The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-08
From the n. Y. Tribune, Jan. 5.
Louisiana Under the Bayouet.

years in the state of Louisiana found their I
logical result yesterday in the forclble ex- ,
pulsion of four conservative members OF !
the legislature by the army of the United S
States, and the contamination of the
greatest outrage that has ever yet in the i
history of the country been practiced upon !,
the citizens of state To-day minority
legislature, never elected by the people, ]
but foisted upon them by the most bare
faced frauds, without regard to ballot or
returns or anything but the necessities of /
wicked and corrupt Ring of politicians,
sits in New-Orleans under the protection
of federal bayonets, and undertakes to
legislate for the state Nothing in the
history of even the great conspiracy by
which the border rufians undertook to
seize the territory and state of Kansas can
furnish any parallel for this GROWING ini-
guilty of the federal administration.
No impartial person doubts that the
Conservatives carried the state and cleo
ted an overwhelming majority OF the legis-
lature In November last 1t was as plain
and patent fact as the election OF Gov. |
Tilden in New Y ork, and no one pretended
to dispute it until the returning board be-
gan doctoring the returns and paving the
way for this stupendous fraud upon the |
most fimsy preteXts-lndeed almost With
out even a pretext this returning board
threw out the returns from a sufficient
number of Conservative precincts to leave
the complexion of the house of representa-
tive SO Democrats to 81 Republicans, in
stead of 10 Democrats to Al Republicans,
as the original returns showed. In the
most of the cases wherein the returns
were thrown out, the grounds of rejection
| 90 III 81, oh Sol
all of them there was manifest purpose
to defeat the expressed will of the people,
and make the legislature Republican.
This purpose was apparent through all
the proceedings, and there was hardly any
been prepared, as the Kellogg managers
believed to insure the organization OF the
house In their interest, it turned out on
Sunday that through the non appearance
of some OF the members upon whom they
had calculated, the scheme was in danger
of failure; that after all their we'll laid
plans. there would be a Conservative ma
i iority OF two. :.
7 But these men were playing for too
large a stake, and had already committed
too many outrages and too great crimes to
be baked at this stage of their enterprise.
The President of the United States was
at their back and the army and navy at
their command. What they had failed to
! secure by audacious fraud aud unparallel-
ed villainy they could easily make sure by
simply invoking the Federal arm, And SO
the Army of the United States was called
in, sufficient number of legally elected
Conservative members were forcibly ejec-
ted to answer their purpose, and the last
act in this series of unblushing outrages
was made complete The Conservatives
\ -powerless against the Federal Cover
, nment-retred from the hall In which
their rights were denied them, and where
i. their presence was only an excuse for a
n farce of legislation. and left the body with
q out a quorum There is no disturbance
i The people are quiet. The forces Of Gen,
, Emory, numbering 100, are encamped
5 around the State House. subject to the or
i ders of Kellogg. Sixty United States
soldiers have elected from the Legislature
# tour members who had been declared
e legally elected by the Legislature to which
n the returns had been referred by the Re
IS turning Board. The citizens of Louisiana
n have seen themselves cheated and de-
is frauded, and when the fraud came neal
l. to failure they have seen the whole power
;c of the General Government used to con
r. summate it and make villainy successful
), They make no cutlery, but upon the fact:
as they are they invoke the deliberate
10 Judgment of the American people.
is There is a very sickly woman in Pitts
i field, Mass. She is the wife of Mr.. vii
N son. gentleman of means and unlimited
le confidence in his fellow men. Mrs Viii
in son began to be almost continually sick il
Sc 1867, aud DIR, Waite was her family physi
ID clan. He visited his patient regularl
u twice week. and these visits always hap
pened when Mr.. Wilson was ATTENDING
&c Methodist meeting or teaching Sunda,
IL school Mrs. Wilson could not get well =
LII She continued i'll in 1872 and the docto
~ ad collected the comfortable SUN of SIS,
4 90 of Mr.. Wilson for medical attendance
e That was business, and it shut the hus
'c bands eyes as to the trne nature of hi
}" wite's complaint and totally blinded him
n as to the doctors double dealing. But i
Is was'a rascally piece of business. Atlengt
5h Mrs. Wilson confessed to her husband tina
ne ne the doctor had conquered her by his su
OF erior psychological power" and Nj
&C Wilson brought suit against DIR. Waite 70
W the seduction of his WIFE The jury CAV
10 him 4 verdict of $4,000 damages, b
ct which he will get some of his money back
I'll but the doctor is mean enough to appea
Is from the verdict on the ground of exces
III sive damages.
Great bargains in Under Shirts an
10 Drawers. l. BAMBERGER,
ne 4 serious offense has been COMMITTEE
IN either against free government or aeains
an important corporation. Congressme
ne have been bribed or the Pacific Mail com
Is pany has been robbed There is no es
ey cape from this dilemma, and there is n
at excuse for dropping the pursuit of tn
ct crime now, when the committee have com
h. upnD its very tracks IT. is easy TO under