Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-08

LOUISIANA UNDER FOOT.


- LOUISIANA UNDER FOOT.
STARTLING ACTION OF THE q. S. Gov
ERNMENT-TTE LOUISIANA LEGISLA-
TURE ENTERED BY FEDERAL Troops |
AND Four DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS EX-
PEELED BY FoRCE-PRoTEsT AN d
WITHDRAWAL OF THE DEMOCRATS
A BLooDTIIRsTY PROPOSITION FROM
SHERIDAN-THE ACTION OF GRANT
UPHELD IN THE U. S. SENATE,
&C., &c., &c., NC.
The news from Louisiana is most extra
ordinary. AS an introduction to the
strange scenes in New Orleans of Monday
recOunted below, we may remind our read
ers that the Conservatives carried the LOU
isian;l Legislature in the November cleo
ton, by 20 Democrats to Al Republicans,
but the Radical State Returning Board,
which has to count the returns, took near-
ly t,eo months to do 1t, in which time by all
sorts Of fraud they reduced it to SO Radi-
cal and So Conservative members, leaving
four to be decided on when the Legislature
should meet. 1t appears to have been set
tied by all hands in Washington, the Pres
ident included, that the action of this
Board was to be sustained and the Presi-
dent sent Gen. Sheridan, whose military
necessity record is bitterly remembered
in the Valley OF Virginia. to see to it and
the General appears to have put his troops
at the command of Kellogg. We give be-
low condensed account Of the proceed
ings, taken from kilograms from New Or
leans:
THE U. S. TROOPS TAKING POSITION.
AT this hour Is a. n.y. United States
! troops are, taking their position covering
| theState House. A regiment of infantry
in two columns, at parade rest, extends
from Chartres ST., Oh st. Louis St., to the
| Levee. The Metropoltans are being placed
| in position to prevent the near approach
| Of tile public to the State House A squad
of them at Chartres ST., on st. Louis ST.,
refused to allow persons to pass out st.
! Louis ST., stating that only members OF
| tile Legislature or State officers would be
allowed to go by. This squad was under
! the command of a captain. A similar
guard will probably be placed at all the alp
,,roaches to the State House. Eighteen
hundred United States troops will be in
position to sustain the State Government.
TEMPORARY oRGANfzAT4oN OF THE LEG
IsLATuRE-coNTEsriN MEMBERS
SEArED- s
| The llelI,9telS have (liow -noon) just as
sembled in the hall Of the House, and are
the most orderly body Of Legislators so far,
that has assembled in Louisiana for many
years. Messrs. Foster and Phelps OF the
Congressional Committee have just en-
| tered the hall Of the House, and were seat :
ed near the reporters desks, declining seats
on the platform. Tire Chief Clerk called
| the House to order, and proceeded to call
the roll, After finishing, and announcing
that there were l02 members present, and
a quorum, a motion WAS Immediately made
| that the Hon. l.. A. Wilt, (Dem.) of Or
/ leans le made temporary Chairman, and
Nj. Wilt took the chair. Here the ut
most confusion prevailed. The Speaker
! appointed Sergeant -at-Arms and tempo
! l3lry Clerk. Several motions were made
aud he confusion increased about 50 mem
oers yelling at the top of their voices. FL
| naliy order Wiss restDretl, and the Chairman
made 4 speech stating that he Would treat
all members alike, Of whatever party OF
Color Col. Lowell protested against the
manner OF the temporary organization
Speaker w lltZ replied that the manner o.
organization WAS identical with that. of
1865, in which MI. Lowell participated. -
Five members, not returned by the Board,
were declared by resolution members of
the House, and took seats. Order now Il
p. ~. is partially restored.
A ,.t j.,,,, ,,,,t IN I,,,i
bers from the contested parishes, reserving
the matter Of contest for the Legislature,
and it WAS carried AMID the widest excite
ment and gesticnlation. Upon the Radi-
cal side to such point did the excitement
reach that the Sergeant-at-ArlnSw was called
upon to seat a member and preserve order
The newly declared members from the con
tested parishes in question, namely, Blen-
vile. Winn, De Soto. aid Grant, were
then duly sworn in by the Speaker. The
election OF permanent officers was gone
into FIX. Coy. Hahn lRep. declining 10 run
on the ground that the body was not legal
ly organized, and L. A. Wilt Dem.) was
elected Speaker, and MI. Trezeyant Dem
Clerk, the Radicals not voting, but 55
Democrats recording their votes.
APPEARANCE OF THE MILITARY WITH
, t-flls =. KELLOGG's ORDERS.
Gen. de Trobiand, who had been absent
for about a quarter of All hour appeared
again at the House accompanied by two
officers OF his staff. A file of about 20 SOL
diefs had been marched into the corridor
leading to the hall, and at the head of the
large staircase in the State House the po-
lice were also drawn UP in force Gen. de
Trobriand at once stepped up to Speaker
Wiltz and asked that Mr.. Vigers, the for
mer Clerk of the House, should read . let
ter he held in his hand.
Nh. Irrelevant, the Clerk elected, obiec-
ted, when the General, stating that he was
unable to judge who was Clerk, asked per-
mission to have the letters Of Gov. Kel-
logg read BY his Adjutant, which was
granted That officer then read the two |
letters, one OF which stated to the General |
that an illegal body Was sitting as the
House of Representatives,, and that Mr. |
Vigers, the Clerk, would furnish him with |
a list Of those members who had been duly |
elected. and as such returned by the Re |
turning Board The other letter contained |
a request to Gen. de Erohriand TO eject |
those members vino had not besn returned |
as elected by the Board.
Speaker Witt protested, and told the |
General that this was q legally organized
body. H..
Gen. de Trobriand replied that he was u |
soldier, and only second in comm nd. ard !
that he had to- obey the orders of his supe
rior, Gen: Emory, who had ordered him TO |
obey the Instructions of Coy. kellogg
Speaker Witt said | desire to state to
you again that this House, duly elected,
has organized itself by electing me as
speaker, Capt. Floyd as Sepgeant-at Arms.
and MI: Irrelevant, as Clepk.- After or
ganlZation we have seated five gentlemen
whose cases lave been referred to us by the
returning ls' Board: viii you eject these
: Gen. de 4robriand said: Nj. Speaker.
l am an officer and must obey orders. I
came here alone. | thought that nv pres
wrIilI ho c,,ff1 ~ I'fN'f7