Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-17
The Quarrel in Louisiana.
From the N. Y. Times, sth inst.

1t is impossible, at the present time,
to get at the merits Of the respective
parties to the violent and unseemly
struggle for the possession of the Gov
eminent of Louisiana, now going on at
New Orleans. Enough is known, how
ever, to show that the partisans of
both sides have disgraced the name of
Republicans, which they assume not
from any devotion to The purposes of
the party, but for the advancement of
their reckless ambition. The state of
the case. as nearly as can now be as
certained, is as follows: A portion of
the Legislature, with the old Speaker,
Carter, having obtained control
of the House of Representa-
tives by expelling number OF the Gov
ernor's partisans, and replacing them
with their own friends, are shutsout
from the Assembly House by another
portion which has expelled Speaker
Carter, and put Warmoth man, by
the name of Brewster, in the Chair.
The Carter half Of the House de-
clare the acts of the other portion
void, because of the violent exclusion
of the legal speaker; and the Brewster
half declare the acts of the Carter fac
tion Illegal, because of thealleged want
of quorum at the time the Warmoth-
ties were expelled. In the meantime
the Senate, where the Warmoth men
are in majority, remains without a
quorum, owing to the withdrawal of a
part of the members sympathising with
the Carter faction It is alleged that
the opportunity to expel the Warmoth
men from the House was gained by the
arrest of certain members and the
| Governor besides, on warrants from
the United States Commissioner of
the district. Some doubt is thrown ON
this statement by the fact that the per-
sonal attendance of the accused
parties was not required by
the Marshal serving the warrants,
and seems to have been voluntary on
their part The charge, however, on
which the arrests were made bears evi-
dence of political malice, and it's enter
tainment by the Commissioner appears
straining if not an llnwarrantable
use of his power. It is also alleged that
the absentees from the Senate have
been kept on United States revenue
cutter, the Wilderness, In order to be
! beyond the jurisdiction of the state
authorities, and avoiding the service of
a writ compelling their attendance in
the Senate. These allegations being
made known to the government at
Washington, Gov. Warmoth has been
notified that they will be promptly in
vestigated. The prospect of violence
being threatening, Gen. Emory, COM
manding the United States troops in
the state, has offered their services to
the Governor to assist in preserving the
peace, an offer which the Governor has
accepted. l4afi.aG
Yesterday, when the facts were only
partly known, the enemies of the ad-
ministration made haste to hold up
the affair as an instanceof violent inter
ference with state affairs by the United
States government 1t remains to be
seen whether they will be candid
enough to acknowledge that the ad-
ministration has only performed its
simple duty in the matter, and that
against the party with which the Fed
eral officials are connected. If the
otherwise unfortunate occurrence shall
result in the removal of those local
United States officials who have been
SO hasty to implicate the Administra-
ton in their personal schemes, 1t will
be q relief to the country.