The sun., 1872-04-26
had clorted him could at any tlmo by a majority

Q.You ard the Governor were political
| iti,nds ut one limo. were you nUtf Aye,
| O. You separated during the summer Of 1871?
| \. Yes the separation grew out of that cleo
| O..Did IT arise from political or personal CON
| Gidcrrii9nsI Mixed; I should have aoon5
toned tEe Coy ,inor PgI,.niS on tnS & h.,
las been intensified IN consequence OF his per
| o mt yo1r poiiticaI difference grow ont ~
| an honest opposition to his course as Governor
nIsroNsrnutrY ron THE STATE DEBT.
| O. Taking the Increase OF the debt of the
| state Of Louisiana for the last four year,
| AMOUNTING I'm the areregate to about iNrhty-SlX
| that increase of dcbtf A.-1here l. nothing
| now producing any revenue. | think she ha' no
| complete canal She has one railroad that has
| been built some sixty miles. that vii ne en IN
| portant improvement IL IL ia fui he'd; ard shc
| has n canal that will be very important IL huli
| but think the greater porIionoi the invest
| mcnts for which this Increase OF ihdru,tnhc
| has been incurred will never lr productive. !
| think she has been very imlt"'iitH' IN "tf cN-
| pcnditures.
| his increase of drht upon the lart ot tue Si.s
| A.-The Legislature aud th" "vvcrnor Inc
| Legislature passed the laws ana ,he 1o' eihor
O.. Was that Lcelelnturc. I'm your Judgment
| controlled bv the Covorrorf At wac. do
| not think there has ever been case whore the
| Governor tried. bU'lr td,. tn control the lcLsln-
| turc that he has not controlled H. up to lat year.
| Q.-Was the Governor In favor of all theso
sciomesy Ale was not, ,ostcnsibly.
| Q.-Was he rcayf Al can only give You
| my ronlccturcs; can only say that whenever
| hc wants law to pass IL passes. and whcn lac
| docs not want a law 10 pass it does not pass.
| WHAT CARTER THINKS or wAENuIn.
| O. Then you regard the Govctnpr as sub.
| ,tantallv tho Governor and IcHslaturct A. |
regard him. for the two last sessions, as stronger
| o.. DO You know by wmt means he controls
| me Leeislnturct a. lie has a great many
| wlvs uf doing n. lie has some very win
| ming wu,s. | do not know that my opinions on
this subject arr worth 2nytlinf ! miset . .ay Z
| from my knowledge personally.
| Q.-llaye you any reason to believe that any r
| WoausY Al have not q doubt of IL. do not
| know how much money has been used but "a
1cat deal has been expended.
| for this purpose \. am NOT prepared to say.
1t Is cur 9us how he does II, but he does i.
Q.-lIad he means Of his own when ne ~ & be-
| came Go crnory Al Go not know. Report
| says he had not.
worth nowf Ale Is reported TO be worth
INV lonr hae he been here Ale came
during Gen. Bank time. am not positlye ~
to what hc did for some time, except from ru-
| NOR.
Ole Is still a young manS Al think not
| quite thirty.
Q.NWGat did he do in Texas Ale was
o.NFrom what state dd he Gomez Ale
was born think la Illinois, but came from Mis-
When YOU knew him in Texas, had he any
| mCaust A.; do not know. lie was not doing
| tom. lie came there In let5 think. did not
| nuuw hliu there as receiver Of cotton, hui ie
| appeared tl,ic in III, under u summons of the
| IntcN states District Court at Galveston.
| CARTER's Acct sNTfoN.
| O. Was he indicted In that courtY \. Hc
| WIS Indicted for emlezzlemont, and f"r apIr"-
Q.-Was lac tr.edt .A.-rhe casc came up but
O, was uole pressed There was no trial On the
merits Of the case. and mo- witnesses examined.
O WEI You MS tNUurtlf Al was.
q. state. by What means the case was noNc
| DTOssf9 A-Th.rc was the same indictmt mt
against another man. and witnesses were exam
and tho case of Warm5th was uoii, i,rnss,i on the
ground that there was not ,uGi. .cnt Cs,lmony.
| Q.-Ilad the Governor spiited away the wit
nesscst Al cannot tell what became Of the
INpENcnNENr A A NATTER or POLICY.
ny Mt spcer-o You state that there was some talk
You in fa,or Of his hnpclchm,utY Al lave never
sS' 20 'T 2 1g Seg 10 u M s s w SS :.
3fS g, ne Tl5 h . reaa s.nS ths iaSic Pae
an who Nas opposed to an ryiorn aud me plan vas
q tt-s vote 10 thc Hu;.c nptaehluR inc Governor
during which suspension ihe nee .sary reform 9surcs
was necessary Elm 10 accomplish reforms, vas In
g il We no, mn. btcsusc The Governor had com.
mi'ed high crime. and u-d.mcauer. that you d'srcdd
mitt,d such cru,- aud ms1rucpuurs aud ought TO be
relo1S. d,; ss @ @95a Sc Sc G 5p, 's Ss
could ttaul bIu at tu,rtuor %. wtll .s si IN else.
peal was pa-., na.it not rs li,puaUc.n L,g.. ia
tHgf, h.i 90 ieas' ~hcn 'ac Republicans h'd coa-
on!
@ .vt9t ther occurred e. m'tc reform nccs''ay
rn-ef.us ,sil gll9, ~ 1"sir ia.iai.i rNsch,i o.
y h,pu.t 200 D. ri-i'iu-', wr Do uui 4. J. do u9t
can party iad not Naut,o them toDc pr .s,d ta- 80
far as nc members OF the Legislature faithfully repre-
Q-llas not ne difficulty been caused by the fsct II
avn ES TsIIyHo' n nat st a cra8H ~ H,.
are Inherently bad. IutNtr IL! -ef believed la passing
@ DO you object 10 them now ON account OF tho I'm.
mcusc power thcy gi'e TO the GOVERNOR A.-Ihat Is
q 'Isltiuhls power to elect or defeat any man who
| holds au elective onioe? A.-Ycs; he controls an tho
6qP 6c a %''" m al Es forces S9S 'SSs5Hs Sec % ea aa
~ ont his purrose- and ihrou.h the fTiptns law he
Affected nc9spapcrs Taxing them a code Of laws,
hcy are msIyti9gs laws; l. DO not 9eiie,c belle, h9weysr,
would result in any great evil Iheeye that honest
Governor ith the royal prerogatiNes he has could -o
execute the laws to make them benenealy in
THE INSPECTORS
Q.-tndcr your election laws who counts the votes ?
her u citizens by the Regista- before Commissioners
are appointed by the Governor, removed at his
apo GSr tho RS RRGa irS% ss of r.
sSS sSS Ss SO hn he Va MAKES m return to II ne Ru
hgarl snd S Spab MS %
q Have known cases ON ers0ns being declared
elected who were not known 10 have been voted for
Al cannot saS that halc no personal know ledge on
that subject. VIII state In thH connection that The
| Governor has Disseminated in his returns much
against Republicans he has against Democrats, and
th the Republicans have found much fault with IA,
manner IA which he has administered the election laws
, | ar The Democrats.
, O.-In which army had you served? A.-Ihe com
mission colonel Ia tie Confederate service. Wai
elected however, To the legislature as Republican.
de true that You have no laws against bribery In
| louisiana A.-lhat Is true.
CARTER's DESCRIPTION OF MS COLLEAGUES.
by Chairman-Q Q-While IL may De true that IncI
clothed th utHtlNr capacity become corrupt
you do not mean that the men back Of them, the con
ttltutut body Of tue people, have become corrupt
h-No; win he frank, however, aud say that Gt
not thuk this Legislature Caud A. include my self car
speak more frankly ls tali pc of The people. dc
not think the Democrats ot the Legislature TAI
| type Of the Democrats, aud do moi think the Rcpub
| lclns f.lr type of the Republicans | think tht
masses much better than their representatives. The
| Democrats sell themselves the Republicans sell them
selves the white men do IL, ana tic CoOrcd mcn do n
II thrrc any preference Ia men think would prob
ably yey the trut In saying that the colure,
| have shown themselves having more Integrity
! | than the whites In the Legislature,
members of the Legislature WHO have permanent u
trrst u thc parishes they lcptcbt ut and Who ou
residing in tide state temporarily A.-lhe Democrat
all citizens, the Colorcd people an citizens, ant
they ru'ct public opn.un; but d ere is Clas- Il h
10 | Republicans IN tue state who ure mere adNcuiurcr-
" having no permanent Interest lu the community, au
| ~ "