The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-02-27


language to which exception is taken WAS no
addressed to thls House. had no reference Il
any proceedings thereof and contains no I'm
putatfon upon the integrity OF any member
other nfrense contemplated by tho under
signed,
Very respectfully,
VIM. 7. YELL
East Carroll
On motion, tho House refused io receive
tho statement as satisfactory. ~ as pnrging
Mr.. Yell from the charge of contempt.
Mr. Landry asked and was granted leave
to withdraw his signature from tho eSpurga-
tlon which on yesterday he signed, and pre-
santad the following statement:
To tho Hon II. N. Ogden. apeaser "f hn House
of Representatives. and to the Honorable
Mamhara thereof,
Genflemen In accordance with n resolution
adopted by this honorable body on tho twen-
tIath' Instant. declaring myself among other
members OF this llnuae. to he In contempt Of
It's dignity aud authority. for having Signed
u memorial 10 the Hanatapf tho United Stataa
III my ofllalal capacity. which said document
has baeu declared n reilaClton upon the Dig
nifty Of thia honorable body. and fnr tho sigh
Ing nf which was requested to eEpurgate
myself oT any Intention Of contempt. l bog
leave most respectfully to submit:
That ,lih Sign said memorial. although j
any wilrul or malicious intent of impugnlng
tho dignity of thla House OF VI any pf lts
honorable membats.
That my heing loyal 10 tho claim "f Hon.
VIM. l'itt Kellogg tn the seat he now onhu-
plas In the senate of tho United States GRn-
not ba conetruetl aa n crime. and that should
protest agHlnat any act or acts. resolution ~
resolutions looking to hla removal should not
he Interpreted by my fellow memb"ts az u
pralnnhitnlnl Injury to them or tho country
hat sIaY1
sign~, said meme orial that all that It contained
denegation On my part that had vntnd
af1trmntivay on tho resolution PASSED. ny TINS
honorable body recommending tho unseat-
Ing Of Hnv. Kellogg. hut when the same came
before mo In print IN tho columns ~ tho
G,nurraaionni ftrord Of the thirteenth In
stant. find a,loh detail of fraud and vio-
lnnon tharaln contained. and ~ which have
no pelsonal knowledge of. that. not only IA a
menhcr Of this House. hut hs citizen ~
thls Ernnt commonwealth | must declare
untrue and unr"unled. at least as fal as thu
section of country have the honor Of repre-
sonting upon thia floor la concerned.
Hoping that any Intention on my part TO
express my loyalty to the claim OF Hon. VIM.
HIT Kellogg will make mo ameRabl" to this
honorable House for contempt nf its author
ity and repudating the language Of the me-
mortal above referred tO. O,Itsida ut which aa
herein admitted. I have tho honor to remain
your Ohedinnt servant
lGEhhtt INtN1N1 o' Hfs''hesiR.-
On motion or Mr. Vincent. aDd by u rising
vote Of lG yeas to 20 nays, tho House refused
10 rsnelve tho expnrgation Ut Mr.. Landry as
being satisfactory or purglng him from tho
charge Of contempt
Mr.. UosRrove presented tho following res
olution:
Whereas, w. Jones Vol. of the parish of
East Carroll. being In contempt of this
House. and having failed e. purge himself
thereof
Iie Il Rraolped, That tho said W Jones' Yoll
be brought to the bar of the House and that
To DO reprlmanded by tho Speaker.
On motion Measra. Yell and Landry wore
granted ono hour In which 10 prepare and
preseEt their expurgations.
PETITIONS. MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mr. Billiu offered the following resolution
Reaolred That all bills relative to the put
ting into operation the constitution shall have
pIeierenra. and all such bills are ordered
placed on II preferences calendar. and such
calendar shall be first considered over MI
other b,laine@s except bills fixed as n special
order.
I,iaa over.
Mr. Phillips preaonted the petition OF cor
tain citizens Of New Orleans. praying tho
General Assembly to create a city court Tor
the sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts of
New Orleans.
On motion tho petition was referred To tho
COMMITTEES on tho Judiciary. .
Mr. Luckc presente,l the following resou-
tion:
Rraolrrd bv the General Aaaemblu NJ nc
State OF Iou,aiand. That tho Golnmitteo On
Artificial Limbs he authorized to insert In
tho list nf disabled soldiers the names of the
two citizens who lost their limbs on Septam-
bor IA, 1874, In servioe of the State. and pro-
vIdn for the same ~ provided for Confederate
aolllera by tho constitution Of Louisiana.
Mr. Farmer gave notice that on some fu-
t,re day he will Introduce resolution pro
posing m amendment to rule No. 2G of the
Rules Of Order Of tho House Of liepresenta-
tives by adding thereto tho following. to wit: :
THAT any Representative who voted with
the majority shall havo tho right To move n
reconsideration of the vote on the same day
and to have the motion Immediately acted
upon. notwithstanding another Representa-
tive may have given notice that he will Oh
future day move IL reconsideration.
ALSO.
That on some future day he would intro
luee resolution proposing the following
amendment to rule ~ of the House, by adding
thereto the following. To wit:
on each call of tho yeas and nays tho clerk
shall enter In tho journal. alphabetically.
frat. the names OF ali Representatives. voting
yea. second. the names Of all Representatives
voting nay. and third. the names Of all Rep
resentatives absent and not voting.
REPORT or COMMITTEE.
Mr. Rllliu chairman, on behalf OF the Com
mlttee on the Judiciary. reported as follows:
NEW ORLEANS. February ~, 1880.
To tho Speaker aud Members OF the House of
Representatives:
Your committee. to whom was referred tho
following bills. bog beg leave to report:
On
House bill No lo3.
introduced by MIR. Phlpps.
An act to amend and re-enact article 1854 Of
the Code of Practice,
Favorably. with tho following amendment:
Insert after the word amended" In sec
tion |, "and re-enacted," and strike out all of
section 2.
On
House bill No. LOG,
An act amending article 4l9 OF tho Code OF
Practice.