The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-07
OUR LEGISLATORS.
Tugua OPINIONS ON THE QuEsT1ON
or A CoNsTtrUTrOsAL CON-
vgsrlON.
what They Think Ab0ut our state
Finances. ANA the Remedies
10 he Applied.

NO subject has attracted more attention wtths
Ia The last ysar than that OF the holding Of o
constitutional convention 10 remedy The evils
brought upon our ps6pis by the provisions OF
the one under which We now live. II has been
the ohs topic In all the country parishes. and
hers In the city II has been paramount.
Yesterday TO learn the opinions Of legislators
on that subject as well as ON the State finances.
d Representative Of ths DEMOCRAT called upon
several Of the members Of both houses Of the
Legislature for that purpose.
SENATOR eEo. n. sIdds.
whsn called upon was as ever. most cordial in
bis reception. After short intsrehapes of ths
psnal eivllitiss. hs expressed himself as being
H yes said Il ss9 m sas hss sss9 ws say
as thsy wsrs The ruling power. He was stfpng
IN his views regarding the. necessity OF calling
hs iessatape would BE- I sbSrs ~ s issI seps Y
Regarding The condition II stats 6aanses. be-
e y NE ssssaf af Is ssas & ass ssas %
matter would be one that tbs convection would
handle 9stter. That something had to bs done
Wts evident.
SENATOR Il. q. MITCHELL
was called upon, and hs aerssd with Senator
Ellis. The people are loud In their demands
for convention and convention they will
have. There can bs no doubt ~ ~ tbs feeling
On The part 6f the people of ths country regard
Ing this question: Tor thsy hays spoken 10 ibsir
representatives through thstr instructions must
AZ p ithe finances Of the stste. they. too,
needed much attention. The Bsnat,r would
pot EXPRESS himself as to any particular plan.
but thought ths matter would bs proper ofls
for The convention 10 decide.
SENATOR FRAME p srGBBs
said that no matter what might bs his indi-
yldual Views. his constituency favored 6onstl4
tutioabl convention and wefs strenuous In fbstr
Sasns Il srss en- s s wss sss s q
during the last session had shown, Hs believed
that The State could, nUt afford 70 pay what u
er opsd as ns atsra vary @ hs sa
igot and showed the prims nseessity of action.
He Thought the present session would be 4
you'd be doas. The people did not look u this
Legislature for relief, but wanted h convention.
sgnAToR J. N. HARDING.
favored o convention. He believed that Il was
was some difference Of opjnion rs 10 the time OF
calling u. some thinking Il might bs put OF for
2 year. but that the people wanted II thers could
Hs favored the isspe Of q new sst of bonds At
lower interest In plheg OF those On this mAfket,
but could not ~ whether ths t5ndnedsrs
10 be applied. and that soon.
non. .. y. 6EAHY.
u Cateasied. expressed himself In favor Of a
cgnyspti9n. and said that hs would heip TO the
best Cf his HblttT all schemes tending to tHS
duction Of tho Sta debt. and ali measures
pointing 10 the payment Of the honest debts of
TN. n. n. HvLAaD.
Of West Feieiana. being asked wbs,hsr be- ia
said: I am 10 favor Of II. dov. Wiekllffs and
other well known citizens 9f the parish say It n
ths best thing We 9usht 70 do. The afpenqmsats
constitutional convention will cover the
About the a9aneisl condition Of tho State.
honest debts of ths stats II % Diii Il ID intro. Co.
whatever way. be would certainly vote for It.
HON. o. D. STEELE.
Of Union parish, being Interviewed ~ IN the
uss OIL constitutional convention, said. Two
years 6g9 tbs question OF n convention was agfs
legislators. IL was the sense Of the people,
when the Democrats would be In power. that
convention would be- called 10 alter the c6nsu~
tuition and inauRbrhts measures Of reform,
Tbe last Legislature ought @ hevs called y con
yentlon. ny people are 10 favor Of short SEES.
sion; that is. they think ve ought % mest. eall
conyshtiob and adjourn. Very many parties
say, Ws ars in favor of an immediate c0nvsn-
tion' but that could be In 1880 Just ~ weli /
nsan by lmmedtnte convention 0ns 10 be
called early this year. 10 meet the popular sem
The hoporable Representative from Union
State naacss a. follows - rbs M rats II 5nrest q ,s
ought % be lower on the bonds II ths atafe;
DC not favor rspgdiation. bat I thigk that some
bonds 80 that the interest on The debt could be be
Charles A. Bourgeois and Henry Demas. the
latter OF 81. John tbs BAPTIST. both HadIcaIs @ anp
said they were not at liberty to give their Views
either on the constitutional convention or on
they preferred to think little more about the
subject.