The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-29
LOST LOUISIANA.
THE FoRLoRN HOPE OF THE
STATE.
. CESSATION OF FEDERAL INFLU'
ENCE.

ENCk.
c,- Npr.rs pSoRpTroFF ON THE COSDTTIoN OF
arrxIps N THE PELICAN srATE-HAIkEDl
or RADICAL oFFICIALS-IHE Ooh1--
POWER OF OPPOSITION TO THIEVES
m1,a situation of affairs in long suffering
Iouisiaua is summed up by Nh. Oh%li'S
Nordoff ia the New York HerSlo, as aP-
MARS hereafter: The long talked Oh e'nn'
nrounise, or adjustment, determined oh oS
the eoDSregrsssional committee, was com
Dleted on Saturday by the instailmen' oi
conservative in place OF repuo-
I;con stats senator. It's terms
did net entirely please the
lesS~,-s o. either party. The oonserVa-
t;va leaders conceived themselves 10 Dc
ye.ssnp less political strength than the eiec-
tor OF 1874 actually gave them, and the
rosiraI leaders, or 81 least some oil 'AeHn'
80 4no. II ia for tbem g surrender oil pOEt-
SoolDou-er i'm the state. Meantime, however,
,,.ing nj the conservatives Vffy stIVns.S
Tavoreo the compromise, snd were aois W
brinpcfnost OF their side into II, W. iS -, q
yrinc oS the radicals, aElehg Wno9S S,,orsss1
.,rvsy,s Governor kellogg and eX-Oohstess-
~, sSSaIoon accepted the compromise,
I'D Ceners1 Sheridan's acFlcs
ss;lereed Pinchback, Senator "eS, S-o,
ether radical opponents VINO were a. NOV
IA as-rFliru
Tins matters stood on Thursday Wnen ss1 .S .ns
Uo',sa sornslly accepted the adjustment anu
runseated the radical mem bers wnosl , ene
COMMITTEES ofcOngTess declared 10 nave nave DToa Ds..
wrongly seat ed by the returning UOeIu' UO - -
-V,tseI,1 the resolution of acceptance was pro-
,"ose5 a nnuel,sr of conservative members
yoted :. No. - among them Mr.. Wlltz' "hVln
son1e of the conservatives desired TO mahs
speaker. This attitude OF WIZ snc0"iASsoU
those in bis own party VINO
DID NOT WANT HIM
to ba sneaker. and on Friday these succeeded
with the help OF considerable rsdlcal Vo'0'
in defeating Wilt and electirg Estillete as
sneaker. This was the really important ana
decisive result of the adjustment, ior 1t ue-
clared which of the two branches OF the con-
servative party should control It's orgsnlza-
t;on The state OF Louisiana had, according
tothe CENSUS ofIsTO, s., ,OT6 whites and S6,9lS
black males over twenTy-one years OF age.
II has since. been proved by undenlaDle evil
deuce that the census understated cOnslueF-
ably the number of whites. " was O2Seh III
toe suRmer when many |hl.e peopie al
wsys leave the state, and the cen
sns takers did not thoroughly
record that part of the white pop
ulstioa which is scattered over Tue pins
hills back of the bottom lands, on which the
greater pzrt of the people are g@tnereo;
to-day at least 10000 more white tnan Dlsek
voters The conservatives claim at least
15OaG moro. Now, in the election OF 1914
parties were divided, unhsppilv, almost eu-
tirely on the color lice. Mr.. PacEaru, VINO
unitesir his person the two lmPortanL, ana,
Ishcrld thipk. incongruOus otnces OF Oni.eu
States marshal aud chairman OF the repuDn-
can state central committee, told me some
dsvs apo tbeS only 5000 whites voted tne
republican ticket and that the same numDer
<,sh tad vrifh
is. Think, a fair stetament tnat, Win Tue
exception os the ofica-holders, STATE anu
federal, and their relations, there We're no
white repU blicans in the state In Ms, or AZ
the farthest, but an inappreclaDie hullo0i'
TEE REASON FOR THIS
condition OF things shall explain to you In
detail IL other letters- Il must suffice now
to tell you generally that the ineff;ciency
and corruption of the state government in
ali it's parts-leaving lawlessness unpun-
ished, countenancing the most monstrous
and shameful frauds and continued thus
for six disgraceful years, az last united al
the whites in one party, whose aim was
simply and only 10 Oust the thieves. Op'
posed TO them in 1874 stood these rulers VIII
almost, s5nt not quite, the whole negro pop
ulatiOn at their backs. The sltustEOn was
one not different in kind from that In New
York City il 1871. Tho rank and file of the
partY which calls itself conservative consists
in nsrt of democrats who are naturally 0p
posed TO rspu bliean rule, but in part, also, q
old wings. KnoW-Nothings, and the mass o
citizens not interested in politics. These
entered ths conservative party only to save
the stat 3 from further Enisgoyernment and
spojiation. 1t was and is, therefore, at
s9hOnest mGn'S'' party, aud was called ICON
servgtive, !" and the name democrat dropped
because there areiG Louisiana alarge nun bel
Ofgood citizens who are 80 strongly opposed
- hot hoy will M
actively. if a. all, work with men bearing
thai name. Many of the most Snbstsptia
citizens were opp0ged to secession, and to
day think that act was "blunderi1g demo
cratic s6stesmanship," as one said TO me- the
other day. Here Northern man may vesy
commonly hear men who have beon active
and foremost in thu conservative movement
declare that 'sas soon as We eshav9 driven o.
The
RADIcAI CHIEvEs AND RoBBEEs
who have so long spoiled shall
quickly show these democrats that they
4 cannot hold the state. "There is not Z
shadow OF doubt that whenever fsderal in
,terferencs in the State definitely ceases and
honest men have been put into power the
~ssconservatiye'' party--tte white mans
party-will incontiDently split into fwC
1 nearly equal halves and each will try, with
tie help of the negroes, TO beat the other
Bnt IL is t0lerably certain chat until this is
accomplished the white men will stick To-
gether, for they cannot afford to dc other
wise. The republican politicians stigmatize
one wing OF the conservatives as last
ditohers," and it was these who desired
Wilhs to be speaker, and thus the head
of the party. Now, they are not
1.last- t-ditchers," or impr2cticabie men ct all
but tbeV are democrats, and wish, iS but
natural for them. to make the state demo
cratic. To this end they woEld like 10
keep the present conservative party to-
gether permanently and use its strength for
the democratic party. can not see any
thing wrong about this. Tnsy eau not do
it, but il is their natural course to att5mpt
II. But the other wing Of che conservatives,
which. In tie struggle over the speakership,