The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-09
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Message from Gov. warmoth, y
4o assooaa aaSIobSI i4pJsteas Be-.
forms.
Gen. IOngstreet Appointed Chief
'i Commander OF Militia. -A
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All the Militia Of the City Or
dered Out. r.
Tho q. s. Troops Reinforced.
Intense Excitement and Prospect Of
#li BlOOdshed. 81 Il J;
Gen. Emory FavOrs DeClara-
10 tiOn of Martial Law.
Tho Q. s. Troops Reinforced.
Immense Reform Mass Meoting,

Immense Reform Mass Meeting
New ORLEANS, January S.-The Sen
ate had no quorum. In the House 8.
members were present .. /"
A resolution was passed calling on The
Governor for his message, which wa.
thereafter sent In and read.
The Governor recommends the modifi
cation Of tue registration and election
laws,and the repeating oIIthe,revenue laws
He recommends the repeal Of the Metro.
poliLan police law by substituting q system
in existence at the organization Of the
present government, giving control TO the
police Of the city, and limiting thelexpenseG
$40O, 900 annually, instead Of the $500 OOC
now required. lie recommends the en-,
actment ora law limiting the expenses Of
tue General Assembly TO $125, 900; reviews
the enormous expenses Ot the House Of
Representatives under Speaker Carter's
administration, and shows that the last
session cost the State over $7G7, 600, an
average cost Of $4,000 for each
session, or $l2G 81 per day foI
eacli member; shows that Carter ap.
pointed over eighty clerks on the Enroll.
ment Committee, when but one hundred
and twenty.six bills were passed during
the entire session, and the work could
have been done by eight or ten clerks; re-
commends the repeal Of the act creating a
State House Commission, involving Ia
million and a half Of dollars; recon-.
mends thirteen other specific reforms on
various subjects; takes strong grounds
against and declares opposition to appro-
priations for any purpose, except the nee
essary and legitimate expenses Of the gov
crnment. The leading recommendations
Of the Governor, il carried out, would
save the State and city annually one mil.
lion two hundred and ten thousand dol
lars. The Governor has vetoed sixteen
bills passed by the last General Assem-.
bly,, involving two and u half millions of
dollars, including, also, some annual ap.
preparations.
After the reading Of the Governors
message the following was adopted:
ReS0Lucd, That we, the members OF the
House Of Representatives Of the State Of
Louisiana, do hereby approve of the re-
Communications of the Governor on
the subject Of reform as far as they go,
and We do hereby pledge ourselves to
carry them out .as far us we are con-
cerhcl. -. E.tg AlIFiA
A preamble and resolutions were adopt
ed, regarding the absent members Of the
Carterites, To the effect that, il at the
hour Of one o'clock Wednesday, January
10Th, said members Of this House do not
return here and resume the discharge of
their duties as Legislators, this Housewife
proceed to cXpcl tlIrm thereIrom.
Gov. Warmoth has appointed General
Jas. Longstreet Major General 'ol the
Louisiana State Militia, ana assigned
him TO the immediate command AMI su.
pcrviSinn of tho ontire militia, police and
alkthe ,ciyillorces within the city Of New
Orleans, and instructed / him 10 confer
with, and act in concert and harmony
with Maj. General Emhry, commanding
the United States troops, taking all
necessary precautions to preserve the
peace and subdue any spirit of turbulence
or riot that may arise. All the militia
organizations in the city have been, order
ed out. The United States troops have
been reinforced by u strong detachment
from Baton Rouge General Emory's
troops will only be used to preserve order.
WASHINGTON, January S.-Private tele.
grams from New Orleans represent that
the excitement there is intense, and the
present condition OF affairs is likely TO
lead TO blOodshed. .s.0. .....Ig
New ORLEANS, January S.-Speaker
Carter publishes card cOntradictng the
report that he had surrendered himself to
tho Sheriff in obedience TO u process from
the Eighth District Court, In which he
says: do know that even the Judge-oi
the Eighth District Court who is equal to
almost anything illegal, has issued u war
rant for my arrest. "A proper writ served
by proper officer will be promptly re-
Cognizcd and Obeyed by me. Permit me
to say TO the people of Louisiana, as
legal Speaker OF the only legal House OF
Representatives Of the State OF Louisiana,
that in my judgment the course Of Gov.
Warmoth is revolutionary, and in vio-
lence Of the Constitution and laws, and
the Eighth District Court in support and
1urtherance thereof, is'eXtra judicial, and
] shall continue in every legitimate way
to ignore and resist such 10 the utmost OF
my power rs o public officer, sworn to
support the Constitution and the State,
+ An extra Of the National Republican,
contains the following: Col. Patton,
and four other citizens, this afternoon
waited upon Gen. Emory, TO ask his posi-
tton on this controversy. They stated
that iOrclble possession had been
taken Of the State House, and that
citizens and members were prevented
from entering. They asked him whether
he proposed to do anything in the prem,
iscs, or whether he would interfere with
the citizens. 70 -, gya's- Ir'oF1i +...
The Generalrcpliel: "Gentlemcn, there
must be no riot; can and will prevent
it, and you, Of course, know that weapons
Of destruction have been greatly improved
within the last few years. / have just
heard that Gen. Longstreet has been ap
pointed chief Of police and you had bet.
ter go ut once TO him and advise him tC
remove these policemen from the State
House; they should be on their beats and
ought to have been there all the time.
have never seen the time when martha
law wRtmorG necessary, and tunles.
something Is done i will consider IL my
duty toappeal to the President and ask
him to declare martial law"
The same says, editorially: "The timC
has come for President Grant 10 establish
in this State a Republican form OF Cover
eminent. Governor Mammoth rules only
by stitlerance and may be set aside at any
moment We are entitled 10 call for /
Republican government trom the Unitei
States authorities, At present we are a
the mercy Of despotic one.man power