The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-25
THE SITUATION.
Views Of n Resident of New
Orleans.

GHuI 81 AOA1AO1Ns
Views Of n Resident of New
Orleans.
The Rev. Mr.. Hartzell. editor O
. the Southwestern Christian Advo
cate, with headquarters at NeI
Orleans, is stopping in Chicag,
for short time, and was inter
We'd by a Post and Mail reporter
These White League clubs,
said Mr. H., "are politico-military
organizations, made up of white
conservatives who propose to carry
the election in November by fOrct
if necessary. They have been OF
ganized under the direction O.
MeEnery and his associates, who
claim to have been elected on the
Fusion ticket in 1872. 1t is diff
cult to estimate their numbers
though they can be found in force
in almost every parish in the State.
The clubs are made up of the rebel
element, and are organized into
companies, regiments, and brig
AIDES. There is = complete mill
tary force, and one armed to the
teeth. This so-called state mill
tia, ordered out by Penn, is simply
the White League organization
throughout the state under a new
name. They number probably
$4,000 within the limits of New
Orleans"
RI judge you think Kellogg
has acted wisely in surrendering?'
Mr.. H.-"Yes. His force could
not compare with the White
League, and for him to continue
the fight would involve the capture
and slaughter of himself and his
associates precisely as the men at
Coushatta were captured and muir
dered. The Custom House is an
immense granite building. KEEL
logg retreated to it for two reasons:
First, he was forced to yield or he
murdered; and second, in the Gus
tom House he is protected by the
United States authorities"
R.-"Were the men who partic-
ipated in yesterdays meeting bus
mess men, as they were represent
ed in the dispatches"
Mr.. H.-"Some of them no
doubt are, but l do not believe
that the best business men, or any
large number of them, justify such
proceedings. The fact is, the ma.
jority of the business men are not
politicians; what they want is Sc
ourity and economical government.
They would be the last men to in
augurate riot or anything of that
kind"
R.-"Are there any new issues
in this contest?"
Mr.. H.-'None whatever. 1t is
the same old question that grew
out in the election of 1872. The
Kellogg government was inaugu-
rated, as you remember, under the
enforcement act, and sustained by
the President. The Fusionists
applied to the courts, both State
and Federal, and were defeated.
They then appealed to mob law, a
year ago last spring, to get con-
troll of the police stations in the
city. They proposed thus to en-
force the acts of their Legislature,
then in session in the city hall.
Their attacks on the police sta
tions. the principal one of which
was the midnight assault on the
jackson Square Station, were re-
pulsed. Gradually their Legisla-
ture dispersed and their warlike
demonstrations ceased. They
then renewed the fight in Congress.
After a great deal of talk nothing
definite was done. Kellogg was
sustained by the Administration,
and most people believed the
whole difficulty settled. Not so,
however, for meanwhile the new
organzition, the White League,
was forming preparatory to the
coming election"
I R.-"Where and when did the
White League originator
Mr.. HIT was first brought
to public notice in New Orleans
about three months ago, and at
once became the rallying point of
the whole Fusion force throughout
the state"
R.-"Have the Kellogg people
been taken by surprise?"
Mr.. HI think not. They
have known from the first the pur-
poses of their political opponents,
and have prepared themselves.
But their only real dependence was
the unreliable State militia, and
the Metropolitan Police, neither
of which could hope for any sue
hess against a concerted attack
throughout the state"
R.-"Do you think Penn will
yield to the United States troops?"
Mr.. H.-"He has said he would
not, but I found that the South
ems entertain profound respect
for the boys in blue, and if Grant
takes positive measures they will
probably yield.''
R.-"You think then the Presi-
dents proclamation will end the
AFFAIR.""
Mr. HI think nothing short
of martial law will settle the
thing"