The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-04-02
Corruption in the State ofLouisiana.

Corruption in the State ofLouisiana,
The Louisville Courier Journals
special. Washington dispatch of the
18th ult. says:
The recent nomination by President
Grant of his brother-in-law, James F..
Casey, to be Collector of Customs at
New Orleans for four more years has
revived attention to tie report which
was made by a committee of the House
ct Representatives. at the second ses
sion Of The Forty. Second Congress up-
on the abuses and corruptions of the
public service in Louisiana. The re-
port is numbered 80. aud was made on
the 30'h Of May, 1872. b. some no.
Gus. poems the actinn Of the committee
under the order Of the House was de-
iayed for long time, aud the testinlo.
ny IN the case was also suppressed for
several months. These things do not
of course happen accidentally. 1t is
stated that Mr.. Scotield, Of Pennsylya-
MIA, the chairman of the committee, is
responsible for this delay and the sup
preston OF the truth; that on finding
how black the case was proven to be,
he went to the President and urged
him to remove Casey, saying that the
Republican party could not shoulder
such a man. How little importance
Grant attaches to such representations
may be gathered from lis recent act in
transmitting Casey's pane to tie Sen
ate for this most important and lucra~
tive position
Three reports were made in the case;
one signed by ScoReld and McCreerv,
recommending no action, but shaving
the existence of very gross nsurpatiou
and abuses by the Radical Officials in
Louisiana. Therep of Messrs. Sheer
anu Archer (Denocrats) is a spicy doc.
nment. 1t discloses most extraordi-
nary amount Of corruption and rascal
lty by Casey, Packard, Piuchback and
other administration leaders IN Lonisi-
ana, all of which is abun.lantly forti-
ned ny the testimony. Among other
things, it appears that Pinchhack's
election as President OF the Louisiana
Senate was procured Ivy a br;be If
Slo,000 to one Lewis, who was cheat
ed out of his money, aud that George
y. Bovee, who was the Secretary Of
State set mp lately Ivy the Kellogg fac
Non, offered Senator John r. Gallup
$4,000 it he would change his vote uuon
il question. The report says also Ca
sey Is clearly proved to have been in
terested IN aud the holder Of a cnrrup-
ton fund of $4,000, part of a $4,000
fund raised by himself ana others to
o'oe Tue Legislature to pass a bill in
wi''rll he vas an Incorporation. Her
Wig, his deputy, was at the time a Sen
at"r; and when the Governor vetoed
tl'r hIli, Case! unlocked his safe iu the
Custom House, and Herwig took ont of
II aud returned Sle,NDO. 1t seems that
the Sio,0O0 was Tor the Senator's, aud
the balance Of the $4,000 for the low.
er house. ThiS grave charge is pruved
ny the testimony of John C. SinDott. !
OF tue corporat,rs, who paid his $4,000,
and it is not deuitd in the report of
Messrs. scotield, MrCr cry and Board.
man Smith, the Republican members
~ TINS committee. 1t appears by other
testimony cited in the report that
Pinehhark was paid tor his vnte on the
Jackson railroad hill Ivy a note of ont.
\ imball for Sl0,00O, endorsed nv s.
w. Scott, and that Kimball hal y lis,
u the names of the men he had nude
with. On his list. Gov
.rn"r Pincl'back, the present. Kellog.
United States Senator, was marked at
valuation of $1,000, just twice as
much as he would have fetched in the
I'D days of involuntary servitn}e.-
These are only a part of the revelations
;"ntantd in this report and accon,pa-
lying testimony. II is understandable
hese matters are all tn be ventilated
when Casey's nomination is pressed in
lie Senate. ...-g.E
Ey A curious old document has inst