The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-06

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On motion OF Mr.. Bllhu the substitute Q
Mr.. Uosgrove vas laid upon the table.
On the motion Of Mr.. BllIiu to lay upon th
table the substitute OF Mr.. Allan the yea
a,g nays were called for, with the followin,
result: @ w. 4M=
BilIlu, Buchanan, BuIger, Butler, Uade, Crair
Gosgrovn, Gurley, billiard, Feazel, Hall. Hath
away, Haney, Harris. Henry, Ives, Jackson q
Natehltoehes, Jones, Jofrlou, K~avanauRh
Kleinpeter, Kirk, Letten, Mlllaudon, Nixon
Munday, McUatn, Mccullough. McIeroy
Frltchard. Pope, Robertson, Shepherd
Schneider, stringfellow, Jalton, Vaughan
VOORHEES,, Weems, Wise, Williams Of More
house. Young Of st. Landry 30.
.Nays.Messrs. Allan, Aitken, Oayolle. Da
wilson, Devereaux, Dickerson, Detbel, Duden
hefer, ESSEX, Farmer, Franz, Frazier, Gard
ner, H%eidenhain, jackson OF St. Mary. Ian
caster, Landry, Mahoney, Morel, Pollard
Quinn. Richardson, st. Clair, Verret, Williamt
Of Terrebonne, Yell 90.
Mr.. Allan moved that the contestants b.
allowed one-half hour each to present theil
cases by counsel or other wise.
The motion was carried.
Mr.. Richardson moved that Wade II
Young, Esq, he permitted to address this
House In behalf Of the report offered by Mr.
Mccullough, chairman.
Mr.. Allain moved AZ a substitute that the
whole subject matter be referred to the Com.
mittee on the Judiciary.
On motion Of Mr.. Opsgrove tie substitute
offered by Mr.. Allain was laid upon the table
Mr., Allan moved that further considers
tion of the case be postponed until to-mor-
row at / 30 y. NJ. st.
On motion of Mr.. Kavanau0h tho motion
Of Mr.. Allan, to postpone. was laid upon the
table.
The question recurring on the motion oi
Mr.. Richardson that Mr.. Wade Il. Young be
allowed to address the House. tile motion
was agreed to by the House.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson. Mr.. Sam
hpla, counsel for David Young. was allowed
the right to address the House.
Mr.. Ogden, Of Bossier, moved the previous
question.
Mr.. Ogden's motion having been seconded
by the House. the previous question WAS or
dared. and the yeas and nays on the motion
of Mr.. Billiu to adopt the report of the Com
mlttee on Elections and Qualifications, signed
by the chairman, declaring David Young In
TO a scat ID this House. resulted as
follows:
Yeas -Messrs. Archer, Armstrong, Atkins.
A1tHen, Btltiu. Buchanan, Bulger, Butler,
Gade, Grain, Oarron, Oosgrove, Curley, David
son. .Deyereaux. billiard. Deibel. Farmer.
Fnhzal, Gardner. Hall, Hathaway. Hanay.
Harris. lyes, Jackson OF Natchitoehas, Jones'.
J~offlion, Kavanaugh. klelnpeter. Kirk, Ian
Letten, Mahoney. Mlllaudon. Nixon.
nj nadia AI,ft,i, AJ,IaJ1I. EN,,
MeLeroy, Newsom, Oglen. Pearce, Phtpps,
Pfitchard. Pope, Quinn, Richardson, Robert
son. shepherd. Schneider, Stringfelfow. Tai
ton. Vaughan, Vincent. VOORHEES,. Weams,
Wise, Williams of Mo1ehouse. Young OF. st.
Nays -Allain. OayoIle, Dlokerson. Duden-
hefer. Essex, Frazier. Heidenhain. Jackson
Of ST. Mary, Landry, Lucke, Pollard. verret.
OF Terrebopne, Yell-14.
Ihe recommendation contained In the re-
port declaring David Young Ineligible to a
seat In this House was adopted.
Mr.. ~Kavanaugh moved to reconsider the
vote by which David Young was declared in
TO n seat In this House. and on his
the table. ~
lSpeaker Ogden resumedt the chair
Mr.. Heidenhain, rising to a point of order,
stated That tho announcement OF the result
,f the vote on the engroasment and passage
n third reading of House bill No. So yes
tefday was erroneous: that %forty-nine mem
,ers had voted for the passage Of the bill.
was a majority OF the members elected
tho House. as there was no election In the
parish of Jefferson.
The Speaker ordered the Clerk to read the
,1t,nv a, nat "a f,v, r>,rn @In& LsN,rx~N ,rr, ~ Atrtr
concerning the election In the parish OF Jefrer-
which was read.
OFTIUE on SECRETARY or STATE. !
State of Louisiana,
New Orleans. January Ia, 1880
Ion. Robert N. Ogden. Speaker of the House
OF Representatives:
Sir AVE the honor to transmit to the
body over which you preside the
made by the sheriff OF the parish Of
jefferson OF the election held on the second Of
December, 1879, under the proclamation of
lis Excellency Louis Alfred Wilt. Lieutenant
and Acting Governor Of this State.
The reasons which have prevented tho COM
are that from documents submitted
this Office. and which / also transmit to you
or the consideration Of the House, IL appears
hatthe polling places determined and fixed
ut the COmm issiunerB of election appointed
y the police jury of that parish were changed
Without due notice to the people OF that par
Sl HIlu I'LL VlD1htlou Oi INV, JHeIeDy HspTIVtUH
large number of citizens of their votes,
which would have materially changed the re-
ult. besides other gross irregularities and
destruction Of votes cast at said election, to
uch an extent as to prevent an expression Of
he choice of the people.
/ am, very respectfully. your ohedient SER
ant, OSCAR ARROYO.
Assistant Secretary of State.
The Speaker stated that rs the point in
olved a question which was all important
nd intricate. he would reserve his decision
ntil some future day, as he would have to
onsult authority and precedent on the sub
set. @
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. J
Rooms OF Enrolment Committee,
New Orleans. February 3. 1880.
% the Speaker and Members OF the House Of
Representatives:
I nave the honor to report as properly en-
oiled House bill No. So. Also. Concurrent
resolution protesting against the recognition
1 VIM. Pitt Kellogg as Senator from Louisi-
by the Senate Of the United States.
l am your obedient servant,
Il. V. MCCAIN, Chairman.