Year: 1875

the bill over the Governors veto.


Senator Eustis arose and. addressing the


President, said, as he understood il, the


resolution adopted by this Senate at its last


session by which the rules which were


adopted at previous sessions were adopted


tor this session, of course covers the commit


tees so far ss the distribution of labor is


concerned; but he did not understand, how


ever, that that includes individual members


of any committee. The other resolution,


he said, adopted, was to the following effect:


That the officers and employees who have


been engaged during the previous session


shall not remain as officers and employees of


this session. Senator Eustis said he would


make this as point of order.


The President ruled the point of order


made by the gentleman not we'll taken.


Senator White introduced resolution


authorizing the appointment of committee


of five to examine and report upon the
| report of the Committee on.Audting and


Supervising Expenses Of the Senate, and


providing that said Committee on Auditing
| and Supervising turn over detailed state


ment of each charge in their report to the


committee authorized to examine them.
He moved for a suspension Of the rules to


have it considered at once.


| Pending this motion Senator Wharton


said he would like to say a few words. He


said the resolution which the Senator from


the second district (Mf. Whitel had offered
| implies want of confidence in the Audit
l ali of vbo


Senate. He (Mr. Wharton) had examined
| the account and could find nothing in it
! wrong. He would, therefore, say to Sena-
tors that if they had been here in their
| seats attending to their duties they would
| have known everything connected with


this report. Senator Wharton concluded
his remarks by saying that act No. 8 pro-
vides for the payment of the special assist


ant sergeautsat-arms appointed at the
last regular session. That, he said, appco
PIRATES $4,000 to pay these specials. That
amount being appropriated it was conclu-
sive evidence to his mind that the specials
had been paid. The Senator from st. Marys.
the speaker said, desired him to congratu-
late the Senate on having appointed these
special assistant sergeants at arms, thereby
avoiding the necessity for funeral expenses


Senator Wharton thought there might Le
some truth in what the Senator from 81.
Mary (Mr. Sypher) had said. The speaker
concluded by saying he saw Senators here
that got no pay for the reason that they did.
not want it; and really he thought the re-
port contained nothing that quires further
explanation.


Senator Eustis said he would vote against
the motion made by his colleague from the
parish OF Orleans, to investigate the report
made by the committee of this Senate He
said the Senate was entitled under the law
to an itemized report from this committee,
but that when this was asked for the Sen
atOr from Iberville said that if the gentle
man from Orleans desired any information
in regard to the account of Bloomfield g.
Co., it was not the duty of a Senator
to call for an itemized report from the com
mit:ee, but he must go into the committee
room where the committee sat, where all
Information necessary could be found. The
Senator said the reason that information
was called for was to ascertain whether the |
committee had discharged its duty properly |
or not. He said he had made no insinuation |
that the committee had not performed its |
duty properly, and he therefore considered |
the remarks of the Senator from Iberville |
extremely infelicitous. He said that call |
for an itemized account having been made.
the committee should have furnished one, |
SO that it might. have received vindicaton
from the hands Of the Senate itself. The
tendency Of the discussion, he said, was to
find out whether this money has been ex-
Senate had received an equivalent for its
money 1t is very well known who
& Co. are; that they are people
who deal in stationery, etc. Senator
Eustis said he had never been inside of
their store He said he did not know
whether they sold anything outside of the
legitimate line Of stationery; but if they
have really been paid Sl4,537 SO. he would
like to know whether that amount had been
paid for stationery alone. He said
here were sixty four sergeants- at arms for
thirty six Senators. He did not know what
,he extraordinary circumstances were that
,alled for this extraordinary physical force.


Senator Burch interrupted him by saying
hat it was matter of history what was
he cause for the physical force spoken of
~ the gentleman from Orleans.
Senator Eustis replied by saying that,
While he was an adjuster or compromised
Senator Burch here interrupted the
peaker again by asking whether it was an ,
djustment or COMPROMISED


Senator Eusts answered by saying that
question is not yet settled. You will have
o settle it yourselves. He then continued |
y saying that he was opposed to such
expenses, and he should
1sist upon reading of this itemized {
ccount of Bloomfield & Co.'s calling for G
Ia 537 so, other wise he should vote against
ne report. g
Senator Young called for reading of the !
emized bill.


Senator Burch said he understood that '
,e motion before the Senate was to
the report. c
Senator White renewed the call for a
,ading of the itemized account. {
The President said it was not before the C
enate.


Senator Burch said he was well aware the 4
aper on the desk was not part of the re- v
,rt OF the committee: but he thought the ! e
snate would recollect that he had few
,ys previous made a motion to have it n


1