The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-04
LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA.
THE SENATE

ii O'Clock. Lieut.. Gov. MeNnery presiding and
q. Senators. quorum. present:
Senator msrston rose to personal explana-
tinn and said.
on the iloot of the .Bouse yesterday and con.
| yersed freely. openly and oandidv with mr.
irien s. as have done Ia the corridors of oul
hotels, on the streets, In this chamber and IL
the hall of the House Of Representatives,
was amazed TO lea,n. this mornin ing, that, bJ
the aeti,,n # he House our yislt had been de.
nouneed. thke III his occasion to aay that If II
!e d'srepetabe 10 be seen on the floor Of the
HOUSE, h"t 4 will not harpen ageln.
House construed our visit In the Interest of dis.
honest lnttaries. How passing strange this
thing, is How, modest how unapproaehnble
TIE House would appear, after. neatly ninety
days of our sese ion has passed, with pc, feet
| freedom tn our tnteteoursef | cannot under.
stand T., nnlaaa we IRE deceived IN the idea that
nate branches. the legislative. executive and
judicial nnd that we now have clothed In CON
hranehz the, Louisiana State Lotterp Conpanvi
o,v,,e gyt G9a o We" asra nons,osi aa snsl1 i
sels2 Shall Hadioal minority IN this or any
other idea. control our. legislation by ex-
sentative? II so, then cali in De Trob'iand
| again. The breaks have given away Our
| Hnrlg. our State Ia RAPIDLY rolling back. BACK.
| iion
During the speaking of Senator M arston SEN
| ator Robertson arose TO point of order and
said that an attack on the House was not per-
| missible that the House was perfectly epmpe.
| tent TO conduct Its affairs
| benator Ounninaham said that he was sur
prised ut the view OF Senator Robertson that
senatore could not rise to question of privl-
ieee 70 explain their position and presence In
the House Yeste rday,
Senator Robertson answered that he had M
intention 70 deny THAT privilege to Senators. He
,i1t1 Ernf
that the House should be attacked on tho floor
Of the Senate.
Meanwhile Senator Marston had closed bis
speech, and decision on tho point Of order not
being Insisted on, none was given.
Senator uunni ingham. to question of privf-
lege. then said ha, the action In the House on
the urevious day showed such want of knowi.
edge end and amenLy that he thought members
should tsbe notice Of II, He asserted that the
self had been on the floor Of the House yesl en-
day. but he hnd not spoken lottery, except to
9ne person. who had asked him question. He
had gone there to secure Legislation to prevent
an extra session. he had been told that the re-
marks made IN the House were directed againat
him to endeavor to involve him In this lobbying
charge WIS eontemptible He then charged
that 1t was by lobbying that the lottery company
had secured article 1877 qf The constitution Hs-
ferriDg to the charge that The general lottery
bit was immoral end disgraeefnl not single
Intelligent man. said Mr.. Cunningham, believed
that 1t was immoral and disgracetul. The object
whs to houdWiDk people abroad and lead them
7" b.lieye that tho friends Of the bill were wo k
lug in The interest Of tugs and ci1ues He
criticized the closing ont Of Senators from the
fl or of the House, saying that 1t was an un-
scrupulous method adopted by the opponents
Of The bill 10 injure its chances Of paeHage, by
getting up n sensation ON the pretenss hat they
thouRht lmplop means were being used to
seeure is passage
The Pr sidtnt here said that 1t was to his
knoTleige that Senator Cunningham had gone
to The House TO attend to the appropriation bill |
henator Ahy eaid that on his honor ae a man.
although he had been on tho floor of the Unl,se
,BJI Ipu
tiun. He treated with seorn aud eontempt any
attempt to fnsinuHte improper motives on his
part
Senator Walton here offered resolution In.
ting memhsrs Of The House at all times TO
seats on the Il 'or OF the Senate. Adopted.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Senator Watkins from the Committee on the |
Judiciary. reported favorably on House bill No. |
293 authorizing the Governor to appoint special |
cot mnsel 10 certain cases..
Fovorhbly.. with amendments, on House bill |
No. 24p. relative to tho stamping and exchange |
Ing Of consolidated bonds.
=, ,Favorsbly on House bill No $50. to amend net |
By substitute for Senate bill No. 172, relative
to administrations and executors Of fsuccess ions.
Senator nohsTson r9m the Finance Com
II bill relative t. balances due to Judges. etc
FayorabIy. on House bill No. 2t7 relative to
Favorably on House bill No. 25s. relative to
pay ment # vouchers drawn by The chairman of
The Committee on Con ingent Expenses of the
,Eeyorably by majority of committee on House
bill No. 200, relative to the removal Of archives
to Baton Rouge State House,
House bin No. 249. relative to the stamping
md exchange OF con solidated bonds was oalled
no under suspension Of the rules. The com
mitee amendments were adopted. and the bill
was read u third time. as amended.
Senator emaa announced the presence Of
Dau Rice on the Fl 'or of he Senate and moved
hat he be invited on the platform Adopted.
man took II seat besids the president. with
" HON he held social intercourse for fully half
House bill No 2so. to amend act No. 1s of 1877.
Read third time.
House bill No. 2e3, authorizing the Governor
3 4, employ special counsel In certain cases,
j, At this inncture Senator Marston took the
"Mr. President move that recess of ten
iugulshed follows citizen. Mr.. Dan Rice, Sir. in
]ong 30 we but honor man who has done the
has. Men. women and children for genera
lion have grown up to call him blessedl He is
now on mission OF mercy. spreading, broad
east peace and good ,oiu among all men,"
By request the veteran Of the ring addr essed
he Senate Ia an neat and concise speech In
which he said that he had been similarly hon
or.d In many states and even In the Grand
centre Of the republic but he never felt the I
honor ono mere keeniy than on this occasion. The
lcauaintances of his-others knew him, and
here were more men that knew him that be
lid not know. than probably any other man In
he country could boast Of. He specially felt
The com mpiment paid him because Louisiana ,
had been the scene Of his earliest successes.
After referring to q visit which he paid to ne
State soon after the war. he said that he was
happy to notice that since many changes had {
AIKEN placs, 10 morals as we'll as in other !
respects. When he was last here he had seen l
many more colored people In the Legislative I
rails; now that there we're fewer he neverthe- !
ess thought that those present seemed bright
r and awakened to II sense o. duty and de-
ire to enhance the prosperity of the State /
After wishing the senate success In their +
abors. and hoping that they might look back :
n after years upon we'll spent life, Dan Rice !
withdrew amid the applause of members and .
he large lobby that had assembled to see and
lear him.
Senate bill No. 172. relative to curators, etc. :
The substitute was adopted in place Of the
riginal bill. and read u third time.
ouse bill No 299.. relative to removal of ar
hives, Read a third time.
House bill No. 24O relative to balance of sala-
les of Judges. etc. After some discussion as
o It's constitutionalfty, the bill was read third
Ime.
House bill No. 2ss providing for the payment n