The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-02-05
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W. mss d. ~sll I'll down eslnsis In
ffens n the issHisisaa gars,itn and
iaal n fair, In The face sith All II IN.
s,i,~a There sfe vast namhet II
r,i1lssetal issues All ,a',sssiius,s ~.
alterations ,ha, ~ ms, safely IN,
aside, while ~ lnnk i, snnA them all
~ The question that lies ~ the heart
II Tho Whole matter Tha, question
il one which ve can ,rea, ,lisrsssionsss-
II. and callls reason over IA - sImr.
liz whether the State ~ Louisiana l.
competent far .elfTovrramcni u
.ha. complexion the whole business
GENES At last, Stripped Of all the
hu.ks NJ cstransans Issues that 10 the
kernel ri the debate. tho essential
thing in controversy. l. does not
matter for tho purpose of this inauir,
whether the infamous election laws
which rns unlimited power II The hands
IL the Executive BY giving him the ap-
pnintmcnt 81 the el!iecrs IN charge and
tho control II the machinery II the
elections were the invention of War
moth or Kellogg or anybody else. All
.lcs agree now that they are as bad
a. they can DO. Wo % not necl IN
vcs,ign,c the election Of 1871. TIC &c
ton q Durre,l, the affair II September,
,, the conluc, Of tho Kellogg Returning
Board. tho organization Of the Icgis.
la,ure. tho interference # the military.
tho mcanin, u the "banditti" dis.
patch,
Law these all aside. Admit what
over 10 claimed BY tho supporters q
the Administration. Take tho case AZ
they state il. Let everybody else 60
out Of court, and give to Mr.. Kellogg
and his friends 4 clear field without
contradiction Or hin.lrance. Aud nov
What il the situation In Louisiana upon
their own showing Why simply this:
That after tho part, in power las had
ten years for experimenting IN iccon-
struction; after ~ many years d ahso-
lutc control in the State; af.or two
years In which State Government of
tho Administrations own choosing has
bssn uphold BY Federal arms, and n.
ter Nil election carried on under the
auspices of the Kellogg Government
with ia own arrnintecs directing tho
registration and experimenting tho
voting, with Initcd States supervisors
to assist aud United States trools to
enforce orders with al thcsc sdsant-
ag,s III their favor, they are unable to
secure 1 fair and honest election.
With I'll these. they admit that tho
votes returned A. pollsd under the
supervision Of their own officers, aided
BY United States Supervisors and Tn
itci states troops, gave tho State Log
islature 10 tho Conservatives and cnn.
scqusntly did NIL crprcss the real pre-
frrcmces Of tho voters. With every
thing Ia their favor, they were unable
TO prevent intimidation on % large :
scale - to turn tho State against
them.
SO that upon their own showing
with oil the machinery Of tho slcctions
In their hands. and tho whole power II
tho Federal Government 81 easy sum.
mons 10 assist them. the majority u
tho voters Of Louisiana were unable tn
exrtcsr their will 1t tho ballot.boA,
Thu majority. viii, the State Gossrn-
mcnt and tho Federal troop, 10 haek
them, wore ..in.imidntcd. = Il tonk
the wisdom ard courage Of : Return
inc Board 10 save this majority from,
being defeated ~ minority. and the
Federal lroopr were called IN even
then 80 prevent tho minority FROM TUX
ing advantage II the majority, And
the state 4 sffairs il NO desperate that
none V tho inundated majority dare
como forward and testify " the fact Of
intimidation for fear of being murder
! I'll; ~ that ono IT two courageous
nna who holl Office have o. volunteer
10 testify to the intimidation u whole
dissri.ts There arc meG ready to
swcar 10 tho Intimidation Of voters Ly
tho hundred. hy Parishes, and districts.
but individual cases csunot DC found.
And 20 The Returning Board reversed
the results II tho election, and tho
United States army was csllcd upon to
enforce tho decree. and did IT, That
il tho whole case n presented BY The
friends VI Kellogg aud tho Administers
tion. A majority Of ths voters arc
under intimidation. The only way 10
secure the republican form d govern
,sent guaranteed by the Constitution
10 Tor the Federal Government to re-
verso tho results Of the election aud In
.sall III oi5ce tho candidates who would
have been elected had there been no
intimidation.