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i i i ; .DTP"' WSLMINOTON. N. 0: T7ZDS25DAY. JiS. 2D. 18T5 KCI'flR r OF THK(0IMEI' al ni a -conirrS o i.oliv llJi AriAIUST. We iurren Jer a'.l of our apace on this ppg9 and crowd other depart ment tf the psper (or the purpoa f pnli:liii)g the following report of the Cetcrcssional Sab CtmoiitW on Louisiana Affair. This Committee was composed of Messrs. Cbar'.e Foster (Rep.).of Ohio, William Walter Pbelp (Rep.), of New Jersey, and Clartson N, Totter (Dera ). of New York. The report in a valuable doc nment and bus gone oa record. It justifies the Democrats of Louis iana f iou the beginning to the eud. iu eeryihiug, pt as to the organiza tion of the HoObe of Eepreseutativea llepreseutatiye Get.rge F. Hour, ou b. na f ot the t-p ciat committee on that lMirtinn jf the President's me sbr teta-iv to the South, reported as fiillnwa: u pursuance, of the order of the full coaiuHUe of lH-ccuiber '2-d. n tnt-cial committee tif three viaited vNeW Orlesusaud proccided with au iuVestigatmu, the reauit oi wnien mey reiort to Uie general couiiiiiuc a ioi lliTTM Iu pursuance' of the order of the committee of December 2M the uu daiaicned Tisited New Orleans, aud there procee ded with all dil getice to tho examination directed of the com mittte. Durum tne eicht Java tiny remained thero tliey wire attcuded ti.r.niDlinut their sessions, whi h were la oi.tjr t! j . llnre pr.-teat viiu j iii.viiifr ioi ret uriiit. Let lining JhihiJ m in ae-a oj fir inauy wet k. As tiually nnuoniit .1, their tluJiiis ga, a Ooy.rnor Kellivg reekoned it, fitly -three n tru- b--r to the K ic.n, fli'y ui tu hers to I ho D ru'-ortt, of wiioto, 1.0- t-wr, witt . irnvd a not a fia- iu D-momi " Tu Bi.ud m id uo UrCiaiou as to tue n-uituuing are tats. The public ittin of the Returning Board were attended by tha counsel ot the Republican and Couervative bta com in it toe a, Objeciiuus were received lioui the couiisel of win to ajiet tiT parties to the return frOin d ffurcut olia. The obpcting party m generally allowed to produce a!Ii- davits to anpjort the objeciiou, aud ttio other pariy to reply liy afli Javita. A day waa tUetl wlit-u tiieem prooia were to l clowd. After thece public auaaicDa the Board weut into private or. aa they were calltd, ex-cuiive ea aioo", where the proof and ruutie a iu diaoute were UifCiins. a, auU oci . .... . i mou arnveU aU 1 lie luiauua oi lue lkiard ar Vt rt mt i.ro. ihcy contuiu tint iilile more v an a record oi Wl Uieunc. Riu iuio wv utive araaiou, aod it adjouimup, aud Rome fornit puhlio ordt re. Iliy con laiu ua minute whukver of tin' pro- cm-diniM iu nertttivrt at-Ku, and fur nixli, therefore, tittle, I'glit upon iLe rludiiiirn i f the Uoard. T ie imrixli ol limntl a eiio lurto merutiera to the ln-gialtttnte.- 'Ih'J o Inriia clt-cted al. tlaee IJouwrvair'ea. Vb-n the pr.Kifa oUwed the ouly paper ntvd witli the HituruiiiK ILmnl wtt tli'M-ftld ivitiif the 1'uit. d S!tra Hi r.l..,rlll.t t ill I'll ('Hill M III ti l rrnx'ou fill . fair ami free Jt not kuowu ii.thf pnnhtlietaiiJO!iiit' it existed ugaiiibt tliena mewbtrn. Thej I. ft their homea and proceiunl to New (Jrleana to Im pmeut ut tu iineiiiim of the Liflifluttne u iuli nmtiou of coi.bauuff their neat or ob- i. ction to iheir election havu c Ihoii tmblio by the counel of the lit pnbli- Kiveu by their opp 'Ut nta. At olio of ran una U'lisirmi Ti) nnw wumi" In t tint n. rioil tlifV t laltiiiii d - , ovrr ninetT-nve wituiat'ee, taking a large amount of documentary viil. nre. a wiiuiitli'B in all. it l entl matt d, to more tbau Ufttin huudnd nriuttd pur-. la view uf Uie rx'cenrv that ruiwex tula in the BtTnira of thai Hiule. and of ihe dtlay of weeha which must elape belore ttint teatirootiT can lie written out and printed, your committee haa di tt tuiinid to Mute tne concuiHiona ai which they hate arrived ao fur aa they nro nnaunnoua in iniir coi um-iona. he otiuiuiittee tind' rttHik no niven tloutiiiu uf the election of 1872. Mel evideuoe ban already beeu tuken ty o'her coniaiitteea of Congreaa l.poli that nn'8tion. and the time allowed both tor their action for the aeaaion of Congreaa aeemed to bo too nhort to call for their ttn u euturing on tnai in Teatiuatiou. Thev announced thta con phicioii, and that therefore they would lirt pro eed to an i xitmmaiiou oi me aCUol tLe iietnrniiiK jioard oi in fcita e iu refiN ct to tho late election, mid then to an inquiry iu reference t the White LiBiille. ; Tho lavr pnivids that the Il imd !i ii 1 1 conatat oi live I erxona, 'n pre aeutiim all purlieu." It conaiNted ut t he ooenti K of their 1tttt aeenion oi five ltepublidMiiH. Upon the r.Higua tion f one of them '(General Long atrcet), Mr. Arroyo, n Conacmtive, waa taken to fill the v.iciiticv. Alter iiroteatinir acainat tho aotioti of the Boord in accret aession he rcaigned before the conclusion of their labor, and liia placet wan not tilled ao that, as. our committee think, tho Uw rn to tho conatitutiou of tho Hoard was not complied w ith. The election lawa of Loniaiano pro vide for a amiervmor f reniHtration, who appoint hia own deputiea for each wid in New Orleana. and for one annerviaor of regiat ration for each pariah in tho Hi.te. 'J'heae ofllm ra were all apnointe d bv Governor Kel logg. Iu addition to tliem Hiipivvia. ora the police jurors (the I"m1 autliori tiua of tiut purihhi'i) appointed thite ooinmiiolieia of election for tucli poll in the parish, and there were two United Wales aupervia'oia appolntrd by the district jinlgo of tin United States for each poll. The law further provided that in case of aucn Tiolcnc., intiniidati n, r corruption at or near eiiber poll, .-. either dorinft regiatraiion or election, preventing a fair, free, peaceable, and lull vote, the comniicKionera of eleo tion, if the occurrence, was on election day, the aupervii-ora of rt ignition, if on the diiy of regiatration, atmnld make a full, veriQed atateioeut of the occurrence, forward thuaamo with and auuexed to the return; and further provided that when the Ketiiming ..-board, iu ciiUviiKHiug the returia, ahould come to any poll w hero the re- tuma were accompanied by aucli a piotest they ahould not ounvasa, count or Compile the atateiueut of votera from anch poll until the atatement from all other polla had beeu can- vatxed and compiled. The Conaeraative cotinnel objected that the Board, on reaching tho retnrti from Mich protested polla, read and ' tlcaTOln tor ml ff trth'oB'(rTet"tiriB toot Ion laying them aaido to bike up the other polla. They iuaiated that the purpose of the law waa to prevent the commiMoiiers from knowing what the rean.ts at the polls proteated ngainat were, iu order that when they came to examine the poll proteated against, they might do ao without being binaed by knowing whut wni (lie ret-nlt re-1 turned; aud they oVijt etui thai in theHn lasea of pi titt the ISonrd liiitl po-j ceeded to lem! the Mnrpa, ad I iiji and compile tin in, and theiith f r ;lteir Uetermioatiou of tue caae attt r having acquired knowledge of how the re turua proteatt-d a;;a'ii!tt would all', ct j the election. Oa tho other hand, thu J'epub'iiean connat l Uiaiittid tliat mch a course Wsia impraet'eaotr; that the object of . .. the 1 iu dihrrua any duierniiuidion ot the recti ta of (tie polla proteated tgaicat until the return from the other polla were cnvaaaed, waa merely to enable the lion r a to a.-certmu v whether the remit of thedieputed re- turns would aff.ct theeleoiiou, how ever decided; ao that if thy would not the Loan might be spared the . labor of conaideilLK tliia proteat.. Tour committee hiive not found it niceaaary to come to any determina tion upon that qneatiou. Tl e election t embraced but one btate oillcer. Ti e "chief struggle waa over the election of ' nienibera of the Btate Legialature and ' pariah officers; and in theee elictiona local and personal eonaiderationa, aa well as national or Btate politioa en tered., The returns by tjie commis sioners of election, ropih d and for warded by the snpervim ra of regiatra tion. cave the Couaervatives a nu jority of twenty nine members out of total of oaebnndrea ana eieveo meinoers their lust HeHHiotia the lteturii ug Uourd ill eland nil ih. i Kepiiblicaii nnmlicra fleeted Irom timt piiilah. When the paper of the lletuminir Jjoaid were produced befoie jenr o injiiiittee theie 1 . rti l..-.:. 1 -. it (nuud among lln m an auiiiaviv oy Mr. Wella, the president of the Hoard, ibclarinff that int runlation had exis ted al certain polls in that pariah, and that tin returns from rhoae pollaahould therefore be njected. 'Ihe o unael for the Douiocratio committee teatiiled that tbey had uo opportunity to cou tradict the atatement of tlna paper; tliat they had never ecu or kuowu ot it before, aud tlmt upon an examina tion of the papers before the Hoard, alien tll pioola cloaed, H waa not amotiff them, lue cotmael lor Hie Itepublicau eoinunttteo reaerved the ribl to make explanation npou this noint. but ottered none. Tho aflldavit was' dated tho day of DeceminT, 1874. It appeared that Guvernor Wells was not tiimaelf in the pariah on the day of the election, and thonuli at tho opening of their ttiataeaaioii your committee declared their intention tu examine into the actum of the Heturnini; Hoard, Ouv ernur Wella never Came forward a a witneaa. At the eloi-e of onr proceed inuN leave waa Sakid tlmt hia di po.-i tion iinuht be Kiveu in. This wna d olined, and Mr. Wella waa 'invited to appear before the committee, but he never cotuo. IjuhVu aa alao given foi taking hia testimony by conimiaaiuiier if he deoliued, but wua not availed of. Your eommiito are therefore 'con Htraini d to declare that tho notion of the lteturuieg Hum dm rejicttng these returna in the parish of lUpidra and giving the seats for that pnnt-h to the Uepubliciiii cautlidatea waa aibitrmy, nulrtir, mid willuiit wimaut of taw. If tho committee go behind the pnpera tn fore the Jlo.ml, and conaidtr the alleg'd churgi) of iiitiuihliitioi) 'upon the proofa before the conituitlee, their finding would necesjaiily Iw Ihe aiiuie. It was (laaertol in Governor Weil's affidavit that th MeKnt ry t-ffiiiiala liad UMirpid the i flieeit f t lie pini'h, aid theu by in'iinidateil tuteu. Iiuiueili ately niter the Htli of Mepteiulwr, when the Kel.ogg niiihoiitn a in .Vew Orleaua were put out by the I'enti authorities, Ceitaiii uliai.fta took plac.-.iu aoiu of the pui'uhiM. Wlitnino Hews lioui Miw i;i'ieana reached these parishes the MoEnery tiflimula uemandtd tuu;r placoi o( I ho Kell jgg ollictals, and they were at ouce given up. When Hie xederai ttovern- ua ut nitcrveni a and anaeau d tho nlc Enery authoritiea Urn Kellocs olllciala demanded and received buck their pliuea. Hut in ll'ipidea some time seems to nave elapaed before the Ivel loua olllciala took their places back. Indeed, the Mcliuery register of deeds waa atilh acting aa auo i when your committee was in Now (.Means, the Kudogg n gihtt i never haviug come to n o aim the phice, whtcii was said to bu wi.nli nothing Now, in llapidva ihe Kelloug clerk vaa Mr. Welti son, having yielded his place to the McEutry competitor in September. Ho loo not appear to have reclaimed it, nnd he was acooidiugly sent for after the election to come from his residence, aome miles distant, to sign tfirtctififrttjlif tfja' elti5B5 "wuToli'lie did. Your committee are at a loss to see in their action any intimidation of Mr. Weils, atill less of the oltotors of tho pariah. It so happens that tne pnriau was taken as a sample parish of iuUmid tion. Many witniwaea from b"th pur ties were examined with leiereM-H to i. Thsj alio burond ipieation that thero vv.ia a free, full, fair alnl p-ncvi illlie I'ei'tion liud regia'liif.t'ii Here, Un re uh no i v ib'iice of any iiil iin dill lull ot VoterM praellP-d on I lie l;t, ul t U e.'aoll, atlil'Uil iti "mm aaatlteu thui intimidation ot coloted men be foi 'he electxuu hud bieu r IV t ied by threats of refusal b tiuploy thun or diactmigo them if they votetl the It - publ.CHU ticket No t viilence either of discharge or of refual to employ waa produced. Certain witnoMats, them selves cveiy one ouiee-holder, teMilh d generally no such actionrnt hnrdiy nuy one was able to atvody a amgie iuhtnuce iu which he heard any em ployer so threaten or discharge any voter, or knew of any employe being so threatened or discharged. Not one single colorrd man throughout the elitue paiiMi was produced to tialuy ell In r to anch a threat or to the t Xr cntioll d anoh a purpose, whether lie- lore or alter the election. The action of the Ke'urnii g Hoard in the parish of Kapidea alone chat g d the political eoiiiph xtoti of the 'ower House, but their action iu other psrialua was equaby objectionable. For instance, in Iberia pariah it waa claimed before your committee that the vote or Toll No. 1 in that parish had bei n rejected on account of in timidation; but the papers produced by the clerk of the Board showed no uoh proof whatever. One of the tn:ei, .lie 1.t, prod tl -. soma s.j- iavit.t, which l,e ilci'hiri'.l i . n . I l,.n nibniitb d to tie Hoard by somber (f tl: Counsel, Ib-m-ral Uauipbeil. 'Ihe Cmservalivn Civuincl IliMiaPd that thtae papers had never tiet u btloie tleliiai.l Oiiportuiiity wanfriv. n o the Jteputilirau couuvl to ahoth.t thtt p.ipr-rs had beeu anbrn.ttd. but the teiiioiony off reJ for tliti purpoa by tlui su lur, hosever, from eatab liahiug that fact, estaLliahes the re-verf. It was th'-'n asserted tUit the returns were rej-rated because the acc mnts of the tltction were not il liveied to the snperviaor of rtgiKtruiiou witliiu twen ty lour Lours after the clo of the elec ion, winch was C o'c ock ou tho 3d dy of November, whereas it ai- peured that both iu tho morning ai.d afternoon of the 0.1 of November search waa made for the superviaor of registration lor that parish iu outer to deliver to bim these returns, and ho was not to bo found uutil after 0 o'clock, but tin. t at soon aa ho could be found on tln eve of that day they weie trend to him, and agaiu reot f, red the next morning, but, were re futed to ne received. Vet this a-iino auiHirvtaor of regiatration received other llepul'I'Ciiu n turna after he hail return d to receive thea (,ona( rv.itivo ones on the ground that they were too late, and the Kt turning lioard, al though it h id held aa to ttn other pi lis in tho Mate that the returns were not to tie rejected merely be- cone they wo e sent too lab", rej cli d tho returns from this poll, thereby changing the t preatUitnlltUI i f th purMi Irom Coneivtiv to ltepuli-lieail o iii the piiih tif l S i!" t:;c to tmua hhnwid a CoiiM-i vutivii eleeted ' by ovt r l,t DO niiijority. It was al -Irgrti that tin) superviaor of regiatiu tion had brought the returtin to New Orleans, and liad left them with, a woman of bad oimractcr, who oln red to produo them on pay nu nt nf $1,000. lheUouaervalivucomuutue took leual proceedings to compel their produc tion, but too court lie 1 tl tiiut it had no junadictiou to that end. 'liny thi-ti canned to bo produced ' In fote the Hourd the dupheatea of thon.i returns from the t flicu of tho Secretary of Mtate, together with the tally-aheets, poll-lists, Va, Med tht ro according to law. 1'hean dunlioutea correaponded exactly with tliu alleged result of the compiled returns which thesaul woman hinl proiltlOd, and t f Huso alleged fscti uudputiitl proof was alao sub mitted to the Hoard. Neyeithdlehs, tho Hoard rediMil to couut thu vote for that pariah. Ho in Vnu pariah, where 41(4 Con servative and lti4 ib putiiicau votes were Ciiht npou a veibul protest that the reu'strar of eleetioua was not pro. perly qualified, of which tho ouly proof Was that no find luilo. to lor' ward hia oath of ellioe to the rttcre tary of (State. Although there Waa uo tiretcnco that the election was not a fair reptoaeiitatinti of the will of 'he people, the wlmlu vote of the pariah waa rejected, and tho caie referred to the Ltgialatnre. Ho in Teirehonno parishf where tht re was a Conservative majority, it whs provetl that tho ct-mmiasionore of election, t In ongh iuiHiippiehenaiou of their duties, ei.eloatd all thurttorus iu the ballot-boxes ami dtp sited them with tho oleik of the court, with whom the 1ft quired the boxes to bo lelt. The Juduo of tho Oniirt thereupon issued a mandumv ct inmauding the clerk to take the ri tun s trum the bhxea and forward them to the. fcieoro tary of Mtate; which was dune. Nev crthelefs, the Hoard xi jected the ie turns from these polls, thereby giving tho palish to the lli pubhcuis, with the result of choosing a I!e)iublicuii aenator, two republican nn in lie in of tho In gialature, and the lUpuhlicati punali tdllci rs. Without now referring ft) other in stances we are cnustrainid to dtcluiv tlmt thu ai'tiou of tho llet'ii uingHoartl, ou the whole, was arbitrniy, unjtit, ami, in our t piniou. illegul: snd rhut this arliitra'y, uiijiiat, tin. I ilhg dilu tion iilono preveliled tho InUiin by tliu Ho'itd of n uiajnrily ot the ('onsiivii t.vii uieiubois to the lowi r iioiis.i the tcafitn-u.y of Mr. Kiddle. IIe was a ("nit.-.l Slut,- Clin -ii-i.jiicr in ths pariah of lb rift fH'iurtlj befro thu clei'tinn, uj on Ili application of c il tired trsmia, heisiUid a Urij f rauin b r of wami.W. He ti,iiii!ereil it h;a duty, r.jem ths arrrrat of persons charged, to require bad from aunt es who posaeaw d land eti property wil'tiu tLo . parirli, eerti riej to liv thi ataeasor of the puruh, to iai of snUi-Veiit Tuliii", andof which the title was approved by tho register if deeds. Tlie rule ueteaaurily pruduct'd delay in procuring ball for the peraons arretted, and he was waited on iu me o mo by a piooti aiou of citiZ-u, wli tilTon-d blitt a bond aigued by every Uii'i in the pructSMiou. This hu u- girded as a tbriaion of bit firnCetil- iug, and he refuatd to receive the bond, lie was called as a witueas to prove the iutimidatiou that existed iu that l sriah. He had himself no kuowledgn of any act of the kind ex cpt this prtvesaiou, which ho thought was calculated to iutimiitatti t -i. color ed Tj.era. He bud no idea thai tin nrnht- iiikIijoii his warrants knd tlie pmcatd ng under them had ; any fTectiii luterfering wiih the Conser vative vote. On the other hand, the Conaervativea hi that neighborhood thoucht alout this juat tho reverse. Tudetd, tho reports i f tho military oflicerai in oomnnuid of tho forces of the United Htntes in tho country, though genemlly indicating n eo'idi tion of quiet aud order, take some times ao entir.l.y different view o! the ai'imtio'i. On thu other hand, it Wis in evi ilei c ) II at blat:ks who sought bract with tht ("ouaeivative J ally vvrro nu their 1'iHlt ai.iiit;lli t XP'JM d to f II- luity and alinse. tu ttio interior one colored mini was shot for muktng u Comervativc speech, und in New Or leans it appiars from tho teat imony thai colored men who sought to co operate with the CouservaMvea were ubpct. to so much utuisn irom me police ami otherwise that an asaocia ti in of lawyera volunteered to protect them, but with little tfl'.ct The general condition of aftairs in the Htnte tif Louisiana seems to be as follows; The conviction bits been gen eral smong tho whites since 1872 that the KelUujg government was au usur pation, Tina conviction has beeu stieni'thened by the acts cf tin K-l- logg Legislature uboliatuug exiatmg courts and judges and substituting others pnsitbd over by judges up pointed by KoIIol'k, having cxttaordi- nary and exclusive juriad.ctioii ovt r tiolitical ouealions; py eiinnges iu tue lawa centiaiizinn in tho Governor eveiy form of political Cintrol, includ ing tho suspeiiaion of tin eh'i tiona; by OoiitiuuitiK ner ltetuming Hoard win abfolute power over the returns of elections: bv the extraordinary pro vihiou exacted for the trial of tith sand claims to office; by tho couveraiou tf tho police force maintained at tho ex pense of the city of Now Orleans' iufy au armed brigade uf St.tto inilitiu.sul) 1 iect to the command of the Goveruoi by the creation iu some places of mo iiiipolits iu rnurkets, gas making, wider works and ferries, cleaning vuum, re moving tilth, and doing worn. as whartii gi n; by the abolition of courts with Me-utiou judges and the substitu tion of other courts with judges up pointed by Kellogg, iu evasion of the Cons itntioti of the ntale; tiy euucl mcuta pnniahiiif Criminally all 'persons who attempted to nil ollloiul posit ons unless letunifed by the lietiiniing Hoard; by unlimited appropriations for the piij tuent, of militia, ev.renen mid for tho payiuei4ftvf legislative war rants, vonohers, nnd checks ihsned during the year 1870 to 1872; by laws declaring tnut no person in arrears fur tints, after ih fault published, ahali bring any Mitt iu any court of the State, or be tillowed to im a, witness in his ow n hi half meanires whii!h,wheu conpltd with the xtrdordinaiy bur dens of taxation, havo aeemed to vest, iu tho language of Governor Kellogg's eouiisf I, "a degree i'f Jwiwer iu the G iVt i nor oi a S ate n'.tictily x reiaed l y any Hov, jeigu in Ihe wor'd." With thit oiitivietion it i gem nil Want of confidents! in the, integrity ut. H . .' .1,1,1 Mlulil ltl.it I. ..... I ,i!i,.i tl...... Upon tho general snbjici of '.ih tt Klll,t cf runfideiice t (puilly in thin atittu of ull.iira luHlte btute, e.iul, as to whether the alleged wrongs to colored OitiZelia for political oiYuliCi'S are real or were aatcrted wit.iont due toumU tion, your commi Uo took such proof at the opportnuity ottered, itotli par ties apret it npou tour parishra as mm- ples of tuo comlitiou I aliaua in that respect in the htato. Of these, owing o the impossibility of procuring wit nesses from the locality iu time, your com nut let were obliged to confine their captcial cxauduuliou to two parishes most accessible. As to these pariahoa they nccived all the toali aiony that, wasonVred, and iu additiou they lecei veil all the tesiiui ny that was then on hand in New Oileuua of fered by either parly to the cnudi tion of sJT.tirs in other parts of the State A a whole they nre constrained to any that the intention charged is not borne out by tlie facta before ns. No general intimidation ot ll publican yt'tejiwss..fatablisbeil protliioet pnrpocc and iu their ittrtuHiui, whiel ia iictoiiipanied by tho paralyzutiou ot biisiiiesa aud destruction of values. The most hopeful witueas produced bv the KulloKg party, whilt he declar eil that bnsiueaa was in a touudi r cou ditiou than ever before because there waa leas credit, has aiuoe declared that 'there was no prosperity." The secu rities of the ritate have fallen in two yeara from 70 or 80 to 25; of tho citv of Ne Orleans from 80 or 90 to 30 or 40, while the full iu bunk abates, r.dl way shares, city aud other corporate Companies, havo iu ft degree corresponded. Throughout theruralcliatrict3 of the tjtate'the negroes, reared iu the habit oi n banco upon their masters for nip port, und iu a community iu whinh the members are always ready to divide the necessaries of life with each other, not regarding such action as very evil, and having immunity from puuiah meut from tho natnre of tho local S!',M-;itnie,l I vs pr,iv;,i-i lYit the : I nri- Ii taxi a...!! i.o i x-.-i i .1 the ."'utt. ; Kill tht partsht l.ave, tiotwitiistaud- i II g. created lial, iht.es ; judgment j brin lee ivered mi them l ei court ! Lave; directrd t.tXi'S t bu leviiil for j thair piyme'.t, and thu the so'.il ii t'Xe bav been time I fr b-.-yond the authorized rst- s. limgs have been found in pari-hea eomoed of the psnsli tif.ict-rs, thi-ir relative, and of ro-opcri'lng Demo crat.t, wlio would buy up tn.e tiblitji li'ms, jii'.t them iu judgments, and caiine them to be enforced, to the 4.T.Mtt distreas uf the neighborhood a iliftres ao general tLst thosulesof l.tnd for t-ix-s have become ubuont ab polutely iinposMl'le. lint ths reduc tion of wsgia, the lum f ulli'ment of personal or political pledge, the uiis- feaaance of borne locsl cunsial., dis putes among the leading colored per sons in other localities tho loss or era bZ7,lement in some cases of the school fluids, and tho f.iihlre of the Freed uisu'aHink, ad coiubiiied to divide the views of oijlured vott rs durini; tho last c,inip:tigii. An elTort was accord inttly made by the (A'tiaervaliVea to actpure a p ul of tho negro vote. Vih tlmt it ivus sought, in many quarters. iu propit.ste them. Frequent arreat by tho United ntatcs miushals for in timidatiou or threats f uou-employ nient, and tho apprenenMou that was felt that tho lleturniuf? Hoard would count Mil their Men, if excuse -for aueh a coiirs vrns off.-red, ail com bined, ea'.Hciallv f.f!ci' tho litis of Septt .il r, to put. tho Conservntivn on their nnod behavior; and th reautl wi.s that in 'November, 18il, thepco pie td the .State til IsiUiataua d d (nil- y I. live n Iret. pi-aeeabli, and in. I re.'ia trjtioii ami eltetion, in v.hnli n clear CoiiNt rvi.tivts ni'tjonty was ehctedto the lower houao t,l the ljegtslature, ot which mu'iority the Conaeiviitivea were deprived by tho unjust, illegal, and sibitrary action of the lieturnitg llomd That there were turbulent spirits cannot bo denied. 1Uoh returned to tillioi by the ltetnrnit c Hoard in vio hition of the wiatus ot the people, are e-P'Cialiy odious, iu one in-iance the editor of lh hhrevejioi t Artis, m anticipation f tho fipatra'iou by the Kctnrn ,UT Jionrd of ttio will ot tin . , i i . . i , . i . i .. oeople. openly titciHicti iu.il wittoniv reinidr was '' lo liU tho uaiupers," andtleelaied this to be the sentiment of the Ct i.pi rvatives (if his netit n ot the Btiito. Hut beyomVa ntwt-pi.per t rfilor or two uo dt duration cvtuof th it aolt waa brought to our own no tice. ulthouch it was admitted ou all hands thu white pet phi of the whole Htato felt gitatly on ti aged by the ao tiou of the lb tiirim g Hoard. Indeed it m ctmctdt d bv all parties that the Km logg Government is only uphold bv the l-ederal military.' WilLdisw tho military and that frovemment wil ro down. Tins was true before the 4th of January ns well us now. Gov eruor Keliegg euya thin is owing to the doubt that Congress has permitttd itboiil tho leifality of bis government The Conseivativea Buy that this is not only because his government is illegal but because it has been abused und corrupt,. In this connection wo refer to the White Leaane mentioned in tho niea .. . T. tl . 1.. ango ot uie 1'resioeui. in tue imm campaign in Louisiana the Opposition waa composed oi various elements- Douioorats, Hefoimers, dbBatlsltei KepubliCfine, liberal llepubl Cuus, did Wings and, in order to induce, the o i-operatiou of all, eotiio of whom' re- fused to nuito with nu -fcrganizutiou culled Democrat c, tbey took the mime of tho . " IVipIc's Pin ty "called iu some localities the "Ooiiseivntiv Pui'Y." in others tho White Mau Pm I y," in others the White In ague unit initi uriiiriniy pouucai cine nntltr tiitso ji.mes throughout the rural districts, which were oidinnry political clubs, and nothing more ut iiher seeret nor armed, nor other wi.o different from usual polit.cal or gaii zilions. lnift!' rou t lu.-t, how ever, be confound' tl. from similarity of lu lu s. wiih tho White' Lvugtte of tliu o, I) if NewOrleaiia. That League i an i igaii'tsivtinii run pi si d of Uilb r o it c u'.).-, nnu.bcrir-f in all In tweiu 2,olKI ui d 2.HD0, tin? lut mbi-rs of v. hu h liavo provult d arm. for thtmseiv- a, und With or wi hout nima tiig"g iu uiilitaiy dull. Tin y fmvc no uuilotm, and the nun are I ho property of the. individinda, to; of the org.ui zition. They Collipnao a large nnilibcr f roputublti citizens and pr perty-hold era in Lumaiaua. Their puiposu they declare to bo fcimply protective a no ocasity occasioned ly the existeuce of leagues among tho blucks; of the hos tility with which tho Kellogg govern ment arinytd the black uguiuat tht white race ; of tho want of security to peaceable citzcna and their famines, which existed for those reasons, and. because, also, of tho ptcu.iar forma- t on of tLo police brigade. On the other baud, the Kepublicans toseitthut tin is mi aimed body of voluutttrs existing for the purpose of lutimitlanng tho blacks and over throwing, the Kellogg government That it had any couftideraule relations outside of tho city of New Orleans, or I man was produced who tmd been threatened or aaeaulUd by any Con servative because of political opinion, or discharged from niployniont, or refused employment. Of alt tlioae who testilhd to intimidation there whn hardly any one who of his own knol o igo cou'd specify a reliublo iiistaucn of auoh set'; and of the white men who wim produced to testify generally on atieli nil'jeeti-, vi rv i.-. i !v all, u in.t evii v sti-jjlf mie, was the hold, t , ( i otii a'.. 'J'lin UK'ioUt tin rur I tii.-,tnftt. of the State tho a Intei lieiiihlienua are very f. w J tiny baldly extended bs yond ihoae holding tdllflt ami tboe o, nun oli tl with them. No wdni hm", we believe, tucoet tied in naming in any parish Qvh llepublicuns who kimi- MUted the Kellogg governu.eut who were not themelvis oilliiehultlt rn, or related to olll'c holders, or. thoce haviug ofllcial emplo me.i.t .. On the other baud, applications to th- Uuited htatesOoluiniaaiolierain the y r ons pariahes not only for the alleg ed crimes, but btcauso of alleged threats of discharge, i,on employment, or othtr interference with unlitical per eiencc, were fn qnent. Upon theae Hppbcationa wnrianis wue t ftt n is aiied nnd white cit mens autafid aud bound over for trial. Iu manv locali Ilea the Federal troops were dctaiutd for service under the marshala. and sssisiaiit msraha'a, and not ouly male large arreals immediately bef ire the election, but tho reports that they were coming to particular nptorhbor hoods about the election-time for the purpose of such arreata served, as the Conservatives claimed, to intimidate and sometimes even to produce i s'ampede smonff . th , white voters How differently tho two parlies look npoa tho same fact will appear from iolortulflittialahad- vy to in atealing fruit, vegetables, aud poultry Si generally, as Uiahop Wilmoth stated without contradiction from any si m ice, that the ruising of ihtse ai tio es laid t btt entirely ubnudoued, to the great distress 'of the hits peo ple, whiiowithiu tho parishes as well as in New Orleans the luxation had been carried almost literally to tho ex tent of confiscation. ...,.,..,.,'. To New Orlenut llm iiHseaaurs are ;i.iul a cominiaiuii on the iiinoiiut. as ais;id, alnl In IM'H iu tl stores are to I ml there for tie taxes, . In Nitleh- lli cht s taxation r aehea about eichi or cent; oi liio 8:S! d vii'iki on lue prop'irt.v. ( in -my ptrt!ies ail tlie wiule lit punliLMiia and all the office holder bol'tug to the aitiU'i t tiuiiy There arc live ol the Git'tlns iii t Dior ill L o o'n. There are seven of t: .- liuulia iu t tl.ee iu Natchilochi a. A" the peop M.Daw tmiit on n i'n:aen snd prosperity tlnuiuiah aa they crew poor while cflicala grew rich tney Oeeatne in.tnraiiy are. That thy loved their liters cannot bo pie- teutlcd. ; The KelleiTK flovertuni lit claitis In hive ndiieed tiixuliou. This has been elTecttd ii put by t:b!nhiiir btisrd to lund tl e tb bt i f the Slatr at sixty per ci-iit, of its luce vain . This mcasur-. arouied greut hostility, not so much ! chuAj i f the retluetion of its aeknowleilgoil tlebt ns bt cause it pave to tlio fiiudiiu li'ii! il. whofc powers seem to be sbMilute and with ont review, disci, tioimiy ntithority to order to bo funded some six millions of debt allegid tube fraudulent, so that uuder the guise of reducing the acknowledged debt it gave opportu nity to awell the f i auduleut debt gainst the btate. Tftis nominal re duotion of the Btate taxes has been terl'ere wiTtrThi) riKhtsoTlfie coToTeld ot zeus, did not appear. Nor on the other hand, did it appear that there was any extensive secret., league Bmouffst the blacks of any kitd, .'tiiut tne White Leaga would readily co operate iu nny feasible scheme for overthiowing the Keilopg govtrn- nunt your committee do not doubt 8 1 .will T-tibstiOitially ull tho white o lizeuB f ijoiitaiauH. rineu oream- Buttons may bo dangerous,' but lire voiv rarely to bo inatiued. The afl'tiir of the 14th of H' ptt Iilher is mi lilustwition of Una, Ihe im m- beia of the White L I'lia.) nud i iir ciand aim-; the police hud ae.aed theae arm without prt c a ot hiw, tik.r.g tliem tt.ri'ibly from the mer- ciiuui wlio h d told and from Hit members who lial bought them. A OiiiiKignment tif' nims was to arrive by tho Sleau,etLMi8iSHippl,J''he Leugno were calltd out on the morning of the 1 4' h to gn and take them iu a body; trie police nndeitook to aeiii the ariiia; the two bodits c.imo into collision on the wharf, with loss of etvetal killed nnd wonnded. There were then lard- ly any Federal troops iu New Orleans, hi it the disiutegratriu ot the Ivcih gg I ai ly was audi that bt foro Peun and his Rvsocia is hud ouly to take p s session of the executive ollictrs with out n stmpgle. Tho movement was everywhere qiiiety accepted by the whiles t'iroiighont the State until the Fedi ral Goyerument intervened, wheu lVnu and his associates at once snrricmh r- d. If Louisiana were a country by itself McEnery aud hi associaba would at ouce lw installed iu p'ower; bill; tie Conservatives of Louisiana do not propose to fight the Federal Gov ernment. They submit, not becauso t'i'T wfw.t t'). but b"(Miii tliov ,nnv iiot U""iii..e tii v prochnia i ny ettuity ;eiiiiet the ll intuit because fret la',r hu not b-en f.itind prsetifalde; Lot b.CHH-o of ai y hostility to tin colored pt-ople Incuse colt-red; but beeaue Ih. y n g ird themselvts a ih fraiioed out of the eli-ction c f 1872, and yet more, out of ths lust election, aud bt-C;iU-e thay think their iSta'o gcvern meLt La been to tLe last degree d ulructivo and ctirmpt. ludeed, in cur judgment, ti:e sub atitiul citizens of the .St.tte will sub mit to any fair determination of the n-stiou i f the hit. e-lec:ions. or to anythii p by which they eitu secure a iu and good g'Veruyii'ui. Whut it-y s tk i p-u.:u and aa oportni'ity or prosperity, and to that t-Ad they ill aujitort any form of coveriimmt that will afTord them just protection. Iu this distress they got beyoud any un re question of political party. Ailir your committee had au- nonceit their intention not to iuv sti- to thj election of lb72 tiny received letter from Governor Ktllogg ex- piesaiug a desire that they ahould investigate Tiiut subject. Later, they received a letter from McEnery. Penu, and a-sociates, proposing to submit the:r claims to the btate onlces to the committeo ns arbitrators. In view of the assurance that a like submission was desired on tho part of Messrs. Kellcgs a id Antoiuo and their asso- iatea tht committee addressed a letter i each of th"so centlemen desiiiuR to know explicitly whether each one would s iiimit to the deternuuiition of the committt e, and if they found he waa in,t tln'y eli cted he would resign its llicv' br ad cinim to tno oliiee and would noi i ntfi' uioii it durit.'S' the nu lor w Lich lio ciumittl to Imve been elected. To this coiiiuiiiiiicntioii they received a reply from Mr. Me Eneiy and those associated with him axsei.ting to the submission; and iuthe course ot bis ixumiuatiou before the committee Governor Kellogg express ed tho aanie iutentiou and his opinion that those aooiated with him oi.ght, to c ineut to tha arraug,meut His formal reply Las been received since our return, and wo see by the public prrss that Mr. An toine has expressed his willing- nefs til ' accede to the arrangement. Aa to tho prucei diug on tho 4th of January, about winch tho committee desired a statement, wo now add that your aub ccniniitteo, ou the invitatiou of the DeiuooiKtio Conservative Com mittee of the KtHte of Louisiana, vis ited the. hull of t ties limine of K- pre sentatives and witnessed the conven ing of tho Louisiana liuuso of 1' pie-ai-ntatives. Mr. l'otter, refusing to I'D iiiaido the bar, renin net! outside, while Messrs. luster aud Phelps were seated inside, and near to the Speak era cl air. Mr, Potter remained only nutil WirtairTwa elected Speaker, and states nothing as o what suhst queutly occurred. Mr. Foster remained per haps an hour, and Mr. Phelps re mained au hour longer, until he harned that tliu military were about to enter under Governor Kellogg's ordcis. The doings iu tho State House ou tho 4th of Jannaiy. as seen by the committee, or subs-quently in evidence, were substantially as fol lows : At 12 o'clcck toon William Vigors, the clerk of the last House, called the Assembly to order, and proceeded to call the roll of members as made up from tho returns of tho Heturning Hoard. This roll contained the names of 10(i members, classed by Governor Kellogg iib til liepublicmis nnd 5ii Uainocrats, hut it is claimed that om f the rhiuuici'tiU was not a "stByiiig" lemirat. Tho Hepiiblieana claimed that one of their memhers A. G. Cunsm hud been kitlnupped nnd forcibly tnteu to a distant parish to preveit hia pies- encw a the organization ot the House. Your committee were about to inves tigate this charge when, iu public sea aion, it was churned by the Democratic counsel, iinu admitted by the itepnb lienn Ciiiiuael, that the arrest wa un der hual pioeesa and by tho hand. o tiiesu'niV Is was fuither claimed. ai.d not denied, that the puviiege of Lis i Cioo tlid n t sl i, Id liiui ironi -,i tmt 'i'he c'tsico tins embezzlement. The foil 1 1 iiitM would contain 111 in lulu ra, eif which Cf would bo a quo rum. On the (irat call eif tho roll 102 unswered to their nunies. It is claimed by the Kepitblieiiiis, nnd we believe c MiCetb d by the Democrats, that f0 ot ihost) answering to their mimes were Di-mocints and 5'2 were lit pnblicans. Tho instant, tliu eh rk fiiiislud the roll call tt.vcrul uiembeia rose to their feci, bnt the floor was Euccessfully held by Mr. Billien, who said that he utmnuated L. A. Wutz as temporary ohairman. The clerk snsrero ted that the 1. gal motion was to elect a Speak er. Mr. Btllieu, himself paying no attention to the e erk, proceeded hur riedly to put his own motion, which was received by loud ayes and followed by as loud noes, aud deolared it car ried. Mr. Wilts sprung instantly to the platform, took from the clerk the gavel, was quickly sworn in by Justice Houston, who lollowed him to tha pkiMffl which during this time had beeu iu i gn at Confusion, into a temporary quioi. Mr. Wiltz, as temporary chair man, nduiiiiistt ml the oath to the 1 member en mme,-;who rose to re oive it. bonie member made a motion to elect Trtzevant clerk. Wiltz put, the motion, and declared 'it cairu d. Trz.ivant at otioo cme forwaid and t.iok tho cleik'a chair. .. Iuituiidia'tily after, and with the same haute, a Mr. Fiood was elected sergeant ut anus. 8'id tit tuici. a bet her ou mo! ion tir not ymir comniitteti do not remember, a n inib-r of assistant n rgeniil ut-i ims aeie apj tm.ti tl, who piomptly iip penri d, wt aiit'K budges ull wlnofl Were printed "msh tint fceigeuuts at aims " While tho, ttbiive-uientionid motions were being put, m tubers objected and called for tho yeas aud nays; all of a hieb were disregarded and pronouiio od out of older by the acting chair mn. Col. Lowell, a lhpufehca. , made the point of order that the Con stitution of the State allowed any ten members to call for the yeas and naya on any motion: bnt the temporary clniiiuniu decided that tho point was not we II taken nul l a mot o i for per- raiment organization. Nt x', a motion to go into an clec t ou lor a permanent organization waa offered and declared premature. Aguinst this ruling thu It publicans pmtt at d. A motion to seat the Dem ocratic members ullegcd to be elected was immediately niado and carried. Dm ina; this stage there waa much disoiibr. The Hepublicuti members protested, but their protests were dis regarded. These gcutlemiu then up peared and were sworn in. A motion to adjourn was then pnt and declared lost. Mr. Lowell (Republican) moved that the House proceed toa permanent org ui zlion, ana t.i it toe Vote b t'ikt n open tl.e roll ut the ll-turuiutt llonrJ. This motion was dt-c'an-d losf, Mr. Lowell pro eatiu. Mr. Matl.ewa ( Io publicai, j tlleu noiuii ated Mr. Lowell as ti-mpoiary chairman, pl.t tlie motion amidst great euuauMoo. and declared it Carried. Mr. Lowell declined to serve. The Hoii-e then proceeded to elect a ppeaker. The roll was called by the clerk (Trezevant), who rejiorttd tifty-fivevotes for Wiltz, two votes for Hahn, and one (Mr. Wiltz's own) b'nnk. Tnis result was ascertained by the clt ik by simply Leej icg a taliy of the me uibers voting as they anawtred to their names. 'o roil cf niembei votiug was kept, Mi'.her were telhr ordered, or any such other tueaLS em p oyt d than culling the roll to a.-certain the uutjubcr votiu. This vote include tho live members who had been sworn in to Cil vacancies. Dur ing this roll cail, when Mr. Ilshn's name was called be r .ie and asked to b excused trom voting and to be allowed to state liir. asotis. Objection was made, and then the Speaker )-o (t in. asked for a uuuuimous consent to bis explanation. Consent was given, aud Mr. llahn spoke at soma length. After the announcement by tho clerk of tho voto Wiltz was awcru in as Speaker, and proceeded to swear in others preeeut, bo far as tliey came forward to bo aworu. Thoso thiii suoru in weft a id to number six'y iu all, made up of filty Couae-rvativea ai d tivo liepublieans, ' win were retnrntd by Iholieturu ng U atd, and ti e hve Democratic membeis who had ju t been admitted, ' Outside the bur of the h gialative hal! iiilho Stute-Hou e theio wc.ie a 'laryo number t,f tlio pohoo aupportcd by the Federal troops. No person v.s pel muted in the State-House except tbroUKh the orders of Governor Kellogg. Within the bar of the House were permitted ' ouly tho gentlemen returned by the Hemming Hoard, anil clerk and sergeaut-at-arms of the former Legis lature; ten persons allowed to the Cousi rvatives as messengers, who suddenly became their a sistunt sergeuuta-at-arms, aul a few other persons, auch as were admitted by courtesy to the floor. Without tho bur in tho puunc nan stood the couteatants aud other per sons admitted. They lmmbend by actual couut 127. Hesidcs these tht door of the hall was kept by twenty aeveu police. Wiltz maintained oou trol of tho Assembly uutil some iiu.e after ho was chosen bpeuKer. hen. the ltepublic.tiia undertook to with draw from the hall Wiltz gave instruc tions to tho sergcsnt at-ttima not to allow any oue to puss out or enter the hall. Then tuo disturbance without the bar at once increased, and pibtols were disdlayed. Then at this jutic- ture a Conservative member moved that the Speaker bo r quested to ask Colonel Do Tiobriaud to preserve order. A committee was appointed to' wait ou Colonel Do Trobriuud aud request his compliance. Colouul Do rioliriaud soon came to tne bar unac companied except by one aid, whom he lelt there, aud thcu approacutd tuo Speaker. The Speaker requested him to asK lor order in tne loooy. Loi- ouel Do Trobriaud did so, and order was then restored. The Speaker thanked him iu the namo of the Hoimo for his courtesy, and he withdrew. The action of the body proceeded for au hour or so without interruption, during which time a committee on contested elections was appointed, minor officers elected, und debate hud, but no message was sent to tn Semite or Governor notifjing them thut tho House whs Orgmoz d und ready to piofoed tu business; when, at leugih, Colonel Do Tiobriaud return ed und stated ho hud oiders to lemove tho five members sworn iu who had not been returned by tho lUturuii g Hoard, and after the piotcstaud resist ance of Mr. Wiltz to the poisons re ferred to, und General Campbell hud beeu sent fur to po'tit them out, they wero i t moved by tho United Stale aoldieis. Wi.tJS then left tho chair ta Yigers, to orgamz-t the House, began to cail the roil of the lleturuiu Hoard. Two Dttnociatio members had tit: swi red to their names, when Wiltz interrupt) d the clerk and called upou the. Conservative membersto refuse! tc answer and to leavo I ho ball. The in terruption over.Vigers begun anew his roll-cull, cud obtained only fifty re sponses; but as the two Democratic members hud jus' before answered on . the roll-call which waa interrupted lie asaunieel it right to announce that fiiiy-iour members had answered to their names. Those who remained after Mr. Wiltz and his friendB with drew elected Hahn Speaker by accla mation, aud proceeded to the business of the Legialature. There was no sub-, sequeut roll-call by which the number of those members whose names were . returned by the Returning Hoard who still remained present at these delib erations conld be determined. Your committee have not been ablo to agree upon any recommendation, but upon the situation in Louisiana aa it appeared before us we are alt agreed. iHAELEaFOiTKBK William Walter PnELra, CLARKsON N. PoTTEIt. J ax cart 11, 1875. The evidence upon whioh the sub committee base their OOuCla loDB, not heiug writren out, will bo submitted hereafter if it shall be desirable. The committeo themselves vofed to adopt the report, and also to report the sama to the House with the recom mendation that the same be printed and n committed. For the committee. , (lEoitciE F. Hoab, Chairman. MjlWJfMtfTI IIMg'iM't.ilWm 11 TO ALL THOSE WHO THINK CF THEIR OWN INTEREST AKO IKE WELFARE OF THEIR fRILNDS AND FAMILY. A t i-i w timing grpst iuiluctmrnli tu I Overs ut' Urn Is at i.U 5HIISH al our iUb. t shuiritea iliicesssiitet. Vtf he now lui. liiiipofi t wiyti l) aiid rll uatlr Butiis aim stae, bu-h wti nursate rm.ui t b tii lictl In uural i.l'J , Hjlorttnd r yit . Slid I rlctn ui Uw Hi-tlie li,wfs , Wr bare at, rue exuat'Mr iiilnt In e l.inlii n'l IiIdh and Mlssa Di i n filnsi t tiiut Kl.il -en III, ni Vt'ti are C"iIimiiIt iria-lrmg ntnr mt1'tl'ii,8 to om alrtsd. Iare tik ana wir ar IIihiiK In e i m'J l'il ': me h tiiiii ihn gn all u ,,, I,, if'i'ni t Uf r.oots anil shorn. Tim am uitlailiali.) iiweil t "ait 'h i w tali of tut ,.ii,;k IMl'nt' imvc mil; lo tliow Iheni to salt them. KVsNS ft VoiXlbAHN, Wtio'rs le anil Hi I Di-alrr la bo.nt, SUou, L'lOli- r aiutSUoo riiiilla s, &. tK'T 1 2-S Vo Adruicc in Prices, fj waatlMnn Wotal: Frr liail, Parforil, (ink null U tt Jack, M to VU eta, f 8 VA to II t: A i , IUi 04 " UH iu i) (. Mlxeil.,.1 (Utu7U " li lull to Pma J " ift - Cat, uo . ,U UnuliU at lowaat latwlul coal. toimu rcauii luuu j bj jaicSaslug at our Ti- 1. jaal O. O PAHSliETttCO.
The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.)
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