The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-12-21
The Louisiana Trouble Explained.

The Louisiana Trouble Explained.
The scenes that are now taking place in
Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas, are
enough to make any one doubt the perma-
hence even Of Republican forms in this
country. The history Of the case in Lou
isiana, as given by a contemporary. is sim.
ply this The November election was tn
decide whether William Pitt Kellogg, at
present the carpot.bag United States Scna-
tor, should be Governor, or whether John
McEncry should be- Governor. Kellogg
was run by the Grant Republicans Ne
Emery was run by fusion Of about half
dozen elements, including all who were
opposed 10 stTaightout Republcanism. Be
sides this, elections were held for Con
gressmen. Presidential Electors. and mem
bers Of the Legislature. Ii the McEnery
side won, the understanding was that Gov.
Warmo,h should be elected United States
Senator If the Grant side won, Collector
Casey, brother-in- law Of President Grant.
was to be United State, Senator The
place in the Senate which the expiration
of kelloggs term would create Was the
real thing in issue
The election law If Louisiana vests in
the Governor the appointment Of inspect.
on and registers, and requires that al the
votes be sent in to a Returning Board
comprising the Governor and four Others.
Wanmoih, as Governor, removed sevenil
members Of the Returning Board, who
were political rivals ofhis. Kellogg brought
suit in the Federal Court fur mandamus
requiring Narmoth To rctpsiate them.
While that suit was pending Marmoth and
the perzoas he had appointed on the Re
turning Board kept at work, canyassing
returns, and granting such certificates a.
elected Greelcy aud Brown electors aud
clear Warmoth majority in the Legisla-
ture. to make Warmoth election 10 BE-
United States Senator certain. Wannoth
as Governor, issued a proclamation calling
90 thai Legislature To meet in extra scS-
sion, at the State Capitol, which i, the
Mechanics Institute building in New Or.
leans
During ihi, time tbs Fciessl Judge.
Durell, had decided IN favor of KELLOGG !
motion. had issued az order on Warmo,h
10 relnstaie the members of The Returning
Board whom he had removed. aud had in.
validated or declared invalid everything
which the Warmoth Returning Board had
done, Warlaoth paid no attention to the
order, except to give bail in a suit to show
why he should or should not he punished
for contempt of Court.
Then the Legislature. rs Warmo,h had
made it ont, was to meet in the Mechanics
Institute whereupon Judge Durell issued
an order TO the Marshal to take possession
of that building aud to preyeut access
thereto Of those whom Warmoth IN def.
anee # ihp orIes Of the Court had declared
to he the Legislature, The Marshal called
on General Emory for troops, and two
companies Of them took possession Of tho
building, turning out the Wamothites
Meanwhile, the persons whom Judge Du.
nell ordered Warmoth To reinstate in the
Returning Board have formed Returning
Board Of their own. and have declared
Grant congressman, the Grant Elec,ors.
and a Casey Legislature uIscted
AZ the laj accounts the Kellogg I,egis.
latare had lmpeached Wamotl. and
Plnehhack, the negro Lieutenant-G oyern.
or, was acting as Governor, and recognized
as such by the United States Government
Grant sustains Kellogg, and Kellogg will
make Collector Casey. Grants brother-in.
law, Senator. Pinehback Is Yankee
mulatto, and has a white Gepesal under
him by the name of l,pugstrees, formerly
of the Confederate army. The whole cosc
u now before the United States Supreme
Court,
Both these warning factions are Radi-
Gals The onl " thing of general interest
Is that the military can be called in by
United States Marshal to change State
government, and that the capitalists and
property holders Of New Orleans propose
virtually that the United States han nut
them under military rule again. ns better
for property and life than their present
condition. The whole country seems DIES.
tined to come al last under the rule of sol.
diers.
Thu Attorney General of Louisiana
publishes an address, showing from a in.
dlcial standpoint, the great wrong The
Federal Administration is infieting upon
free government, in recognizing the Pinch.
back faction, and at the same time refns.
ing to give hearing to the COMMITTEES Of
Citizens. That Committee. by the wov
are determined to 90 to Washington-not
outstanding the official notification that
their GRAND would he iraiiless.
The state Of excitement in New Orleans
may BIO understood by the subioined dis.
patch Of Sunday night last
The Citizens Committee left for Wash.
mgton this evening, Although drizzlinp
rain had set in. crowd Of at least AVE-
Thousand people had callecie, about he
depot g SEQ iheM depart Gloom and
sadaasa we're pictured upon every face. and
Y looked as if the people were fbllowing
the corpse Of some beloved citizen. As
the train moved otI, cheer upon cheer rent
ihe air, which vas kept up until the ears
were out ofsight. Judge John A. Camp.
bell i Chairman ofthe committee. PRAYERS
were offered IN the churches Of all denoml.
nations to day for the down.trodden pcople
otLouislana. Bishop Wilmer. Of Louisiana
VIII issue q letter to-morrow announcing
that the church Of his diocese will be oper
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during tue whole Of next week to offer
prayers for the people Of unfortunate
Louisiana.
The Committee arrived Ia Washington
~ Thursday AND had en- interview With
she President bgt without apy definite re-
splt,
a Madrid despatch reports that three
bands Of Carlists were defeated and dis
Persed by Government troops ON Monday