The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-05-17

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senator being present, and there bsin,
no President pro issa., Judge Charlie
MeYea, Of the. Fonrth Circuit, ad
zaiuistcred the oath ID al the Senators
with The exception Of Il. +. Gnichard
Of the lirst disirics, objection beiH,
made By Senator Cordill, Of Tcnsas
on the ground that Ar. Gnichard wa
United States officer, and thersEon
Ineligible, and he was ordered Il
staud aside until she organization o
the Senate. then his case wsuld. b,
decided On lis merits.
On motion of Mr.. Foster, Of St
MsTy, Hon. B. c. Davey, Of Orleans
Was made President pro tem. Of the
Senate, and VIII A. Strong, of VIM,
Secretary, and G. n. Barrow, of wesl
Relieiana, assistant Secretary. And on
motion Of the same gentleman, Mr..
J. B. Kirkman, Of Calcasieu, was elect
ed Sergeans.at-Arms, and Mr.. ]. D.
Young assistant Scfgeant-at-Arms.
On melton the same rules that gov
erned the last Senate we're adopted.
A committee Of three Senators was
appointed to inform the House Of the
organization of the Senate, and fixing
Thursday, May Ii, As the day for can
wasting the vote for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor.
sKeoSD DAY's SESSION.
A committee was appointed TO ar
range for the inauguration OF the Gov
erncr on the 18th inst.
Mr.. CordEll, Of Tensas, called up the
Guichznd case, and after argument
pro and con, during which Mr.. Foster
made some excellent points, Mr.. Gui-
chard was sworn in, his case being
subject to investigation BY the Senate
al some future day.
EASmse-Pfrsf DRy.
The Honse was called to order BY
Peter J. Trezevsnt who proceeded to-
call the roll, and a quorum being
present. the Clerk proceeded to swear
in the members. After administering
the oath to the members present, the
Clerk annSunced that the next thing
in order was the election of a Speaker.
Mr.. Hunter, Of Rapidss, moved that
the House take recess until 7:30
O'Clock p. m, which motion prevail
ed, and caucus was immediately
called for the purpose Of selecting
Speaker and Chief Clerk, which re-
suited in the nomination of Hon. II.
w. Ogden, of BOssier, over Hon. r.
7. Hunter, of Rapides, for Speaker,
BY a vote So to q.
Mr.. Ogden on taking the Chair
said;
ALLOW me to return my sincere
thanks for the expression of conf
dence in my ability which has been
manifested by my election TO a posi-
ton Of sneh honor. / have not sought |
the position from personal motives, |
bnt was advised by my friends against |
my Judgment. ] feel that / have been |
highly honOred by my people, but l |
am afraid that / will make mistakes. |
! will promise, however, to ELL the |
position of Speaker to tie best Of my |
ability, and in the discharge of my |
duty would ask the hearty eo-opeEa-
ton of the members Of the House. / |
feel proud because the honor has
been conferred in such an unanimous
manner from all parties and factions.
! trust that our deliberations will al
ways be for the good of the State. 1t
will be necessary to adhere to all rules
and regulations for the proper gov
ernment of the House, whether they
are good OF bad. Hoping to do JUS
lice TO all, i promise to organize this
body for the best interest Of the peo-
pie, the maintenance of the leyees and
public schools and the financial status
Of the State, with the aim In view that
when our labors are finished the peo-
pie can exslaim, We'll done, thou
good and faithful sery&ntsi'"
The speech of Mr.. Ogden was loud
y applauded.
Mr. Peter j. Trezeyant was elected
Clerk and Mr. Thomas Mcintyre Ser
geant-at-Arms by a unanimous vote.
SECOND DAr's SESSION.
There was very little done in the
House on Tuesday other than eauens-
ing and the introduction Of some lew
oills, viz:
An act appropriating $4,000 in
1884 and $4,000 in 1885 for the
southern University an act TO pro-
Iide for vacancies In the Offices Of the
udges Of Courts Of Appeal; an act
elative 10 public sales; an aei 10 re-
ieye the civil disabilities Of women
IN act 10 increasethe power Of district
udges ~ act TO erect a gnberaaiotiaI
mansion aD act to remove the Agri-
:ultural College from Baton Rouge to
Alexandria; a joint resolution asking j
be Congressman Of this Stale % OBJ 4
lose the reduction Of The tariff on
agar An act to provide for the back
lay Of school teachers in the parish Of
)rleans.
This last named act ii wildcat
cheme gotten up for the purpose Of
tagging The lions share Of the antici-
lated liberal appropriation that viii
e made By slas present Legislature
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