The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-29
KELLOGG'S PROPOSITION RE-
The Central Committee Refuse to
Make any Distinction in
the Votes Of Natural
lied Citizens.
One BallOt-B0x for all Citizens.
Naturalized Citiznes will Vote.

Our people will rejoice to hear that IL
Democratic Central Committee has, throug
Major Burke, Chairman of the Registratio
Committee, positively and finally rejecte
the proposition Of Kellogg to receive til
votes of naturalized citizens under prote.
and in a separate box. This settles th
point and throws upon Kellogg the gray
responsibility Of DISTINGUISHING six or eigl
thousand of our best citizens.
Either the naturalized citizen has tn
right of franchise, or he has not If he ha
the right, then it can not be compromise
in any way whatever. If he has not tn
right, that question must be judicially de
cided, and no opinion of partizan ind
vidual. however high in authority he ma
be, will be accepted as either legal or Q
any force.
We congratulate the committee on it
prompt rejection Of Kellogg's faudulen
scheme, and we feel satisfied that the entir,
definitely closes all farther negotiation with tn
nsurper, whose efforts to ostracise the foreign
voters, we believe, will be thwarted by thu
bold and digniied position thus taken by tn.
Central Committee.
The following is the correspondence which
has taken place between the State Contra
Committee and Kellogg. It speeks for itself
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC AND CoNsERvA- J
TIVE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF :
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct %, 1874.
Albert VOORHEES,, Esq. Chairman Executive Com
mittee Democratic Conservative Party:
Dear Sir-Herewith enclose you comm
nication from Gov. w. P. Kellogg, this day
received.
The position assumed in this communica-
ton is SO utterly at variance with the facts,
as understood, and would cast such cloud
upon the legality of votes polled by our citi-
zens naturalized il the Second District Court,
that / am constrained to recommend the re-
lection of this view, and the withdrawal of all
communications upon the subject
Yours respectfully, E. A. BURKE,
Chairman Committee on Registration.
: STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DDpARTM'r,
Z New Orleans, Oct. 81, 1884.
.. A. Burke, Esq, Chairman Committee on
Registration:
My Dear SRI have just received your
communication of even date herewith, re-
yarding the polling Of votes in separate box
by persons naturalized in the Second District
Court. You say you are instructed to accept
the proposition contained therein, "modifed
by the subsequent agreement that there shall
be one box tor the reception of the ballots,
with q partition therein, instead of two
boxes" You will pardon me for not being
able to call to mind the subsequent agree
ment" to which you allude, but as cannot
see that this agreement differs materially
from the original proposition, am not dis
posed to interpose any objection to this modi-
fication.
You conclude your communication as fol-
lows:
at being understood that the challenge
of such votes is made by the Republican
party"
beg TO remind you that the legality of
officer of the State, as well as by other high
legal authorities, on the ground of lack of
jurisdiction in the Second District Court to
sssre naturalization papers, and the object OF
u proposition made by me is, not because it
nd ought to challenge the votes Of any class
No citizens in the interest of the Republican
Ielloy, but, as had the honor to state in nv
7 thpunication of the 26th inst, in order to
: sets the rights of al parties interested
- eee printed poll lists will be marked to
pl voters naturalized in this court, and
Den bcratic as well as Republican Commits
mon rs of election are required to see that the
vote are deposited as agreed in your letter Of
thia date.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
w. P. KELLOGG.