The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
Louisiana Tuiquity.


] pIete expose of the iniquities and
baseless character sf the Kellogg
+ Government which has been set up
and maintained in that State by Fed
eral authority, in defiancs of the clear
/ Iy expressed will of the people. He
swept away the sophisfns of Morton
as though they were mere chat, and
/ demonstrated most clearly that the
| Government that now Tnles and OPP
/ presses that people is a base fraud and
usurpatieB. The following is 8 tele-
graphic synopsis of the great speech !:
He said he never thought of Louis
I lana matters but with Mingled sorrow
and shame. He differed with the SEN
ator from Indiana. (Mortonl IS to
Pinchbaek having 8 priHgG fdcie case.
i and this Committee had agreed there
/ was no legal government in Lonisiana
nor q legal Legislature there on the
10th of January last. He disputed
the claim of Mr.. Morton that ths tes-
timony was taken onIY in the case of
Ray, contending that the proceedings
were binding on the Senate The at
tempt Of the Senator (MOrton) to rule
out that testimony and seat Pinch
back on prima facie case Was, cer-
tainfY worthy of thefneenuity ef that
gentleman. lie (Carpenter) entirely
concurred with the views expressed
by the gentleman from Ohio (Thur-
man1 in regard to the GOldthWaite
case, but there was prima facie case
there. But On the 18th Of January
last there Was no legal GoYernuent in
Louisiana. and no legal Legislature
to elect Senator.
After quoting from the Robbins
case Of Rhode Islsnd, TO show the law
in reference the pFims facie cases, he
commended that the case proved the re-
EeEge Of the arGument OF the ganflB-
man from Indiana M 4oFton1B although
Il had been quoted dy bE him to sus-
tain his argument He reviewed At.
length the condition Of affairs in
LQuisianas as shown by the testimony
before the C0mmittees and said that
part of his argument was dry and
tedious, but after this he intended to
wash his hands Of the whole affair,
and therefore would lays before the
Senate the case in its santire nakedness,
then, If his Republican friends in this
Chamber thought proper to take il on
their shoulders aud march through
the next Presidential campaign, he
would bid them joy. LAughter. M
| He then read FROM the Louisiana
Constitution and the law governing
election retnrns, and aFgaed that the
action of both Returning Boards. that
of Yarmouth aud that of Lynch, was
ILLEGAL. Yarmouth had no authority
to remove Bowie as Secretary of State.
The vacancies existing in the Canvass
ing Board of the 18th day of N0venl-
Der, 1872, were, therefore, neYerhIled,
and the only members of that Board
were WaFmoth and Lyneh, and they
voted in different ways; so there was
no election whatever Warm0th was
in one building with his Board, and
Lynch in another with his The law
required that the Board should meet
aogether. BeVic was Secretary of
State all the time but by virtIe of be-
ing a candidate for Office he was dis
qualified from voting in the Return
ing Board. The order of Warmoth
removing him as Secretary Of State
was of no more authority than an or
der from the President of the Senate
removing General Grant from the
Presideneysi1d asf us
{ Referring to the forged afidavits
from which the Lynch Board made
up its returns, lac said ones1itfle gene
tleman with smiling face appeared
before the COMMITTEES and swore that
he forged twelve hundred afidavits
and delivered them to Bowie in open
Board. Bowie said che was h--I of
a fellow and asked him If he could
not get some more? He replied q 7 es
he could have more by ynine o'clock iii
the morning" I.aughterl 1nsteae of
8, ,606 majority for HcEnsry, as shown |
by the returns, this Lynch Board gave
Kellogg double that. He must say, il
Yarmouth could not abolish that
Board it was immortal, and never
could be abolished. - tssss
This canvass was also very profia
Bile to the Lynch Board. It appears
that virtue in Louisiana has its re-
ward, and that speedily. Lynch had
his own son, an engineer on the
Southern Pacific Railroad, appointed
Inspector of sLeyee Stock In New Or
lesns, at an actual salary of $I2,O 900, |
and then had bis son appoint an old
friend as his depnty but finally Ly neh !
thought il would not look well with
his son in position, and had him re-
sign. After coming before the Com
Lniltes = z asnlngsen 2 ana airing nis /
leans and Kellogg appointed him to
Inc 6oe leSlltlcal once - salary OF S1lz,
W., ~. y lae nYtus Lhis day.
q lns .hellpgs ,4leglslasure .aoollsned
eW2 1ourts 81 s.,l. alsu creAAsal 3 9eW enc
y - = h!ls In1ge, ana eonsoll7
a.4ng sas Jurlsulc1loh eoI. ooln, ana
glYips I'M e1Slusite luflseietlon over
eoa1ssteQ slsceLeh cass5s wills oI man
etestss, g s.I.. ssy ny g llLIss, altninI
N alsN tniyks III ma maze =, ynee fuler
ever tnan " Ll.Aug hseIsl 4 heni flncn-
p4ck 4as SSH y Ing oelate. . W nat =
ever else may De -ealQ Oh InO1o EasCalB