The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-14
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY a.
and an immediate count Of the

committee and an immediate count Of the
vote.
Representative Davidson also favored the
report OF the com mittee. In his opinion the
vote should have been counted ON Monday.
Representative Farmer closed the debate
In opposition to the report OF the committee,
and offered substitute for the pending
motion to adopt, which provided that the two
houses should meet on Thursday and count
the vote.
Representative Ogden moved 10 lay the
substitute on the table,
On ths motion the yeas and nays We're de-
manded, resulting yeas 81, nays 9o, and the
substitute was Lost,
The motion of Representative Ogden. that
the report Of the Joint committees be-. con
Cured in, was then adopted without division.
and the House took recess Tor fifteen
minutes In order to allow the Senate TO he
notified Of its action.
AFTER RECESS.
The Senate was announced, and Joint ses-
aion was organized with Senator Robertson
In the chair twenty-nne Senators and eighty
five Representatives being present. The OBJ
ieet Of tho Joint session was announced to he
The counting of tho votes for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor.
A committee pf five, composed ut Senators
Lue,ett and Cahen and Representatives Bill
iii, Grain and Essex, was appointed TO can
yaae the votes.
The committee Immediately proceeded
with this work and announced the result 81
the vote for Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor "a follows. For Governor Louis a,
Witt, 74,76D; Taylor Beattie. AZ, i64 For
Lieutenant Governor Samuel ID. MuEnery,
7G,0O8; J, NJ, Gillespie, s9,061,
Senator Robertson then announced that
Louis A fired Witt, having received major
ity of the votes east for Governor, and Samuel
d. McEnery. having received majority o.
the votes cast FOR Lieutenant Governor, were
elected for the constitutional torn.
The Joint session then adjourned and the
House reeumed the consideration nf business
Leave of absence was granted Represents
tive Nsrret Of Ihpryilla. for five days.
Representative Stringfelow, On behalf OF
the committee to make arrangements Tor IN
atalIing tho Governor and Lieutenant. sub
mitted tho following report, which was
adopted:
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members q
the House Of Representatives:
Your committee on inauguration and install
ation beg leave to report IA follows: lhey re-
commend that the ceremony Of insthilh Ion
and Inauguration nf the Governor aud Lieu
tenant Governor take. place at Odd Felllows
Hall on Wednesday. January "A 1880. Ihay
further recommend that the General Assembly
meet on Wednesday. At "a m. ct the state
House, and repair IN body to Odd Followa
Hall, and hat an invitation to attend said re
monY \ hereby extended 70 ne pnh,tr. ne ~
preme Bench, the Mayor and City AdmtntHtta
tore. the clergy. foreign consuls, ana all STATE
aud municipal officers
A communication was received from the
Secretary of State. inclosing a notice Of con
test of tho seats now held by Representa-
tives Bulow and Gardner by Mesara. Dupaty
and Dugas. Of Assumption, Referred to thu
Committee Oh Elections. when appointed
A message was received from the Governor
containing statement OF the expenditures
of tho contingent and militia fund, The
message was referred to the Committee OF
Finance. when appointed
A communication was received from Nj
parut, giving notice Of contest Of the scat q
| Representative ]. II. Cosgrove of Naich
| toehea. Referred to the Committee on Eiec
| tions. when appointed,
communication was also received from
VIM. Gary. of the parish Of ST. Mary. givlnt
notice of contest Of the seat Of Moses Jack
son. sitting member. Referred ~ the Com
mittec on Elections. when appointed
! On motion the House then adjourned until
| IL o'clock to-day.