The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-09-18
LOUISIANA.
The Story Of Her Tribu-
latiOus.
HOW SHE HAS BEEN OUT
RACED ~ RADICAL
RHSCkLS.
The Tangled Web of Fraud,
Tr9achery and Cor
ruption.


February ~, 1854, TIE fret "freeIlsts7
governor Il LoI!sIaua, Michael Hahn,
va e.ecR1 ~ tho half dozen parishes
Ilsu unc,r federal control. Gen. B.LAI
supervised the election. la March con-
situations! cOlreulIen me. and drew up =
cortii.IIiJE, which abolished slavery. la
Sep:emb be- .L.sIE parishes adopted this
instrument Cgugr,s.mOn we're elected
a. TIE sane time, Ja; they were never aa-
United to the house Al the c!Oss OF the
war, e.. these arrangements collapsed.
The prevalent theory We. that Louisiana
w4s terfi.o.y. In the spring Of 1895,
al election H.. territorial delegate took
pace. Henry =. Yarmouth, eI Lieutenant
colonel 10 Grsa!'I army Of tho Tennssiee,
aud eG.proyos. Judge under BIan 10
sen Ot!esti, gyg TIE negro yo.e, and
Va. ch0,su. a purse Of $4,000 Wa,
made p i.r him, aud hs went - Wash
.AEgyH. CyLgr-H would have nothing to
10 with hin, b.: Pgen1snl johnson APP
pointed LIm !fes'ury agent, and SOFT nm
:, Galyes.DG. 10 ihs fall Of l5Sj gen
era election ss4 held under the con,liIu-
Iioa - l,.I. The democrats carried
every co4a.y bat one. j. HadnOu Wells
was elected governor by ~ az cut OF a.
ss5 votes TIE legislature chosen at tni.
lime met early Ia 1865 ltpssssd some IL
advised lsS' and Among them al act
regulating negro labor IN harsh and
uUEeceissry Uay, IL July Of that year,
tue surviving nsmbers Of the consti.u-
L9Esi csnvsht0G Of lsJs called 4 meeting
~; Vat body 70 Tev!se the state C0nsliLu-
Ucl. They made the prspOslefOus claim
that sue convention could assemble ana
s-gl4., changes IN that iustTumeG. to the
pgy4Gr vote A. any time The CoLY6H-
ZION ne. July 80. Il riot onsued. SsYsfsl
isrpEs were killed. Congress Appointed
g.mmittes OF Interrogation. Tho 70.
contraction acts were soon Al!srward,
HAsss1. TIE Convention provided for by |
th9'e s-ts met In November, 1887. The |
Constitution 1t framed was adopted by tho |
p. gle n May, 1868. Al that time War |
ma,a was elected governor by Ci,3ol |
'o.e. 20 3S,0ij for Talialerro, the demo-
cralls candidate. Wirmoth WAS a. Onca
insIg4rstsd. Tho legislature WAS over
Wte.mingly republican aud dishonest
The presidential campaign Of 1893 was
dngrsced by a number Of riots. On
election day, very fow negroes voted.
Intimidation was doubtless the great
G sl'o Of ll.s although it is claimed that
Ite paiy roansgers, forssGeing certain
leies' kept their followers from
he poll. for the sake of pleading
orr0fsm thereafter. La 1868 the
n 'mmoth jobSry which destroyed the
rrlt Of Louisiana and swslled her debt
70 u present enormous proportions fairly
.egsr. In 1871 the republicans quarreled
yer the spoils The assembly elected, at
ne'ent times, two speakers, pro and
nli- WarmO,h. Soon after its adjourn
tent, q republican state convention was
meet At New Orleans. August o 1871, I
bis body assembled. United States Mar.
lsl Packard had the right, a. chairman
tho state central ommittee, 10 appoint
10 place ho designsted the custom
ousr. Tho buil!ing was guarded by fed
'sl troops, VINO kept cut all delegate. who 4
al not received tickets Of aimIssion
ON Packard, Wsrmoth and ali hi,
lends were excluded. They hold a con-
sn!lon Of their own, which sent = com