The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-30


marks of tho New York Tribune of
the 10th, upon the report of the Con-
grcssioual committee. We submit it
without comments:
+; THE NEW ORLEANS REPORT.
When Messrs. Foster, Phelps and
Potter were appointed a sub-commit-
tee to visit New Orleans and report
upon the true state of affairs in Lou
isiana, the whole country was salts
fed. 1t would have been hard to Sc.
lect three members of the House OF
Representatives who M IN a Il d
more of the respect and confidence OF
all parties.' They are gentlemen OF
marked ability, of unimpeachable up
Brightness and of recognized standing
in the political organizations to which
they belong.
There was no danger that before
such committee either side would
fail of an opportunity to- present its
whole case. Tie sub. committee
worked hard, took vast amount OF
testimony, listen to counsel-one to'
the Conservative and three for the
Kellogg side-and held aloof from
| all social entertainments which might
he supposed to warp their jud cement
They inquired carefully into the IA
ture Of tile White League, the man
agement of the recent election, the
stories Of intimidation and coercion
and the proceedings Of the Returning
Board, and they were eye-witnesses
of the transactions Of the 4th Of Jan
uary. ..., ..-,...
When they presented their report t,
the full committee by which they l'at
been deputed to visit the South, the,
were found to be all Of one mind
Unanimous reports, in political inves
LEGATIONS, are almost unprecedented
but here the case was clear that tlrs'
three honest gentlemen could no
differ in their verdict. They told tl''
committee that they had been no in
timidation Of the colored voters las
November +; that the election ha'
been conducted with remarkable fair
ness /; that the Conservatives IN
questionahly had large majority
and that the action Of the Returning
Board had been outrageous. The,
added that the stories If oppression
and l,wlessness by the White Leasu
were fictions, that organization q
which Gen. Grant believes such awfu
} things being perfectly harmless an
holding it's meetings with open doors
The full committee spent four
, five days trying to force Messrs. Eos
ter, Phelps and Potter to take bac
their report, and, unable to prevail
upon them, attempted to suppress il
Now, it is said, Messrs. G. F. Hoa'
Frye and Wheeler propose going I
, New Orleans to see what kind of tis
they can make of the affair, and t
, present, if possible, q report NOR
!; favorable to the Administration. Al
5 they really simple enough to imagin
!, that they will do their party an
t good by snch u coursel
/ : They start upon their trip fore
:. doomed to fail. In effect. they d.
I clare to their political associates
''rhese three gentlemen have report
ed the wrong way and told some III
pleasant truths, and now We are &C
ing to see if it is really out Of II
question to make a more favorabl
3 showing for the Republican part
r than tley have found it in their col
science to make" If the Hoar n
e port. then, should differ from I'll
| Foster report, which will men believe
t Gentlemen in Congress, that rot
= ten carcass in Louisiana il past sa,
}. ing. Throw it overheard, aud Il
q the sale Of common sense and cou
y mon d.cency do wash your hands.