The New York herald., 1872-12-07

buis<iing used - ssate House ana found they had
driven away the waschman and taken entire pos
session. The OcnCers were quartered in my Of
nces ana the men throughout the building. u
was with some dimcuity could get sdmittance to
my once. The troops were under the control Of .
Deputy United States Marshal. and he told me he
was instrucssa to alsw nobody but myself to enter
the state House. Colonel wharton. the Secretary
Of state was refused admittance for over an hour.
wARMorH WILL NOT OBEY THE COURTS. .
RsPoRrER-Do you intend TO obey Judge Durers
order to deliver the returns to Longstreet Lynch,
Heron and Boveef ceet4 e Eam
GovERNOR-I do not am the Governor or the
State OF Louisiana. and do not acknowledge the
right Of. any Court % psvalyze my executive func-
tons Especially 10 1t my duty TO protect the peo-
pie Of this state in their right 10 choose their own
ofncers and 70 enjoy the fruits Of the election in
which they have rejected Senator Kellogg and his
confederates by an overwhelming majority. do
nos understand hsw q Judge can settle contested
election case in advance Of any legal contest and
deny his right 70 intervene with military forces,
70 constitute state Legislature. et9sY ntn &
REPoRTBR-Do you believe that frauds were per-
petrated as chargedf j. n 4 s
GovERroR-I do not. Tnc evidence n On tHc
face OF the returns For instance. Antoine. the
regular candidate ior Lieutenant Governor,
swcars that 500 men were refused registration
and the right to vote IN Caddo parish, while the
returns show that the republicans increased their
majority 2el over the vote OF 1870, and there was
total Of 500 more votes than in 1870 In the parish
Of iRapidesl they swear 1000 persons were
refused registration, when the vote shows an in
crease Of nifty three votes over that OF 1870 Not
withstandng the fact that 400 votes were taken on
by the creation OF the new parish Of Vernon, the
total vote in the state is Increased over 1900
over 1870. The republican vote fell on over $780,
which is less than the strength Of the republicans
who LEFT the. party because Of the course OF the
Custom House people here. 4asast int
8a lll stgEELlO0G INTERVIEWED. 81 tfsss +
About halfpast seven your reporter succeeded in
running senator Kelioge to earth at the st. Louis
Hotel. HIS parlor was flied at the time with local
politicians, 80 an adjournment took place TO his
bedroom, where tho following interview was heId:-
REPORTER This looksiike old Confederate times,
Senator e 3l.lt
KELLOGG aaushing) Not 80 bad as that, hope.
RRPoRTER-what object have the United States
troops in taking possession Of the State House'
REIlosG-I only know nom hcarsay Beckwith
aua Others told me this morning that Durren had
been informed that warmeth had a large body Of
men prepared to take possession Of it and pre-
cipitate conflict with citizens; 30 he thought he
would get ahead OF him.. sia es igfYaat40E tass.st
RsrosrER- Were you aware OF the intentlon be-
fore n was carried snto eneet2 'a hAt hsN on
KsLIosG--RO, sr. The hrst knew o,,t was this
REPoFrER-rhcn you t,d not apply TO General
Emory for trOopAP rpt4n1sHa tF4.fr# 4
KElloaa-No, sir. whatever was done Is due to
the committee, not me personally.
IL CAUSE OF rnE EELLoaa-w wARxoTgI WAR.
RKreRrsa-UpOn what facts' coming TO your
knowledge is your suit against warmotn based >
KELLosG--That IL q long story. Two months be-
fore the election, while canvassing the state, It
became very evident to me that very large num-
Der OF colorcd people throughout the state
the attention Of the republican committee
to these facts, and it resulted in getting
up printed anldasits in accordance with the third
section Of the Enforcement Act OF 1870. They were
-. A.. roa& ux,uobn~s ana
the State, about 4,5oo being returned signed
later, and the registration returns showed an
excess of in the black registration throughout
the country parishes over previous years. We
then learned OF the instructions given by Blanchard
TO the Supervisors prevent voting BY establishing
polls at inaccessible points. Thereupon other am
dAyits were prepared in accordance with. another
n6SSissso SeNka enforcement Act. These were
also plentifuly scattered throughout the country.
and about three thousand hve hundred were re-
turned. These are the aflldavits now in Court
upon which the suit is based.
REPoRrER--But how were the fraoas you com
plain Of committedS s8es tr8-
KELLoGG-On, in many ways, TAKE the parish
registration and 1900 coored majority. Thatparsh
is sxty-nve miles long and forty-nve miles wide,
yet only four polls we're opened in II, and notice
OF those only given on election morning. Many
other parishes were treated in ike manner. Be-
sides this, We knew the instructions gwen TO
Blanchard's supervisors. There are two OF them in
that room now pointing to the parlor). They
we're furnished with es na
TICKETS PUT UP IN PACKAGES OF TWENTY-FIVE,
and instructed when and how to insert them In
the bailotboxes. The boxes we're exchanged on
crossing the river, and have positive evidence OF
three that were flied with stones and sunk in the
overwhelming. We have the dead wood" on
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