Year: 1875

Senate.


Senator Blunt gave notice that he would


at future time introduce bill to regulate
the manner of conducting contested pa
1 rochial offices in the different parishes where


the lawful authority is resisted, and where


the Judges can not hold their sessions of


court, and extending the jurisdiction of the


Superior District Court of the city of New
Orleans. and providing for the mode OF


transfer of said contested parochial offices
before said Superior District Court and the


mode OF trial.


The same Senator also gave notice of a
bill to amend and re enact section 2O2i OF
Rays Revised Statutes.


Senator Sypher gave notice of bill to
incorporate the town of Franklin, IN the
parish of st. Mary, to define it's limits, pro-
vide for the government of the same, and to
repeal ali laws heretofore passed relative to
said corporation.


Senator Masicot gave notice of a bill to
repeal act No. ., approved December H.,
1872, establishing the Superior District
Court for the parish of Orleans.
Senator Wharton gave notice of bill to
repeal act No. 49, approved March 3, 1874.
Senator Stamps, by unanimous consent, in
troduced bill entitled an act for the relief of


Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church.
The bill under suspension Of the rules, was


read twice and referred to ths Judiciary


Committee. The same Senator introduced


q bill to fix the fees and costs of the civil


sheriff Of the parish Of Orleans, which


under suspension of the rules received its
second reading and Was referred to the


Judiciary Committee.


Senator Greene, by unanimous consent,


introduced bill for the more efectual
protection of the rights and privileges Of
citizens and inhabitants of towns and cities


Under a suspension of the rules it was read
twice and referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.


Senator Anderson obtained unanimous
consent to introduce q bill to authorize the
police jury of the parish of Lafayette to
issue bonds and levy and collect an annual
tax for their redemption. The bill, under a
suspension of the rules. was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Corporations
and Parochal Affairs.


Senator Young obtained unanimous con-
sent to introduce resolution, which was
adopted, requiring the Secretary of the
Senate to exhibit calendar daily Of the
business of the Senate.


The report of the Committee on Railroads
and Internal improvements, in regard to
Senate bill No. g. an act to incorporate the
Louisiana Telegraph Company, was taken
up and adopted. The report recommended
that section fourteen of the bill be stricken
oft.


Ol motion OF Senator Cage the bill was
ordered 10 be printed, and made the special
order Of the day for Monday next at one
O'clock.


Senator Whitney, chairman of the Com
mittee on Elections and Registration, re-
ported that the committee had had under
consideration the report Of the Board Of
Returning Officers, and respectfully recon-
mended its adoption. The committee also
recommended that 1000 copies OF it be |
printed for general distribution.


Senator Young moved to strike ont 5000 |
and insert 5000.


Senator Stamps was opposed to having !
the report printed. I!e thought it con- |
tanned nothing new Or interesting to the !
people at this time. The action of the Re- |
turning Board, the reason for their action, |
and the results of it, he thought, were we'll
known to the public, and therefore the
printing of the report, in his estimation,
would be useless expense.


Senator Young differed with the gentle |
man from Jefferson (Mr. Stamps about the |
propriety of printing the report. That |
gentleman might know all about the doings |
of the Returning Board, but very large |
number of the people in the country did |
not. They had not enjoyed the came OPP
rortunities that the Senator from Jefferson
had. He had been appointed to at
tend the meetings Of the board |
on the part of the Republicans. 1t
was his business to be there as counsel,
and it was to be presumed at least that he
knew all about what was done there; but,
as he had said before, this was not the case
with the people in the country. Senator
Young expressed himself in favor of having
the report printed for their benefit. He
favored the printing of sufficient number
to answer the public use.


Senator Brewster was in favor of printing
the report because it would prove vindi-
cation of the conduct of the Returning
Board. The characters Of the members OF
that board and their acts had been grossly
assailed by partisans interested in defeating
the will of the majority in this State, and
the speaker said it was but right that the
people should know what report the mem
bers of the Returning Board made in re-
gard to their action, as that would prove
refutation of the charge that they
had deprived the majority Of their rights IN
this State. The speaker said the men who
composed that board were respectable and
intelligent citizens; some of them had occu-
pied leading positions in society. and all OF
them were entitled to the respect and conf
dence of Cheir fellow-citizens. And yet
these men, said the speaker, had been
accused of being bad men because they
have discharged their duties according to
the law and evidence governing their action.


The speaker said he knew them to be
good mer: men of character and influence;
men who had been selected for their ster-
ling integrity to perform duty of the utmost
Importance to the people of the State. with
out regard to party; duty upon which de-
pended the right of the majority to rule.
They had performed that duty fearlessly
and faithfully, and he believed they we're |