Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-12-20

~~~ ~FFJ ~Ay ASOAAOAAC3 AA0J WIZ OF
preaching Christmas Day prove to all our
friends-the young, middle-aged and old
-one Of the happiest of their whole lives.
The Louisiana Troubles.
The following from the New York
World, in relation to the troubles in Loui-
siana, to which we briefly alluded in our
last, gives full statement of the difficult
ties and their origin. 1t shows also the true
reason for the recognition ofthe Pinchback
government by President Grant:
At the late election in Louisiana there
were two parties in the field-the Fusion
lists democrats and Liberals) and the Gus
tom-house Republicans. The Fusion can
didate for. Governor was McEnery; the
Custom-house candidate was Kellogg, now
representing that State in the United States
Senate. Thecontest was to secure the Leg
islature, Governor Warmoth, the leader of
the Fusionists, desiring Kellogg's place
in the Senate, which Kellogg had promis-
ed to Collector Casey, the brother-in-law
of President Grant.
The election laws of Louisiana were
framed by carpet-baggers solely to promote
and cover up election frauds. Until the
point OF ascertaining and declaring the
final result is reached, the Governor for the
time being exercises almost arbitrary pow
ers. The supervisors in the several par
ishes of the State, who WELD unlimited
authority in registering voters and in re-
eeiying and counting the ballots for all
candidates for State and national Offices,
derive their appointment from the Cover
nor, and make their reports of the result
to him. The returning board which can
vases the votes and announces the result
isEcomposed of the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, and two State
Senators. The law disqualifes any of its
members who may be candidates, and of
the legal members of the present board
two were candidates at the late election
Lieutenant Governor Pinchback and Sen
ator Anderson. The vacancies were filled
by. the appointment of one from each par
ty, the board standing at this time three
for Kellogg and two for Warmoth. Gov
ernon ~ -.aaa Al fa.s~ ! ----~y 4;@-~:---A
tne Secetary of State "a Kellogg man) from
Office and appointed Fusionist in his
place. This gave him a majority of the
returning board, which now proceeded to
canvass the vote of the State, after filling
the two vacancies according to law. The
two Kellogg men withdrew, and, having
been joined by the ex-Secretary of State,
organized as returning board, the two
vacancies being filed in the same manner
as by the other board. This gave the
State two returning boards, but that of the
Fesionists had the advantage over the
other ofhaving in its possession the only le-
gal returns, which had been sent to the
Governor by the supervisors as the law di-
reefs.
Both boards at once proceeded to the
work of canvassing the returns-the Kel-
logg board being compelled to take what
ever irregular returns it could get. Upon
the plea that the votes of large number
Of negroes had been refused, they called
for afidavits of the fact. They were sup
Piled with thousands, signed by mark,
with ballots attached By counting the
ballots thus obtained, they secured enough
votes to count in a majority of the mem
bers of both branches of the Legislature
Governor Warmoth's board, from the legal
returns, declared McEnerey and MAORI
ty of Fusionists in each branch of the Leg
islature elected.
While making the canvass each party
had made application to the State courts
for injunctions restraining the other from
declaring the result But the State courts
decided that the Warmoth board was the
legal one, dismissed the application of the
Custom-house board, and recognized the
appointments made by the Governor and
the commissions issued by him to persons
declared by his board elected. Defeated
in the State courts, the Kellogg party ap-
piled to the Uuited States District Court,
and Fedora Judge Durell issued an order
restraining the Warmoth board from de-
claring the result of the canvass Cor any
person commissioned by the Governor from
filing the Office, or any member Of either
branch of the Legislature declared elected
by him from acting as such legislator) and
ordering the Governor to surrender all re-
turns In his possession to the Kellogg board.
Further, Judge Durell ordered the Uuited
States Marshal to seize and hold the State
Capitol and forbid entrance to any save
such persons as Senator. Kellogg designa-
ted, and to disperse the State Legislature
should it assemble as the State law direct
ed it to. On Friday afternoon two COM
panies ofUnited States troops, accompani-
ed by two batteries Of artillery, marched
through the streets of New Orleans and
seized the State-house, which they still &C.
cupy, and Governor Warm0th was arrest
ed tor contempt of court in promulgating
on Thursday the result of the canvass by
his board. but consideration of the case
was postponed On Saturday morning
Judge DureH, simultaneously with the dec,
laration by the Kellogg returning board
of the result of their canvass, issued
sweeping restraining order against Cover
nor Warmoth and all other State. officers,
the clerks of the House and Senate, the
Chief OF, Police, and others interfering in
any manner with the members deiared g.
lected by the Custom house board, Assem-.
bling as the Legislature, and forbidding all
persons from participating as members of
sid Legislature who havsnot been return.
-eaasmenbers thereofby the Custoni-lsoass7
.iefnrning board, or .any persons whose
NAMES were not on the lists sent to the
clerks of the House and Senate as the men,