The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-15
KELLOGG AND THE CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE.

Elsewhere in this morning S edition Will be
found the communication of the Committee
of Conference of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee and Of the Committee of
Seventy to W. P. Kellogg. requesting an equal
representation between the Republican and
Democratic parties in the Registration Boards;
the letter of w. P. Kellogg in response and
the closing communication to him from the
Conference Committee.
1t will be seen that Mr. Kellogg's letter is
eminent!y disingenuous, and that instead of
giving frank answer in the affirmative or in
the negative to the very reasonable request of
the committees, he offers by way Of comprom-
ise as a concession. the appointment of a
mere clerk Of registration in each board, with
the reservation that if the names recommend
ed to him by the opposition be not satisfactory
to himself he will make the appointments to
suit himself.
This is no concession, but mere subterfuge,
which was readily detected by the committee.
and we are not surprised that it de-
clined to entertain the proposition. as not
being serious.
The purpose Of the Committee Of Confer
ence was to obtain the cooperation Of the
Republican party for a fair election, and for
that purpose they made the above mentioned
request, convinced that, if it was granted, that
purpose would have been achieved, and de-
Jermined that in case the request was
not granted to fix the responsibilities upon
the proper parties.
The committee has, therefore, placed Mr..
Kellogg in default, and we know now precisely
what kind of justice and fairness ne proposes
to mete out to the white eople of Louisi ina
in the coming campaign. A perusal Of the
reply of the committee to the long winded
and craftily written letter Of the usurper will
show how extremely infelicitous were the
latter's allusion to Democratic frauds, and will
xcite astonishment that he, the very embody-
nent and expression of the boldest fraud and
most nefarious swindle ever perpetrated, should
nave the hardihood to pirate OF frauds in
,thers, and still worse, to attempt to shoulder
upon the Democracy the crimes for which
alone the Republican party is responsible.
1t would appear that there is no limit to the
nendacity of this Gubernatorial usurper |
md party puppet 70 in spite OF his knowl-
edge to the contrary, he refers to the organ
z tons of white people for purposes of self
lefense against his villainous hosts of the |
Black League, as band of Ku-Klux, whose
mission is to intimidate the negroes from |
voting, and to deny them the rights to which
h-y are legally entitled.
We wonder when he put his autograph to
that UNANIMOUSLY untrue statement W hich by
he-way bears the ear marks of Packard, his
right arm did not tall palsied by his side
Men have, ere this, been more sorely stricken
Ior crimes less heinous.
Tue white people Of the State will under
stand, from perusal Of these letters, that
hey must rely solely upon themselves. They
must not only be content to vote, but they
must see to it that they are not cheated after
wards by supervisors clerks or the Returning
5oard. They must give Mr.. Kellogg to
understand most enthusiastically that, while
hey propose to keep the peace and to make
he Radicals do the same, they will not toll
rate, for one instant, any attempt to swindle
he people by tampering with ballot-boyes or
eturns
Let no future Returning Board lay the fiat
ering JUNCTION to it's soul It have a soul
hat it can thwart the peoples will with i'm
unity, but let it rather remember that the /,
7rath OF an insulted and angry people is ter
ible. :