The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-28
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, MARCH %, 1875.
THE ADJUSTMENT.

On the 18th proXimo the Radical chiefs {
city and country clans will Gather at the $
Louis Hotel, in Obedience to the cal Of tEei
king to deliberate On proposals then an
there to be presented.
The first proposal is addressed 70 the lowe
House, requesting its members to admit g
great a number of their enemies and oppo
ncnts Of the Radical party as to depry
themselves Of all further power and inhuenc,
in the Legislature or State, not only durng
the extra session, bnt during the whole OF
the session Of 1916, leaving nothing but tho
mileage, per diem and himsy privilege Of
joining Their unayailing voices in debate.
They have affirmed that they constituted q
House duly organized and ample in numbers
As such they sat, de!iberaed, debated, voted
passed bills, and did for sixty days all that a
legal House of Representatives may do, their
action being accepted by the Senate and EX-
ecutiye, and their bills being passed and pro
mulgatcd as laws of the State OF Louisiana
laws which Radical courts will sustain and
Radical officials will obey. They have by
their speeches and actions declared that they
are in the right, and tn the course pursued
by them was just and constitutional.
la approaching them with any proposition,
they will insist upon being held and respect
ed as constituting the only possible House of
Representatives, Anything which is brought
before them must come through proper chan
nels and addressed to their presiding officer,
MIR. Speaker Hahn, before whom they have
taken their oaths of Office and whom alone
they have recognized and oboyed in tie
House. Any proposal whatsoever must be |
subject to their debates, and any matter re-
lating to membership will in all probability |
be referred, after debate, to their own Com
mit.ee on Contested Elections. This COM
mittee, unanimously Radical, has already
seated Radicals enough to make with the
Radical members counted in Try the Return
ing Board, a completed quorum.
Will this committee stultify itself by count
ing out the five or six members whom il
counted III! Will Lit accept and report rs men,
bers several Of the sixty three who were found
to be elected duly and fairly by the Wall street
arbitrator viii the committee accept the
terms Of the compromise, and if it reports,
will the report be favorable?
But let it be supposed that by Saturday
evening April 18th, the adjustments reported
back to the House and is taken up for debate.
What argument can any Radical member use
TO convince his fellow Radi Gals that it is their
duty to abdicate the power and authority {
which they now possess and WELD?
What motive can be set before Hahn's
members to resign the positions they hold as ]
constituent parts of dominant legislative j
body in order TO become mere powerless mem J
,ers Of a minority How can they be per-
uaded TO admit to the floor of the House, f
nough Of their enemies as members to thwart i
ii their plans, to undo all their action, to e
log the wheels Of legislation, to dam up the a
uilowing waters of the treasury, to under
zine the castle and stronghold Of Radical Il
over and to place themselves under the ban r.
nd censure Of their ingnorant colored constit- s.
ents How can the act of abdication be Il
resented to the Radicals in an acceptable o
,rm? Whose will is to override the friends Sc
nd adherents of Pinchback and other potent
,lored Radicals
OF what use will it be to urge the wishes
New England politicians When have W
adicnls in power ever listened to the plea of al
stice What do they care whether the peo- al
e did or did not elect Conservative ma &C
rity to the House? In
1t must be remembered that there can be in
compulsion. Hahn and his members as an
ne to be the House of Representatives, and tn
ny claim absolutely MI the power given by 81
Q Constitution to that branch of the Gene sa
Assembly. They must be appealed to 10y &c
lid argument Some higher benefit must mi
held out as an inducement. in
1t must lie proved to them that their &C Gil
ptance of the sixy-three and their own con- fol
luent ablication is demanded by the Re bu
bican party at large. The argument must me
"A very powerful one to induce men to sur tax
lder position and influence for the political str
Cd Of the party at large in other States. en
We throw out these suggestions in order an,
It those of our friends who have favored Of
npromise, and who look forward to the ex- US
session with hopes OF good results, may
be too greatly or too suddenly disappont- !
at failure get