Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-18
I CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

Il CONSIYTU17ON.lL CONTENTION.
The General Assembly now in session
in the city of New Orleans, seems fully
to understand the wishes of the people in
reference to the early adoption of Il new
organic law to suppIant the purified con-
Germ framed by the hirelings of War
moth, Hahn, Howard, Wells, Tom. Ander-
son, ct ais, in 1868. The initial step in
this direction was made hy that life long
and trne Democrat, Hon. Andrew S. Her.
ron, Senator from East Baton Rouge,
who offered a joint resolution to adjourn
both houses of the Legislature to-day
Following this was bill offered by Mr.
TeSada, in the Senate "calling conven-
ton to frame new constitution to
provide for the election of delegates to
the same; to fix their compensation, aud
making all appropriation for the same"
This was read once and laid over for
further consideration, in accordance with
the constitutional rule.
Senator Bowden also offered a joint
resolution which provides "that 4 COM
mittee of three on the part of the Senate,
and OF five on the part of the House be
appointed by the presiding officers
of the Senate and House to prepare
and report a bill providing for the calling
and assembling of a Constitutional Con-
ventlon, and that said committee be
and is hereby instructed to report
at an early day" After an amendment
increasing the Senatorial representation
from three to seven, had been agreed to,
the same passed without opposition. The
Senate appointed Messrs. Bowden, Her
ron, Texada, Kenner, Ellis. Harper and
Dellahoussaye or said committee.
Mr.. TeXadas bill, was again taken up
on last Friday. The bill provides that
an election of delegates, whose qualiiica-
tons shall be the same as those of Repre-
sentatives to the Legislature, shall take
place on the first Monday in March next;
the Senatorial districts to elect as many
delegates as they now have representa-
tives in the Senate the several Parishes
and Representative district to send one
delegate for every Representative to
which they are now entitled; that the
the protection and in accordance with
the provisions of the general election
law; that the delegates elected to said
convention shall assemble at the State
House ON the first Monday in April, 1879;
that the delegates shall receive 81 day
and actual travelling expenses incurred
in going to and returning from said con-
vention and that $50, 900 be appropriate
ed to defray the expenses of said conven-
ton. Mr.. Duncan +. Kcnner then offer
ed, as substitute, bill providing for
an election of 1874 delegates on the 18th
of next March to a convention to meet
on the 21st of April following (the place
for assembling is left blanlS); $50 for ex-
penses to be allowed each delegate no
pay to be allowed after sixty days or re-
cess, and appropriating $4,000 to pay
the expenses of the same. Mr.. kenner's
substitute was ordered to stand as a
part of the original bill, and both made
the special order for yesterday. Very
likely an act Of some shape calling the
convention has already been passed by
this honorable body.
In tho lower House a pure man and
untiring worker Hon. Thos. B. Lyons,
from East Feliciana-has taken this
question in hand, which, in itself, is a
guarantee of favorable action by that
body.