The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-17
JOURN AL
FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty-eighth Days Proceedings.

Twenty-eighth Days Proceedings.
SENATE CHAMBER. NEW ORLEANS, !
Saturday. FEBRUARY IA. 1880. J |
The Senate was called to order at IL o'clock
m. by the Hon. s. d. MeEnery Lieutenant
Governor and President Of the Senate.
On call Of the roll the following Senators
were present:
Messrs. Ably, Augustin, Butllngton, Cahen.
Campbell, Cunningham, Davidson, Davey, |
Estopinai, Fontenot, Foster, Hagan, Harris, |
Kidd, Leake, Lucas. Luckett, Marston, New
ton, Mutt. Parlange, Pollock, Riard, Robert
son, Rogers Steele, Settoon. story. Vance,
Walton, Watkins-3l.
Absent Mesers. Brian. Demas, Nunez,
Stewart Simmes-5.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The following communication was received
from his Excelency the Governor:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
State of Louisiana I
New Orleans. February IA. $780, J
10 the President and Members Of the Senate:
have the honor to submit herewith
Annual report Of the Board Of Administra-
tors Of the Insane Asylum of the State OF Lou
istana for the year 1879.
Annual report Of the officers and trustees
OF the Louisiana Institution for Education OF
the Blind for the year 1879.
Annual report Of the State Superintendent
or Public Education. Alec, account of the
contingent expenses of his Office for the year
1879.
LOUIS A. WILT. Governor.
On motion OF Mr.. Marston the reading OF
the journal In detail was dispensed with.
APPROVAL or JOURNAL.
On motion of MIR. Fontenot the journals
or the eighteenth, nineteenth. twentieth.
twenty first. twenty second. twentythird.
At. ftrnn fSY~lfy
and twenty-seventh days proceedings were
approved.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
The President of the Senate submitted the
petition Of Henry Mccall. president OF the
Board OF Fourth Levee District Commission
ers, calling attention OF the Legislature to
the danger arising from the cutting OF rice
aumes and other depredations upon the pub
lie levees of the State, and praying for legis-
latlve action In the premises.
The petition was read.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES,
MIR. Watkins, chairman of the Committee
on the Judiciary, submitted the following re-
port:
TO the President and Members Of the senate
am instructed by the Committee on the
Judiciary. to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 30, being .5m
An act relative to sherif1s, er oftcio tax
collectors. and to the bonds to be furnished
IN them, parish Of Orleans excepted,
TO report BY substitute:
On House bill No. 81, being
An act to provide for the transfer Of GER
tain cases pending and undetermined before
the justices Of the peace for the parish Of Or
leans, and before the Third District Court Tor
the parish Of Orleans. to the city courts OF
New Orleans, "55r
III report the same favorably.
On
Senate bill No. 43. being
An act TO amend article 245 OF the Code OF
To report the same favorably, with the fol
lowing amendments:
/. Amend title by inserting after the word
samend." the words 'and re-enact'
.. Amend section by inserting after the
word "amended," In line g. the words and
re-enacted."
than one half of, and insert the words equal
/. In section strike out all the words after
the word repealed
Respectfully submitted,
J. ID. WATKINS, Chairman.
Mr., Luckett, chairman OF the Committee
ON Elections submitted the following report
10 the President and Members OF the Senate:
Your Committee on Elections would re-
spectfully report that they have reconsidereei
the evidence before them IN the contest OF u,
G. Moutan against j. 3. Davidson, from the
Sufficient evidences Of fraud, illegality and
irregularity In the election 10 the parish q
Iheryille, considered In connection with THE
time and place Of the passage OF the ordinance
OF October 25, 1879, TO justify the assumption
that the polls were changed with fraudu'
The aflidayits before us show that there
was a heavy influx of colored men into tht
narish of Iherville from other States a1c
parishes during the past rolling season. our
inr which the election was held, estimated
bv several prominent citizens as hlgh ~
twenty-five hundred, and by none lower thar
twelve or fifteen hundred, which III thell
opinion accounts for the heavy increase % IN
vote In this election over tnat VI ehe PIC
The registrar swears that, from informa
ftnn received since the election, he Is satls
fed that large number q these e tr 1arias
particularly in the second and iiith WARDS wards
This transient, temporary ana llleEa
addition to the voting strength Oh tn'
second ward is - estimated In Ier by eep som y
the normal asn and legal voting strength; other
estimate the increase at 2ao OF tnese iliee r.
votes In the second ward alone. ~ W
registrar we'll says, owing to the grea. SIM
larity In the appearance OF eoioLet Hn o Nv,
orally. II is almost impracticable 70 dlscIlm
mate against these non-residents Wheh lhe!
annIy 10 register, untruthfully claiming z
4 ~ residents 81 the parish. when In truth the:
live in other parishes, or even In other STATES
particularly Mississippi. When We eensia q
that the vote cast at this election ro o
vote for delegates to the CONSTITUTIONS You ,
vention In March Of the same year oy ove
ii(s1 il would seem that the charge mace o;
rnntastant that large numbers Of these iran
sipnt non-residents were illegally alioWeu y
vrfe is well founded. or course ali such 'oee
are fraudulent 4,,, axtra ira
silent laborers Is estimated at two or t aIae
hundred The commissioners and the clsr
were colored, and the election was I n,t1sn
rhn attended that poll state that from th As.
observation and experience they DO not tniS
Contestant. being a white candidate runnlI1
aaainst contestee. a colored man, ssoou ~
Glance for fair play there. ...+ .,, oou,
One Of the witnesses swe M f raaS II III