The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-19
THE CON ENTION.
Adoption Of the Report Of the Ju-
dietary Committee on Its
Third Reading.
Defeat OF the State Debt Ordinance
by Failure to Receive Sixty
Eight Votes A Reconsider
alton Pending

Consideration Of the Ordinance Reported by
the Special Committee on the Free
School Fund.
FRIDAY, July IS.
The Convention was called To order at
o'clock, President Witt lii the chair and !
quorum present
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Delegate Bridger rose to question Of priv.
lege. In the morning DEMOCRAT Delegate
Stone was reported to have said: "He had
been opposed to any recognition Of the face
Of the debt. Every proposition with this
view, however, had been defeated by dele
gates from North Louisiana, who had been
actually bowling ever since the Convention
assembled for the cutting Of the debt. When
they had the opportunity to do this they had
refused to do It,
III this report OF the speech made by the
gentleman was correct he desired to say that
1t was unauthorized and unwarranted by the
facts. The facts were that the delegates
"
few, had invariably voted for every propo-
sition to scale the face of the debt. He had
invariably voted for every measure intro
duced In the Convention proposing to scale
the face Of the debt and the journal Of the
Convention would furnish the evidence OF that
fact. The charge was, therefore. incorrect SO
far as applicable to himself.
Delegate Stone said what he had said was
said publicly and openly In the hall, and he
stood by lit A newspaper report, notsteno-
graphic, was necessarily inaccurate. Gentle
men had heard what he said, and the journal
would show whether his remarks were borne
out by the facts.
Delegate Moore, Of st. Landry, moved to
reconsider article in order to amend by pro-
viding that the House. as well as the Senate,
should approve the appointment Of Supreme
Court judges by the Governor Lost.
Delegates Pardee and Robertson moved to
reconsider article II, In order to provide for
the election OF circuit judges by the people In
stead Of the Legislature. Lost yeas SO,
nays 36.
Delegate Caffrey moved to reconsider the
vote by which article 50 was adopted, In order
TO amend by increasing the salaries Of dis
trict judges from $4,000 to $4,000. The motion
prevailed and the amendment was adopted
yeas 81, nays A..
Delegate Demas moved to reconsider the
vote by which article 30 was adopted, iii order
to amend by providing that the district
judges OF Orleans shall be elected by the peo-
pls aud not appointed by the Governor.
Delegate McGloin opposed the motion to re-
consider and moved to lay 1t on the table. He
thought city delegates knew what their con-
8tituents wanted better than the delegate
from st. John. The motion to table prevailed
without division.
~ fnfI u
ticle GO 10 order to provide that the expenses
OF the criminal courts OF the parish Of Or
leans, except the salaries OF the judges, shall
be paid by said parish. The motion to recon-
slider prevailed and the amendment was
adopted.
Delegate MeGloin moved to reconsider the
vote by which article III was adopted III order
to provide that the fees Of the sheriff's and
clerks offices in the parish OF Orleans should
be used by first preference to pay the ex-
penses Of those offices, and secondly to pay
the salaries Of the Judges. The motion to re-
consider prevailed and the amendment was
adopted.
The ordinance was then put on its third and
final reading.
Delegate Poche called for separate vote
On article AZ, which provides for the console
dalton Of the offices Of clerk and recorder OF |
mortgages and conveyances In the parishes.
81, nays 40. and the article was defeated, the
number Of votes (6S) not having
been cast for 1t.
Delegate Easterly called for separate vote
on article 50, which provided for the powers,
jurisdiction and salary OF the district Judges I
a call OF the yeas and nays resulted-yeas
10, nays 80, and the article was adopted
Delegate Matthews moved reconsidera-
don Of the vote by which article AZ was lost.
86, nays 4.
The yeas and nays were again called on the
lr.tiele. and it was adopted-yeas n, nays 80.
The yeas and nays were then demanded on
He adoption nf the ordinance as q whole re-
'ulting SO, nays II, and the ordinance
vas adopted.
THE STAGE DEBT.
The special order of the day, the ordinance
N State Debt, was taken up.
Delegate Caifrey, before moving the adop-
ion OF the ordinance sent up to the Clerks
lesk and had read the following reasons of
members for voting for the ordinance:
We. the undersigned delegates. offer the fol-
eadiEg. Ut ordinance No. 429. relative to the
tate debt:
I. Our votes are castin the affirmative because
fter long and arduous struggle we are con-
inced that the ordinance affords he best terms
II the holders OF the consolidated bonds that
10 Convention will agree to
D. Because we deem 1t proper to offer some
srms on which an adjustment of the debt may ,
9 arrived at rather than TO leave the matter In
reater doubt and uncertainty.
While we concur In the above views we do :
ot feel that such terms as would be- entirely .
to the b0ndholders on the one hand {
+ within the ability Of tho State to Offer on the
I her have been accorded by the ordinance.
we still adhere to our original conviction.
nat per sent bond for five years, and per
e,nt BOND thereafter. with an annual tax OF !
hree mills. would be both within our means to :
av ana satisfactory to the holders Of the State :
pnsos.
!, Ia voting for the ordinance We do not intend !.
na ". ~ acceptance by the Convention involves
Y implies an aseeptancs by the bondhoIders : :
We leave its acceptance entirely Ia the vnlitinn
i the bondholders. - WY 'ot.io
John Phelps. Thos ii Sam,
Hugh Breen, VIM IA Hall
John Chaffe, Gus. A. r. n.uv {
Delegate Caffrey moved the adoption of :
he ordinance. and on that motion demanded |
he previous question, which the Convention S
So, nays 49, s
The yeas and nays We're demanded on the 8
ldoption OF the ordinance and 1t was lost I
'eas GO, nays 50. The vote In detail was as !,
olIows: !
Yeas Fey Delegates Baskin Bala blanchard 6