New-York tribune., 1875-01-13
KELLOGG,S ,DEEENSE.

| Avn, ..rr,syr. aspx 20 BRrBE AND IMTIsiIDATE
OrHERs-THE LAW ASSERTED TO HAVE BEEN
| -. .DIsREaARDED ,BY, THE CONSERVATIVES An Oh
\ - GANIzIka THE LEGisIAfURE
Nrw w.OR1rANs JAN 1s.-The following report was
submitted to the Kellogg Legislature yesterday !
To ge Honorable speakr and Members Of ne House Or
| rReprssxafipes ofGse gtase Of louisiana %
0sNrLEk Bs Your Committee. selected to prepare
revolutionary proceedings that ransplrod
n the Hall Of the House OF MondaI
jan 1876 beg leave submit tho folowing sstemen'
and mend that 1t be mmed rwarded 70 tno
Congress- OF the United States Respscnu'y.
|, JhxEs s. MArnsws ~ Gghsls sorTn.Sp n '
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Returns OF the election held Nov. .. 1884, as promu
gated by the proper returning officers Thereon
TO law showed that there were eieoted W tne ou'o
Rspubltcans and Democrats, and tnere were nVo
seats for which the returning omcefs hao maui Nv 20
,urna which were referred for decision OF the right 10
hold them the General Assembly the who'e nun
her Of the House OF Representatives ILL quorum
majority Of the membera elected. aud wass ~ that
time, 81. quorum, when the whole number Is seated.
Ia &c. few days prior to the day fixed Tor the meeting
OF the General Assembly posse OF unauthorised per
soma secretly kidnapped A. g. Cousln Kepuohoan
member and by force and violence, conveyed him out
the city color of pretended charge OF embez
element OF $50 Lake Pontchartraln to distant
parish where they held him in confinement unt afser
the day for meeting Of the General Assembly Tpey
afterward released him. the very men who made the
charge going on his bond, and acknoSieagns .na'
| their object In arrestiug and detainng him
| was to break a Republican majority. Certain
! parties in the meanwhile sought. by the pay
| ment OF several thousand dollars TO certain
Republican members bibe three OF them to vote for
| the Democratic nominee for Speaker Attempts were
made to kidnap other Republican members Puoio ana
repeated threats made for weeks previous 70 the
| NJ nd
| tain Republioan members of the General Assembly
| These threats aud menaces were repeated eonnrmed'
and ndorsed by the press OF the opposition
the State In consequences OF Information In ns posses
sion that organized violence was intended 10 DO useo
influence the organization Of the House. tho Governor
placed the State House under tbe military command OF
! Gan III T. Campbell OF the State Militia who was
ordered to assist and sustain the police Under ths
| order Gen. Campbell excluded from tho building on
Monday all but officials OF the State Government mem
bers of the General Assembly. and persons Claiming 20
| be members Judges. Members OF Congress. and mem
bers of the United CIVIL military and navaforces
The constitutional provisions TO govern tue orSahhs
| ton of the House follows;
| ARTICLE o. The House OF Representatives shall
| choose It's Speaker and other officers. ,, hu
| Arr 81 Each House OF the General Assembly snail
Judge OF the qualifications elections and returns OF ls
members but contested election shall be determineu
SHT sHTn &C. Each House Of the General Assembly shall
keep and publish weekly Journal OF ts pr proceeu,hss
and desire OF two OF them they shall Do en'ereo
| on the journal.
The law governing the organization OF the House Is
as follows:
Section ~ Article 2s approved Nov. 80 1871 That II
be the duty of the Secretary Of state to transmit
TO the Clerk of the House OF and secre
OF the Senate of the last General Assembly lst OF
the such persons according to the returns
sha been elected either branch OF the General
Assembly and 1t shall be the duty of said Clerk ana
SenatorG elect furnished upon the I1 OF the House
and of the Senate respectively and those hepresenMta Use M
tyes and Senators whose names are so placed Dy the
Clerk ana Secretary respectively In accOrdance WIN
the foregoing lss oaas asa Of 90
ate Nothing in this act sha ne construct 10 COIL
ct with Article "a Of the Constitution OF the State'
At u O'Clock m, on Monday Jan. 4, 1876 the State
House being surrounded by excited crowd OF several
thousand persons the members assembled in the hall OF
the House. and the Chief Clerk called the roll of tho
House Immediately afterward. or little before the
Clerk had finished the announcement OF the number or
members who answered their names. which was lo2
Mr. Bien Representative from Llfourche, moved that
L. A. Witz, Representative from Orleans, be elected
temporary Speaker The Chief Clerk replied that the
legal motion TO elect Speaker Mr. Bilen, paying
no to the protest OF the Clerk proceeded hur
redy publish his motion, against the protest OF
all the Republican Representatives. The motion was
put in a quick and excited manner and not in loud
voice and was voted for only by portion OF even the
Democratic me mbers The negative was not put at ALL
MI Wltz, having previously taken position near the
Clerks desk, and quick thought. upon putting the
motioD without waiting for any announcement OF the
vote he sprang to the Speakers desk where the Clerk
was standing. seized the gavel from his hand, aud
pushed the Clerk violently off the stand, aud declared
himself temporary Speaker Following him was W. T.
Houston First Justice Of the Peace in tho Parish Of
Oreaus who took from his pocket book looking like
Bible and proceeded through the form Of admins
terins an oath.
Mr. Witt, as Temporary Speaker, assumed to admin
th IN mas
OF the Republican members. Some Democratic mem
bers then made q motion TO elect Trezeyant as Clerk
Mr.. Witt put the motion and declared it carried Mr.
Trezevant at sprang forward and took the Clerks
chair Immediately sfterward In hurried and excited
manner Mr.. Flood was elected 6ergeantatArms upon
motion by "a Democratic member also, motion was
made from the same side OF the House, that number
OF Assistant sergeants-atArms be appointed by the
Chair which the Chair declared carried when large
number OF persons at once appeared wearing badges
which was printed Assistant antatArms." While
all the above motions being put the Republican
members objected, and called for the Yeas ana Nays
all OF which was dsregarded by the acting
Speaker. Col Lowell, Republican member, made the
point oi order that the Constitution OF the State
allowed any two members TO call for the Yeas and
Nays on any motion Mr.. Witt decided the point Of
order not we'll tsRen-see constitutional provision
above. The pretended House then proceeded. IN def
ance Of the law, In FIVE additional Democratic
members. 10 wit James Bright Of Bienvie, Charles
shuler and John l.. Scales OF De Soto c. c. Dunn Of
Grant, and George 8. Kelley Of Winn; BY which the
Democrats gave Themselves majority. The Repubi-
cans protested against this violence aud awessness
but their protests dsreRarded The Democrats
then assumed TO elect permanent Chairman. Mr. Witt
declared himself elected and after going through the
usual FORM having received, he claims, IS votes,
which included the Ave seated violation OF law
the Republican members withdrawing and not voting.