The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-24

|
o. Eraste Mouton, deceased Judge OF the Six
teenth judicial District"
| Respectfully, .
| JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary Of the Senate.
Mr.. Potts moved that the motion to strike
out be laid upon the table.
Pending this motion, ON the motion Of Mr..
Bienvenu the House, by rising vote Of As
yeas to T nays, adjourned to II 40 a. m,
Wednesday, January "a, 1879
C.M. PEGUES, Chief Clerk.
Fourteenth Days Proceedings.
| H,UsE OF REPRESENTATIVES, J
New Orleans. Wednesday. January "a. 1879.
| The House was called to order by the
Speaker at II 80 a. m. Present:
| Hon. J. @. Moncure, Speaker, and Messrs.
Allen, Armstrong, Barthelmy, Billleu, Bien-
yenu, board, Bourgeois, Brown OF Tensas,
Brown on Jefferson, Carron, Carter, Carville,
loco, como, Coleman, Davidson Of IberviIle.
| Gubernator, Hart, Hasam, Hawkins, Hay,
Hlte, Hfghtower, Holzhalb, Jeffries, Jenkins,
s9nes sa Landry LsIer, Lott Lyons, Martin q
adsy ul msfs ne E os Mckee H M5sV
GBryan, Parmefee,. Pope, Potts, Reaney,
RedoD, Renwick, Robeson, Ross. Sharn'
smart >, 3. seratchley, Smith Of jackson. Smith
q Van ss VVssy sc Ti5r, schgmRert Torrey,
Welsh, Weightman, Wise, Young.
Seventy-five members and quorum.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Tardy Of the EMS
copal Church
The journal Of January 81, was adopted.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Lott presented the petition Of the citl-
zens OF East Carroll In relation to the ap-
pointment Of additional police jurors for said
parish.
Referred to the Committee on Parochial
Affairs.
Mr.. Jeffries offered the following resolu-
tion:
Resolued, That the House will call up
calendar Immediately after the ballot for
United States Senator, and devote the entire
session to bills on the calendar, or until they
are disposed OF.
On the motion OF Mr.. Jeffries, the rules
were suspended to take ND the resolution at
this time.
Pending the consideration OF the resolution
Senate:
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAMBER.
New Orleans. January "a. 1879 ]
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
house of Representatives:
am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate has eoncurred In the
TO Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to
adjournment, which fixed February 1, at mid
might, for adjournment sine die.
Respectfully.
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
JOINT SESSION.
message having been received from the
Senate informing the House that that body
was ready to meet the House In Joint session,
as required by law, for the purpose Of elect
ing United States Senator,
The House being ready to receive the Sem
ate, the President and members OF that body
were announced.
The General Assembly was called to order
by Hon. L. A. Wilt, Lieutenant Governor
and President Of the Senate, and the roll
being called the following Senators ans wered
to their names:
Messrs Breaux, Benners, Bowden, Bryant,
Cahen, DeBouchel, Delahoussaye, Fontenot,
Garland, Ola, Harding, Harper. Heron,
Kelly, Kenner, Mitchell, Norwood, Perkins,
Sandiford, Scanland, Steven, Stubbs, Sutton,
Texada. Wales, Williams, Zacharie-N.
The roll Of the House was called, when the
following named Representatives answered
to their names:
Hon. J. G. Moncure, Speaker, and Messrs. Al
len, Armstrong, Arnauld, Barthelmy, Brent,
Board, Bower. Bourgeois, Brown Of Tensas,
Coco. Cordill,. Davidson Of Iberville, Demas,
Decuir, Dupaty, Ducote, Estopinal, Frazier,
Fitzgerald, Gearey, Guidry, Gubernator,
Hasam,. Hawkins, Hay, Hite, Hightower,
Holzhalb. .yeffries, Jenkins. Jones, Landry,
Lauer, Lott, Lyons, Martin Of st. Landry,
Martin Of Claiborne, Marquee, Nixon, Mum.
day, Murrell, McElroy, Mckee, Parmelee,
Pope. Potts. Reaney, Redon, Renwick, Robe
son, Ross, Ryland, Sharp, Smart, Scratchley,
Stechmann, Smith Of jackson, Smith Of st.
yeazey, Vidrine, Walton, Watson, Weightman,
Wise and Young.
Sixty-six members and a quorum of the
House.
The object OF the joint session Of the Gem
eral Assembly was announced.
The following nominations we're made:
j. A. Taylor,
E. McCullom,
G.. A. Breaux.
David N. Barrow,
Pierre Landry,
&c. Zacharie.
The roll OF the Senate was called, when
Senators Fontenot, Heron and Garland
voted for the Hon. j. A. Taylor-3 votes.
Senators Stub and Zacharie voted for the
Hon. Edward McCullom-2 votes.
Senators Benners, Bowden, DeBouchel,
Harding, Scanland and Texada3 voted for the
Hon. Gus. A. Breaux-6 votes.
Senator Wales voted for Hon. David s.
Barrow vote.
Senators Breaux, Bryant, Cahen, Della
houssaye, ella, Kelly, Kenner, Mitchell, Nor
wood, Sandiford, Stamps and Williams voted
for Hon r n Zanha rio 10 uo%oo