Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-05
organized as it was, and he therefore, en-

Witt, 55; Hahn, ?; blank, l.
a quorum haviag voted, and Wilt
having received majority, he was ac
cOrdiugly declared elected.
Judge HogstOn then administered th,
oath Of Cffiee. Sls6ss Slel 10 such cases
the speaker caffe6 for Se-d&dest ne hr
bar MJ Lowell TO administer similar
oath, but-ba> I!ssstag leS ihe-lfsuse dur.
: ing roll-csll with q number 0f other Re
= .publicans, tsat DUTY was performed by
'ikIe nesEtOAtest mem Der.
The SPEAKER then addressed the house
while the Radicals still continued grad
ually to withdraw He said: "In accept
ing the resp JnsIble position you confer
upon me, / sincerely thank you. II is s
position did not seek; it IS RESPONSE
bility I would like to see another more
able than l occupy; but l will discharge
N my duties to the. best of my ability, and
the finger Of sc5fn shall not be pointed
at me for dishonoTable acts when / re-
tiren
Mr. Ray addressed the speaker on
privilege. He asked leave to retire from
the house, and entered protest against
its organization.
The speaker then charged the sergeant
alarms TO allow no member out.
Mr.. r. j. TIeVsZant was then put in
nomination for clerk, and elected.
The swearIng-in of members then
commenced, and the Radicals endeav-
Ored 20 move out of the house, but the
sergeant-at arms sought to prevent them.
Several scuffies ensued, when, on mo-
tion of Mr. George DuPre, General De
Trobriand was sent for, who cleared the
lobby of the police and spectators at the
speakers request.
General De TrobTiand, who had been
absent for about quarter of an hour,
appeared again at the mouse, accompa-
MED by two officers OF his staff A file
of about twenty soldiers had been
marched into the corridor leading to the
hall, and at the head of the large stair
case in the statehOuse the police were
also drawn up in force.
General De Trobriand at once stepped
up to Speaker WiltZ and asked that Mr..
Vigers, former clerk of the house, should
read letter he held in is hand.
MIR. Trevazsnt, the clerk elect, OBJ
ljected, when the general, stating that
ne was unable TO judge who was clerk,
asked permission TO nave the letters OF
Governor Kellogg read by his adjutant,
which WAS granted.
That officer then read the two letters,
|
| an illegal body was sitting in the house
of Representatives, and that Mr.. Vigers,
! the clerk, would furnish him with Ii list
OF those members who had been duly
elected, and as such returned by the re-
| turning board. The other letter con-
tained a request to General DeTrObriand
| 10 eject those members who had not
! been returned as elected by the board.
Speaker Wilt protested, aud told the
general that this was legally organ
ized body.
| General De Trobriand replied that he,
as a solGier and only second in COM
maud, had to obey the orders OF his SUI
pelior-GeneFal Emory-whO had or
dered him To obey the instructions of
| Governor Kellogg.
Speaker WiGz-I desire to state to
you again that this house, duly elected,
| has organized by electinZ me as their
| speaker, Captain Floyd as sergeant at
arnss and Mr.. Trevszant as clerk. After
organization we have seated five gentle
men, whose cases have beeu Ief-rred to
US by the returning board. Win you
eject these men?
General De rrobTiand said: "Mr.Speak-
er, am an officer and must obey orders
1 am here alone. thought my presence
would be sufficient to have these orders
| obeyed."
SpeakerWiltZ replied: "Iam thankful
to you, general, for th It While recUg-
uiZe in you q gentleman and soldier,
while We submit to the United States
government, it is my duty as speaker of
the hotsse OF Representatives, OF the State
OF louisiana to ask you to Use force
Until then, the five men refuse tU leave
the house."
General DeTrObriand I do not like to
make show L do not know the mem
bers. | should prefer for you to point
them out. L will ask them to leave, OF
will you have me ill the roOm with sol
diers?
speaker Wiltz-I cannot permit those
members whom we have just recognized
AS being elected, to be put out. My duty
is to keep up the dignity of the State OF
Louisiana, as we'll as yours is to keep up
that of the United States army.
Mr.. DuPFe this time offered the report
of the committee on elections, which
declared Messrs. Jettiies, Luckett and
Stafford, of Rapides; Vaughn, Horan
and Lamb, of Caddo; Schwing, of Ibe-
ria, and O'QuinD, of AVoyelles, to be
elected.
General De Trobriand, who had retired,
again advanced toward the speaker, ana
said: "GentlemeD, be quiet, and be
men" The general then pointing to the
eX-cleTk of the hOuse, said tIat he had
been represented 10 him by Governor
kellogg as clerk OF he house, and who !
had list of names of the representa- |
tives returned elected by the returning
board.
Speaker WiltZ-I protest against Mr.. |
VigeIs as having anything to do with |
this body. He is no longer clerk of this |
house, his successor having been legally |
ele ected.
General DeTrobriand-This protest |
wilt be Of no avail.
Speaker Wiltz protested against the |
interference of the military, and request |
ed the members to join in the protest |
with him.
In response to this call the Conserva- |
tive members stood up and sOlemnly
protested.
After another protest of Vigers's snc- |
cessOT, General De rrobriand ordered Vi |
gers to call the roll.
Speaker Wilt - The Conservative |
members will not answer when their |
names are called. None answered.
NJ. Lowell, late speaker of the mouse,
then wanted to know what these pro |
ceedings amounted to.
The Republican members had, during |
this controversy, entered in q body, aud |
either taken their seats or stood near |
the platform of Speaker Wiltz.
After Mr.. Lowell had indulged in q
long talk of having been duly elected, |
and was willing to do his duty. Mr. Else |
stated TO him what had taken place
during his absence, and that of his Ra-
dical colleagues.
Mr.. Vigers having finished calling
the roll,
Mr.. Dewes said that fifty-four names
had answered, two Davises answering
by mistake. He moved that the house
proceed TO business
MI Murrel, colorei Radical, seconded
the motion.
Mr.. Vigers wanted to get his seat,
and Mr.. Witt told him that he could
not, and that there We're not men
enough to put him in it.
At this time there entered the room
file of ab iut fifteen soldiers. fully |
squiptd, who formed line outside the |
bar; the general introduced them to Mr..
Hugh J. Campbell, who WAS giving his
assistance IN pointing out the members
which ne wou Id tject.
Previous to this, the report Of the COM
mittee on credentials was adopted, |
which seated several members who had
not been returned by the returning
board, notwithstanding the objections
raised by Republican members.