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The Louisiana Crisis.

We have room only for the following
brief account of the important and startl
ing events which have recently transpired
in Louisiana, not inaptly styled by . CO.
temporary the "strangled State"
The Legislature met in New Orleans on Mon
day last, and, Notwithstanding the action Of
the Returning Board, the Conservatives con-
trolled the House and elected eXMayor " iltz
Speaker. Shortly after the hall was broken
into by Federal soldiers, headed BY General
de Trobriand, who drove out five Democratic
members at the point of the bayonct, and, n
gainst the most solemn protests on all sides,
dispersed the whole Legislature. The utmost
excitement prevailed, but no violence was COM
mittcd except by the soldiers. In the evening
Lieutenant General Phil Sheridan issued q
proclamation assuming command of the De
partment of the Gulf.
A dispatch from New Orleans, to the New
York Tribune, dated the 4th instant, says:
II is generally conceded that this days pro-
ceedings constitute the browning outrage of the
Louisiana imbrOglo. Gen. de Trobriand &C
knowledged to Mr.. Wilt, Speaker of the
House. that he had been ordered by Gen Emo
~ to report with his forces, estimated al l. 100
to Kellogg; that he was acting under Kellogg
and should obey all his orders In pursuance
of one of these orders, Gen. de Trobriand en-
| tered the State House with 60 soldiers and sub
queatly elected from the floor of the Legislature
four Conservative members. These four mem
bers were from the four parishes which the Re
turning Board had referred TO the legislature
The House was legally authorized, in fact in
duty bound to act on them 1t did so accord
ing to the known results of the returns and
the consequence was that Kellogg ordered the
military to eject the members thus admitted.
1t was on this issue that Mr.. Wilt and the So
Conservative members withdrew. This is the
feature of the day. The guarding of the State
House, the occupation of the adjacent streets,
and the barricading Of the doors and entrances
were perhaps to be expected but for the mill
tary to interfere after the House had organized
under all these restrictions and was in the le
gitimate discharge of its functions, presents
the essential issue of the situation.
Itmay be depended upon that there will be no
outbreak and no collision. The White League
is taking no part in the affair." and prominent
citizens and political leaders all agree that it
will be best to submit the case to the country.
The Conservative members of both Houses are
in caucus. The Radical members organized
after the withdrawal of the others. They had
no quorum. 1t is positively certain that there
were only SO, bit their clerk declared "a pres
ent, and the House, all Radical, went into ses-
sion. The city is quiet; no bodies of men,
armed or otherwise are to be seen, except tn"
United States army, camped around the State
House.
The follwing dispatch from General Sheridan
has been received at Washington:
HEADERS MILITARY DIV. OF THE Missouri,
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 1, 1919.
Hon. ". ". Beikndp, Scy Cf Var. Washington
1t is with deep regret that have TO announce
to you the existence in this State of spirit of de-
fiance of all lawful authority; and an insecurity
of life which is hardly realized by the General
Government or the country at large. The lives
of citizens have become 50 jeopardzed that UNI
less something is done to give protection to the
people all security usually afforded by law Will
be overridden. Defiance to the laws and the
murder of individuals seems to be looked upon
by the community here from a standpoint winch
gives IMMUNITY to all who choose to indulge i'll
eitlleK and the civil government appears power
less to punish or even arrest. have tonight as
sumed control over the Department of the Gulf.
p. H. SHERIDAN, 1ieutenant-tienerai.
The city of New Orleans was thoroughly
quiet on Tuesday. There were no UNUSUAL