The weekly Louisianian., 1874-06-20

:=.-.s n time to take partin the campaign
ho, ,sp; ~ + accepted their invitation.
IN a "..da several speechesi in ne n.es.s'
s Of 70, rsturn to New York I met c MI:
"a Ca. ~ secretary Of the national l;o o'I II
nit'es' u; nAI Louisiana, I said unless ; oy
things n IN the iniquitous registration ion
s s"a election laws was stricken 'lon War; wv
and ',a s,ss,esa Of Louisiana Governor 1;' %a..
's".a you'd count in the fusion a "nd
he "s s;~ that 1ns there was but mt way ~, on IN
told him aa' 'na ~es for for ne take my life in
s m; hands and .: start t s%o Ssn e7 Wasnos TIL !
III g0s u' i, That is where the erea.
railte i,'in 'sv to undertakei it, and Isaid that
was s Wiling to undertake ANYTHING ina
wou aan s,',r I should encounter but was
Inc. Inc enough to risk it. My friend war.
ofa,' O. =" % "a full of tricks as a cat is OF
m 'is"s %m nrp to get control of the tsle-
nve'' an1 ra;lroads and anticipating that
graph anA I.uo.~,,rs FROM Mi. Chan
,, So1 arranaed at Canton, Mississippi an
; a'e. plan to defeat me. When the
.rein stopped at that place the conductor
'~ots me- from a slumber. and said there
10 a dispatch in the telegraph Office for you
I1atu,slly rushed out of the cor into the
office for the telegram, presum'ng that the
conductor would wait a moment for me-
1loon entering the Office the door was
.,osoa behind me and locked upon the
o~utside-by the merest accident OF course
Bv the time I got out Of the Office the car
vere miles on their way, and !, conse-
oueutly foiled in my object. venture to
NV that had 1 been successful, Louisiana
would have had q fair election, and this
casa would not now be before this House
and much Of the disgrace resting upon our
atate would have been averted.
Iuowc come back to the point l left
and to which / desire to claim the especial
s*tentioni Of the point I left, and to the
House. soy that you have in every
single instance recognized the certificate
which / present here as pr;sa tacie right
TO a seat on this floor. have been told
by the best lfsgn talent which I csn com
mand TINT the prrinia fac;e right carries
with it all the merits Of tie case unit
overturned. Upon that ground I contend
that I am entitled tc q seat on the floor o
this House. 1.
If the House shall vote to adopt thu
report of the majority Of the committee,
havo no complaint to make. I accept the
report, aud desiie the fullest and com
faetest examination into this whole ques'
tian. I am further strengthened in that
desire because I find that the committee
in their report use this language:
II this case be remsndcd for further proof
and he fully developed, the result, there Is
resson to believe, will either. demonstrate
that tho Kellogg government is rightfany in
power or will furnish the proof that it il a
usurpation'
find much comfort in these words, fol
they are conclusive proof that the trouble
in this contest rests upon the validity Of
the Kellogg government. ,,~.
desire to know whether that govern.
hent represents the majority Of tho voters
of Louisian,. or whether it is a usurpation:
Therefore I am in favor of the report Of
the Committee on Elections. I would
ask as a special favor to myself that that
report be adopted. But in the mean time
I contend that if you would be consistent,
you must acco1d me that primn. ffacie right
which you have accorded to every other
member upon my certificate,
But if you are not satisfied with my
certificate, the committee has in it's pos
session another certificate forwarded here
by Governor Kellogg, q certificate made
from a tmnscript'of the returns now on
file in the Office of:the secretary Of state.
Kyou can find any such returns there in
favor Of my friend. lfr. Sheridan. and il
he can get such q certificate, 1 will waive
my right. But he has nowhere on file
any record of his election.
Now, sir, l want to take up two OF
three points of the argument Of the dis
anguished gentleman from Mississippi,
lMr. Lamar, and I desire to say that j
differ from him with reluctance, I be
leve, as I said before, that he was sincere
IN what no said, I know something o.
his State. He bears the character of on
honest, fair-minded southern gentleman,
and l frank to admit that if there is any
class Of men On the face of the earth for
vnom l have great personal respects it is
that class Of gentlemen. Therefore 1 diff:
ier with him with. a great deal of regret.
1he frst point I purpose to notice is
h's statement that there is only o contest
IN twelve parishea' Of course that would
strike many members as extraordinary.
but l say to the republicans here that il
they will turn to the recods they will as.