The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-12


conference committee, which doesn't promise
to turn up anything that Gov. Robinson can
approve. New York will probably have six
weeks more Of Legislature.
The Indiana Legislature finally finished up
Its business several days ago, having run
through the regular session. and compelled
m extra session Of some two weeks to get
through the necessary appropriation bills.
The chief work of the Indiana statesman, as
the public has learned it, was to fix the con-
In favor of the Democrats that 1t seems
hardly worth while for the Republican party
TO stay around that State any more; but
gerrymanders are often uncertain affairs. A
tee and salary biz was passed which, It oi is
y year; the rate Of interest has been reduced
which iS OF little account, and property OF
the householder to the amount Of 5000 Is ex-
empted from execution. Some investigating
committees were abroad looking into the man
Democratic committees they had little trouble
In finding that the institutions under Repub-
ncan control were reeking with corruption,
while those In charge Of the Democrats were
DO not work that way exclusively in In
diana other States are subject to 1t. 1t is
something to know, however, that the Hoosier
Legislature didn't allow any jobs to GO
Through this year; that the appropriation
bills show an inclination In the direction Of
economy, and several other reasonably graft
flying things.
All of the New England legislatures, ex-
eept that Of the Old Bay State, have ad-
journed. National interest was excited over
the converting Of the Maine statesmen be-
cause Of the three-party tangle which made 1t
necessary for the Legislature to pick out the
executive officers. This duty was done. and
then the Democratic and Greenback members
joined In putting through several measures
OF economy New Hampshire escaped dam
n hnY rnFt Nnpt howe II
the Vermont Legislature met In October and
got through by Thanksgiving, what 1t did
has long since been forgotten. The Rhode
Island Legislature seldom does anything Of
much interest outside the State, except refuse
to repeal the ancient prohibition against the
tntermarriage OF whites and blacks. Massa-
ehusetts members began work by reducing
their own pay, and are pursuing their econo-
mical measures In an economical manner.
Reductions in the pay Of minor courts have
been made At this time they are contem-
plating reductions by the various boards of
commissioners, seeking to tack some Of the
boards together. A proposition to call con-
stitutional convention has been defeated The
session probably will last Till the close Of this
month.
The Virginia General Assembly outran all
the Southern Legislatures except that OF
Texas. The sessions In South Carolina, Ala
baina. and indeed most OF the States were
commercially brief. Florida held out over
the proposed constitutional convention, but
dropping 1t a week or so ago, adjourned
Virginia shut down last Wednesday, The
chief measure adopted In that State was the
debt bill. The holders Of Virginia bonds were
required by the funding bill Of 1871 . to give
mp one-thild OF their principal. The bill just
approved demands that they shall surrender
0ne-third OF their Interest take per cent in
stead of per cent bonds. Tax on alcoholic
one and a half cents drink. Another measure
Of Importance was the passage Of the bill to
authorize the James River and Kanawha
Canal Company to sell to the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad Company its rights, etc.
scheme. Now, II Senator Blaine and others
of the Richmond and Allegheny Company
can arrange with the Canal Company they
will build q railroad on the tow-path.
Jersey lawmakers and their work have al
ton body saved Its bacon by doing no par
tieularly bad thing, even though the wise
measures were few and far between. What
troubles the State now is how to dispose of
ture adjourned, on March II, it left a large
number OF bills In Gov. McClellan's hands.
The Governor has signed some of the bills
and some have been vetoed Among those
vetoed was one reducing the fees of the judi
ciary: one cutting off certain compensation
OF the Secretary Of State; one reducing prose-
cutOrs' fees; one making taxes first lien on
real estate and 80 on. 1t Is noticed that the
Republican papers Of the State are very, very
mad. and that the Democratic papers are
Hckled az though touched on the nose with q
straw. Campaign thunder will be manufac-
tlired out of the business next fall.
In Missouri the Legislature has been kept
pretty busy looking after some badly demon
allied State finances and quite as much de-
moralized State officials. A broken bank alb
sorbed half million Of the State funds and
The treasurer Ia on the verge of prosecution
rs member OF a corrupt ring. The State
hasn't recently had money to waste In this
way. Some inquiries have been made into
the practice Of allowing salaried officers to
gather in fees which have shown that some
officials in the city Of st. Louis get as high
as $4,000 a year in this way, and an effort is
being made to stop 1t. The committee has
recommended reduction aggregating about
$125,ooo year, and work Of that kind Is about
MS acceptable as any that can be done. No
matters Of general interest outside of these
have come before the Missouri body.
Most q the farmers who made up the Del
aware Legislature have recovered from the
efiects o. the lunket to Washington and will
to-day begin to break ground id view Of ap-
preaching seed-hme As they "gee" and |
"haw' the old pillow horse over the acres they
will chuekle IN recollection of the three
ho on.hs 8 pay Just st.. drawn They will also
divorce bills The railroad commission
scheme, the public school plans, the free edu-
cation e bill, and all the important measures
We're given the go-by for lot of crossroads
isegssiation, True. Wilmington was made
Hsa aau oy the courthouse removal, but VIII
mnlngton alone reioices, 'N' WA
rra Wy down In the south-southwest the
n a,aaar The Texas Legislature has been the
AGO msn legislature of the crop A few DAYS
nTises f amaDef arose and addressed his snr.
knew wha th hs IN M. the Spanish tongue Nobody
tesy to him thew W. talking about but in cour-
ishea legislature may be said to haHa sba
the schools Il t. d In the new code adopted for
minds Of the children Sa sSs that hereafter the
lenses and genders and other w PIONEERED by
sea9o Just now the members AZ q ne
seasle knotty points in proposed az sd trying to
There was stormy session IL p