, 1875-01-04

This Witness "as I'rod1,.cd tu proye the exist
onoo Or coi"'ed clnla who t"oft aotion agaillst
tho Republican rnrtv in Tho Iato elcctlnn. hcro
wea largo rlnh In Tho Second Ward 4lt cotore,l,
who co-ororatod with tile Conservatives heca,,ro
thoy wore ttrosl Of tho existing ayil. This ull,l
voted tho Conservative ticket tu nearly ,ta full
strength, and voted Tho ticket oponly.
. HEuHtkE DUpnESE
ioetiiiod' Organized co1orcl club III tho Tllr,l
Ward. At tho poll whcro this club votod, no.
gro precncs exclusively over 800 votos moro
cut. Ihe majority a. tho oioe!ap for tho Con-
League, anu was Captain Of n company. Tho
nh1Cct OF tho Or4lOr waa to oppose sucl, organiza-
tions na the lsorubl'ranH lad formed. 10 moot
1s ns"tn amsres,iena , Of to aLetrop'ta
preparations to tako Rctlun nnxt Monday.
.- l.. n. JENKS
testified Was Mt tho Convention In Eakon
N"uEc. Voted tho fusion ticket III 1872, witt,
ono exception; that III, voted for Kcllosg is.-
stead VI Alc':nory. Hoard atcI;Mery'r speech IL,
Datnn 1f0nEc, which WIS extremely partisan
lilo advocated IL tie ovent Of tho Iooplo elect
ing tl'o'r oandidstes' that, they, tho pooplo,
e!n,1Itl nccupy tho city, an!l tco that thoy rot
tIicir hcats in tho Gcnesal Assembly. McEucry
alao spoke on emo occnAion. Mt tu Varieties The
htre, III hhoat the snhla strain aB ho did Mt Baton
l!ouEc. Mr.. Mari nlso spokn Mt tic Varieties.
Ills speech waa like that Of aleEMory's in tone
aud temror.
MAI. WILLIAM EoIlNsoN,
tho news-editor OF the New Orleans Repu1{ican,
waH broncl,t forward to testify to eortaj,i cx-
Tracts publishe! III Liz rnpcr as boing genuine
reproductions Of those taken from ceftniu ea,lu-
try, o1ci!anges-iha Shreveport Times Naolli-
tochcs tin'iicnfor aud ot1.cre. uo agreed to
mako affidavit to tho required OBJECT.
tcstiflcd: Resided in Cadio Parish. A man who
votes tho Radical ticket in Cadlo Parish is
OBtrAczod.
lilo was asked by Mr.. Potter If he WAS elected
to tho Legislature to which ho replied, ~ waB
loturnod member by tho Kcturning D0ard. but
Lot by the popular vote.
l.. ". nAKEn
testified: Reside in nossier Parish, AZ Pnrisl,
Judge. Tho Republicans have b1e1l ostracizcl
socially to Great extent.
JOSEPH ROWLING
tcatihcd. ltesilee in New Orleans. Is 1norcfl-
ant; member Of tho firm Of Ieet, Yale L Bowl
inE. Touching tho commercial condition OF New
Orleans, he said it was much depressed. por-
sons wore afraid to entnr upon airy character of
enterprise. lie attributed t1ia to the exorbitant
taxes that have existed. This depression is
evident in one partlctlar,-bT the great numbers
Of business houses now offered for rent. Bomo
houses arc Offered by che owners to such per-
SONS AZ will take tilof,, nay tho ta.oa, and keen
tA' houses III repair, and frequently thoro arc no
takors even on thcse tcrns. Was here on the
1ata Of sepscmbor. The feeling Of tho business
community aftsr TINT eyont-tIat ts. whoa 1t
bnoyart. 4 revival OF b,lEi-
ness WA anticipated. Thero in a great tlesira on
tho part Of many people to loave Louisiana, be-
cause Of the existing state Of affairs.
Mr.. Foster desired to know II murlcrera ncro
generally condemned as oonyiotB and dealt with
according to- law by the courts, also. II the Eet-
cral immunity from punishment of these n,ur-
derers bus tho effect Of preventing, in a urge
measure, emigration to tlls State.
Tile reply WaB that, generally any murder per-
pntrated III tho city III largely Condemned ftho
PERSONS arc not arrested n some inBtailcos, M ia
tiiat which occurred Oh Thursday night, to wlllch
Fcufn +ufa rNrAi
tho inolciency Of the police. Dsan't know
whether it affected emigration or not,
MIR. Potter wanted to know II Gov. ko11ogg
bad not been tn tho habit of parsloning criminals
porpetrated ard 1aslessneEs existed, ii this
Wholesale pardoning MAS not to some extent the
CAUSE of it: Witness heard it reported, aud had
seen 1t in tho ne"spapolH TINT inary, criminals
a tenacucyto encourage crime.
JAaIEa anAuAM,
next examined. said: I wua Auditor OF tho
Stato at Que time. I've been Notary twenty
We have no Haes Of real estate. Property ia
yory low, owing to the bad Giyesnmcnts chtotly.
Of confidence.
to mills this year. The State debt before tho
War was &10, 100000. 1t IL now $40 000, 900. The
city debt Is 825 000, 000 aud was thon about $1l,-
OIL, QUO. nm still Lbotal Republican. Corrup-
sipu HAS Gotll tONuneu nl&neTLO 10 members or
The Republican party. I think tho state debt
has been Increased during Gov. KellogE's Ad-
Tho Funding bill WAS MI Admins
[atration measure, and tue bill that wns passed
vas not the ono suggested by tho Chamber Of
Commerce.
testified: ! have boon In btlalness t"enty-one
years. thlnk that the future OF Nsw Orleans
s 9 political question. Thoro il shrinkago In
al kinds of Btocka, railroad. bank, insurance, |
NIL ~ In In ~ IT,
;roahe In the value OF real eHtao, Az to the Fund
ing bill aud btato securities, l1o waa opposed to
his bill Witness described the condition OF tic
State. DoDtis md bank-atocks Iavo alirHnL 5U
after tho elsotiou, becauso tho people thought |
;llero WIS 10 be change in tlio Ioglulature II |
ihere VAS my confidence felt by the people OF |
New York In the condition Of New Orleans, then
would exist II the City Government was unoon-
rolled by tue Legislature. City railroadstock |
8 In demand.
blr. Foster-Have you any objection to tho
3orhonal character of Gov. Kellogg?
Witneas-Goy. KoIogg has again aud again
9roken his word. Take, for instance, the
shreveport af1nir 1t las neyor been diBproyed
hat he subscribed $l,0uU, and paid it out OF
,ubllo mouey.
Mr. Fostef-Was that subscription made as
Governor or as a personal gubscriberf
WitnoEs-As q personal subscriber. 11o has |
,one back On Lis hssurances. lie statcs that no
'aA reduced State taxation, whicll Ia not true. I
Won't saY anything agalnst Mr. Field, Ne don't
NOW lin.
Mr. Foator-l1ow about tho State Auditor?
Witness-Wcll, he had soluo dealings with the
YOUNG alEss ona1sTIAN Assoc1ATIoS,
fAfch caused him to loaye 1t. Io has assumed
Il authority clearly outside his powers. Mr..
lowell was Postmaster, and WAS dofaultcr.
hr. Zacharie, Conservative counEol--I would
emark, in connection with the Bhreropors SUBJ
cHption, that Gov. kellngg's dispatch was pick
Il I'm In q uRWHnAr1nr establishment And tho |