The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-14
The Loulsiana Lea1alature.

The follcNing is a sun nary of theAs-
ISOLATED Press dispatchbf the, 4th, gfy1sg
an account OF he proceedings, attend ag
the organizatlonof thu Louisiana Leigh,
lature:
At twelve o'clock several members
had assembled in the hall of the House,
and the Chief Clerk called the roll and
announced that 102 members were pres
ent. A motion was made that L. A.
Wilt Conservative be made temporary
fChairmany and he immediately took the
chair, when the utmost confusion pre-
vailed. ,Sergeant-at-Arms and a tenn
porary Clerk were appointed. Sew
| eral motions were made amid
great confusion. Col. Lowell protested
against the manner of the temporary or
ganization, and the Speaker replied that
the manner of organization was identical
with that of 1868, in which Mr.. Lowell
participated. Five members, not re-
turned by the Board, were de-
clared, by resolution, members of
the House and took their seats. Mo.
lions to go into permanent organization
and to seat the members from the con-
tested parishes referred to the Legisla-
ture caused great excitement. The
members from four contested par
ishes were admitted to their seats,
and the motion to 20 into
permanent organization was put
and declared carried. Wilt and ex-
Gov. Hahn were put in nomination for
Speaker. During the progress of the
vote Mr.. Hahn addressed the House, by
permission, protesting against the or
ganization as irregular and informal, and
declining to participate in the body
under such organization. Wilt was de-
clared elected by a vote of fifty-fve
to two for Hahn and one blank, the
Republican members having gener-
ally refused to participate in the
Validity: During further proceed.
ings and while the Sergesnt-at-Arms
was seeking to obey instructions to al
low no member to leave the hall Gen. de
Trobriand made his appearance with two
staff officers, and bearing letters from
Gov. Kellogg, which were read,
one of which stated to the Gen
eral that an illegal body was
sitting in the House of Represent
atives and that Mr.. Vigers, Clerk,
would furnish him with a list of those
members who had been duly elected and
returned as such by the Returning
Board. The other letter requested the
General to eject those members
not returned by the Board. To this
Speaker Wilt protested, claiming that
the House was legally organized,
and he refused to point out
the five members ordered to be elected
as not being returned to the House, and
said they would not leave the House
until force was used to expel them. Gen.
de Trobriand afterward said Vigers had
been represented to him as being the
Clerk of the House who had list
OF the members returned as elected
by the Returning Board, and after
considerable objection and pro-
| test on the part of the Con.
servatives such roll was called. The
military were then used to eject the
five members present not returned by
the Board. An attempt of Vigers to OBJ
tain possession of the Clerks desk was
objected to by Speaker Wilt, and the
Sergeant-at-Arms, under instructions,
acting as Clerk, when the military were
called upon and put him in the coveted
position. Speaker Wilt then solemnly
protested against this interference on
| the part of the military of the United
States, and called on the members
to retire with him before this
show of arms. The Conservative
Representatives. headed by Speaker
Wilt, then marched out of the hall and
State House. After the Conservatives
withdrew the roll was again called, and,
quorum being present, ex-Gov. Hahn
was elected Speaker, and the Governors
message was received read and referred.
The Democratic members we're net pres
| emit when the Senate organized.