The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-12

petition was signed by flfty.two legslly
fstaRned nsmbsrs -of-Ahe- House and 10,
In my posaessiop. .a-.IaEsdissss5 SUBJ,
sequent to thu aStioasof Mr.. Wiltz IN
ejeoting tho Ciosk LOT The old House,
Mr. Bellien moved that the two gentle.
men from the Parish Of DsSoso, ono
from Urim. one from Bienville and
one from Iberia, who had not been
returned by the Returning Board, be
sworn in as Members, and thev we're
accordingly sworn in by Mr.. Wiltz,
aud took seats upon the door az mem.
bers OF the House. A motion was now
made that the House proceed with
its permanent organization, and &C.
cordingly the roll was called by Mr..
Trezevant, the acting Clerk, and Wiltz
was declared elected Speaker and
Trezevant Clerk of the House. Acting
on the protest made by the majority,
the Governor now requested the Com.
manding General Of the Department
to aid him in restoring order. and ena.
BILE the legally returned members of
the House to proceed with it's orgsni-
cation according to law. This request
WAS reasonable aud in accordance with.
law. Remembering wildly the terrible
massacres that took place in this city
ON the assembling of the Constitu.
tional Convention in 1866 at the Me-
chanics' Institute, and believing that
the lives OF the members of the Laeis.
Iature were or would be endangered in
case an organization under the law was
attempted. the posse was furnished
with the request that care should be
taken that no member of the LegisIa-
tare returned by the Returning Board
should be ejected from the noor. This
military posse performed its duty under
directions from the Governor of the
State and removed from the floor Of
the House those persons who bad been
illegally seated, and who had no legal
| right to be there. Whereupon the
Democrats arose and leIt the House
and the remaining members proceeded
to effecf an organization under the
State laws. In all this turmoil, in
which bloodshed was imminent, the
military posse behaved with great dis-
cretion. When Mr.. Wiltz, the usurp.
ing Speaker of the House, called for
troops to prevent bloodshed. they wore
given to him. When the Governor of
the State called for posse for the ga me
purpose and to enforce the Law, it was
furnished also. Had this not been
done it is my firm belief that scenes
Of bloodshed would have eusued.
P. II. SHERIDAN, Lieut.. Gen.
WASHINGTON, January lO.-The sub
committee appointed by the House of
Rep, ,esentative's special committee on
Southern affairs which has been in
vestigatirg matters in Louisiana for
some weeks past, returned to Washing
ton last night. It's members (Foster,
OF Ohio. Phelps. OF New jersey. and
Potter, OF New York. are necessarily
adverse to giving expression 10 their
views in advance Of their presentation
to the full committee. and of the ma.
turing and making of it's report TO the
House. Enough is known. however,
to authorize the statement that there
's no conflict Of opinion among the
members Of the subcommittee as to
the pnneipal points in controversy.
The action Of the Returning Board in
throwing out tho returns Of certain
Parishes in which Conservatives were
elected. and In giving certificates to
some Republicans who we're not elect
cd, will be condemned as an illegal
and unwarranted exercise of authority.
The testimony taken before the com
mittee does not sustain the charges of
violence and intimidation toward the
negro voters; but rather tend to estab.
lish the fact that large number OF
negroes voted the moorstic ticket
from a conviction that, in doing 90,
thsJ were advancing their own inte.
rests and tho interests OF the State.
1t is mere matter of conjecture as TO
what course OF policy the committee
will recommend. but the probabilities
are that il will be In the direction of 0
new election. The excitement In New
Orleans when the com mittee left that
city was intense; but there was no
likelihood whatever of its being ma nj.
tested in any general outbreak. The
Kellogg Government is submitted to
only under the presence of the mill
tary power OF the United States, and
in the expectation and belief that Con-
gress will devise and adopt some mes.
sure that will restore tue common.
wealth to the control of its own oiti.
xens.
Rumors Of discussions in the Cabi.
net on account of the policy of the
Administration in regard to the Loui-
siana troubles are again repeated in
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