The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-02-03
LOUISIANA AFFAIRS,
Report of lle Sub Conlm,ttee Of he House
of ReDygsentot,pes.

| lue report VI alessrs. roster fnelps anu
Potter, the subcommittee of tue special
committee appointed by the IIeuse Of Rep.
ressnIatiyes TO proceed to New Orleans
and investigate the condition Of affairs ia
| Louisiana, aud the South, yesterday,
made their report'to the House. The ex.
treme length Of the document precludcs
its publication in full, but we give syn
opsis Of the most inportont statements:
During the eight duysth committee re-
NAMED in New Orleans they were attended
lthroughoat.t their sessions which were public.
by the counsel off the Republic aud Coaserya-
/ tive aud State committees. In that peri
| cd they examined over ninety-Rye witness
ses, besides taking large amount Of doc
umentary evidence, amounting 10 al, il is
estimated, Too mre than fifteen huudrcd
printed pages.
lY The committee undertook no investiga.
ticu Of the election Of 1872. They FIRST
proceeded to an examination Of the re-
/ turning board Of the State in respect to
! the late election. aud then an enquiry in
reference to the WLite League.
/ The law provides that the Board shall
| consist Of Gye perscns, representing all
parties Itcohsisted at tie opening uf
their last session u five Republicans. up-
on tue resignation of one Of whom (Gen.
Icngstrsei) Nc. Arroyo. a Conser, olive,
was taken 20 Gil the vacancy. Al.er pro-
testing against the action Of the board in
session. he resigned before ,se conclusion
oftheir labors. aud bis plsae was not tillel.
!. 20 that, as your committee think. the law
as to the constitution OF tho board was. not
fcomplicd with.
The election lawsof Louisiana provide
for . supervisor Of registration. who ap.
points bis osn deputies FOR each ward in
New ORLEANS aud for one supervisor of
registration for each parish 10 the Sisse !
The. o officers were all appointed Lysioy.
Kellogg. In addition 10 these supervisors
the police jurors lihe local authorities Of
the parishes) appointed three commission
crs Of slectisn for each poll in the parish.
aud there were slso two United States su.
peryisors appointed BY tho district judge
| Of the United States for each poll .,.e
| The law further proyided. that in case
of such violence or intimidation or corrup-
tion at or near either poll, either during
registration or election. preventing q fair,
free, pesccable. aud full vote. the CON-
missioners Of election. il the occurrence
was on election day, the supervisor ofreg.
isira,ion. il on the day Of registration,
should make full. ysrl6cc statement Of
the occurrence. forward the same 9ith aud
annexed 70 the returns aud further pro-
yided that when the Returning Board. in
csnyassiug The returns. should come to a.
+ ny poll where the returns we're accompa-
MED BY such protest. they should not
canvass. count. or compile the statement
Of voters from such poll until the state.
ment from all other polls had been can
yasscd aud complied.
The chief struggle was over the election
Of members Of the State Legislature aud
parish officers; and iu these elections local
aud personal considerations, rs we'll as IA.
tional OF State politics entered. The re.
turns BY tue commissioners Of elections
compiled and forwarded BY the supervi-
sors Of registration, gave the Conservative.
. msjority Of 20 members out Of total Of
/ III members. In only three instances
weyc there any protests accompanying the
/ returns.
The lietnrning Board was il session for
many weeks. As 6pally taDnounccd, their
findings gave. as Governor kellogg reck-
Il. 20 members 10 the Republicans; 80
rasmbers 10 the Democrats. Of whom. how
ever, one may be regarded rs not staying
/ Democrat. The board made no decision
/ as TO The remaining i've seats.
The public siltiugs Of tha Returning
Board we're attended BY the counsel Of the
Republican and Conservative State com.
iuiiiecs. Objeciiont we're received from
the counsel Of the respective parties 70 the
returns from different polls. The objec-
tiea party was generally allowed TO pro-
duce aHidayits 10 support the objection,
aud the other party " reply BY atidayits.
A day was iixed when those proofs were TO
be closed. .iftcr these public sessions the
board went Into private. or, as as they
we're called, executive sessions, where the
proofs aud matters in dispute were dis
cussed, cad decision arrived at. The
minutes of the board are very meagre.
The Parish Of Rspides close three me,n-
bers 10 tie Legislature. The returns o
lected al three Conservatives. When the
polls closed The only paper 6lod with tue
Returning Board was the aflidavit OF the
gnitcd States supervisor that the election
was IL all respects full. fair. and free. Il
was not known in tho parish that any con-
test existcd'agaust these three members.
/ They left their homes and proceeded 70
New Orleans, 70 be present Of the opening
4 Of the Legislature, no inti,nation OF cOntcS-
ting their seats or objection to their cleo.
lion having been given BY their opponents.
AZ one Of tl,eir last sessions the Return.
ing Board declared or the Republican
members elected from thai parish> Wien
the papers Of the Returning Board were
produced before your cOnanitiee there WIS
II r,und amonV fhrtn an ailidny.t by MIR.