The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-10-08
The kellogg Address.

Governor Kellogg has issed an elab-
crate and manly address to the peo-
pie of the United States. He goes
into the de'ails oi Louisiana finance,
showing beyond controversy that in
less than two wears the Republican
State Government of Louisiana has
reduced The unfunded debt of The
State nearly one million dollars and
the funded debt ten million 4, llpr>,
and this without increased taxation.
On the CO ltrary, tho taxes have been
reduced onc-thirl. Besides this,
about eight million dollars Of contin-
gent liabilities have been repealed
From financial point of view the
Kellogg administration makes bet
ter showing than can be made hv the
government of anv other State IN the
Union
The opposition continually protest
that Governor Kellogg was never
fairly elec ed to the position he now
holds. MANY believe this. and il is
to that belief that the insubordma-
tion of ts.2 people is largely attribn
table. When he was nominated his
opponents professed respect for him.
He had served as Collector of the
Port and United States Senator with
acceptance to the people Of both par
ties. If General Warmo'h had not
attempted, through the abuse of the
power OF the election return board, to
count McEnery in bv fraud, there
would have been no serious trouble.
Fraud in the elect on.returns was de-
feated by Kellogg through resort to
sharp practice in the eoarts. The
Durell order was Roland for the
Warmoth Oliver. Trickery in the
interest Of justice, and for the defeat
Of fraud. Is lrirkery still; but far less
censurah!e than the fraud which pro-
voked it. Governor Kellogg made
fair and mpensating offer when he
agreed to leave the counting OF the
returns to arbitration, and TO abide.
by the decision of the umpires. All
propositions of the Republicans 10 ,k-
ing to an honest settlement Of the
controversy were elected. The new
Registrat ,on law provides for the rep
resentation on all the local boards OF
bo,h parties. aud an open, prompt
and fair count of all the ballots. II
it hardly possible to prevent an hon
est election. except through violence,
and the present prospect IS that there
will be ~ resort 10 that
The Democrats claim that the
whites are in a ma jority: but Govern
or Kellogg thinks that the negroes
are in the m jority On this point
the Governor reaS ms thus:
"Th. second charge brought
against me 'ly my OPP mems IS thit
| was II elected to the positiol !
hold. Nl. Mars c nnrnittee. in their
recent adAre $, attempted to for iiy
that asse, tion by extracts from the
census ot 1870. showing snail ex
cess OF white over coiored males over
the age u twcnty-o e. The whe!r
force oi the argument is DESTROYED by
the fac, which MIR. Mari des,gnedly
or accidentally fails to mention: That
the same census shows th.t there are
nearly fifteen thousand alien males
over The age OF ,weuy-onc in this
State, VIII are. oi course, disqualified
from vo'ing. Deduct these fifteen
thousaud aliens from the total Of
white citizens claimed for the Democ-
racv: deduct also the FIVE or ten
thousand known white Republicans,
and Id that number to the colored
male "iults. all made citizens by the
war, and til" census argument estab-
fishes arger excess Of Republicans
over Democratic voters in this State
than ,vca the Republican party
claim
1t is to be hoped that after the
next election the party proved to be
in the minority will accep, the situa
tion in go, ID faith. There will he no
possible excuse for insubo;dnation
after tina, verdict of the people has
been rendered. INicogo ./omn0i