The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-19

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LOUISIANA DEVOTED TO RCIN.
WAsHrN6roN. June Some Of the
leading Radicals admit that Louisiana has
been devoted to ruin. A prominent gov
ernment official said Yesterday that he re-
garded the future Of South Carolina, Flor
ida, Mississippi and Louisiana as almost
hopeless, and Louisiana as the worst Of all.
The New York Times Of to-day calls for a
new Legislature, to be composed of the
members returned by both returning boards
as elected. This is the same compromise
that was rejected by the Pinchback party
last winter, and it is probably suggested
now in order to get rid of the disgrace of
having the mulatto Pinchback in the SEN
ate, and to make room. for tho Presidents
brother-in-law.
ARKANsAs-TIIE PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN
POLICY.
The resorts and trickery of the Arkansas
Radicals to dispossess Governor Baxter be-
cause he does not make his appointments to
suit them, is severely condemned by the
New York Times. That journal declares
that the proceeding is not only an act of
bad faith, but revolutionary, and that the
Republicans of. Arkansas ca7not expect the
public to have any sympa, hy with this
movement 1t will be recol ected that at
the same time Governor Baxtel was installed
in Office the President had his bayonets
ready to support him against any claim of
the Liberals to the possession of the State
Offices; but so keen is the Presidents desire
to keep up the ascendency of his party IN
the Southern States, that close observers of
his conduct here believe that he would not
hesitate to support rebel government,
whether in Arkansas or any other Southern
State, designed to give the power of pillagc
of his carpet-bag allies
MAMMOTH SCHEME OF ROBBERY.
The district ring has already developed a
mammoth scheme which it proposes to lobby
through Congress during the coming win
ter. 1t is a proposition to impose another
loan of four million dollars on the District
of Columbia. The bill has already been
offered in the legislative assembly, and
although it has been tabled for the present,
there is little doubt that the creatures of
the ring in the Legislature will put it
through. A more unblushing scheme of
scheme of robbery was nevr proposed.
When the present government came into
power, the Board of Public Works, in con-
junction with the Governor, submitted a
plan of improvement to the Legislative
Assembly, accompanied by a detailed esti-
mate of the cost of the same. The entire
sum which they ask to carry out all their
plans was four millions, and an act autho-
rizing the issue of bonds to that amount
was passed.
The act was enJoined, because it did not
provide for a vote of the people on the
same, as the organic act required. The Leg
islature passed another act, which was to be
submitted to the people for their approval.
In order to secure its Endorsement, Governor
] ~ IL 4l,o los
pers of this city, in which he solemnly de
clared it was their intention to spend four
millions dollars only, and, no matter what
might be the result of the legal fight over
the first act, only one of the loans would
be negotiated. The vote on the second act
resulted in its Endorsement by the people.
Soon after, the courts dissolved the injunc-
ton in the first act, and thus there were
two acts ia force, each authorizing the gov
ernment to negotiate four millions of bonds.
When Congress assembled in December
1871, an investigation was ordered into the
appropriations of the district, and the in
tention of the district authorities in regard
to these two loans very properly became a
subject of inquiry. In answer TO q qucs-
tion. Governor Cooke answered in writing,
on oath, declaring that it was not their in
tention to attempt to negotiate the loan au-
thorized by the first act. But Congress, to
make assurance doubly sure, passed an act,
May 20, 1872, which declared the first actof
the Legislative Assembly, creating four
million loan, null and void, and absolutely
prohibiting the issue of any bonds under ii
The same act also prohibits the increase of
the debt of the district beyond ten millions
of dollars, without the approval Of Con-
gress being obtained.
Now the report of the ring comptroller
shows that the actual debt of the district
exceeds that amount at the present time, but
Notwithstanding, the ring proposes to re-
enact the old 81, 600, 600 act which Congress
declared null and void, and submit it to
the people Of the district for their approval
They are certain of securing enough votes
to carry their point; for, with the large nc
gro population under their control, il is only
a question of double or triple voting and
good counting. A pretended approval by
the people secured, they intend to 90 on
and issue the bonds, and with the money Sc
cured in this infamous manner buy the ap-
proval of Congress next winter