The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-09
TIE PROPOSED COMPROMISE.

In the distress Of our people and under the
apprehension of still greater outrages, oul
Conservative representatives have not suti-
GENTLY scanned the insidious propositions
made by Mr.. Wheeler, Republican member
Of the. Congressional COMMITTEES. By it the
Conservatives surrender themselves complete
" to the mercy or sense Of justice of the pre-
seEt Hahn organization. We will proceed to
demonstrate this proposition.
We quote from the printed report of the
proposition:
| "And the undersigned members Of the
| Conservative party, and claiming to have
been elected members OF the House Of Re
representatives., = hereby
se7erally agree to submit their claims to seats
IN the House of Representatives to the award
and arbltrament Of (the Confessional Com.
mlttee now here), and
when such award shall be made, we hereby
severally agree to abide by the same and
such Of US as may become members of
the House of Representatives under this
arrangement, hereby severally agree
to sustain by our influence and votes the |
joint resolution hereinafter set forth :
And the undersigned. holding certif-
Gates of election from the Returning Board,
hereby severally agree upon the coming in OF
the a sard of the foregoing arbitrators, they
will when the same shall hare been RATIFIED by
the report Of the Committee Elections and Qudt-
uicati0ns of the body in SESSION at The State
House, cIaiminy to be the House Of Representa-
tiUes, attend the sihinys Of the House for The pur
pose Of ADOPTING SAID REPORT, and if said report
shall be ADOPTED and the members embraced in
NE foregoing report shall be seated, then the IN
iersigned seUeraly agree that Immediately upon
H.. MD ofu ,,n;U
lie .folOuing resolution The resolution in
substance Is to bind themselves not to i'm |
beach Kellogg, or disturb the present State
government, or the Hahn Legislature. |,
Now, from the above, it is apparent that +,
oncerned, depends upon the adoption Of the
ward of the Congressional Committee by the ,
committee on Elections in the present House,
r the Hahn Legislature. If that committee ,
eject the award, then the whole award is
ulL By the proposed adjustment, we simply :
ppeal from the injustice of the Returning =
oard to the sense of justice entertained by =
le Committee on Elections in the Hahn
legislature. From the action of that COM :,
ittee on contested seats already decided by =
SAA~, w 10y "SAA JuuSO VI "dos t0CAA aStAOA lpx
Ill be. We shall, to use a homely phrase, q,
, jumping from the frying pan into the fire. =
the Committee on Elections will most as
redly decide against US, and we will thus !,
} efectually ensnared in the trap which we =
I'VE voluntarily set for ourselves. !,
As for the proposed joint resolution it is =,
Ike discreditable to both Kellogg and the 90
'gislature. 1t virtually implies that he is oo
prehensive of impeachment, and before he -
II see justice done, he wishes pardon for -
st offenses. On the part Of the Legislature, ~
requires the members to make bargain in g.
lsistent with their oaths Of Office :.
Such being the nature of Mr.. Wheeler's
position, the Conservatives should not =.
state to repudiate it. -,