The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-26
Resolutions Adopted BY the Louis
lana Democratic and Conservative
Party.

Party.
New ORLEANS, October 24-The fol-
lowing was unanimously adopted by the
Democratic and Conservative State Cen
tral Committee:
NEW ORLEANS, October "a, 1874.
WHEREAS, Several thousand Of our
foreign born citizens were nsturallzed,
in the Second District Court, upon the
advice of the best legal talent in the State,
said advice being based upon previous
decisions upon said question, and acqules-
ced in for many years; and,
WHEREAS, Said naturalizcd citizens
have been registered without opposition
being made to their right to register, and
have thereby became qualified electors
under the constitution and laws of the
United States, and of the States; and,
WHEREAS 1t is contemplated by the
Republican leaders, Kellogg, Packard,
Beckwith and others to deprive our for
eign born citizens thus naturalized ofthe
rig int to vote by advising the assistant
supervisor to strike from the list of regis
tered voters the names of said foreign
born citizens, thereby investing said su-
pervisor with the extraordinary pow
cr of wrestling from said citi-
zens the right Of citizenship
secured by the judgment of court of
competent jurisdiction, and recognized in
their fullest extent by said supervisors
by their official act Of registering said
citizens, and
WHEREAS, This conspiracy between the
Governor and the Federal officials, is in
tended to secure by fraud the same re-
suits in the parish of Orleans which they
are attempting to secure in the country
parishes by intimidating white voters
through the prostitution of the federal
judiciary, and the degradation of the
United States army to local police pur-
poses. BE 1t
ResoIved, That we denOuncc in un-
measured terms, this movement to deprive
said Foreign born citizens of their right
of citizenship, and the persistent inter-
ference OF Federal officials in
affairs of our State, are .intcndcd to in
vitc conflicts and disorder, and we de-
nouncc the weakness and disposition Of
the executive in submitting to the
dictation of said federal officials.
RcSoireR, That we earnestly recon-
mend to every registered citizen thus
naturalized, TO present himself at the
polls and cast his vote.
Resolred, That if this outrage be con-
summated, we hold up to popular cxecra-
,ion the individual authors of this fraud,
conspiring against worthy class of our
citizens.
TSigned.1 ALBERT VOORHEES,.
President Ec. Com.
f.. &. Dill, CHIEF Secy.
Louisiana Gentlemen Arrested by U.
s. Officials.
The following gentlemen were arrest
ed this morning by the [. ). Marshal
charged with violating the enforcement
act: George 5. A. Pike, banker; 4.
jacobs, of the firm of +. i Il. Jacobs,
the wealthiest firm in the city; John }.
| Horan, of the firm Of Koran IL LoOncy;
w. p. Ford. r. II. Lindsay of Steers y
Lindsay, and j. &. McWilliams. Other
arrests are threatened. The warrants
served by ONeal, the Radical candidate
\ for sheriff in Bassier parish, and were
based upon affidavits Of George LOWS
Merrill L. 5. A., commanding division
No resistance was offered, and no one
attempted to escape. The examination
is set for Monday morning.
Movements OF Troops.
The troops stationed in this city and
at Jackson Barracks, under command of
Col. FLOYD Jones, will be reviewed to-
morrow morning on Canal street. Two
companies of the Thirteenth Infantry ar
rived Yesterday Company e, Eighteenth
Infantry. goes TO Grccnvlle, Alabama,
and company &, Second Infantry, to
Mobile. A daily parade of the troops
has been ordered, the only object being
the exercise of the men, both for sanitary
purposes and to meet the requirements Of
the service.
SHREVEPORT, October 24.-No addi-
tional arrests have been made since
morning, but ninety warrants have been
prepared, at the instance of Gen. Merrill.
1t is said these will be served Monday.
Enthusiastie Mass Meeting OF Whites
and Blacks.
| FRANKLIN, La October pa large
| and enthusiastic mass meeting OF white
and colorcd people of the parish of st.
! Mary, called in accordance with the reso
lutionS adopted by the White League
| Nominating Convention of Satul day
last. was held to-day. A compromise
similar to that recently made in the par
! ish of Terrebone, was effected. The
meeting throughout WAS orderly, and the
! speeches delivered by both the white and
! colored men were well received: The
! following compromise ticket, in opposl-
! ton to the Straight-out Republican
ticket, was adopted amid great cnthu-
sasm: Arthur Antoine, colored, l.. 5.
/ Clarke, white, House Of Representatives.
I J. W. Lyman. white, Parish Judge.
/ Timothy Davis, Colored, Sheriff. The
whites have two and the blacks two for
! candidates for Police Jury. Ward Con-
stable and the Justices OF the Peace are
equally divided.
Affidavit Upon which Citizens Were
Arrested.
NEW ORLEANS, October 25.-The fol-
, lowing is the text of the affidavits upon
which citizens Of Shreveport were srres-
/ ted:
/ L. s. f. District Of Louisiana:
Personally came and appeared before
me the undersigned authority, Lewis
Merrill, Major of the 7th regiment,
! United States cavalry, who, being
/ tv Inc first duly sworn, did
dcposc and say that on or about the 18th
dav of October, 1874 st the City Of
Shreveport, in the district aforesaid.
Here follows the names Of the ninety
citizens, did each and every one of them
conspire to in,imidate and control, and
did attempt to intimidste and control,
numerous qualified voters in said district
: in exercising the right Of suffrage by
threatening to deprive said voter. OF EN-
pIoyment, by threatening TO refuse and re-
new contracts with said voters for labor,
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