The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-30
LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.

!. LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.
. We condensc the following from tel
egrams of Saturday sent from Louisj
ana to the Associated Press.
! MILITARY ARRESTS.
| Six Of the principal business men O
Shreveport have been arrested by tn
U. S. Marshal, on complaint of Gen
Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., charging then
with violation of the enforcement act
of 1S70-'7l, in conspiring to dischars'
from their employ all persons who sup
port the Radical party. It is said Gen
Merrill has caused warrants to be issuet
against ninety other business men O
Shreveport on the same charge, wht
will be arrested Monday. Two arrests
were also made at Breaux Bridge and q
number at St. Martinsville, on simila,
charges.
D1SFRANCHIsING WHITES.
Attorney General Field has replied to
the StateiRegistrar of voters, with refer.
enc to the status Of persons of foreign
birth naturalized i'll the second district
conrt, that in his opinion. that court,
having only probate jurisdiction, is not
court exercising common law iuris-
diction, and is, therefore, incompetent
to grant naturalization to aliens.
THE COMMITTEE PROTEST..
The executive committee of the Dem.
ocratic and Conservative State Central
Committee, upon the announcement of
the above opinion of the Attorney Gen.
eral issued the following protest:
WHEREAS, Several thousand of our
foreign born citizens were naturalized
by the Second District Court upon the
advice of. the best legal talent in the
State, said advice being fixed upon pre-.
vious decisions upon said question, and
acquiesccd in for many years; and
WHEREAS, Said naturalized citizens
have been registered without opposi-
ton being made to their right to regis
ter, and have become qualified electors
under the constitution and laws of the
United States, and of the State;
WHEREAS. 1t is contemplated by the
Republican leaders, Kellogg, Packard,
Beckwith and others, to deprive our
foreign-born citizens Of .their right to
vote, by advising the assistant supervi.
sor to arbitrarily strike out from the
list of registered voters the names of
said foreign.born citizens, thereby in
vesting said supervisor with the extra
ordinary power Of wrestling from said
citizens the right of citizenship, secured
by judgment of court of competent
jurisdiction, and recognized in their
fullest extent by said supervisors by
their official act Of registering said citi.
zens; and
WHEREAS, This conspiracy between
the Governor and federal officials is
intended to secure by fraud the same
results in the parish of Orleans which
they are attempting to secure in the
country parishes by intimidating white
voters through the prostitution of thc
federal judiciary and the degradation
of the U. S. army to local political pur.
poses, belt
Resolued, That we denounce in un-
measured terms this movement to de-
prive said foreign born citizens of the
rights Of citizenship and the persistent
interference of federal officials in the
affairs Of our State, intended to invite
conflict and disorder, and we denounce
the weakness and disposition of the
executive in submitting to the dictation
Of federal officials.
Resolued, That we earnestly call upon
every registered citizen thus natural
lied to present himself at the polls and
cast his vote.
Resolred, That if this outrage be
consummated we hold up to popular
execration the individual author of this
foul conspiracy against worthy class
of our citizens.
SENSIBLE COMPROMISE.
At Franklin, La, large and enthusi-
astic mass meeting of the white and
colored people of the parish of St. Mary
was held in accordance with the reso-
lutions adopted by the White League
nominating convention on Saturday
last. A compromise similar to that re-.
Gently made in the parish Of Terreboune
was effected. The meeting throughout
was orderly, and the speeches delivered
by both white and colored men were
we'll received. 70 the colored men vas
given one candidate for the Legislature,
the sheriff, and four members Of the
police jury; to the whites was given
one candidate for the Legislature, the
parish judge, and three members of the
police jury and the justices and con-
stables were divided equally, The
ticket meets with great favor, and will
probably be elected over the Radical
ticket by large majority.