Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-04-10
The Appropriation Bill.

Kellogg rests under the charge OF
tampering with this bill before put
ting bis signature to it in order that
it might he promulgated as law.
In plain language. be or some one
else, at bis instance, is guilty of the
crime of forgery. And this is no
persecution Of the Democracy for
political effect, but the charge is made
by men of his own party and of high
official position, Us is shown by the
following correspondence, which ex-
plains to what extent the bill was
changed between the clerks desk and
the Secretary's Office. The reason
why Kellogg resorted to forgery, in.
stead Of refusing to sign the bill is
obvious. He wanted an appropria-
ton bill was personally interested
in there being one this one did not
exacted suit, but could be made to
suit by little such doctoring as had
been often practiced, and be proceeded
to fix it to bis own liking. And this
is the Governor the Conservative
members of the Legislature stand
pledged not to impeach. But here is
the correspondence /:
New ORLEANS, March 80, 1875.
Hon. p. e. pesInnde, Secretary of State:
SIR-We have carefully read act
| No. II, purporting to be general ap-
preparation bill, approved by the Gov.
ernOr on the twenly-seventh instant
and officially promulgated by you in
the New Orleans Rpublican of to-
day, purporting to be signed by US in
our respective official capacities. We
have carefully compared the published
bill with the one sent to your office by
the Governor and find that it agrees
with the latter, but we avail ourselves
of this opportunity and manner to
notify you that the bill as deposited
10 your Office is gross uuwarrant.
able and criminal act of forgery, and
is not the act certified and signed by
US.
is true our signatures to the last
page are correct and genuine, but
serious and criminal changes have
been made in the other parts of the
bill. For instance, various alterations
are made in so much Of the original
bill as remains, and out of the seven
teen pages which now make up the
bill pages two, four, six. seven, eight,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
and fifteen are entirely new, and have
been thrust into the bill, and substitu-
ted for others since we certified the
original bill.
We submit to you that this is too
serious q matter to be overlooked or
submitted to; and we therefore re-
quest you to revoke and annul your
PRONUNCIATION of said act, and we
request you and through you the
Attorney General, to take steps to
6nd out who the guilty parties are
and have them prosecuted with the
utmost rigor of the law. Very
respectfully, etc.
C. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President o
the Senate.
MICHAEL HAHN,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives.
We, the undersigned, hereby certi
fy that the original of the above let
ter, signed by the Lieutenant Gov
and Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, was served on Hon. p. G
Deslonde, Secretary of State, person
ally, on this thirtieth day of March
1875, at $50 p. NJ.
WILLIAM VIGERS.
Chief Clerk of House of Representatives
=. E. BECHTEL,
Secretary Of the Senate
w. L. RANDALL,
Acting Minute Clerk House Representatives
w. w. WHARTON.
Chairman Senate Fl lance Committee
The following shows the changes made il
the appropriations
DECREASE.
Secretary Of Commission Of Persons
(salary) $4,000
J. D. Macin flor coal furnished State
House) sl,Oo
Costs Of court, etc. (wben properly is
bid in by the Siate) 1000
Recorders, Surveyors, ETC, (property
sold for taxes) lO,O0
Recorders Glands forfeited to State) 1000
The Centennial Exposition flor steel
plates) 75