The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-05
THE COMMITTEE ON LOUISIANA.

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THE WHITE LEAGUE CONDITION OF
TRADE - SECURITY OF LIPE-A LETTER
FROM GOV. KELLOGG TO THE COMMITTEE.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2.-The congressional
committee met at IL A. II. at the custom
house. Charles s. Abel, secretary of the re-
turning board. was the first witness called.
He was elected secretary at the third meet
ing of the board. The duties were to keep
the minutes and TO produce such documents
as the board might require, he the seere-
tary, having charge Of them. Ali the pa
pers, with the exception OF the minutes,
were handed over to the secretary of state at
the adjournment of the board. All the evil
dence taken by the board was written, and
is found filed with the papers in each Gaze
which came up before the board. He could
produce the minutes. No papers sent to the
board disappeared, TO the best OF the wit
ness's knowledge.
Mr. Phelps-What was the action of the
board when protests were presented before
the board?
Abell-The board generally counted the
returns to which such protest mad refer
eLce, and then left them for consideration.
Papers were rejected without any entry
being made on the minutes, nor was there
any mention made on the minutes of such
changes as were made 10 the returns by the
board. The conclusions or decisions were
arrived at in executive session, aud were
record eXtant showing these changes, the
only way 10 arrive at it being
to compare the original returns made by the
supervisors with the statements published
| or promulgated by the board. There was
| evidence filed in the case of the parish of
| Rauides. Al the suggestion OF the committee
| it was agreed to produce the tally sheets,
| and the supervisors returns and all the
papers in the cases of the parishes OF Iberia
and Rapides, as also the journal. wherein
the compiled statements were promulgated.
Charles ProvOste was porduced to
prove the existence of colored clubs who
| took action against the republican
| party in the last election. He said there
was large club in the Second Ward, all the
members of which were co1ored, who CO.
| operated with the conservatives because
they were tired OF the existing evil. This
club voted the conservative ticket TO nearly
| it's full strength, and voted the ticket
| openly. George Duprez testified that he
organized colored club in the Third Ward.
| AT the poll where this club voted, negro
/ precinct exclusively, over 800 votes were
cast. The majority at the election
for the conservatives footed up l27
| Those suffragans were laborers.
He was a member of the White
| League, and captain of company. The
OBJECT OF THE ORDER
was TO oppose such organizations as the re-
publieans had formed, to meet the unlaw-
ful sggressions of the metropolitan brigade,
etc. The White League has made no prepar-
ations to take action next Monday. L. b.
jerks ties titled that he was at the convention
in Baton Rouge, and voted the fusion ticket
i'm 1872 with one exception; that is, he voted
for Kellogg instead of. McEnery. He
heard McEnery's speech in Baton
Rouge. which was extremely partizan.
He advocated in the event of
the peoples electing their candidates that
they the psople, should occupy the city and
see that they got their seats In the general
| assembly. McEnerY also spoke on one oc-
casiOu as the Varieties Theater in about the
} same Strain as be did at Baton Rouge. MIR.
Marr also spoke at the Varieties. His
speech vas like that OF McEnery's in tone
and temper. MsjOr Wm. Robinson, the
news editor of the North Carolina Republi-
can, was brought forward to testify TO
certain extracts published in his paper as
being genuine reproductions of those taken
/, from certain country exchanges, the Shreve-
} port Times, NatchItoches VludcatOr and
others. He agreed to make an affidavit TO
, the required effect. A. B. Levissee testified
that be resided tn Caddo parish. He said
that uan who votes the radical ticket in
Caddo parish is ostracised. He was asked
by Mr. Potter if he was elected to the legis-
. ture To which me replied: II was returned
: member by the returning board
3 but not by the popular vote" l.. w. Baker
Il
and wes tho parish Judge. He said that re-
publicsns have been ostracised socially to q
D | great extent. Joseph Bowling testified that
he resided il New Orleans. Was a mer-
chant aud member of the firm of Peet
| Yale & Bowling. Touching the commercial
condition of New Orleans, he said that IL
was much depressed. Persons were afraid
to enter upon any character of enterprise
I He attributed this to the exorbitsnt taxes
That this depression existed was
evident, in one particular, by the great
3 number OF business houses how offered foI
rent. Some houses were offered by the
owners 10 such persons as would take them
pay tho taxes and keep the houses in re-
pair, and frequently there were no takers
> even OF these terms. He was here on tbs
4 l4th of September The selling of the
| business community alter that event, that
4 Is when il Was supposed that the people:
: government had been established, was
a buoyant. 4 revival of business was antci
. pated. There was an extended desire. on the
= part OF the people. TO leave Louisans
o. because of the existing state of affairs, Mr.
f Foster desired TO know if murderers were
= generally condemned by the community
\ | and dealt with according to law by tai
q courts, also If the general immunity from
4 punishment of the alurderers had the effec
. OF preventing In large measure emigration
: to This state. The answer was that generally
. | any murder perpetrated in the city was
= largely condemned. II the persons were no
= arrested in some instances, as in that which
= | occurred Thursday night, TO which
: Mr. Foster referred, IL was mainl,
attributable to the inefficiency of the poIic'
!, the republican police. He did not know
= | whether it effected emigration not. MIR
: Potter wanted TO know if Gov. Kellogg ha6
? not been In the habit OF pardoning criminal
n by wholesale. and if murders, etc, wer
= perpeirated, and lawlessness existed, if thi
!. wholesale pardoning was not TO some exten
: the cause of it. The witness had heard j
; reported and seen in newspapers that man,
: criminals bad been psrdoned- He though
? the pardoning had q tendency to encourag
| crime. The following is
: LETTER FROM GOV. KELLOGG
o to the congressional committee. 1t was 6e
: llvered this evening;