The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
AL
or THE
FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE or LOUISIANA.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Seventeenth, Days Proceedings.
HousE aF hFrnEaENTATtvFF,

The House waa called TO order at u N.
Present Hon, Il. N. Ogden, speaker nm
Meaars. Archer. Armstrong, Allan, Atkins
AItken, Barry, Riliu, Buchanan Hnger
BltIer. Cade. Grain, Cosgrove. Curley. David
son. DeveraauS. Diekerson. Deihel Dnden
hefnr, Esses, Farmer, Franz, Frazier, Ieazel
Gardner, Gibson, Hall. Hathaway, Haney
Harris, Hehenhain. Henry, Ives. Jackson .
Natchitaehes. Jackson Of st. Mary. Jones
Joffrion. Kavanaugh, Kleinpeter, Kirk. Ian
caster. Jegendre. Letten. Lyons. In,cke, Ma
honey. Mllau,lon, Nixon, Morgan, Morel
Munday. Mccain, Mccullough, Mcdonald
McIaruy. Nawsom. Ogden, Pearee Phippa
Phillips, Frtchard. Pope. Pollard. Quinn
Richardson, Robertson. Shepherd, Schneider
Stringfelow. ~, Clair. Varnada, Vaughan
Verret. Vincent, VOORHEES,, Weems. Wise
Williams Of Motehousa, Williams of Terre
bnnne. Yell. Young Of Iberia. Young OF st
Landry-s3.
The Journal oF Friday, the thirtieth instant
was read and adopted.
Leave OF abacnce was granted Meaara. Has
kin, billiard, Talton. and Young Of Iberia.
PETITIONS MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
MI. Wecms presented memorial from
Charles Carroll. relating to a mechanical ap.
paratus for calling role. etc,
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Mr., Farmer presented tho following
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas. the Assembly Ivy whiel, VIM. Pitt
Kellogg claims to have been olecta to the
Senate of the United States, IN the month u
January, A. ~. 1877 was not the Legislature
of tue State ot Louisiana, but an unlawful
and irregular assemhaga. which had assumed
To call itself a Legislature la part execution
Of a conspiracy devised by the aaid VIM. Pitt
Kellogg ana others. together with certain IT
the peraona constituting said aesnmhagc
auanst the people to secure FOR the said llnl-
liza q Eaaf n fp mn
TO obtain, by fraud AMI perjury and other I'M
lawful meana, the places Of political trust and
power In thia state, In the hope af holding tho
same by force expected TO he Furnished by tho
government Of tho United States: and
Whereas. The pretended credentials of said
VIM. Pitt kellogg were signed by one :. H.
Packard. representing himself to he tho Gov
ernor Of this State hut who In fact never waa
nueh Governor, but for a short time claimed
the title to said office III further execution Ut
said conspiracy against the people. and
Whereas, auot unlawful assemblage go
claiming the office Of Governor. after Il brief
period Of hostility to the then existing law
fully constituted authorities Of said State
finally aisbandea and surrendered to said
lawfully constituted authorities. leaving IN
force and existence no act Of any KIND irhHi-
erer performed by them on either III them,
in their assumed political capacity. except
tho aatd pretended election Of the said VIM,
Pitt Kellogg by aaid combination. There was
i'm existence u lawful government Of Louis
lana. which continued In authority. with
duly elected Governor and duly elected and
ical functions conferred upon them. respect
lively. by the constitution of aaid State: and
Whereas the said duly elected and duly or
ganiGed Legislature If the State Of Louisi-
ana, under saii government, after having
continued to ballot for u United States Sena-
tor on each successive day from the ninth of
January, 1877, nntit the twenty fourth day Of
April In said year, did, in pursuance OF the 70
Quiroment OF law. and In accordance with all
the forms thereby prescribed, on the said last
mentioned day, to wit. the twenty fourth day
Of April, 1877, elect Henry nj. Sporord to rep
resent the said State IN the said United States
Senate for the term Of eix yeara. eommene-
Ing on the fourth day Of March, 1877: and
Whereas. the credentials Of the said Spot
ford were duly executed by Francis I. Mich
oils. the then lawful Governor st said State;
aud,
Whereas. II is manifest that tho consttu-
tion Of the United States, IN providing that
each State should be represented by two Son
ators, TO ha chosen by the Legislature
thereof" designed and Intended that such
choice should be made by that Legislature
which might be recognized by the people Of
the State as i lawfully constituted and CO.
ordinate branch Of the duly constituted and
recognized government Of the State; there
fore,
Resolucd, That the State Of Louisiana pro-
tests against the wrong and Injustice done 10
Ltl9 people Salu SIuUe ny lie TeVQXUIl0H
OF said VIM. Pitt kellogg a. United States
Senator from said State, and respectfully but
most earnestly. request the Senate OF the
United States. In the name of law and justice,
to declare that the said Kellogg never was
duly elected AS the Representatives or the
State of Louisiana In the Senate of the
United States.
Resolved. That the State Of Louisiana pro-
tests against being deprived Of the equal
In the Senate al the United
Sfnt f0tn INS,fh
tuition of the United States, and respectfully !
hut NEST earnestly requests that Henry nj. |
Spofforh. the duly elected Senator from said
State for the term Of six years. from the
fourth OF March 1877, may be admitted to Il
seat In that honorable body
Resotred. That copy OF this resolution be
u tile President of the Senate OF
the United States and to Hon. h. {. Jonas,
Senator from Louisiana In the United States |
Senate.
MIR. Farmer moved to suspendithe rules in
order to consider the concurrent resolution at |
this time.
The rules were suspended.
Mr.. Farmer moved to adopt the concurrent !
which motion was carried
MIR. Farmer moved ~ reconsider tho vote
BY which the motion to adopt the concurrent |
resolution WAS carried, and on his own mo-
Ion the motion to reconsider was laid upon
the table.
Mr.. Jackson. of st. Mary, presented a me-
nortal from the veterans Of the War Of 1914
Ind 1915, relative TO an increase of pension, I
etc
Lies over.
Mr.. Richardson presented the following
NEW ORLEANS. January, 1880
20 the Speaker and Members of the House Of |
Representatives Of the State of Louisiana: I
Geaslemen-We, the undersigned. agents of |
oreign vessels. most respectfully ask your
body not TO pass an act. now be-
ore you for consideration. preventing sailors
III foreign vessels from working on the leyees
II the city OF New Orleans.
The passage of any such law would, In our
humble opinion. not only be IN contravention
% existing treaties between the United States
government and foreign powers, but also
rfolation Of the constitution Of the United
states, and undoubtedly the most detrimen-
al to the commerce and welfare OF our COM
nercial community.
Vary raSnaatfully Yours