The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-31
LOUISIANA HAS no REPUBLICAN GOV.
se ERNMENT IN PORN.


detected by the pcoplcp pa.ta4si 9r r
| The government OF Louisiana consists
OF three departments The Legislative
composed OF the Senate and House oi
4 Representatives the Executive and the
Judicial. All Of them are elective. ex.
cept the Supreme Judges, five IN mum.
Der. as al a4
Who elected the Legislature OF Louis
lana? Examining the Senate II will be
found that OF the thifty-six members
who compose that body fifteen were
never elected. Fourteen Of them were
defeated by the people In 1874, and were
seated under the mandamus issued by
u =. Judge Durell, In the case OF
Antoine vs. Penn, by Federal troops and
Marshals. 60s4,f. au
Tho Senators elected by the people
over these fifteen us,lrpers are excluded
TO this day by the armed power OF the
United States Government. TO these
fifteen Senators add the eight. Demo
cratic Senators who entered the acting
State Senate under protest and we have
twenty three Senators, near two-thirds
Of the entire body elected by the people
who lppudiate the Kellogg government,
leaving only thirteen legally elected
Senators who recognize the usurpation.
u. s. Judge Durell and Gen. Grant
through Federal troops, elected the
majority Of the acting State Senators.
| The people did not elect them. t4 5.. a
Who elected the House OF Represent
tativcsg .al 3 d fttt
In November, 1874, the Democrats
elected twenty-nine majority Of the
mcmbcrs. In january, 1876, this body
met, and legally organized by the cleo
ton OF Speaker Witt. Gen. De Tro-
BRAND, with United States troops, en-
tered the hall OF the House, prevented
the Speaker from acting, and expelled
the peoples Representatives.. In April,
1876, the Wheeler Congressional Com
mittec, who, on thcii.oaths, reported that
the Democrats had fsirly elected TWEEN
tynine majority Of the House, consti-
tuted themselves u board OF arbitrators,
and, on their oaths, created u House Of
Representatives for the people OF Louis
lana, giving to the Democrats less than
half Of that majority. .
The Congressional Committee, there
fore, elected the House OF Representa-
tivcs. That House Is not the body
elected by the people OF louisiana II
follows that the Legislature was chosen
In part by U. =. Judge Durell, and IN
part by five U. =. Congressman, headed
by Mr.. Wheeler, Of New York.
As the peoples elected representa-
tives were excluded, and are to-day cx-
cluded, by Federal power, there is no
republican government, in form, or In
substance, In the Legislative department
Of Louisiana.
In the Executive Department, w. p.
Kellogg, who was defeated by 0GO6 ma
jority, Is the acting Governor. G. G..
Antoine. who was defeated by H,O57
majority, Is the acting Lieutenant Gov
crnor. Deslonde, defeated by 9262 ma
jority, Is Secretary OF State. Brown,
defeated by A,277 majority. Is Superin-
tendent OF Public Education. Clinton,
defeated by l2.2ss majority, is Auditor
Dubuclet, defeated by 1851 majority, is
Treasurer. 3l sa a lW
Not u single acting State officer was
elected by the people OF Louisiana.
In the executive branch, then, there
Is no republican government, in form
or in substance. 1la
Judge Durell, President Grant, Gen.
De Trobriand and the Wheeler com NIT
tee OF Congressman have elected the
government Of Louisiana, and in their
election have chosen as State officers,
and In great part as Legislators, those per-
sons whom the people had defeated at
the polls. In the judicial branch, one
OF the five Supreme Judges was APP
pointed by the usurper Pinchback.
z The Judges OF the Third,1 Fourth,
Superior District and Superior Crimi-
nal Courts Of Orleans were elected by
the Lynch Returning Board or ap-
pointed by the usurper Kellogg. The
Seventh and Eighth District Courts
were abolished by the usurping Legis-
lature, in order to get rid OF the Judges
whom the people had elected. In the
Sixth Judicial District, in the Catahou-
la District, and other Districts of the
State, the elected judges were forced
out OF the positions to which the people
had elected them, and usurpers were
placed in their. stead. The Attorney
General, elected by the people by IL 1858
was likewise excluded, and
his defeated opponent occupies the posi-
ton. 1t will thus be seen that the State
Judiciary, like the other branches of
the State government, is i'm the hands of
not elected by the people, but
appointed by the Returning Board, or
by the usurper Kellogg, and placed and
held in Office by Gen. Grants Federal
soldiery. ii3 cEeanaT
1t is clear that in all Of its branches |
the government of Louisiana is fla
grant, Iawless usurpation. And not
only Is this true, but it Is equally true
that the laws have been so framed by |
the usurpers as to take the power OF |
electing their representatives and offi- |
GERS out Of the hands Of the people.
BY law. Kellogg appoints the Super
visors Of Election. They are already I
appointed, and are composed Of the
most skillful tricksters and manipula-
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