New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-04


and substance.
Mr.. Carr was recalled for testimony. and
first corrected his statement of the day be-
fore that he had seen the Governors prOcla-
nation calling an extraordinary session in
the evening papers. There were so many at
that time he could not positively state. He
also produced the check with which he had
paid in cash for the stock of the Crescent
City Gaslight Company. And in this con-
nection he was severely questioned as to the
connection of Mr.. Devices, his business part
ner lin commendam), with that bill. In this
he gave an account of when he first met
with Mr.. Devices, where they lived, and of
their business associations, which consisted
OF entering into speculations in State securi.
ties. Itwas charged that the votes of these
members, under the head Of corrup-
ton, had been procured by inserting
the name of Representative
among the incorporators of the law.
Far as he was concerned, Mr.. Carr denied
this. The first he knew that the friend of
Mr.. Devices was in the bill, was when it
was half way through its passage. Then
occurred severe examination of Mr. Carr
upon the point of the charges made against
him and Mr.. Devices by the Carter interest
in the House. This was designed, Mr.. Carr
went on to state, to deprive them of vote
each until investigation. The charge was
that of raising" warrants from three to five
thousand dollars, and only proved that he had
haa 4 al, l.,
into possession of the warrants after they
had been raised and not before Mr. Carr,
in answer to numerous inquiries propOund-
ell from numerous memoranda furnished
by the bystanders in the committee, went
on to narrate the principal events in his
legislative career: his connection with GER
tain bills that had and had not become laws
both under his administration as Speaker
and when he was on the floor; the reasons
for his opposing laws, or advocating them,
and other matters; asked if he had not sent
DR.. Avery to Demas with instructions that
he would vote for law, provided a sum of
money was paid, he positively denied hav-
ing any such conversation with the messen-
ger. or any such instructions to give; he
had never any conversation at all with DR..
Avery.
With reference to the five million
Louisiana bond bill, lengthy examination
took place on the charge that Mr.. Carr
had, in the presence of B. Avegno and j. B.
Renez, stated that he would withdraw his
opposition to the passage of the bill on the
payment of 100000" Mr.. Carr denied
this emphatically, for if he intended making
any such proposition, he would never do SO
in the presence of third party. That bill
had come up several sessions, and had been
fought down. He had never given his assent.
nor would he, to measure which would vir-
tually pay off the whole rebel debt. Mr..
Carr appealed to the journals OF the House
as proof of his opposition to this scheme
from the time of its first appearance. Nor
did he know anything Of the payment by
Mr.. Scott of $1,000 to him to secure his adj
vocacy of the law transferring the stock to
the Jackson railroad; further, saying there
was no man alive who could say he had
ever paid him money to secure the passage
of any bill or law. The remainder of the
examination consisted of the same order of
probing after information
upon corruption, and endeavorng to prove
corruption.
Judge Henry c. Dibble, in his examina-
ton upon the question of difference be-
parties, testified it consisted in personal
opposition to Governor WarmOth that this
opposition began in August, 1870, in the
of that date. The feelings of
colOred men bad been fomented against the
Governor by members of the opposition for
rights bill. The split began there. Pressed
to answer if there had or not been
any personal differences before this date,
he stated there had been, but they took
shape then. He was asked if he knew of
any specific reason why such an opposition
had grown uD on the part of Marshal Pack |
ard and others. He answered when closely
questioned that it was rumored Marshal
Packard's opposition was due to the failure
of the Governor to approve the Nicolson
pavement bill. The ground of the opposi-
ton lay, according to the Judge, partly in
personal differences, partly in disappointed
Touching upon the right of expulsion Of
Mr.. Carter by vote of 4S to 8, not being
twO-thirds of the whole House, Judge Dib |
bic said: 1--WE look for precedents in that
matter to the Senate of the United States,
and the Judge cited the expulsion of Bright.
wherein it was decided that two-thirds of
the House meant thirds of the members
present-the articles in the constitution
reading the same way. The Judge could
. find no warrant in the constitution for the
calling of the extra session, though it was
justified, he thought, as the committee
asked for beliefs, by the extraordinary cir
,umstances Of the case. He had not con-
suited or advised Governor WarmOth to
,all this session.
Questioned if there was not, on the part |
If the Governor, determination to set up |
/ "white mans party" the judge seemed |
% treat this as an absurdity. There was'
le said some time ago man by the name
# Ollendortf who called on him to start
Republican club to be composed of white
men, to be called 1.-The Knights of Syria, or
something of that Sort" but he had given
he subject so little of his attention he had
hought no more about it.
Asked, in reference to the campaign
which produced the Gatling-gun conven-
ion in reference to bogus elections Of dele
rates, in cases where the delegates elected