The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-02-05
Congressional. e II
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS :
FIRST SESSION. 70 ,1211 .

EOALXsTAIAD CONGRESS -
FIRST SESSION. % nt12r1 g
The Fight Over Lou1siaaa.-Carpen-
7 ter's Great Speech. --
WAsBINGroN, Jan. %, 1874.
/ SENATE. -s
Mr.. CARrENrEE (Rep. Wis said he
never thought of louisiana matters but
with mingled sorrow and shame. He diff
/ fered from the Senator from Indiana Nor
\ ton) as to Pinchbsck havinga prizla faeie
ease, and referred to the lengthy report of
the Congressional Commi, tee q, ,049 pagesl
cn Louisiana affairs. This report received
the signatures fall the members except
Merton. It is too late now 20 talk abont
seating Pinehbaek on primo 5aete case.
Rs this Committee had agreed there was
no legal government in Louisiana nor a
iegal Legislature there on the 18th of
January last. He disputed the claim Of
Mr.. Morton that the testimony was taken
only N the case of Ray, contendine that
the proceedings were, binding upon the
Senate The attempt Of Lhs SehEEor( Nor
| ton) to rule out that testimony, and seat
Pinchbaek on prima facie case was GER
tainIy worthy of the ingenuity of that
gentleman, He (Carpenter) entirely con-
Cured with the views expressed by the
gentleman from Ohio (Thurman) in regard
to the Goldthwaite case; but there was q
prima facie case there, But on the 18th of
January last there was no legal Govern
ment IN Louisiana, and 40 legal Begisia-
ture to elect a Senator.
After quoting from the Robbins case of
Rhode island, to show the law in reference
to prima facie cases, he eontended that
that case proved just the reverse Of the
argument of the gentleman from Indiana
(Morton), although it had been quoted by
him to sustain his argument. He reviewed
at length the condition Of affairs in Loui-
siana as shown by the testimony before
the Committee, and said that part of his
this he intended to wash his hands of the
whole affair, and therefore would lay be-
fore the Senate the case in its absolute
naksdness then, if his Republican friends
in this Chamber thought proper to take
it on their shoulders and march through
the next PRESIDENT tial campaign. he would
bid than Joy. Laughter.
He then read from the Louisiana Con-
stitution and the law governing election
returns, and argued that the action Of
both Returning Boards; that of Warmoth
and that of Lynch, was illegal. Warmoth
had no authority to remove Bowie as Sc
eretary- of State. The vacancies existing
in the CanVassing Board on the 18th day
November 1872, were, therefore, never
flied and the only members Of that Board
were WaTmoth and Lynch, and they vo-
ted in different ways; so there was no
election whatever. Warmoth was in one
building with his Board, and Lynch in
another with his. The law required the
Board to meet together. Bowie was Sc
cretary of State ali the time, but by vir-
the OF being oandidats for Office he was
qualified from voting in the Returning
Board. The order of Warmoth removing
him as Secretary of State was no more
authority than an order from the Presi-
dent of the Senate removing General
Grant from the Presidency sl4
Referring to the forged daf6 6dayits from
which the Lynch Board made up its re-
turns, he said one httle gentleman with a
smiling face appeared before the Commit
tee and sWore that he forged twelve him
dred afidavits and delivered them to- Boz
vie in open Board. Bowie said "he was
h--l of q fellow" and asked him il he
copid not get some more? He renlied
"Yes, he could have moFcs sby nine O'clock
in, the morning" Laughter Instead !
1905 majority for Nc Emery, as shown by
the returns, this, Lynch Board gave Kel4I
logS double that He must say, is War /
moth could not abolish that Board il was
Immortal, and never could be abolished.
.l This caaVassaWas also veryipT6f 6fIGb1s to /
the Lynch Roards It appsaFg that virtue
in Louisiana1 has its reward, 4 and that
speedily Lynch had his own, son. an en-
gineeF on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
appointed inspector of AeVes Stock in
New Orleans, It Al Annu4l' 'salary Of $1a,Z
600, and then had his son appoint an old
friend as his dsputyT but finally Lynch
came to the ,conelusion that 1t would not
look veil with his son in position3 and had
him resign qAfterH coming bsforea the
Conmittee at washington and airing has
patriotism he went back to New Orleans,
and Ksllogg appointed him .onthe iden1
teal Office, at salary Of $4,000 which
he holds this day 1s-sl- a-- 81 4
The kellogg Legislature abolished two 4
Courts and lcreated q new one, making
Hawkins Judge, and consolidating the
Jurisdiction Of both, and giving them e1-
elusive jurisdiction over contested elec=
ton Writs of iBGHoGlHIEs, etc. saying to-
him, 'PGthful IN a few things; I,Iilmake 1
thee ruler over many. # BaughteE3 Then
Pinch back E&a sent To- the Senate What
ever else may be said Of these fAscals down
there thsy certainly do not forget their
associatssd ReneWsd lauKhter.l When 4
his friend airom Indiana A4orton) came
thunderinR down on hIT9 with his artillery 4
and heavy ordnance, he aEonld uo4msnd
him to q careful examination of the. testiS
mony' Just read --- OIL - -.-T
. Mr.. Carpenter said he would next pro-
caed to consider the Interference. ofcthe
General Government In o this muddiel
While this contest WAS going on, Kellogg
com menced suit In the United States
Court, and Judge Durell issued his re-
'stiaining order, and it was most re-
msEksble document. a On the 9th, Of
December there was another judicial pro-
ceeding- which had no parallel ia this
country or England. AT night this same
Judge Dqrell issued an order to seize the
St&tohouse. The testimony showed that
he went to his lodging about II o'clock 2.
n, and feeling like 1t issued the order. 4
Nobody had applied for it, He Was not
sitting in cham bers, nor holding Court,
and at his lodgings issued an order. to the i,
United states Marshal to seize the State
house. ItWas seized, a company Of troops
put therein, and that conf PAhy held It for
more thaE six weeks, WI He the farce Of
organizing the Legislature was beng en-
acted; and these two men, Pinchbaek and
Ray, were elected while the StGte-houSe
was 90 held by troops. a. ~
- TIE acE6f Congress iau I'll thorizihg election
eaaes 10 be brought before Federal Courts
applied only to Instances NhefS the Par4
ties were prevented from voting on account
oil race, color or previous condition Of SER
Vitude. 50 D6reA had net even = decent
pretext for jurisdiction. AaE4ere ren1ark-
able proceeding than that Of DaFelFs could
NOT be fouud anywhere lSdeA orders were
never isseed in Rassia 6raToKkey By his
very act he organized both sides putting
Republicans in and Dem out Of the
Stase-hoose. He (Gafpentsr) sent TO the
Clerks desk-and had read the orders Of
that Judge, and sad he wished twas IN
his power to have them read IN the hear
ing of every citizen of the United States:
at one o'clock on the 8oEh Mr. Gzrpen-
ter resumed the floor and spoke on boui-
siana affairs. -
Mr.. Carpenter said he did not condemn