The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-25

peached, shows s7,O76 whites aud s6,918
colored males over twenty-one years and |
it is not claimed that Louisiana has in
creased In population since that time, much
less that the colored population has, yet
the registration pretends to show an In
crease of some four thousand colored
voters and decrease of over ten thousand
white voters But only 146,523 out of the
registered number OF 157, 504 voted, and
this. it is claimed, shows intimidation.
Does it so show, going on the registration
or the census Of 1870 as correctly indica-
ting the voting population of the state ?
The committee say that "this is a larger
proportion of registered voters than usually
vote in any of the northern states" and
that this is true will be seen from o com
parison of votes in northern states, even
without referring TO the registration itself.
Thus, in Vermont 40, 800 votes were polled
In 1874, and $50 in 1872 in Massachu-
sets, 1876, 120 votes in 1874, and 1893, 526 in
1872; in New y ork, iS2, 4G5 in 1874, and $685.
| lDl Ill lOl- ullu 81 VIZ HiiSut HO VII nun
state to state with the same result. And
| if there was this decrease Of vote from
| 1872 to 1874. is il remarkable that there
should be a falling off in Louisiana A
registration, too, purports to give the
whole number of voters, and we appeal to
every man, north or south, who has any
| knowledge on the subject, to point out an
instance where the vote equalled the regis
tration Our Rutland experience, in times
of the most bitter contest as well as at all
other times, ought to be conclusive on this
point. They might have lett their argu-
ment here, but they go on TO enforce it by
a reference to the fact that the year 1874
was year of political change, and that
this change, resulting largely from finan-
cial distress, "would" naturally have been
even greater in Louisiana than elsewhere.
But enough of this-we turn now to the
resolution of the minority, recommending
that civilian Pitt Kellogg be recognized
There is not one particle of testimony upon
which to base this recommendation. The
committee did not investigate this cues
ton, neither did they take any testimony
relative thereto. The minority simply say
that they ''believe Kellogg to have receiv-
ed majority of the votes,' that they
"think William Pitt Kellogg the choice OF
the majority of the voters of Louisiana
Upon this point it is sufficient to say that
the majority report that the resolution sis
based upon impression, not upon evidence
On this point no testimony was taken eithei
by the committee or any part of it. Kel
ogg may or may not have been elected II
1872, but there is no evidence to show til,
fact, or if there be- it has been neither
sought nor found by this committee. Ant
further, that the senate committee who die
take evidence, found the fact that kellogg
was not duly and legally elected. How
ever it may be with others, we prefer tC
take the opinion of George f. Edmund
based upon evidence, rather than that o
Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler and Frye "baset
upon impression, not upon evidence Re
serving comment on that portion of tn,
minority report which is ready to believe
that the conservatives are prepared to re
sort 10 civil war, we conclude, in the Ian
guage of the committee, that "for congress
"to recognize usurpation SO gross and Sc
Oppressive is TO establish precedent by
(which, under pretexts that can readily b.
found, any state government may be over
"thrown, the will of the people nullified
"fraud and violence made permanent, ant
republican forms perverted to destro,
"llbcriY."