Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-27
TELEGR A E Ell T &.
LATER rRosFHE ATLANTIC SIDE.
The Majority Report on Louisiana
Affairs

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-fostef, fhesps,
Potter and Marshall presented the majority
report of the committee on the state OF affairs
in Louisiana and concluded as follows In
our Judgment all that is needed in Louisiana
is to withdraw the Federal troops and leave
the people of that State to govern themselves
Before making this recommendation the com
mittee saw: ITO avoid the mischief and con
fusion of change, the majority of the citizens
of Louisiana seem willing to accept as COM
promise Kelloggs recognition and the restor.
alton to the conservatives OF the control OF
the lower house" For these reasons roster
and Phelps do not wish to oppose the recon-
mendation that the administration of Gov.
Kellogg be recognized ia view of the fact
that thew know nothing of merits as judged
by competent evidence nor do they wish to
be understood as urging it.. They only wish
to record their agreement with those OF their
associates who believe such compromise
might, by making termination OF the un'
certainty in Louisiana, be on the whole less
intolerable than the present situation Of that
distressed people; but to any resolution rec.
ognizing Kellogg Potter and Marshall are
utterly opposed They find nothing to justify
the belief that Kellogg was elected, that he
seized the Government by aid of Federal
troops through void and fraudulent order
which prevented the counting and returning
of the votes, should be standing presump.,
by the abuses of his Government, had sue
cessfully regained the office he had usurped,
he was again reseated by Federal power
through the forms of the laws by which he
had entrenched himself. He once more
sought to nullify the choice OF the people at
the late election, and to that end called In
Federal troops to break up the meeting OF
the legislature. For Congress to recognize
a usurpation so gross, so oppressive, is, they
think, to establish precedent by which,
under pretexts that can readily be found,
any State Government may be overthrow,
the will of the people nulified, fraud and
violence perpetuated, and republican forms
perverted to destroy liberty.
The Minority Report Oh Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, Feb. GA Washington
special says the following are the conclusions
of Hoar, Frye and Wheeler, OF the congress
sional Louisiana investigating committee, as
embodied in the report which they have
agreed upon
Frst-That the so-called white mans party
In Louisiana has had the purpose to take
possession, by fraud and violence, of the
state government.
lCscond-That in execution of this purpose
they have not and will not refrain from muir
der, fraud, civil war or coercion of employees.
TAird--Ihat the moderate men of this
party are unable to control the majority.
F5urth-Three causes have induced the
formation of this party and rendered 1t more
difficult to unite the best men amoag them in
opposition: The fact that the administration
party in the State Is made up of almost the
whole negro vote, with few whites. largely
from other States; The fact that there has
been no great Ijust?l administration by Re-
publican officials and the belief honestly en-
tertained by large number of the white
people of the State that they have been twice
defrauded of the results OF elections in which
they have been successful.
FytM-Admtting these evils are likely to
exasperatc any people, the course of the
whites has tended to bring them about. A
simple peaceful obedience to law, and de-
cent treatment of their opponents would
have proved effectual long ago.
.SirN-Thc committee believe Kellogg re-
ceived majority in 1872, and while they
believe there was violence and fraud which
frustrated the will of the people in many
parishes in 1874, the illegal order of Durrell
or the illegal count of the returning board
i'm attempting to cure one wrong by another,
naturally intiunced the popular discomfort
and lent plausibility to complaint.
SevaM-The committee believe there has
been much dishonesty and corruption in the
State aud local governments for which the
Republicans, principally under Warmouth's
rule, are largely responsible, though in num-
erous instances their opponents have been
equally to blame. -
EigfM-Thc effect of all this has been to
destroy the authority of law over u large
portion, of the State, deprive the negro of
the right OF, suffrage, overthrow Republican
government in Louisiana and to seriously
menace 1t in the whole country
NtaM--A new election at this time is not
desirable-nsther party ask for 1t, and it
wenld aggravate present evils ...---,,.~ -
IsnM-Congress should use its constitu.
~al In ha tfaP MI foo
think Kellogg tho choice of q majority of
the voters Of Louisiana, and should be rec
ognized as governor. Congress should also
provide for further safeguards for holding
elections and ascertaining the result.
Eerentt--The committee concluded by say
ing these remedies are at best temporary;
and to establish efficient means of public
education would do much to remedy the
evils Public sentiment of the country,
without distinction of party, may do much
TO remove, as 1t has undoubtedly done much
to aggravate the trouble in Louisiana. PEG.
pie there should be made to understand that
oil the authority of the government to pre-
serve q republican form of government and
protect the rights of citizens, will be firmly
exercised, and no party In the country win
accept the alliance of men who are seeking
power by such methods as the committee
have described. Unless this can be done,
the free institutions of the whole United
States viii mot survive the destruction of
those In the South. r .,5 E'tr
A dispatch says Foster and Phelps agree
TO the report, except'that they hold both par
ties in Louisiana equally responsible for the
condition of affairs, and that the Republican
party should be included In the charges con-
tainedin the first and second propositions of
the committee.
Tariff ON Cable Kilograms.
New YoRK, Feb 24-President orion,
of the Western Union Tciegraph Company,
has received a telegram from the London
manager of the Anglo. American Gable Com
pany saying that from May 1st next, the tariff
on messages from New York to the United
Kingdom and France viii be 30 cents, gold
per word, and that the eon,panys system of
charging messages will be extended to Europe
and elsewhere. s'Fe34 3r af ~ *'.sla
Womea's Suffrage Defeated In plassa-
ehusetts.
BosroN, Feb. A.--The woman's suffrage