, 1875-01-05
MOB-RULE.
Louisiana Has Fresh
Experience Of It.
Irregular Organization Of the
Legislature by the
Democrats.
Mayor Wilt Elected Temporary
Chairman.
A Caucus Attempts to Re.
cover Stolen Property
by Fraud.
The Republicans Denied a Hear.
iDq.--C0ntestants Seated.
Gen. Do Trobriand Marches in with
a File Of Soldiers.
The Legislature Again IrregularIy
Organized by The Republicans.
So Louisiana Boasts Of Two
Law-Making Bodies.
Gen, Sheridan Formally Takes Com
nand Of the Department.
He Holds All the Southern States in
Which VioIancc Is Feared.
LOUISIANA.
THE LEGISLATIVE MIDDLE.

5rtcat Dia,,atci to The Cx,caGo 1rso"tst.
NEW ORLEASv, Jan. 4.-To-day has been one
Of great excitement. Tho State-IIoueo was
strongly guarded this morninG, and . body Of
United States troops Was closo at land Tue
House mot ct Il o'clock, and wna called to order
by Chief Clerk yigoys, who called tho roll, with
fifty Democrats present. Immediately after
VGers finished calling tho roll, motion was
made to proceed to tho election Of temporary
Speaker.
a THING UNKNOWN
to the 1awa Of this State. Rogers refuatd to en-
te1tain tho motion, but, before lie could explain
the fact. member nominated an e1-hIayor OF
Now Orleans, Louis Wiltz, al Speaker, md
called for all in favor to yoto yea. A. few re-
spon4cs woro made and Mr. Wilt, uho was
sitting on tho lower stair leading to tin Speaker's
chair stepped quickly ur, took tue gavel from
tho hands Of the Clerk. and
bEcIAnED 1iIaIsELF
Temporary Speaker Of tho House. Tho oath
wAH administered 20 him by Justice Of tho
Peace, and ho proceeded to
SWEAR IN THE HOCsE EN- MAssE,
declining to entertain motion for the yeas aud
naya On this and on every other question. While
ho wns III tho Chair, tue 1sopubIicanB Ut this
tisno bong In . majority In the IIouse. BY thoae
meanR, the Democrats sect1Ied . pormnuent Or
ganizatlon. It tho meantime
BEATING FIVE MEMBERS
from pariBles not passed upon By the Returging-
Beard. Tho Republican mombnrs retired hmidat
ecene OF great confusion. The Metropolitan
Police assisting members Outside the bar, wl.ito
the Sereeant-at-Arms appointed by Witt also
appeared NTH badges as such
ATTEMPTING TO KEEp THEM IN.
Knives aul pistols wero displayed IN eroat pro-
f.tsiou, but no great damage Was done. alr.
Wilt called OIL deu. do Trobriand. Of the United
State8 Army, to eject tho police, which tho
General did: Shortly after. however, tho 0eneral
appeared With an ordor from Coy. Kellogg,
TO- see obaSed. aotting forth that tho
VAS in tho handa Of q body of mon wlo pro-
vented the legal organization, and ordering him
to CLEAR tho house Of all such diaordcrly potso
and also to protect Chief Clork Yignss ID calling
the roll. MIR, Wltz compelled the Goneral to
uee forco in oiccttng tho members sitting 0ho
uere not returned by tho Board, and a
FILE or SOLDIERS
was brought IN TO Escort each OF tho
retiring gentlemen from tho room. The SOL
ders wcro. however, IN tho lobby. having
been brought there in accordance With resolu-
ton adopted eY Democratic mombors to ejoet
to tho u7e OF force ~ military officers, the DEM
ocrats retired, aud tho Republican,. who Lad
1utt returned,
ORGANIZED TIE HOUSE
By the election Of e1-Guy. AI1cllaei Hahn ~
speaher. There were present in the uouHe to-
day. during tho excitement. hessrs. Potter.
Foutor, aud Phelps. Of tho Congressional
Committee. Senator pinUhback, Gen. AlcNlii!g1,,
Who acted a. adviser to Mr. Wilt throughout,
Congressman Morey, Darrall. aud Smith, supsr-
lntentent-of-E -Educatlon Brown, aud many others
OF prominence. Mr. Potter WAS In cloao prox-
unity to tho nofst meleo that occurred Of Which
there were several. After the Democrats retired
thoy made
spEEc!tEa TO THE EXCITED crowd
near tue Capitol Had It not been for tho tropps,
there would certainly 4avo boen boods4ed. Not
ono of the Republican colored OF white
inclnbers whom they had announced as
being purchased yoted with them, although
two or three, including Gov. Hahn. woro
left In the hall by their confEerea when thoy ro-
tired, and took the oath as members from Mr..
W!itz. They attorwasd took It again from Gov.
lain. Tonight, blr. Witt is before tie Con.
gressional Committee. giving testimony ~ to
the events OF tho day.
GEN. SHERIDAN
II il said, has received orders aunexinR the Ia.
partment OF tho Gulf to his military division.
aud has assumed active command,
Immediately after tho announcement ta-t3sv
That Wiltz was elected Speaker.
SEVERAL HUNDRED HEN
appeared about tho Stste-liouse With badcea A.
Hergeants- alarms. It WAS impossible for theIn
to have been appointed uniess II had been done
IN adyance. They were gounrally believed to bs
sections OF Gen. Ogden's "lamb-ik<" Whlta.
League.