Year: 1875

Senate.


senator Herwig yesterday submitted


partial report from the special joint com


nittee of the General Assembly, appointed


to investigate the books and papers, etc, o


the Auditor of Public Accounts and Treas


urer Of the State. 1t was received, and


ordered to be read.


The report charges that the affairs of tine


Auditor's Office are not conducted in a man


ner conducive to the public interest, not


withdrawing over $25 coo of the public


money IS yearly spent for clerical help


there, and millions Of dollars are involved


in the management of the Office. 1t further
charges that many errors of magnitude


have already been discovered in the Au


d;toy's accounts, and alludes to the arbi


trary aud unjust manner in which 1.-The


Auditor discriminate between State cred


itors


On motion of Senator Wharton the fur.


ther reading of the report was dispensed


with. and its consideration made the special


order of the day for to-day, Immediately
after the reading of the journal.


Senator Sypher desired to make motion.
He moved to reconsider the vote by which
the Senate on Saturday. April IL, adopted
the report of the Conmi ttee on Elections
and Qualifications in the case of +. s.
Goode. of the eighth senatorial district. He
did this he said, strictly in compliance
with the rules of the Senate.


Senator Robertson thought the motion
came too late.


Senator Sypher said his motion was
clearly within the province Of the rules of
the Senate.


Senator Eustis said resolution passed
tho Senate q few days ago by which Mr..
Goode was seated and Mr.. Crozer unseated.
Blr. Goode was sworn in and he is now a
sworn member Of the Senate. He (Senator
Eustis) would therefore make the point OF
order that the motion of the gentleman
from st. Mary was out of order.


Senator Sypher contended that he was
not ont of order and referr ed to Jefferson's
Manuel in support of his position.


Senator White cOntended that the quee
ton sought to be raised was not within the
jurisdiction of the Senate. He said that
whom a member has been sworn in, the case
il beyond the jurisdiction Of the Senate.
Tie Senator from st. Mary, continued Sen
ator White, says he ia in order. In order
to do what! The report of the committee
has ceased to operate.


Senator Sypher said he would like to ask
ths Senator q question through the Chair
What have the Democratic members done
in the other House!


Senator White said he would answer the
gentleman through the Chair. That had
nothing to do with the point at issue.


Senator Wharton desired to correct the
gentleman from Orleans. He has miscon-
strued the meaning of the motion entirely.
The Senator'S motion is not to reconsider
the report, but to reconsider the vote by
which the report was adopted. The report
has passed beyond the jurisdiction of the
Senate. but the vote rem aims, and the mo.
ton is to reconsider tho vote. Senator
Wharton said that, in his Judgment, it is
clearly in order under rule twenty evensI
OF the Senate, but as the Senator from
Orleans (White) had called for q reading of
the molten, he would yield to him for the
purpose Of having the motion read.


Alter the reading of the motion Senator
Wharton resumed his remarks He said it
was simply a reconsideration of the vote
that was asked for and nothing else, as is
manifested by the motion which has just
been read. He thought it would be folly 70
Say the vote had passed from the Senate.
Senator Blunt ex expressed himself in favor |
Of a reconsideration of the vote, believing,
as no did, that the motion made by the |
Senator from st. Mary is perfectly in ac-
cordanee with rule twenty y-seven Of the |
Senate.
Senator Burch also said he would vote for
.ho reconsideration of the vote by which |
he Senator from the eighth senatorial dis
trict was unseated, and declared that, in
lis opinion, the point of order made by the
senator from Orleans was not we'll taken.
Senator Brewster moved q postponement
If the further consideration of the resolu-
ion until to-day at one o'clock.


Senator Stamps opposed the postpone
nent Of the subject. He said he regretted
hat after having passed through so many
ears Of trouble in Louisiana there
hould be any evidence OF their renewal;
'ut Senators had only to 60 into the House
# Representatives at this very momeut to
ee that trouble of serious character was
rewing. The lobby of the House, he said,
vas filled with body of men clamoring for
breach of the adjustment made to give
eace to Louisiana; an adjustment that had
lready placed Demscrats in possession of
be House: and vet that House in obedience
. the clamor of the idle politicians was
ctualiy attempting to vote ont four more
,epublicans in violation of the compromise
nat had been entered into for the sake Of
eace.


Seuator Blackburn said he regretted very
luch chat this question had been sprung.
ut he was aware of the fact that there had
cen displayed in the other branch of the
legislature spirit not at all in accordance
18th that which he had hoped would have
prung from the adjustment. He said he
ever had much faith in the good that I
ou.d arise from this compromise, yet he
ent into it in good faith and with an
.dsnt hope that good would ultimately
'sult from it. 1t will be remembered, he I
I'D, that he was one Of the two or three {
ho voted against the unseatinR of Mr. ,
roz or. He did SO from the fact not that he +
ID not approve Of the purposes Of the G
but because he could not, |
, Senator under oath, vote to I'm. q