes.
Messrs. Bilieu, Brown of Tensas Coleman
and Cordill voted for Hon. l.. v. Reeves
votes.
Messrs Carron and Guidry voted for Hon.
| L. b. LyOnS-2 votes
Mr.. Detiege voted for Al. Dumont--1 vote.
Mr.. Coco voted for Hon. III. l.. Garland--f
vote
Messrs T. B. Lyons, Martin Of st. Landry,
Murrell O'Bryan Ryland, Smart, Scratch
ley, Schumpert. Vidrine, Walton and Welsh
voted for Hon. J. c. Moncure--11 votes.
Mr.. Steele voted for Hon. J. s. Robert
son-1 vote.
Senators Benners and Norwood voted for
Hon. w. A. Robertson votes.
Senator Harper voted for Hon. l.. A. Wilt
/ vote.
Senator Cage voted for Hon. F. P stubbs--
| / vote.
Senator Wells voted for Hon. F. G. Zach
ariel vote.
One hundred and thirteen votes cast: nee
essary to choice fifty-seven; and the Presi-
dent announced that no one Of the candidates
having received a majority of the votes OF
the General Assembly, there was no election.
On motion OF Mr.. Wells, further balloting
at this time was dispensed with, and the
Senate withdrew to its own chamber.
AFTER JOINT SESSION.
At 10 :35 p. m. the Senate returned from the
House, and was called to order by the Hon.
Louis A. Witt, Lieutenant Governor and
President OF the Senate.
On call of the roll the following Senator'S
answered to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bryant cage,
Cahen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye Ellis; F0n-
tenot, Ola, Harding Harper, HERON, Kelly,
Kenner, Landry, Merkel, Mitchell, Norwood
Perkins, Richardson, Scanland, stamps.
Steven, Stubbs, Sutton, Texada, WALES.
Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Zacharie-32.
Absent-Messrs. Bowden; Ducros, dariands
Sandiford-4.
Consideration was resumed of Senate bill
No. 81.
Mr.. Ellis moved that the bill be taken as
engrossed and passed to its third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Ellis, at u 40 o'clock, fur