The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-22
Party Measures Devised in
Republican Caucus.
LOUISIANA STILL TO BE OPPRESSED
Compromise Proposed by tho Conservatives to
the Kellogg 0fiice.Holdsrs.
HENRY WILSON'S LETTER.
Presidential Elections by Direct
f.. Vote OF the People.

FrcSlOoQC1al ElectlOnS Oy direct
Vote OF the People.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1875.
coMP1onsE PROPOSED BY THE LoUIsIANA CON-
sERvArIvEs-TH OFFICES TO BE DIVIDED
EQUALLY BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES AND
FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AND SUSTAINED.
the opponents Of the Kellogg governments In
Louisiana, despatrtng OF any but extreme radical
measures. have proposed acoEpromtse. the leading
points Of which are, THAT Kellogg shall remain
Governor and Penn succeed Antoine 40 Lieutenant
Governor, with an equal division OF the other
State officers, with reciprocal pledges that the
said Officers shall not resign or accept other
oflces or places, but discharge the duties OF
said ofices during the residue OF their
terms Tor which they were elected. and
further that each and all shall pledge to
sustain each other In the proper and faithful dts
charge OF their duties; that all the Senators shall
At once take their seats in the Senate and recog-
nice Penn as Lieutenant Governor, and the House
OF Representatives when organized; that all the
members OF the House returned BY the Returning
Board and no others shall meet in the House and
recognize Mr.. vigers as Clerk OF the House until
the House is fully organized and Speaker and
his successor elected; that The nrst act after .
call OF the House shall be nomination for
Speaker, ana the Clerk shall call the roll in his
hands according to law, and the person
then having q majority OF votes shall he the
Speaker, and so on until the House shall be
organized by the election OF all its oicers that the
House shall recognise the Senate as organized
above, and the two bodies shall jointly recognize
w. p. Kellogg as Governor and the other State
officers determined herein as the lawful State ON
GERS; that the Legislature sha agree BY resolution
not to disturb the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
&C., by impeachment or otherwise, based upon
any charge or allegation for o1ences in the past
In the future, unless for real offences and in &C
cordance with law; that the White League shall
Immediately disband, ana restore to the State
government tho arms and munitions Of war
taken on the 14th Of september last"
This proposition has been fully agreed
to by all the conservatives; and General Ogden,
who Is at tho head OF the White League. has
bound himself to comply with the programme 50
far az ne IL concerned. It has been submitted to
the leading democratic Senators mere, and though
no opinion has as yet been expressed about itsit
Is believed that 1t will be approved BY both repub.
licans and democrats. Antoine Ia the only one In
the way, and he Is said to Insist upon remaining
Lieutenant Governor. though the State may be
ruined and made hopelessly bankrupt.
THE ELECTION OF WALLACE AS SENATOR FROM
ABOUT BIZ CAMERON HMs1BF-PoLIricAL
RETlBUTIoN ILLUSTRATED.
1t H said here that the election Of wallace
(lemocrat) to the Senate from Pennsylvania was
the result of political miscalcuaton on the part
Of Senator Cameron and the cause of good deal
OF chagrin to him. The story Is that, not an,ici.
pating the tidal wave, Senator Cameron had laid
hts plans for the defeat Of Mr.. Scott and
the choice In his place OF Don Cameron. TO
this enc 1t Is charged, he labored to defeaS
many republican candidates for the Legisla-
ture in the western part OF the State, VINO
were Scott men, not thinking, OF course that the
democrats might thus with hts help carry the
State they did. Senator Scott, it Is said, ieeA
very sore but the result probably does not please
Mr. Cameron either There are people here
wicked enough to add that, even With demo-
cratic Legislature. Senator Cameron did not en-
tirely give up hope, and that MIR. John Allison re-
ceived the republican nomination In opposition to
Wallace, with the understanding that, tfit should
prove likely to be anything moro than an empty
honor, he would promptly give place to Don
Cameron. This last may be mere rumor, though
1t is common talk; but tina: Mr. Cameron did con.
tribute to the democratic victory In Pennsylvania
Is openly asserted.
THE spEAKERsHP OF THE NEXT HoUsE-MR.
BLA1NE's w1rT1c1sM ON THE ASPIRING CAM
DDATRs.
speaker Blaine. who is one Of the readiest and
most brilliant wits in Washington society," and has
tine reputation Of saying more bright things than
any member Of either house, raised laugh at the
expense OF the numerous candidates for the
Speakershtp to-day. 1t happened by chance that
there were gathered about him Kerr, Cox, Fer
nando Wood, Randall, Clymer and two OF three
others who are looked upon as possible sue.
cessers OF MIR. Blaine, and they began to
rally him upon the doieful prospects OF
the republican party. He REPLIED Gentlemen,
am like a cross-eycd schoolmaster MP IN my couu.
try, IN Maine, who exclaimed one dav, that boy
am now looking at, want him 10 rise Immediately
and stand up in his place. and twenty seven
boys stood up simultaneously in different parts of
the schoolroom. now" added Mr.. Blaine, 'ff I
should ask who Is to be the next Speaker, at least
| seven OF you gentlemen would look up at me at
| once"