Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-30
The Situation Again.

Tn to this time, Thursday morning.
we have very little more information
TO give our readers, regarding the
,olitical situation in New Orleans.
than we had last week, as we have re-
ceived no papers from that city Oh a
later date than the day referred to, ana
looking through those we have, 1t ap-
pears as difficult an undertaking to ar
rive at any certain estimate OF how
things will terminate, as it would oe 10
unravel the most tangled skein oil
thread or silk. Most of our readers at
all interested, or posted in political
matters. know. that there is return
ing board, consisting Of five members
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State, and two others,
whose duty it is to examine and can
vass the returns, from the various cleo
ton districts and precincts in the
state. and then proclaim the result,
which is OF course, to certain extent,
optionary with them to fix as best
suits them.
Two of the members of this board,
Lieut.. Governor Pinchback and Sena-
tor T. G. Anderson, of st. Landry,
were incapacltated from serving on It,
from the fact provided for by the con-
stitution, that they were candidates
for offices, and the remainder OF the
board, Governor WarmOth, Secretary
of State Heron, and Senator Lynch,
were then by the Constitution en-
powered to fill these vacancies, which
at their first meeting after the election
they proceeded to do, but not to the
satisfaction of the Governor, who II
seems, did not exactly know whether
Heron would act with him or not, and
on finding ont that he wOul0 not be
made his tool, he instantly removed OF
tried to remove him from the Office OF
, Secretary of State, and appointed a
person by the name Of Wharton IN his
place. Heron and Lynch had prey'
ously appointed two persons to com
plete the returning board, and after
wards, Warmoth with his new Secrc
tary, appointed or pretended to ap
point, two others, and then there were
thus two boards, or two pretended
. ones, who instantly commenced lega
9 proceedings to test their rights.
The courts decided that Heron wal
the legal Secretary of State, and o
course a member of the returnin:
board, and them WarmOth findin:
himself defeated, resOrted to the cleo
ton law, passed last session, which III
had SO far refused or neglected t
sign, and which it appears does ava.
with the returning board entirely, ant
: declared all the Liberals elected, no
f by the returns, which mad not been ex
J. amined. but By COMMON report. In tn
mean time, however, WarmOth an,
his returning board had all been enjOin
ed, by application of Mr.. Kellogg, il
the U. s. Circuit Court, Judge Durell
from any action at all regarding tn
election or it's returns, an injunction
which they have disregartled, and an
now charged with contempt of Court
and were to appear before Judge Du
rell last Monday to answere.
e We feel we have given but an i'm
a perfect sketch, or summary of the mai
0 ter, but if we were to so into it full
J it would take up all our space. If W
8 receive latter intelligence before gOin
4 to press, we shall make an abstract G
e it, meanwhile We conclude with an e,
t tract from an editorial in the New d
y leans RepxJlicas, by which future dc
f velopments may be guessed at.
q There is one consolation in all this, and thu
is derived from the fact that the gentleme
!, who now seem the nearest to the public plac'
do not owe their advantage to the votes to til
majority of the people. Louisiana has nc
J. fallen 80 low that she can be accused of ha,
ing voluntarily selected such agents. 1t ma
! be that their dislOdgment will prove wOr
Y of difficulty, involving loss Of time but
doubt final success in the effort would be I
J. deny the justice of Providence. And We hay
|. every reason to hope that relief is nearer
. hand than the little mutual admiration socis
I ty, Of which the Times has elected itself til
!. organ, suspect. When the day of eckonin
comes We hope the revOlntionists of to-da
' will not fall into frenzied defense of til
!, majesty of the law, and the necessity for oil
serving strictly and at all times its most rigi
! forms.
- BY his own request, we hav
copied a card published by NJ, Legral
, ESQ.,, relative to, or explanatory, OF hl
vs,1o nrslaO