The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-14
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aan's Accoana of the slluatiOue
Since the ,vould-be martyrs a
Louisiana succeeded in SO violently
disrcgarding Law and orderas to So
cure the Interpolation Of United
Stasss soldier, : well known caass
-of men and papers. are bowling losg
nd load aboss The Military Dictator
slip which Grant through General
Sheridan has established to the sub
version of civil liberty, constitution
Il governnent. &c, al A6isum and
al ,sdusedn. The following is :
clear and succinct history Of the
whole affair sent by . truthful,
straightforward officer to his supe-
rior 10 the way Of IN Official report. 1t
10 sustained by'other evidence and
may be relied upon - correct:
HDas. Al1sA.y D.y x. 2. M Ne ~
Washing ios. 5. g
! hare the honor TO submit the fol-
lowig brief report Of she Affairs rs
theyloccurred here, At the orgsniza-
ton Of the State Legislature Of Jan.
4th, 1875. / was not in command of
this military department until the
night of the 4th inst, but l fully in
d6fse and an willing to be held re-
sponsible for the acts OF the military Is
eonservators Of the public peace
Dorinesthe few days / was in the
city, prior TO the 4th Of January, the
general topic Of conversation was the
scenes Of bloodshed that were liable TO
occur on that day. / repeatedly heard
threats Of assassination Of the Gov
scrnor and regrets that he was not
killed on the 14th Of September last;
also threats OF the assassination Of
the members of the House in order
= secure the election Of Democrat
i6Speaker. ] also know Of the kid
knapping by banditti, Of Mr.. Cousin,
one Of the members elect Of the Leg
islature. In order to preserve peace
and make the State House safe for
the peaceable assembling Of the Leg
i~lature, Gen. Emory, upon q requi-
sition Of the Governor, stationed
troops in tbs vicinity u the building.
Owing to these precautions the Leg
islatyre assembled in the State House
without any disturbance of peace. At
10 o'clock, VIM. Vigers, clerk of the
last House, proceeded to call the
roll, o according to law he was en-
powered to do. One hundred and
two legally returned members an
swered to their names. Ofthis num-
Der 81 were Republicans and so
were Democrats. Before entering
the House, l.. A. Wiltz had been Sc
lected, in caucus, az the Democratic
nominee for speaker, and Michael
Hahan as the Republican nominee.
Vigers had not finished announcing
the result when one Of the members,
Dillon, of Lafourche, nominated L.
A. Wilt for Temporary speaker
Vigers promptly declared the motion
out Of order, at that time, when some
one put the question. amid cheers on
the Democratic side and Wiltx dash
ed on the rostrum, pushed aside
Viger, seized the speakers chair, and
declared himself speaker. A protest
against this arbitrary and Unlawful
proceeding was promptly made by
members Of the majority, but Wiltz
paid no attention to these protests,
and, on motion from some one on
the Democratic side ofthe House, 1t
was declared that one Irrelevant was
nominated and elected Clerk of the
house. Trezevant at once sprang
forward and occupied the Clerks
chair amidst the widest confusion. |
Mayor Witt then again on another |
nomination, from the Democratic |
side, declared one Flood elected Sar- |
geant-at Arms, and ordered certain
number Of men throughout the hall,
who had beer admitted on various
pretexts, such as reporters and mem
bers, friends and spectators, to turn
down the labels of their coats upon |
which were pinned blue ribbon badg-
Is, on which were printed in gold |
letters the words"Assistant Sergeant
at Arms"
The assembly was now in poses
sion of the minority and the White
League of Louisiana had made good
its threat Of selling the House. Many
of the Assistant Sergeant at Arms
being well known as Captains of the
White League companies in this
city. notwithstanding the sudden
ness of this movement, the leading
Republican members had not failed
to protest again and again again
this revolutionary motion Of the mi
nority, but all to no purpose, and
many of the Republicans rose and
left the House in body, together
with Clerk v gele, who carried the
original roll Of the House as return
ed by the Secretary of State. The
excitement was now very great, and
the acting speaker directed the SER
geant-at-arms to prevent egress or in
gress Of members and others, and
several exciting scuifles, in which
knives and pistols were drawn, took
place, and for few moments it SEEM
ed as If bloodshed would ensue. At
this juncture Dupre, Democratic
member for Orleans Parish, moved
that the military Of the general gov
eminent be invoked to preserve
peace, and that committee be an.
pointed to wait on Gen. De Tro.
BRAND, commanding officer of the
United States troops stationed At the
State House, and request his assist
ance in clearing the lobby. The mo-
ton was adopted and committee of
five, Of which Dupre was chairman.
was sent to wait upon General Tro-
BRAND, and soon returned with that
officer, who was accompanied by two
Of bis staff officers. As General De
Trobriand walked down to the Speak
cr's desk, loud applause burst from
the Democratic side Of the House.
General De Trobriand asked the act
ing Speaker if it was not possible for
him topreserve order without appeal
ing to him to preserve order as an
United States srny officer. Mr.. Wilt
said it was not. Whereupon the Gen.
proceeded to the lobby and address