The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-07
Kellogg's Proposal.

MIR. Kellogg's letter to the sub-commit-
tee Of the house of representatives is an
extraordinary production. He processes
to be grieved at the discovery that there is
no intention at present of reopening the |
question of the legality of his claims to |
the Office of governor, and he declares that
nothing would afford him greater satisfac
ton than to submit the transactions of 1872
to the test of thorough investigation. 1t
has probably escaped Mr.. Kellogg's mem
ory that the circumstances of his intrusion
into Office were explored by committee of
the senate nearly two years ago. and his
own political friends were forced to report
that he had no title whatever to the place
he occupied. 1t was discovered that by
the violence of the federal administration,
first instigating and then sustaining by
force of arms the void and iniquitous or
ders of an unprinciplea judge. canvass
Of the votes cast at the election OF 1872
had been prevented, and that Mr.. Kellogg
had beed established in authority by the
fraudulent action of an illegal returning
board which never had any returns in its
possession, but arrived at results by pro-
cess of estimating" So clearly was the
wicked transaction exposed than MIR. kel'
logg found not one defender in bitterly
partisan senate, and he would have beer
turned out with little ceremony had the
senators been able to agree upon the man
ner of filing Ills place. The report of the
! senate committee in 1873 still stands as /;
verdict against the Louisiana usurper, anC
the people will not allow congress to for
get it.
What does Kellogg now propose? No
that the genuine returns of the election o
1872 shall at last be counted, but that tn
committee shall repeat the old farce b.
making new series of estimates and cal
culations. For instance. he says. yo1
might take the returns of 1872 as mad
by both Boards Though he very we
knows that this Board never had any re
turns). and contrast them with the figure
of this year. Then you might cipher GU
the increase of population, the ration G
black and whites, the numbers registered
r and so on, aud after making various ALLOW
: apces. deductions. gueSses, and multtpltcs
f tons, you might find out what the resu
: might, could, would, or should have bee
e two years ago, Or suppose you accept tn
G canvass of 1872 as correct wherever tn
e two Boards agree, and where they disagree
" just borrow the returns of 1874, and max
e believe that they represent the vote {
# 1872. these aspects of the case" til
e so-called governor naively adds, will | b
o lieve go very farl to elucidate the righ
l. of this controversy"
d There is one solution which apparent
E. has not occurred to Mr.. Kellogg thong
" we trust it may not escape the attentio
re of the committee. Suppose, by way
I'd new experiment, Messrs Kellogg, Pac
~ ard, and the rest stand back and let Il
S. honest votes of the people be honest
at counted. We have had altogether t,
at much of this ciphering and comparison al
lie So called compromise between truth al
to lies, and Kellogg's pretense that there
j any hard problem to be solved is she
q, impertinence Nobody proposes to COZ
ne promise with him; We only demand tn
We he shall get out; and we greatly misu
ne derstand Messrs. Foster, Phelps, and Pe
q ter if they turn themselves into col
ne mittee of Arithmetic men for his accor
sc modation.