The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-21
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Thursday Morning. January 81, 1876.
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and Msssrs. Phelps and Foster, IRE.
pablioans.) sent down to investigate
the condition Of affairs 10 Louisiana,
justifiea the Conservatives of that State
in every. particular and from beg ,nning
to end. They present inoid aud CON.
sistent account Of the proceedings OF
the 4th of January. They consider,
ffst. that the Inv as to the constitu-
tion of the Returning Board was not
oomp'iedfwithg After fully reviewing
ito action, they say they are oop-
atrainsd to declare that it was arbi.
trsry. anjust aud illegal. and alone
prevented the, sesurn OF a msjorisy of
tho Conservative members to the lower
hoaYs, Upon the igsnersl subjeo: OF
the state Of affairs 'their conclusions
are elannonnoad ,ap iollovs: a., d.
Yhe convlcsioh& has been general
amoig the Whites since 1872 thai the
Kellogg, gpYernmepti was an uanrpa.
ton, ,This v conviction has been
strengthened by the acts OF the Kel
logg AIsgisiature apollsh5ng existing
courts And judges and substituting
others, presided over by judges ap.
pointed by Kellogg. having extraordi.
nary and exclusive jurie l,ction over
political questions; by changes in the
lave centrsliHing in tho Governor
every form of political control, inolud.
ing the suspension of the elections; by
continuing the Restraining Board with
absolute power over the returns of
electionss by the extraordinary provi-
sions enacted for the trial Of titles and
claims to ONCE; by the conversion OF
the police force maintained at the ex-
peuee Of the oity Of New Orleans into
an armed brigade of State militia, sub
ject to the command of the Governor;
by the creation ia some places of mo-
nopoiies in markets. gas maktug. water
works and ferries, cleaning vuults, re-.
moving flth, and doing work as
uharfugers; by the abolition of courts
with election judges end the substitu
tion OF other. courts with judges ap.
pointsdpb Kellogg, in evasion of the
Constitution Of the State; by enact.
ments pnnishipg crimin ally all persons
who attempted.fo fill offiolal positions
nnless Fetufned BY the Returning
Board; by unlimited appropriations
for the payment 6f militia expenses
and for the payment. Of Legislative war
raptes 7ouohsfe and checks issued dur.
ingsthe,yeafd 1870 60 1879; by laws dc.
clefing thee no nssecn in arrears !or
taxes, after default published. shall
bring any tauitG in iany court of the
State, or be1 allowed TO be witness in
his d own bshalf- f-measuees which,
when, coppled with the extraordinary
burdens Of taxation. have seemed to
vest. jim: the language Of Governor
Kelloggs couhsel.s ga degree Of power
in tho Governor of o State scarcely ex.
ercised by any sovereign in the world. t"
As TO alleged wrongs done to oooeed
votera. they say that the intention
charged vas not borne ont by the
facts before them. No general intimi.
dation OF Republican voters was es-
tablished: no oolored man was pro-
duced who had been threatened or as.
asulted by any Conser vative, because
OF political opinion, or discharged
from employment. or refused employ.
mens. OF all those who testified to
intimidation. there vea hardly any one
who. Of his own knowledge, could
sPsclsy reliable INSTANCE OF such acts; i;
and OF the white men Who were pro-
duced to testify generally on such snb.
jects, very nearly ell. if not every sin.
gle one. vas the holder of an offlos.
Throughout the rural districts OF the
State the white Republicans are very
few; they hsrdly extended beyond
those holding Office and those connect.
ed with them. No witnesses, We be.
iieve. oucSeeeded In naming in any
parieh Ave Republicans who an pporlt d
che Kellogg government. who .se.e not
themselves pfhce-holders, or related to
ottice-holders. or those having osfloial
employ ment. tOn the other hand, it
was in evidence that bleokewho sought
to act With the- Conservative party
were on their part sometimes exposed
to enmity and abuse. In the interior
one eolored rnau was shot for making
conservative speeoh. and in New Or.
lesus 1t appears from the testimony
that oolored men who sought to CO.. on.
crate With. the Conservatives, were
sabjtos ,s0,sV,tnpoh nbuse {. ON the 20.
lioe and otherwise that au association
OK lawyers Volunteered to protect them.
but with little effect. \:
Their views of the result OF the elec.
ton, and how 1t was brought about,
are expreasea in dac;dad