The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-11
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ON KELLOGG

! The following extract is taken from an ed
| itorial Of the Chicago Tribune, perhaps the
! most pronounced and bitter Radical journal
| in the country. The view it takes Of the
| usurpers situation in Louisiana is not calc,l-
| lated to add any strength to his claims before
| Congress or the President. The Tribune
seems to understand the situation, and is not
slow or at all cautious in its denunciations OF
the fraud that has been put upon orr State
by designing and corrupt Radical politicians
Says the Tribune:
The Warmoth Canvassing Board in 1872,
upon being enjoined by Judge Durell retained
possession OF the official returns of the cleo
ton of 1872. The Kellogg Government has
tried every means during the last two years
to recover possession of them, but has never
| succeeded. Their place Of deposit has been
kept secret, but it is supposed they have
been hidden in Louisville, Nashville. Balti-
more, or elsewhere in the South. certainly
outside Of Louisiana. When the Democratic
Legislature wants them they will be forth
coming. When the Democratic Legislature
canyasses the returns. of course it will appear
that McEnery WAS elected Governor in 1872.
and not Kellogg, and that all the officers who
have been serving for two years were never
elected. Having declared this result, Mem
cry will be recognized as Governor by the
Legislature. and Kellogg will he treated rs an
usurper, and ousted. ..
In view of this inevitable train Of circum-
stances, kelloggs friends are appealing to
Congress to interfere in advance, and by some
measure recognize the Kellogg Government
rs the only legitimate Government of the
State. Exactly how Congress is to do this,
we do not know. In 1873, the House of Rep
resentatives admitted three members of Con-
gress who were elected with Kellogg The
Kellogg Legislature elected Pinchback to the
Senate, but that body refused to admit him.
It is now proposed that the Senate shall ad-
NIT Pipchback, and thus have the quasi rec
ognition by that body Of the legality of the
Kellogg Legislature. No act Of Congress
that is to say, act OF legislation-is proposed.
Here We have complication in which
Kellogg and his associates seek to involve the
Republican party Of the country. The con-
templated proceedings by the Democrats of
the Louisiana Legislature are undoubtedly
hagitious, wholly indefensible, but are they
without precedent? How did the Kellogg
Legislature act two years ago. when they in
voked the Judiciary and the Federal troops to
install themselves in power, and when the
Legislature elected everybody who was an OBJ
stacle to their supremacy?
AS we said few days ago, IRE Niak the Re
puJAcaas, as q party, hare carried Kellogg and
his associates long enough: they hare kept him
in poorer By force for t,co gears, against the
solemn judgment Of The Investigating Committee
of Republican Senator's that he ,ras an usurper.
Behind that Judgment the Republican party
cannot now 60, particularly when the people
of the State have affirmed it by a late vote
that is too decisive to be questioned.
One OF two things should he done: either
order new election for Governor, or let the
party which carried the late election govern
the State, even if Kellogg loses an office which
he cannot hold an hour save by the aid of the
Federal army and navy.