The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-23
POLITICAL ON DIT.

bells are coming was written, struck an atti
l tude in the st. Charles Rotunda, ably sup.
ported in the rear by sole Feel" and Pack.
ard, and awaited the appearance of the mem.
bers of the Congressional Committee. They
3 propose to instruct these gentlemen in the
way they should go, and have laid their plans
accordingly. Kellogg has set his heart upon
having at least one favorable report, even
though that be minority one.
THE coURT1ERs
in Kellogg's office were busy compiling
statements of parish taxation and parish ex-
penditures. They propose to show, if they
can, that in those parishes where Democratic
police juries have been chosen, the rate of
local taxation and expenses have been greater
than in those where the Republican party
have been in power. They are fixing up the
figures nicely, and are jubilant over their
imaginary success.
All this is only sort of dying grasp at
straws and will not save them. What in iso-
lated cases may have been the causes which
served to increase parish taxes at particular
times, can in no manner affect the stern
truth, as evidenced by comparison of the
States Indebtedness created under Radical
domination, with that by their opponents.
acts to minor channels.
| PRIvY COUNCILLORS IN SESSION.
Almost nightly there are held pow-wows of
the grand sachems of the faithful, over the
present condition Of legislative affairs. Ray,
Packard, Beckwith, Anderson, and all the big
wigs are not exactly pulling together in traces
and there is cropping out evidence of desire
to make Jonah of Pitt, as Congress did of
Durell, that the party may be saved.
Although this has not assumed definite
shape, and though there is preserved a strict
silence about it, there was leak LETT I'm
corked and the matter got out.
THE CUsToM-HoUsE
ring have been unusually quiet of late, on
account of all political interest centering
on the legislative question, but that
| they are going to soon have a hand in the
pie is certain.
THE AFRICAN MUSEUM
is still open and the animals are performing
| There was strong effort made to secure their
pension out of the special fund yesterday, the
general fund having collapsed without leav-
ing sufficient to settle the board bills of the
patriots They are in deep water about these
same little reminders, and are getting more
and more obstreperous on this subject. Per
diem is their watchword, and they intend to
survive or perish on that platform.
What the upshot of the matter will be re-
mains to be seen, but one thing is very GER
tain that unless some one goes to their aid
they will soon desert the ship. Kellogg is
uneasy on the subject and begs them to re-
main firm That they intend to have their say
should Pinch be seated and Kellogg recog-
nized is certain. Casey has weakened con-
siderably on Pitt, because Of the oprobium
the Louisiana case has brought down upon
the devoted head Of the great brother-in-law
PINCH.
Among the politicians Pinch is about as
lively circus actor as has tripped the saw
dust for some time. One minute he is quietly |
seated in his Senatorial chair, when, presto
he is bounced out Between seating and |
unseating poor Pinch has been sorely treated.
The rumors this morning were that private
kilograms had been received here that he
would probably be put in tomorrow as
party necessity, but there could be found no
one who had seen these dispatches.
THAT QUORUM.
Hahns wing of Kellogg's crowd is certainly
working under difficulties, and the wonder is,
that in view of the troubles with which they
have been beset, the members, notwithstand-
ing considerations in the shape of per diem,
which an ordinary man would consider small
for the worry, have not given up the little
farce in disgust. 1t is a farce, and that none |
know it better than the members themselves, |
is evidenced by the fact that they have done
nothing although they have made show of !
doing considerable
This body styles itself the House Of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Louisiana, and un-
der this name plays the comedy of legisla-
ton.
1t was funny to watch the progress of the
as the performance was kept up and present
ed to the general public free gratis and for
nothing, it was good thing to laugh at, and
the efforts daily put forth to secure ga quo
rum were subject for mer, iment; but now.
when the actors propose to take from the peo- I
pie the sum Of $4,000 to pay for the fun
that the people have already had, and propose
to take it as members not of burlesque
troupe, but as members of the lower House of
the Legislature Of Louisiana it is time to
question the right Of these individuals to the
latter title, and also to consider what consti-
tutes quorum of the House.
When the Legislature was disbanded and
Hahns wing set itself up as the House, there
were ffty-two individuals on hand who were
returned as members of the House by the
Returning Board. Fifty-two was certainly