New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-05

the ega ~ Ara, TtsugS participating In ne ses jon
v Az 40 under protest 10 now ssems ba oyotest
orally conceded " sn me tat in fact GOyernos bad no
VIZ r y, ea sreca session OF single prancm
General Asse%Py nv only Judge Of legality OF is
ne nens he nremses The opposition claim 70 nav
converts snSrs s % SESSION win M develop
txsis r. certain As the stake at ISSUE y o. veyv
vital Importance TO either party, Detn WIZ D''AS
il Y Home noyeysr tn e. sy
most desperate ht 10 edgsssfd . nesy The Speaker
NJ George W. Carter reeognised as " Jar u ss Be
debasr end se he. there has long existed
deady 7eud. Carter ls, moreover amoiIioas aI.a
Views decidedly un az the peculiar
sttntion and laws louisiana nyeS q inc sss car
Dunn u eai Sse co Governor Of state
Aside any intrinsic merits ne sne eourse Of Mr. Car
tne no rroinS artces OF Impeachment are readily
It Ia also plain that upon inc must succeed in
deposns the Speaker, or he Is morally certain " w
peaehed aud deposed himself - A.. s,rroo,e
,ns on ia face II has national bearing Oh no sngn
importance We have here two separate ana psnub
sse one Sas It's head II the Mr.
g B. Packard u g. Marshal es ha other represent
ing convention bolting from the one eae1 sc s Of
Custom House, has its recognSed nea1 10 tne oal
recognition by the National Committee IN INC TSSeroi
for Of the state the Officials Q. of be oppo
The opposition claim, and with seem1ng ta,he en- the
have majority the state. Gov Warmotn ON tsS
other hand claims the facts as grossly
their part and that he alone tue Obtain on
the one hand and TO retain on the Other the p
Of the General , oos 20 OBTAIN control
of the legislature An overwhelming victory On ms
mart oyerthrowing all opposition In the Leglsate,
pf once defeat and confusion bis enemies on every
hand 1t not only gives tho lie to all their reprsseh
n pS%sr in hs hands renders them tho future
This once made evident beyond doubt, tnels PeeSse
ton At the hands Of the National Committee He retains
al the same time the registration ana eiecuoh ams ~
he dictates terms TO President Grant, Collector Casey
u. (. Marshal Packard, and the whole OF inc rnoth
Federal appCintees go by tue Doaru, anu wv "'''
is monarch Of all he surveys. ., 1870, -, ,hs
ON the other hand, IL ne cannot obtain contr"! OF lo
nittee represented by Mr. Packard Is officially recog
nized; Mr. Casey, and the Federal appontees IN genes
are proved hey all cavil TO have been In tho fsnt
and Gov Warmoth loses all hopes OF counteraerng .ne
influence of Federal patronage With all TINS comes ts y,
driving Mr. from the Legislature will do anything
toward ayertng this That this Is despepsd 10
be placed upon Louisiana legislator the chances
be decidedly against the GSye hD hard to nd Such
thing legisating on principle - Is ,, no. o v1e
pretended With the great majority IL Is SIMPLY eSe are
that having slight hopes of being returned see INC ne
eessy OF Eetora.Sy 0t e Of the members have
dnnhtess laid Themselves open criminal prosecution
in the furtherance OF their plundering schemes tue
nreVious session tho Governors friends held the SUI
nremocv i'm the Senate They thus held &C least mega
i've mower over all legislation. The arrogance OF the
demands IL would SEEM led TO the overthrow Oh tne
Governors power In the House The trustworthhess OF
such material may well be imagined With the mass on
either side as nave described 1t rs simply question OF
who buys last This practically exemphned III tne
In the coming contest therefore, either party is liable
10 ind itself sold at the eleventh hour In the senate
the opposition propose to hold their present number ana
10 bring three from the other side In the
House. on other hand the Governors party propose
to procure suiciency OF votes TO turn the scale Oh
majority hitherto with the opposon desperate means,
too are 10 Ia said, to be employed. The Governors
friends claim have discovered mares nest Ia the
shane OF an alleged Oyerissue OF legislative WARRANTS
In this they claim TO have implicated the leading mem
hers of tho opposition, including Mr. Carter himself
Whatever the merits dement's OF the case may De- IL
Is apparent that the leading candidaeso the Governor
for the speakershp in opposition to Mr. carter are decl
dedy In the same boat Bat here Is sketcIl or WHAT
the Opposition claim IL the intended coup detdG
Iii charged by them, that discreet ana properly
eeIccted Grand JUICY has been put In SESSION Before
ls their leading members, including Mr. carter, are 10
he Indicted iii proper They then To DO arrested
on morning OF the session In the confusion follow
ing the arrest and the consequent dismay among the
the Governor the dreaded members expelled. such
is the programme feared In the inner circles OF the
opposition. Is Is one however tnaI nke I"o-edgeu
knife may both ways. IL tho Governor, ON the one
hand has advantage of the state Courts the opposl
ton have at least access TO the Feder 'ous anu lno
benefits Of the enforcement act as well.
III the Governor cause the arrest OF the leadlng MEM
beers Of the opposition the opening OF the session,
therefore, he quite likely, with his leading follow
ers, to be arrested himself through warrant rom y;
the House between the Sheriff and the u. y Marshal,
backed, respectively, by the Metropolitan Police ana
troops dreaded generally, as no unlikely occurrence
The imes at least pregnant with events OF no tte
Importance 10 sueh have partisan tends brought
the Republican party OF Louisiana