New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-12
POLITICAL TOPICS.


1t transpired yesterday that on the even
ing OF the ninth General John Young, mem.
Der of the House from Claiborne parish,
received a telegram from hon. William
A. Wheeler, stating that the proposition
handed the committee on the morning of
their departure "could not be accepted
This is exactly what we predicted. and it ia
no doubt exactly what the enemies of COM
promise expected and desired.
The following is the full text of the propo.
sition. It was agreed to in the Democratic
legislative caucus on the night of the eighth
instant, by vote of SO to 8. 1t will be
seen that it is really no compromise at
all. and it is by no means remarkable that
Judge Wheeler replied that it could not be
accepted:
l. The election of 1872, now before Con.
gress. not to be included in the adjustment.
=. The election of Treasurer and members
to the General Assembly of 1874 to be sub
mitted to Messrs. Hoar, Frye, Wheeler and
Marshall, it being distinctly understood that
Board and the Conservative committee, to
be accepted as legally elected.
8. The House of Representatives to be
organized de moro, on the basis of the CON-
mittee's award.
4. The House of Representatives, when
organized, to send to w. P. Kellogg, acting
Governor, and to the Senate as constituted
by award of this committee, message in
forming them that the House ia organized
and ready to proceed to business.
5. The Conservative members to sign an
QOr0Nmanf
ing the legality of the government known
as the Kellogg government, not to disturb
the executive because Uf his past acts so
long as he is sustained by the President.
6. The members of the House of Repre-
septatives returned by the arbitrators not
to be changed except by death. resignation
or expulsion for just cause.
7. Senators returned by arbitrators to bs
seated.
With the departure of the congressional
committee and the bursting of the compro-
mise bubble the seat of political warfare
seems to have been again transferred from
New Orleans to Washington. There has
been quite an exodus of the leading spirits
IN the rule or ruin party for that political
Mecca. Mr.. F. C. Zacharie, late of Demo-
cratic counsel before the congressional
committee; Major E. A. Burke, Administra-
tor of Public Improvements, and General r.
L. Gibson, member of Congress elect, are
among the pilgrims. As we do not enjoy
the confidence of these gentlemen to any
great extent we are unable to state the
object of their mission, but it is undoubtedly
to 'agitate" in the interest of the malcon.
tents.
We some days since noticed in the New
York Times letter from the correspondent
of that paper in this city, giving humorous
description Of scene in the lower house Of
the Legislature. We had regarded the
letter as not calling for any particular COM
ment, believing that everyone who might
read it would recognize it at once as a bur
lesque, as we did. But as it is being quite
extensively copied by different papers
throughout the country, and may mislead
some into the belief that it is really cor
rect portrayal of scenes in the Legislature,
we will say that the particular scene re-
ferred to was exaggerated almost beyond
recognition. The occasion was one on
which an unusual degree of feeling was
displayed, and gave a groundwork for the
very clever piece of humorous writing which
III. c. indulged in, but no one who was
present would consider it anything like
fair statement or description. The reference
to the best dressed gentleman in the House,
for instance, as wearing "clothes much too
small for him, which had cracked in two or
three places, through which soiled shirt
appeared" together with "a dirty shirt
collar and flowing red necktie," will do
very we'll for people who do not know who
he "young man" was. The fact is that
here is not gentleman in New
Orleans who dresses more scrupu-
ously neat and tasteful than the
me for which this description was
Intended. The specimen of negro oratory"
n which Representative Henry Demas, of
It. John parish, is introduced, is, however,
he most ridiculous portion Of the letter.
Ir. Demas is spoken of in very truthful
manner as a man of influence in his portion
f the State, and barring some few particu.
ars, the personal description of the Repre-
entative from st. John IS very fair; but the
anguage ascribed to him is altogether a
reater outrage on the Queens English than
Ir. Demas was ever guilty of. It is true
hat Mr.. Demas has. not had the ad-
antages of a thorough education. 1t
, hardly necessary to recount the |
easons why. He was born under system !
7hich made it crime for man of his race
D even obtain the rudiments of an educa
ion. But considering his advantages he |
as made remarkable good use of them, and |
9 never gives utterance to such vulgar |
istortion of Ian guage as the Times cores
ondent imputes to him. Inaccuracies Of
of the English language on
le part of this porti on of the Republican
arty, who have had such limited oppor.
lnities, are hardly fair game for the |
umor GUS fancies of Republican journal.
It. |
Retrenchment and Reform.
The Senate Committee on Retrenchment |
nd Reform having had under considera-
on the hill intrOducpd nv Senafor Caoa