New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-21
NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER q, 1874.

Oe cOnsIlIut0O from all the pOlltlcal parties.
General Tom Anderson and ex Governor
j. Madison Wells, old citizens of Louisiana,
were selected in behalf Of the Democracy,
and because they will not cringe to the
party lash and consent 10 falsehOod in the
returns, the opposition have claimed to be
without representation on the board. To
satisfy its cavils. General Longstreet, Re.
publican, retired on Saturday from the
board. and John n. Sandige, a Bourbon Of
Bourbons, was elected in his stead. The
''uncOnstitutionap plea was once more fore
borne. Moreover, the board consented that
a Democratic committee of three should be
present during the entire canvass OF the
returns.
The real Democratic objection is not that
the board will consent to fraud, but that
the White League is deferred by the mere
presence of national troops isom compelling
that consent.
What the board fails to concede now the
League wants to enforce in January, when
the Legislature eOnvenes. 1t means to
wrench by force the government it could
not secure by stealth in the ~ election.
To this end it means TO impr0vise majority
as legislators elect, charge the board with
fraud just so far as it falls short of that fig
ure, and then tOpple over tho Kellogg ad-
ministration. For the Democrats to claim
a majority in the lower House were bold
CAouSAs Uue tAOAA P1oA " pOcO tuO OCA~
ate, to which they have just elected but
eight members. is . marvel. They 60 back
to that mildewed myth, the McEnery Legis-
lature Of 1872, and find eleven Senators
"hOlding over" This is q modest way to
get quorum. But here they cease to be
in accOrd-personal interests clash. Nc
Emery is no longer a hero to many Of his
political Wallets. His especial rivals are
Penn, Lieutenant Governor" and Mayor
Wiltv xUhO "a hov o1oot Of <ho Gov.
eral Assembly. and aspires to the Speaker.
ship. McEnery wants the two houses,
stuffed with the rubbish Of 1872 and 1874,
to meet in joint session and declare himself
and Penn Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Penn thinks this is we'll as far as it
goes. but that it would be better if McEn-
cry ehOuld retire to that Obscurity for
which he is gifted with such manifest apti-
tude. In this view the seni0y "McEnery
Senator Of 1872" shares, but should Lieu
! tenant Governor Antoine be impeached
first and Governor Kellogg next, that SEN
atOr might, in his zeal to serve Louisiana,
first as President elect of the Senate and
| then as acting Governor, not scruple to
| shoot past Penn. instead of lingering At
his heels. In the lower house. however,
| Witt wants to climb to the Speakership as
| q perch whence he may, should the Cover.
nor and Lieutenant Governor be impesched
l eiHuitouOouoiSs "a VIC AoAuAoA AAooS AOnP
| over the Lieutenant Goveruorship into the
| executive chair.
! The greater confidence of his party in the
composition Of the lower house, rather
than the upper, to compass part of this mis-.
chief and his personal popularity, serves To
| augur more for Wilt than for any Of the
| other Democratic plotrers. The State Sen
! ate stands twenty. eight Republicans to eight
Democrats, but if the Democrats of the
| House preferred articles OF Impeachment
| against Kellogg and Antoine on the last ol
| March. they would by law be suspended il
l the exercise Of their functions. and it being
too late for Congress to interfere the Speaker
| would act as Governor until the assemblagt
Of the next Congress, which. by reason O
Fits Democratic sympathies. would not order
| anew election. II will be seen that McEnery
Penn and Wilt are in each others way; art
| watching each other with jealous eyes. ant
that Wiltz' game best promises success, i
the White League shall torcibly thrust non
| elect candidates into seats to which the Re
| turning board can not discover and will not
| Of course, pronounce their title. The wOlve
! seem in their covetOus riyalrieS to be abOu
to tear each other. If they have not sutncet
their appetite for blood, it is certainly to b.
hoped that loyal. peacesble citizens may NJ
longer be their victims. Let them gnaw y
each others thrOats for while. Mean
while the federal troops in Louisiana shcult
/ remain sentries over the public peace. les
it be too coon again . mob's plaything
| 1--WE shall have much to do in repreesing th'
! turbulent spirits in our ranks. says Senato
Whyte.- Washington Natioual Republican