The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-13
ARBITRATION COMMITTEE.

SETTLING THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY UNDER
THE WHEELER COMPROMISE.
The members OF the late Congressional Commit
tee on Louisiana Anatrs, OF which Hon. George F.
Hoar, OF Massachusetts,, was Chairman, now
acting an arbitration committee, under what Is
known as the Wheeler compromise, upon the con.
tested elections to the Lower house OF the Louis
lana Legislature, held their first session at tho
ollice OIL Hon. william Waiter Phelps, one OF the
committee, at No. 20 Exchange place, yesterday.
The following members were present:-George F.
Hoar, William A. Wheeler, Charles Foster, william
Walter Phelps, Garrison n Poster and Samuel s.
Marshall, the only absentee being William p.
Frye. The committee, In pursuance OF the plan
agreed upon, Will take no lurtner testimony and
lis en- 10 argument, but viii decide equitably,
taking up the returns ana considering them IN
the light OF the evidence taken by The two SUBJ
committees In New Orleans. The conservatives
are represented before the committee by Coone!
Zacharie. OF New orleans, and 4. ii. Leonard, OF
the shreveport Times, while Marshal s. b. PACK
ard appears as counsel Tor the opposite side The
organization OF the present committee IS the
same as tue original one, Mr.. EOar acting as chair
man. The session yesterday was pri .ate, no rep
counsel OF The respective parties, the latter only
being called upon as occasion required Tor their
statements upon moOted points. Inc returns and
other documents upon winch the action OF the
comm ttee VIII be based reached here from the
descent CITY yesterday morning, and the session
was passed In an examination OF and discussion
upon them. The absence OF the tables and other
statistical papers wnca had been prepared by the
original Congressional committee caused much
DELAY which would otherwise. nave been avoided,
as deal oil work had necessarily to be gone
through with again. No definite conclusion was
arrived at, Will there be any until the presence
OF Mr.. Frye renders the committee full, and after
sitting for some hours an adjournment was mad
until this morning at ten O'Clock.
In a converse ion with the HERALD reporter
Colonel Zacnarie and Mr.. Leonard, representing
the caucus OF the conservative members, ex-
pressed rOng confidence Jhat the result OF the
committees deliberations would be to give the
conservatives majority on joint ballot. The
character OF the testimony taken by the sub
committees and the report OF the majority OF the
CONGRESSIONAL committee render this almost Ger.
tam. General charges of intimidation had been
made py tle negroes and Others but they had
been unable to specify any acts tending to such
result and IN view o. the fact that the radicals
had all oil the election officials and all OF the United
States army which could be spared Tor the purpose
at their back, the aDsurdIty oil such charges ap-
peared on the lace. That the votes actually cast
gave the conservatives all TIE majority claimed
no one denies, and as the Investigations OF the
Congressional committee have disposed OF the
charges OF fraud and intimidation, 1t would seem
there can be but one result