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new ORLEANs.
Warmoth ArraigIled and Dis
charged.
Testimony Taken by the Con-
gressioaal Committee.
More Radical Election Frauds
Coming to Light.
The Mayor Advises the Suspension Of
the Interest Tax.

The Mayor Advises the Suspension Of
the Interest Tax.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.-Mayor Leeds
has vetoed the ordinance adopting an esti-
mate of the revenues of the city, and ad-
vises the suspension Of the interest tax.
The Mayor, in his message, says: ain thus
advising suspension Of the interest tax, l
do not propose to discredit the obligations
Of the city, nor do deny their validity in
any manner; but, believing that the COM
munity is unable to meet its obligations in
its present unprosperous condition, l con-
slider it is impossible to pursue any other
course
Warmofh Tried and Discharged
Coroner de Blanc made an affidavit
against WarInotb, charging him with muir
der. The case was tried to-day before
Judge Stalls. Several witnesses were ex-
amined. Their testimony did not vary
materially from the account Of the affair
given by ex-Goy. Warmoth, which was
telegraphed Saturday. After hearing all
the evidence, Judge Stalls decided that the
charge Of murder was not proven against
H. G. Warmoth, and the prisoner was dis
charged.
Getting at the Facts.
The subcommittee, consisting of Messrs.
Foster, Phelps and Potter, appointed to in
yestigate Louisiana a1airs, met in the par
lor of the St. Charles Hotel to-day. They
decided to confine their investigation
TO the action of the Returning
Board and the White League. Messrs.
Anderson and Arroyo, members of the Re-
turning Board, and John Ray, Republican,
and Frank G. Seachrie, Conservative, coun-
sci for the respective committees before the
Returning Board, were examined as to the
law and the mode of proceeding under it.
Nothing new was developed.
AT the night session, Messrs. Packard,
White and Burke, of Orleans, and Knob
lacz, of Lafourche parish, were examined.
Packard stated that he knew Of the organi-
cation ofthe White League before Sept. IA,
and believed it extended throughout the
State; that there were from three TO Eve
thousand white Republicans in New Orleans
less in proportion to the voters than in
other portions Of the State. He believed
the colored voters were intimidated, some
by threats of violence, others by threats to
discharge, refusal 20 lease lands to
blacks, etc. Mr.. White testified as
to the registration and election IL
his district. He stated that $50
whi1e Conservatives were stricken from
the registration rolls who were entitled to
vote and that the authorities refused to
strike off the names OF several hundred
fIaudulently registered negroes, although
they promised to do so. Mr.. KnOblOck teSti-
fiedregariing the recent registration andelec-
ton in LafOurche Parish. he stated that
there was no intimidation of any kind, aud
that 120 negroes voted the Conservative tick
ct. The Returning Board refused to throw
out forty tickets that were fraudulently
stuffed in one of the boxes. The Con-
servatives carried the parish, nOtwithstand-
ing, by small majority.
Mai. Z. A. Burke was still testifying al
IL P. NJ, giving an account of the organ
ization Of the Republican party for canvass
ing the city to verify the registration. They
detected $500 fraudulently registered
names. One of the parties had registered
il fourteen wards, and several Others were
discovered to have registered five or six
times. They succeeded in getting but few
Of the fraudulentlY registered names Strick-
en- from the rolls.
The object of she COMMITTEES evidently is
to investigate thoroughly the recent cleo
tiOn, beginning with the registration and
ending with the Returning Board.
One Of the committee stated, in cOnyer-
sation to-day, that the President had reeOg-
nized the Legislature Of 1872, but not so
with that elected in last November; they
would. therefore, cOntine their inyestiga-
tions to the late elections, which was an
open question.
In the course Of his testimony Packard
stated that he did not believe Republican
State Government could MAINTAIN itself in
this or any Southern State, without the aid
or protection of United States troops; that,
on election day, troops were stationed, one
company at each police station, one in
Gretna and one at the Marine Hospital. He
consulted with Gen. Emory about the dis
position of the troops. The reason they
were so disposed was because there were
telegraph connections between the police
stations, and the troops could have been
concentrated at any point.