The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-01-14
LOUISIANA.

We have no disposition to discuss the merits
of the Louisiana question until the President
shall have communicated to Congress truth
full and uaqnestiouable statement of the facts OF
the case. This will have been done before the
present issue Of DIR paper reaches the public.
The discussion in the Senate on Mr., Thurman's
resolution calling upon the President for the
Information the country is awaiting, was pre-
mature. The democratic senators assumed a
certain condition Of thing to be true, which
were embraced in their resolution OF request to
nv terms of respect to the position of the chief
magistrate of the nation it would have been
passed without a dissenting voice. The word
ing Of the resolution was purposely arranged to
open the way for the stump speeches and par
tizan harangues, which followed Mr.. Conkling' S
amendment, to the effect if communicating the
information at thatstilne, was not Inconsistent
with the public interest, was merely a form
Of expression invariably attached to such
resolutions. The iniammatory remarks of Mes
srs. Thurman, Gordon, Salisbury, Hamilton,
BlyarI and Bogy, Of the democratic side show
that it was not the truth of the case they were
after, but an occasion to arouse popular preju-
dice and make party capital. In this, however,
they were mistaken. The speech of Senator
ed, giving the law and the facts connected with
the contentious in that State and was so convinc-
ing and forceful that no one dared to attempt to
reply to it, His vindicatioa of the President was
thorough and complete and demonstrated the
necessity Of military interference to preserve the
peace and prevent bood-shed-
We give below the proceedings, ON the occa-
sion Of the attempted Organization of the Leg
islature, taken from a democratic paper, show
ing that the call for the interference Of the mil
itary came from the White-League party, and
that if there be any blame attached to that fact
it lies with that party The report Of the Times
is as follows .rsss
Precisely at l2o-clock Mfr. Vigers took the
Speakers chair, and by three loud raps of the
gavel ca led the Hotise to ortler, and proceeded
to call the roll Of the members.
The 1olb snowetlI 2 members present, and
QUORUM. There we're so Democrats and 81 Re-
p.tblcans who answered to their names, the
A. Delrr. of Cameron; Whitfield Hood, of Jack
son. ali Democrats;aand A. J. Cousin, Republi-
can, of st. TamnaHy.
Mr.. Blieu took the floor and moved the e.
lection OF Louis A.: Witt as temporary chair
man. Quicker hanthought the vote was taken
viva yoce. and Mr.. Wilt was declared elected,
and the oath was administered to him by JUS
tice Houston. TT
No cote in opposition to Mr.. WiAs avas CALI
ed or t0kens
Mr.. j. H. Trezeyant was nominated for clerk
and declared elected by acclamation.
Capt, Edward Flood was nominated for Serg-
eant-at-A Arms, and declared elected by acclana-
tiou.
Mr.. Witt then called upon Col. Lowell to adj
minister the oath to him. Sergeants-
were then appointed. Great excitement ersu-
ed. Motions followed rapidly for various pur-
poses, but they were ruled out of order until
the members were swoE1l in. The members
were then asked to stand up and the oath was
read by the temporary speaker.
A motion was made that the House 90 into a
permanent organization.
Much confusion ensued, in the midst of which
Il motion was made to seat certain members
who had been counted OUT
Mr.. Lowell protested that the manner Of the
election OF the temporary chairman WAS illegal
On the motion to go into permanent organi-
zation, the chair decided that calls for the ayes
and nays could not be entertained until the
House was permanently organized. Mr.. Bill
lieu offered a resolutions declaring that the DEM
ocratic members from the four parishes referred
to the Legislature IRE entitled to their seats.