, 1875-02-06
The louisiana Report.

The louisiana Report.
The rapo-t Of the special House committee OF three
on LOUISIANA sfars, deserves the careful study OF
every one Who wishes 70 have a correct understand
ing Of tLs present troubles AMI Tie easts hln Ia
lri 70 them. The oOlalttee itself deserves tt til'
q the whole country fOg the lety and importantly
gshch Which ito observations have beru orp4Hsiedr >
and the ClEiCT and honesty With which they lINE
been reported % Congress En4 TO the pab.ic. Inc
sslec. cu Of the comut'ee WAS sue-Jisfly toTthhA.s
one OF TIE three two were repubIcans, while al
were men, IN point OF character and ability 10 oo-n-
uani the entire confidence Ut The CUuutry. They
have agre-i unanimously upon report which may
l. safely accepted impartial and truthful state
uent Ci tie pgvssut orDitcn CT atIrs IN Lou isti'
The committee have no policy 10 recommend Their
report deals only With the 1cfs AM here are Iis oOn-
P-ys. As 70 the November eIect;oa tbe committee
state exIlieIcly that IL November, 1914 The p PIE
o. the state Of Louisiana did fairly have fEeer
Ieacelbie and tull rlstatIon sd elecilon, II which
c,etr conservative majority WAS elec,td - the lower
house OF the legislature, q: which majority the con
saryltly were deprived by the unjust, illegal Ann
arbitrary action OF tx returning board" The actual
returns made ~ tlr cOnISslOncrs oI electIOiis, mp
pointed IA each parish by tie local sTtEpgItirs e'-
piled and fOvwlIel 10y tie sUpeIy yiSOrs Of TegstH-
t.pgl" IA pointed II GovernUr Kellogg gave The
conservatives majority Of tgenJy-nIne members II
total Of Ill uleIn6ers monty three instances were
there any protests accompanying the returns lie
returning Gciri, after being III session icg many
weeks deciding al! questions secret, As y "AA
".
ae!It.srAt1Is promuigate on Christmas day report
which gaze rfty.tJTce members TO the republicans
AMI Atty 10 the Seuce ats. one vf whom, spwvHer n
the language Of The COMMITTEE - nOt r,arls1 Is
a staying, deInOcraI" As 10 the remaining nNe seats
she board nsaae decision. The sunr nuait ee ana
I've the Jn q Tie Te-u.nlHg bOlr1 ~ the cases UI
REpi ie>, IberIa. De Soto. Nlnn and IsTTe bNnhr
Is4rIshss AMI conclude aS follows - Without now
referring 20 other instance than those Just enurn-
Grated We are constrained 70 declare that tie acton
Of The returning hoard, the whue Els az ottfar!
unjust and, II opinion, Illegal, and ihat tls AZ
bstgtgy, unjust and Illegal action alone Preventel tEe
retnrn OF minority Ut conservative members 10 the
lower house.'
secondly Upon the subject OF intimidation Of
votes the coJa'Aittee say that 70 general .h'ii a.
ton OF republican voters Was established No eo.oE-
eli man Was produced who had heen threaterei ~
assaulted by any sESerSItIy= because OF po.!ticAl
OpIu.on or discharged nom employ Taent or refnsed
employment But. adj the committee, Ion the
other hand, Il III evidence that tie blacks Who
sought e act with the conservative party .e:e' o
their part, sometimes exposed 70 eurnIty aHd ABUSE
In the interior one co ei shot ior IAaAinS
conservative speech, and II New Orleans II appear
el from the testimony that COlOred men Who songLt
TO cooperate with the conservatives were subjected 10
80 mach abuse nom the pole and otherwise that an
as>OCIItIOn Uf lawyers volunteered 10 pU'ecs theih
but 10 !!tte effct Ihe INTIMIDATION OF white COR
seEvtiNes 10y the Tex ttsODs proceedings OF CniieN
States commissioners and m1rshG5 u also dWeit upon
TluiIg.-As % the - White League, the asSoela
raln which General NtifTl wants tht frrsiirht
permission 10 SIS 81 and bans; AS a 64nttl, tn COM
mit:ce say that III the hast campaign Louisiana
tn opposition vas composed OF various elements,
democrats reiOrmeTs dissatisfied republicans, liberal
republicans oil wings and order 10 n-uce the
30, p,rtiOn OF all, some Of VIII II refused 70 unlie
with organization called democrats, they took the
81 the ptOples party, called IN sUme lOctt!Es
the conservative party Oh=rs the whIte iu'sn =
party u 1thers The White League, and had ori-
nary political club, under thsos names throughout
the rural distIIct~ vhIr weTevriuary political ci @
AMI moth filg uIOre-n-Ithrr secret aYn4el,
tons Even that association OF AMI II Us
lccOr3 iu TO President Grant and General SheridtD,
the v LIte League OF the cry Of New Orleans,
turcs out oe Euthn, more than ASSOCIATION Tor
mutual defense and seitp.otectOn, numbering IN all
from two houslnt five hundred to two thousand
eight hundred meInicrs, AMI comprising a t5rSe
n"taocF 81 reputable sti1cLS anu oi pIOtIt! lJlit-S
III NvN . leans
F'aFi+t9. - 70 the present trcrOnHble AM dS-
loyal spIt ~ IAe p-oPe oi LOUISIANA, Wi,sa -45-
gr9rd Jc Ec c,sIJy surh heIUC treatment 10 zen
Sheridan and InuuSel upOu tie President the neccs-
sIty f seniInE Shegia-In 10 New Orleans the
mIttcr say: &" II uu:sIana were "A country by Itseii
NcFnery and his asslcstes would at once be INSTALL
ei in power hut the conservatives of LOUIS r.I. do
Eot intend 10 ngh, tie federal government Indeed