The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-08
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.


SENATE.
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First Days Proceedings.
60. ~, -
SENATE TNa,,.- wa ! no
This being the first Monday Of January, thu
dav f,red nv law for the meeting OF the Gen
a.. $500 N. rr.,ra.,,,
eral Assembly u tne o.aoe' slio IN .o 80,
A. Witt, Lieutenant Governor and President
or the Senate, appeared at his place In the
s,.r.ta h.,,,t,or and aaId.
0oIs.o c,a.io' "nu 1a'u
am glad, gentlemen OF the senate, 70 vel.
come you once more 70 Inns nall 1 extend e
those wnom nave peen accustoMed @ mee'
mere. as wen as 10 Lhe Senators newly eiecte0
my cordial congratulations on your continued
health ana prosperity. Your nves nave peer
spared, and you come TO this field OF patriotic
PUBLIC LABOR with heaitn, strengtn, nope and
m earnest purpose 70 90 goOO 10 tn0 cOnsClt.
ue1ts VINO nave rePoseo IN you t1elr t 81
md confidence. But 1t 10 sad to consider that
many OF you represent sections which have
not been blessed with an unallOyed prosper
9ty. Since our last parting . pestilence has
invaded . large part OF the State, destroying
tnoussncs q lives ana , carrying sorrow a %
Of households, and 1t still casts Its gloomy
shadow over the homes Of the living as well
- the graves Of the dead, and still fingers as
. dread and an abiding terror. line deadly
visitation, which swept through the dwellings
q rich and poor alike, has LETT heritage Of
woe to all, and another OF most dissxessful
want to many thousands.
very many have been utterly overwhelmed
With ruin. Hagnanimous strangers, plying
the heaped up sorrows Of our bereaved. dis
Eeesed and sorely afflicted people, came to
their rescue with munificent relief. and have
thereby won gratitude unutterable. Philan.
thropic Contributions came spontaneoosly and
~ abundance from all classes OF people, from
I'll quarters of the republic and from trans
Atlantic cities. In recognition OF their large
hearted benev0lence, and TO express che uni
yersal admiration OF our fellow-citfaens for
those grand deeds Of lraternal charity to-
wards our stricken people, deem it meet
and proper that the representatives OF the
mental resolutions upon their statute books,
coupled with return Of thanks In suitable
terms, so that the world may know that we
ere not ungrateiul and 50 that our caildrens
fSaf felI III mon their ANCESTOR. and tie noble
eenerosity with which the men. women and
cnlidren OF distant ianas came 70 tne'I rescue 4;
ather ssss,c - wv arnt une - S rat.,rn nv ~
@hnslo To- sss,r 70 * nnurtosv nd sorh,a rance
ana - ass,,re van that shaIi strive n do All
that lies II nv power to facilitate your patri-
Stic duties have experienced nOdiff5culty in
ms mi order in the past and expsct none
L.
81 nariiam entarv debate and decorum by the
an q p sde a@ v e1 much sratied
g me hopor Ol Ing ~
While Won have that noble end n view I
spPreneno no unse t; d dIs'a ~ 1g rtn,gay
rsnccr No d,snosition - encroacb mon , the
nj viIe.res ~ minorities' nor anv NEGLECT Of
porm,t mo- To ernroas the hone that IN order
e. lerislate Win an eve single to tia coed Of
tHc ocr,ynonwosifh Marty nolifics NAV ha
S Ieot II absysnce 10 all Your DEBATES and that
~ - o a. = 40 ha favnred or anns0vei IN
80 Lat ue Enrk for The biobest interest
"a II ~" naorio And nov as rarairod hv
srticle " 81 ia constitution Of Che State 81
Louisiana. request the senators TO % In
Inc freeldent oirecteo the secretary 10 call
the roll OF Senators holding over, and It ap-
peared that the following senators we're pres
ent:
Ninth District, Terrebonne, Laf0urche and
Aeeumpti0n-ThOmas A. Cage
First District Eighth and Ninth Wards OF
Orleans, st. Bernard and PlaQuemineS-P.A A.
Ducroe. Jr.
Twenty-eecond District, Union, Mgrehouse,
Al1cOiu anu " coe OoA1Cf-0ovi80 II. AsAAio:
Twelfth District, st. Landry-Henry Il.
n,a.. ga. w,,,. -.
Twentieth District, Caddo-Willlam Har-
per. =
Twenty-iirst District, claiborne, Bienvine
B06sier and Webster-Hlnes Y Mitchell.
Fifteenth District, East and West Fcliciana-
Louis q. Perkins:
Nineteenth District, NatchitOcheas Sabine,
De Soto and Red RIVER. W. Sandford. !.
Seventh District, Jefferson, st. Charles and
St. John the Baptist: 3, Stamps.
Twenty third District, Ouachita, Richland,
Caldwell, Franklin and Jackson Frank P.
6tubbs.
Eighteenth District, Rapides and Vernon
Lewis Texada
Fourteenth District, Iberville and West
Baton Rouge-Ge0rge B. N. Wailess
Twenty -second District, Morehou5e. Union,
Lincoln and West Carroll Charles B.
Wheeler; - - r,, =,
Seventh Wards Of Orleans Francis O. Zach
orie. :
The President Of the Senate submitted and
- .Ao ooA"oo s.o.ssiSoc. auu
eoSu .uo ouo,es " fead sie ioilow-
ovv,cr A., cr-,v,,.,. -, e, Co.. !