National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-17

ment of the Kellogg government, which, b
said, was the result Of one of the most deliber
| ate and cunningly- contrived conspiracies know
to the annals of all history. He eommentet
on the part taken by the Federal ofice-holder
In Louisiana In the struggle for the possession
OF the State government, quoting from tn
dispatches sent to the President by Collecto
Casey and Marshal Packard, and said that II
the days of Jefferson, IN the purer days OF IN,
republic, Mr.. Casey's career as collector WouIe
soon have come to an end.
| Mr.. CONKLING said he had supposed that
when the Senator was speaking OF the previous
days, that perhaps he referred 10 the DAYS
MT HAMILTON said that in the days O
| jackson, ofice-holders began to direct theil
energies to retaining possession of their places
| but be certainly knew of no parallelin the day.
of jackson, to this interference Of Federal off,
GERS with State affairs. He then went on 10 re
ply to the arguments of Mr.. MORTON. TIL,
| State of Indiana would never have submitted Il
the treatment which had been visited upon tn,
| State Of Louisiana, the Senator Mr.. MORTON
would never have submitted to It, and M
United States judge or President would havt
dared to attenptto do such thing in Indiana
or had been done in the down-trodden State o
Louisiana. The Senator spoke of the obedience
that was yielded to the Kellogg government,
when the Senator knew that there was not one
particle Of submission except that compelled b!
the President.
The people of Louisiana had done everything
that it was possible for them to do to show
that they did not submit to the Kellogg usur
patton. They had organized the government
elected by them, sorupulously adhering to al
the forms of law, and the reason why they had
not installed 1t in possession of the State gov
eminent was only because the President had
furnished United States troops to prevent them
and has kept those troops stationed in Louis,
lana to keep Kellogg in power. They had
demonstrated against the Kellogg government;
they had met and passed resolutions protesting
against it; they had sent petitions here and had
continued to send them here at this session
and they now lie on your table. Let the Senate
now reject Pinchback and admit MCMILLAN as
Senator from Louisiana, or let It adopt the
proposition of the Senator from Delaware mr..
BAYARD.1 II this was done he thought the
President would withdraw his support of KEEL
logg, and the Senator from Indiana would
pretty soon find how much the people of Louis
lana acquiesced in the Kellogg domination.
Mr.. MORTON reviewed at length the prin-
ciples involved in the bill of Mr.. CARPENTER,
treating It from q constitutional standpoint,
and claiming that Congress had no such power
as provided by the bill; for, If SO, it would
entirely destroy the independence and integrity
of the State governments. 1t oVerrides the
constitution of Louisiana; and If Congress can
do this, II can override the constitution of New
York, or of any other State. He then repeated
his former statements, to the effect that Mr..
Kellogg was in uninterrupted possession of the
government, and had been recognized by the
courts and by every other department of the
State government, and his rule is acquiesced in
by large majority of the people of the State,
including the wealth and responsibility of the
Democratic party. He then reviewed the
results of the last session of the Legislature,
which body, he said, had inaugurated great
reforms. State taxes have been reduced from
twenty-one and a half mills to fourteen and a
half mills, and parish taxes from twenty-one
and half mills to fraction less than eleven
and half mills. The total State and parish
taxes, under the former administration, was
forty-three mills; as fixed by the last Legisla-
ture, the total was but TWENTY-FIVE mills.
The Governor and Legislature have acted
in full harmony with the city authorities of
New Orleans, and reduced the annual ex-
penses of that city 81 1854 500. The expenses of
the General Assembly in 1870 were $685., 900;
in 1871, 81 OPS 900; in 1872, SS49, 97S, and in
1873, the first year of Kellogg, s21S, 410,
and in 1874, Slf5, 900. The appropriation for
the general fund covering current expenses for
1872, 81 ,031 ,019; for 1878, the first year of
Kellogg's administration, 81 ,649, SS2; for 1874,
$685., 232. This statement does not
appropriations for interest, taxes
on schools under the influence of the Kellogg
administration. Confidence is being restored,
trade is reviVing, prices of property are ad-
vancing and the prospects of Louisiana are
growing brighter from day to day.
Mr.. Upton then obtained the floor, but
gave way for 8 motion to go into executive
session, after which the Senate adjourned.