The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-02-28

large numbers of the white people of Louisiana
that they have been twice defrauded out of
the results of elections in which they have been
elected in 72, but the conduct of the Refining
Board in IA was illegal; (6) there has been
much Dishonesty and corruption lin the State
cane are responsible; az a new election now is
not desirable; (S) Congress should recognize
Kellogg; and, finally, the people should be
made to understand that all the authority
lodged in the National Government9to pre-
serve republican government and to=yretect
the rights of all it's citizens, will be kindly, but
fearlessly, and strictly executed, and that no
party in this country will accept the alliance
of men who are seeking power by such methods
as we have been compelled to describe unless
this can be done. The free institutions of the
destruction of those in the South. They there
fore offer the following resolutions:
Whereas. both branches of the Legislature
of Louisiana have requested the Sele,t Com
mittee of the House to investigate the circnm
| stances attending the election and returns
thereof in that State for the year 1874, and,
Whereas, Said committee has unanimously
reported that the Returning Board of that
State, in canvassing and compiling said re-
| turns and promulgating the results wrongfully
applied an erroneous rule of law, by reason
of Representatives,. seats to which they were
not entitled, and persons entitled to seats were
deprived of them:
| Resolred That it ia recommended to the
House of Represen tatves in Louisiana to take
immediate steps to remedy said injustice and
| to place thern the persons rightfully entitled
| to their seats.
Resolved, That William P. Kellogg be recog-
nized Governor of the State Of Louisiana
until the end of the term of Office fixed by the
| constitution of the State.
The majority and minority reports were Or
dered printed. As the result of-a colloquy
| between members as to which was the majority
| report and which the minority report, it may
| be stated that all of the members of the COM
mltte6 reDOrt AQAinet the action of the Raf
| ing Board; that Messrs Foster, Phelps, Potter
and Marshall unite in majority report that
there was no general intimidation in the State
! but free and fair election. which resulted in
favor of the Conservatives, who were deprived
| of the result by the wrongful action of the
Returning Board that Messrs Hoar, Wheeler
Mr.. Foster assents with Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler
and Frye to compromise, to recognize Kellogg
as Governor and giving the majority in the
House to the Conservative delegates.
REPORT OF THE ALABAMA CoMM1rrEE.-The
Congressional committee which went to Ala
bama to investigate the condition of affairs in
| that State, make two reports The majority is
signed by Messrs. Coburn, Albright and Can
| non, oil Radicals. They believe that but for
the timely interference of the Administra tion
| in Louisiana a revolution would have been pre-
ciPitated upon the people of Alabama.
The committee further report that members
| of the Republican party were subjected to q
series of indgnities and such maltreatment as
| has heretofore been witnessed only in savage
warfare. The principal object or point, how
| ever, of the Democracy seemed to be to crush
ont the white leaders, and to this end a new
feature of American politics, namely, social
and business ostracism, was introduced.
The committee declare that the Democratic
victory in the State was won by fraud, violence,
prescription intimidation and murder. The
law officers were in league with the law break
| ers; the courts of justice were powerless to
| make arrests, aud the Governor had no militia
| to aid unwilling officers.
The opinion is expressed by the committee
| that had full, fair and free election taken
place. the entire Republican State ticket, with
a majority of the members of the General As
sembly, aud six cut of eight Republican Con-
gressmen would have been eeted, and they re-
commend the passage of the "force bill"
l. The minority of the Congressional Commit
| tee make very long report. They begin by
protesting against the Indecent haste with
which the investigation was conducted, but
say the evidence taken by the committee es-
tablishes that Alabama was as peaceful, quiet
| and law abiding as either Georgia, Tennessee
or Mississippi, prior to and during the can
vass. They emphatically contradict the ma
joFity on each and every point.
THE TARIFF BILL.-The bill as passed the
House makes the tax on whisky hereafter to
be manufactured, not taxing the stock on hand
at all, 90c . gallon on tobacco 2$c pound
on cigars sc Thousand; on cigarettes 90 rs
per Thousand on molassas, melado and sugar
imported from foreign countries, an addition
of twenty-five per cent. on present duties and
restores the ten per cent. on manufactured
goods, and provides that the increase of
duties shall not apply to goods actually on
shiPboard for the United States, on or before
the 10th of February, 1875, or to goods on de-
posit in warehouses public stores at the
date of the passage of the act.
NORTH CARoLTSA-Rdleigh, Feb. 23.-The
Senate to-day passed to third reading bill
djusting the State debt 1t provides for the
funding of the debt as follows: For old debt
and registered certificates, forty cents on the
dollar; for funded internal improvement
bonds, twenty-five cents on the dollar. 1t
does not include construction and special tag
The following interest is to be paid: For