The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-06-10

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, June 81

On yesterday Cndrtle utYVdru gam
ed most decided victory. His friends,
after receiving the last vOlley from
those Representatives whO sought to
Uphold the Constitution, 1epulsed in
the Senate the attempt to pestrny his
wheel of fortune; aud in (the House
they overwhelmed finally the f'rlorn
hope that would have installed beside
him rivals whom he had much reason
to fear.
was an arduOus one, indeed for in the
Senate, all but one of his lrIed adher-,
ents could muster sufficient strength
to hazard reply to the pointed and
eloquent addresses pronounced by
Senators Marston, Luckett, Foster, and
Watkins who made it qnite disagreea-
BILE to vote '.no" to the joint resolution
proposing the prohibition of all letter.
les in the State of Louisiana. They
were Spartan band, those who stuck
tn Charlie Howard and prevented by
| two votes the passage Of the resolution
requiring two thirds OF all the members
elect of the Senate.
1t is but ''giving to Caesar the things
that are Caesars" to give the names
of those who voted on the prOpO sed
Constitutional amendments designed
to scotch the anaconda whose coil 9
seem permanently entwined around
the State of Louisiana.
1 Those voting for the amendment
were: Hon. Geo. l.. Walton, Presi-
dent pro tenn, and Messrs- Ably, Aug
ustin, Burlington, Cunningham, Font
enOt, Foster, Leak, Lucus, Luck+tt,
Marston, Montan, Newton, Nunez, Par
lange, Perry, Pollock, Settoon, Steele,
Story, Vance and Watkins -22.
Those voting against the.amendment
were: Messrs. Brian, Cahen, Camp
bell, Davey. Demas, Hagan, Harris,
Kidd, Robertson, Rogers, SHINES and
Stewart--l2. Absent -Messrs. Battle
aud Estopinal.
While the Senate was killing the
proposed amendment to sabolish all
lotteries, the House was indefinitely
postponing the consideration Of the
charters, by the following vote:
leas---Allain, Armstrong, Atkins,
Barry, Baskin. Bulger, Buiow, Carron,
cayolie. Cosgrove. Cuiley, Davidson,
} Deibel. Dickinson, Dudenheter, Essex,
Faulkner, Franz, Frazier, Gardner,
Garrett, Hathaway, Heidenhain, Ives,
Jackson Of st Mary, Jones, Kavan-
augh, Landry, Letten, Lucke, Lyons,
Mahony Of Orleans, Maloney, of Plaq.
uemines, Millaudon. Nixon, Mooney
Morgan, Mccall, Mccullough, MELON
aid McLeeroy, Ogden of Bossier, Poi
lard, Quinn, RoacIe, Schneider, Shaft
: fer, Shepherd, st. Clair. yerret, Vim
cent, Weems, Williams, of TerreboDne
. Yell, Young of Iberia, and Young .
Orleans.
Nays-Archer, Blu, Buchanan, But
Ter, Chretien. billiard, Feazel, Gibson
Golsan, Hall, Haney, Henry, Herring
D Jackson of Natchitoches, Joffrion, Kirk
: Kleinpeter, Morel. Munday, Mccain
8 Newsom. Phipps, Pope, Richardson
: Robertson, Seay, Stringfeliow, Taltcn
? Varnado, Vaughan, Williams Of More
: house, Wise and Young OF st. Landr,
. SO.
Thus was the Howard Monopoly tri
umphant all along the line, and tll
hottest contest before the Legislator
brought to summary close.
1t is to be hoped, now that 1t is on
: of the way, that the General Assembl
:, will apply itself, by earnest, homes
s work, to the task of framing such leg
q islation as will bring to the State I'll
r relief it sorely needs.