The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-01-11
EXCITEMENT IN LOUISIANA
/, Revolution Rampant.

There Is great excitement IN polltl-
cal circles in Louisiana. On the Sd
inst, in the House, while resolution
authorizing the appointment of a Com
mittee to investigate the charges of
conspiracy and fraud against Carr and
Device was being voted upon, Carr
moved in an excited manner, that the
Speakers chair be declared vacant and
Harry Walters elected Speaker.
A cry of .Ayer p rang through the
House, and thirty or forty members
made a simultaneous movement to-
ward the Speakers chair,but were de-
TERED by the sudden appearance on
| the platform of number of persons,
who emerged from the Speakers prl-
| yate Office. The greatest excitement
prevailed, the reporters leaving their
seats. and every man in the House ri.
sing. Speaker Carter, stepping from
his desk, pronounced the action of the
House revolutionary, and called them
to order, which was finally restored.
On several test questions the War
mouthites claim six majority against
Carter. 49, "a
To guard against the anticipated
movement of ejecting Speaker Carter
from his chair by force, 200 Metro
politan police and detachment of
City Guards were called out on Thurs
day morning, and General Emory was
called on for troops. About noon an
attempt was made to break quorum
by the Warmouthites retiring, but it
was unsuccessful, as a call of the
II k1,,,<> -.
naming. Soon after, Governor War
mouth and some tWenty-six of his
conspirators black and white, were
placed under arrest under q warrant
| issued by thu United States Commis-
sioner, ON charge of having made an
unlawful combination and conspira-
character for the purpose of obstruct-
ing and hindering the execution of
laws thereof, and also those of the
United States, the purpose of said
conspiracy being to deprive the Rep
fesentatives of tho General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana, both in their
| individual and representative charac-
! ter, of their rights, privileges and inn
munities as such under the laws, and
Constitution both of the State of Lou-
| isiana and of the United States; that
1 the constituted authorities of said
State are unable in part, and in part
unwilling, to protect them in the en-
| joyment thereof, thereby denying TO
to said citizens and Representatives
equal rights under such Constitutions
| and laws. 4fs5S ssfy4t fas5I l,Ga 7xgau
| That by means of the said conspira-t
cy said parties have taken violent and
| illegal possession of the hall of the
House of Representatives, have at
| tempted violently to eject the Speak
er of said House, and have been en-
gagged in bribing and eorrupting di-
Yers members, of said House; and,
have used, and are using means of inn
! timidation to deter. others from dis
charging their duties, and to incite a
riot. All the parties arrested were
released on $500 bail. sssassl,t ii
Among those included in the above
charge, made under what is common
lily known as the .Ku Klux bill, were
! the Governor, four Senators, severn
teen members of the House, superin-.
tendent and two Police Captains, and
one Sheriff. SOP - OoalIfn no +,
subsequently,, under a proclama-i
ton of the Governor, fifty members
of the Legislature met in the hall of
the House, and upon the call of the
roll, there was found to be no quorum
present, when sergeant-at-arms was
| instructed to bring in all the members
who were in the building, which be-
! ing done, a quorum was obtained,
when they declared the action of the
House in the morning null and void
| the Speakers chair vacant, and elect
1 ed o. II. Brewster, of Quachita Par
| ish, Speaker. They passed resolu-
l ton instructing the Sergeant-at-arms
to take charge of the State house, and
allow no one whatever to enter the
building until twelve o'clocksfo -mor-
row, to which hour this extra session
of the Honse adjourned. - asagl {
~ On the next day there, were two
Legislatures in session, the !, War
| mouthites occupying the hall of the
House. and the Carterites met at No.,
j 16 Royal Street. In the, latter body,
the following resolutions were, uflan-
imously adopted 80, ,sse4.uarj e,f sf
Reso1ced, By the House of Repre-
sentatives, State of Louisiana. in ses-
i;sion duly convened, That, whereas,
false reports have been CIRCULATED as
to the object and purpose Of the pres
kent united. action of the Democratic
/ members and of members of the Res
publican party opposed to the rnin-
ions and tyranical rule of Governor
Yarmouth, be it s,stssf4 .tss ri s.fsI,. 4
| Resozued, That it is the duty of this
House to express fully andsfairly the
object of the said union. s, 4,er,ex =.
,Resolued,. That the only and sole
object of said united action is to de-
| feat the nefarious schemes of Govern
. or Yarmouth, and secure the repeal
or amendment. already agreed upon
by the Democrats Of, l. The Election
and Registration laws 2. The Con-;
! stabulary bill., 3. The. Metropolitan,
Police bill. 4. The Revenue law and
the Printing law Unanimously carr
i ried. ,,sTas az I.ffa s7Tfi slfl ---.ss4577
II An immense concourse gathered on
Royal street, in the vicinity Of the
|, ,Carterite legislature, and atone time
a riot seemed imminent A Sergeant
alarms, with guard of Metropoli5
! tans from the State House, appeared
on Royal street. in search of absent
members, but were quickly driven off.
4 The Mayor opportunely arrived and
made speech, quieting the excite-
ment. AT two o'clock the q. S. troops
tireturned to the Custom House from
i Rampant street, and at six this after
noon the Metropolitans and militia
are still on duty at Mechanics Insti-
tute. afsi 81 s lssszsi.td hsTa@d7 .z
In was reported on Friday night
that the Carterites would attempt to
forcibly take possession, 1.-THE State
house, though their action indicates a
desire to avoid violence. .asg, 3s
/ The New York correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer has the fol-
lowing as to the significance of this
Louisiana muddlc 5sys qlf s5s
SD. Cady Stanton, mamber of atlle
Louisiana Legislature, wrote the fol-
lowing TO his mother, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, dated New Orleans, Deccm-
Der 30: "1here are now in this city