Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-06-21
The TRIBUNE correspondence.

of 80 doing, and are therefore obliged to
omit the greater part, quoting only such
portions as Justify our editorial on the SUBJ
ject. After going to the Governors office,
and finding the surroundings not agreeable
to his fastidious tastes, the Tribune Cor
respondent made an appointment tomeet
Mr.. Kellogg, at his own house of which, and
his interview or rather those parts of it
which we are able to copy, he speaks as
follows:
Mr.. Kellogg lives in an unpretentious.
though very comfortable, house on Pry-
tania street. 1t stands back rod or two
from the street, and has high ornamental
iron fence in front. The gate was locked,
and, on ringing the bell, servant came out
with the key and admitted me. i was
shown into study, plainly furnished and
opening npon a cool gallery at the rear of
the house. At desk in tho corner a well
dressed man, to whom l was introduced,
but whose name / have forgotten, was
cleaning and oiling pair of Smith & Yves
sons revolvers. He remarked that he was
putting the armory in good order, that be
ing a very necessary adjunct of the govern
ment in New, Orleans. Mr.. Kellogg talked
with me for about two hours with very
little reserve, and 1 shall repeat, as nearly
| as can remember, the substance of the
conversation.
We spoke first of the finances of the State
| and Mr. Kellogg said he had passed through
the most trying times in regard to the col
| lection of money. "For the first two or three
months" he said, ~ couldn't get any money
at all. 1t was part of the plan of War
| moth and his gang to leave his successor
| with none of the means of carrying on the
government He absolutely took out OF the
ship of state every foot of machinery before
!, turning it over to us. This was done by
means of what was known as act No. 81.
That provided that all warrants and certi-
ficates of Indebtedness might be registered,
and that all delinquent taxes, as they were
paid, should be set aside as a fund from
which to liquidate them in the order OF
their registration. BY another law all tax.
es became delinquent on the first of Janu-
ary. Warmoth did not sign this act and
publish it until he and his friends were
ready. They bought these warrants and
certificates at great discount; for some they
did not pay more than thirty cents on {
dollar, and when it was announced that thu
bill was signed they had about 500, OOl
, worth of this paper. The State owed it
Fiscal AgeLt about S160, 900 for money adj
yanced to pay interest, the new taxes wer
: not due, and these fellows were goblin,
every cent of the old taxes as fast as the,
came in. Some of our people were in it
: too. Ray had some of the warrants or Ger
I tifcates, and Pinchback had some. / dit
: not discover it at once, but when did
put stopto it Immediately.
The State finances then come up, and al
ter explaining the modus operandi of issu
ing the fraudulent bonds, the Governo
continued as follows, or at least the Tr
4 bune man or fellow, says he did.
: Well, the bonds were issued, and it nov
e turns out that the whole cost of the wor
: done was S37 so. Now, 1 don't believe tina
: the State ought to pay the interest o
8 those bends. We must retrench, reduc
d taxation and expose the corruption of Wal
Il moths administration. l wish we had
paper to do it with. The Republican Wa
so long connected with Warmoth and d.
0 Tended everything he did that we can
Y now depend upon it to expose him. III
/ New Orleans Times is the ouly paper 0
: which we can depend for anything OF tn
} kind"
War-like preparations were then spoke
of, and to the question why they wei
n needed, when everything seemed so quie
@ the Governor is reported to have give
n several reasons including this one.
R 'If everything is so quiet" observe
h "what use do you expect to have for yol
!, forcei"
IL "Oh, when we get ready we shall ser
Y some of them up TO Grant parish to ARE
d those murderers up there"
a Will you take United States troops vii
a you !" l inquired.
There are troops up there now, at Ale
andria; they may be used if desired.
The Senate investigation committee can
mp next, and was thus spoken of by his G
cellency.
He said that it had hurt his party We
much. The report of the committee car
Ell upon him like thunder froW clear SIX
a He was so much engaged here that he W
" unable to follow closely the investigate
T. bat he repeatedly telegraphed the nam
:, of witnesses whom he desired to have ca
Al ed. He could OF understand why none
a. them were summoned. He supposed th
!. his case was so strong that none of the
III were needed. He now learns that Mr.. r.
r. was much of the time sick, and that &
committee summoned such witnesses
J, Warmoth, McMillen and Ray desired. at
re- fact is,n he continued, ''we were eucher
out of our case. Ray didn't know an
y thing about managing an investigate
ir and was in such poor health that he con
not have done it, if he did; Pinckback W
"a was no BETTER and SO the Fusionists had
n all their own way"
=. In conclusion the correspondent spea
as follows of the Governors opinion, i
ce garding new election, and here we coinci
ie entirely with the former in all respec
Is particularly SO to the number OF Repub
cans desiring new election, as we &
~ satisfied that as far from there not being
20 undred Republicans in the State desiri
10 it, there is more than that number in
at pides.
ve Mr.. kellogg said that there we're no
hundred Republicans in the whole St
10 who desired a new election, in which OPP
n L - -.