Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-14
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Sheridan ExplaEns the 6hols
TrOuble.


Acd Relates q Hundred Denno-
cratic Lies. VI
4 statemcnt which Everybedy
should Read.
n WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.--The follow
ihg official dispatch from Gen. Sheri-
dsfNWas received here late last night.
HhaDouARTERs Mil. DIv. y
OF<THE MISSOURI,
New ORLEANS, Jan. 8, 1875. NJ ~
TO Hon. w. w. BeiAnap, lSscrstary II
Var, Washingtcs, D. q. al
have the honor 60 submit the fol.
lowing brief report OF affairs as they
occurred here In the organization Of
she State Legislature, Jan. 4, 1878.
was not In command NJ this Military
Department until nine at night Of
the 4th inst, but fully indorSe and
am willing to he held responsible fvr
he acts of the military, as consefvc-
| tors OF the public peace. upon that
and during the few days which Twas
in the city prior To the 4th Of Jan.
The general topic of conversation was
the scenes Of bloodshed that were lia-
bile to occur on that day, and re-
| peatcdiy heard threats of AssRssina-
| ting the Governor, aud regrets ex-
| pressed that he WAS not killed an the
I4th Of Sc ptember last. AleoA tt,reat
of the assassination Of the Hepublican
members Of the House In order 70
secure hee'eetion of the Democrats
| Speaker. also know of the kidnap-
ping by banditti OF Mr.. Cousin, one
OF the members elect OF the Legisla-
tura. In order to preserve peace and
make the State House safe Tor t.se
peacoahle assembling Of the LeRiala-
iture, Gen. Emory, upon a requisition
of Governor. stationed troops In the
vicinity of the building. Owing To
these precautions the Legislature as-
sembled In the State House without
/ any disturbance Of peace. AT 10
O'Clock, VIM. Nigors, Clerk OF the
last House proceeded TO call the roll
as according to law he was empow-
| cred tn do. One hundred nnd two
| legally returned members answered
To their names. OF this number SO
were Republicans, and so were DEM
| ocrats. Before entering the House,
IL. A. AVi!tz had been selected i,i
caucus as Democratic nominee for
i Speaker and Michael HUM MS the
Republican noniDer.s tigors had
not finished announcing the result
when one OF the ineflbers, Hellen, of
Iafourch, nominated l.. A. Wilt far
| temporary speaker. bVigors prompGr
/ iy declared the motion out Of order
at that time, when soMie one Put the
question. and amid cheers Usi. the
Il IAssna.rAtiG side .Of the iiaain6s. WiitE.
isdashed into the rDstFdffi, TFurg1ctf
aside Nigors, seized the speakers
chair and gavel and declared himself
Speaker. A protect against this arbi-
/ trary and unlawful proceeding was
promptly made by members of the
majority, but Wiltz paid no atteDtio
| to those protests, aud on motion from
some one on the Democratic side OF
! the house, it was declared that one,
| Treze want, was nominated and elect.
ed Clerk of the House, Trczevant at
Fonce sprang forward and occupied the
Clerks chair, amidst the widest con-
fusion over the whole house. Mayor
Wiltz then again, on another norni-
| tiOn from the Democratic side OF the
| house, declared one Flood elected
Sergeant at Arms, and ordered that
n certain number of assistants heap
pointed instantly. a large number
OF men throughout the hall, who had
| been admitted OF various pretexts.
such rs reporters and member
! friends and spectators, turned down
the lapels Of their coats, upon which
were pinned blue ribbon badges, on
which were printed in gold
| letters the words Assistant
| Sereeant-at. Arms" and the A.
senbIy was in possession of the
minority and the White League, in
| defiance Of the laws Of the land, had
| made good its threat Of seizing tho
! House, many Of the Assistant-Ser-
gcants.at-A A rms being well-known as
| Captains of white league companies
in this city. Notwithstanding the
/ suddenness of the movement, lead
| ing Republican members had not
! fuiIed TO protest again and again
against this revolutionary action Of
the minority, but all to no purpose,
and many of the Republicans rose
4 ana lFIt the iIDuNS III IL itbssJ tDkStb-
er with Clerk Nigors, who carried
with him the original roll Of the
! House as returned by the Secretary
or State. The excitement WAS now
very great, and the acting Speaker
directed the Sergeant-at Arms to
prevent the egresS or ingress of the
/ meuibers or others, and several ex-
letting scufiies IN which knives and
! pistols were drawn, and for a few
moments il seemed "a if blOod-shed
would ensae. Al this juncturr, Du-
pre-, Democratic uymber frna OI-
leans parish, moved that the mill Ia
| ry Of the General Government be
invoked to preserve peace, and that
a committee be appointedrto wait on
General DeTrobriand, commanding
officer Of the United States troops
stationed at the State House aud re
quest his assistance in clearing the
| lobby. Motion was adopted. A
committee of five, Of which Duprt
Was made chairman. WAS sent Il
wait upon General D"Trobriand, and
4 - IL /.