Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-15
LOUISIANA DIFFICULTIES.

The committees of conference represent
ing the Central Committee of the Republican
and Democratic parties, after having been in
constant session for upwards of seven hours,
arrived at conclusion on the night OF the
18th ultimo. The agreement entered into is
that the Democrats SHALL do everything in
their power to aid in the maintenance of law
and order and support the legally-constituted
authorities. 1t is further agreed that the ad.
vsory board shall consist of FIVE members, two
to be chosen from the Democrats, two from
the Republicans, and one none-partisan, who
is named in the person of Banzano, Superin-
tendent of the Mint. The board of State
canvassers, about which there has been so much
discussion, it is agreed, shall consist of five
members, two of whom shall be Democrats
and three Republicans.
The Democrats tried to induce the Repub-
licans to promise that they would not prose
cute those engaged in the riots This, how
ever, they refused to do.
The compromise is signed by the chairmen
of both committees, and is as follows:
The undersigned announce the following as
the result of the conference between the COM
mittees of the two political parties of the State
of Louisiana
First. The committee representing the Con-
servative peoples party pledge themselves to
cause all violence and intimidation, II any ex'
lists, to cease throughout the State, and to as
sist the constituted authorities in maintaining
peace and insuring strictly fair and impair
tial registration and election also, to dlscoun-
tenance acts and threats of personal violence,
and all improper influences to control the Will
of electors, and render assistance and use eve'
ry effort to subject to the penalties of the law
all persons who may commit acts of violence
or intimidation, or conspire to do the same, IN
order to guarantee a fair registration and
election.
Second. There is hereby constituted and es-
tablished an advisory committee, composed OF
five members, namely: Messrs. Albert Voor-
hies and E. A. Burke, selected by the repre-
sentatives of the Conservative peoples party,
and Messrs. S. B. Packard and B. j. Joubert,
selected by the representatives Of the Repub-
! lican party, and of an umpire, namely, DIR.
M. F. Bouzano, who has beea jointly selected.
This advisory committee is to supervise and
carry on the registration throughout the State
on behalf of ali parties, to the full extent OF
suggesting changes in registration officers, and
the manner of conducting and carrying on the
registration. Governor Kellogg, in the inter-
est of a fair and impartial registration of his
own accord, pledging himself to act upon the
advice and suggestions of the Advisory Com
mittee so long as such advice and suggestions
are in consonance with, and permitted by, the
existing laws of the State
Third 1t is agreed that two persons shall
be named by the representatives of the Con,
servative peoples party, who shall be elected
according to law, to fill the two vacancies
which shall be created by resignation in the
returning board within twenty days.
PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE.-Whether it
is true or not that the Welsh are quarrel
some people, we cannot undertake to say {:
the following laughable anecdote, however,
would seem in some measure to countenance
the conclusion (and Shakespeare, we believe,
almost invariably represents his Welsh char
acters as touching to degree) that there is a
modicun, of truth in the charge. But to the
story. A Scotch peddler, without the reno
test intention on his part of getting into
quarrel or fight with any man, had put up
(with his pack) for the night, at country