New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-27
adroitness of their practice and how nearly

adroitness of their practice and how nearly
| they came to succeeding.
Mr.. Christiancy-I suppose my friend re
fers here to the report ofthe minority OF the
/ House committed
MIR. West-l refer 20 the report of the
| minority, and / shall refer to the majority
| report, if the Senator will wait.
"Sixth-While we believe Governor kel'
logg to have received majority of votes in
That is what the minority says; and that
minority consists of George F. Hoar, w. A.
Wheeler and William P. Frye.
They believe it. They have investigated
the matter. The majority of the committee
say in their report that they never did
investigate that election; and what are their
words am going to quote them in few
minutes. They say in their original report
that they never investigated the election OF
1872, and here in their supplemental report
they express their opinion.
Mr.. Christiancy-Were they authorized to
investigate it ;
Mr.. West-If they were not authorized
they were not comDetent to express an
opinion about it. VIVA. did they do! And
here again come back to the majority re-
port.
Mr.. Dawes-Does the Senator mean to
state that they did IN point OF fact investi-
gate that question
Mr.. Vest presume that the committee
looked into the matter at large, and know
that they did take some testimony in regard
to it, That testimony, unfortunately, is not
available, but it will be demonstrated bg the
testimony when it comes out that the Dem
ocrats admitted throughout the State that
Kellogg was elected, and ! am told
that that ties. imony shows it. l applied to
the government printing Office, having been
apprised OF the names of the witnesses who
testified in that case, but could not get II;
it is not available at tho moment. The
majority OF the committee maintained that
Kellogg was not elected on his own color
line, and they never had the courage to go
out to the utmost verge of that color line
and see whether there is a ma ority OF white
or colored voters in that State. This majority
come back and say that it is impossible that
the Republicans could have carried that
State, because the white element were their
equal in numbers and their superior in in
telieence; once more falling back upon the
mistake and the error of which the Senator
from Wisconsin not now in this Chamber
was convicted, Of saying that there are as
many white voters ia that State as colOred.
That is the ground again that they offer to
us upon which the majority base their idea
that Mr.. Kellogg was defeated.
Mr. Morton-Will the Senator allow me
to read an extract from the report IN reply
to the question asked by the Senator from
Massachusetts my. Dawesj If do not In
terrupt him!
Mr.. West-Certainly.
Mr.. Morton-I read from the report OF
Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler and Frye:
1--WE were unable TO make any direct and
thorough investigation of the election OF
1872. 1t is apparent from the facts stated
in the report Of the Senate committee Sen
ate report, third session, Forty -sccond Con-
gress, No. 457), that the action OF the ON
Gals was SO tainted with fraud and illegality
that the action Of neither OF the pretended
Returning Boards, or the certificates OF the
local election officers can be relied on in the
least as basis for making up an opinion as
TO the true result. Indeed, this is conceded
by several of the most intelligent OF the
Conservative witnesses. 1t would 6e I'M
POSSIBLE at this distance Of time, and prOba
bly at any time, to go behind the returns
and ascertain the true expression Of the
people's will. But our best judgment is
that Governor Kellogg was elected. We
find that many of the more moderate OF his
opponents concede his election. There is
no argument 80 show the election OF Nc
Emery which is not met by one equally
strong in proof OF the election ct Kellogg"
call the attention O. the Senator to what
follows:
1.-The registration"
And mark you the registration was
exclusively in the hands OF the appointees'
of Governor Warmoth, who had joined the
Democratic party, and every one OF the
election officers throughout the State was
either a Democrat or Republican who had
deserted and gene over 10 the Democratic
party ,,,o
nn1t,rcE II no.
denied that Kellogg received substantially
all the colorei, votes, besides some Thousand
whites. Taking the Democratic returns in
1872 for all the parishes except four, for
which the returns are conceded to be forge
ries, and six others from which they threw
out the returns for fraud and violence, and
get at the true vote in those parishes IN any
way YOU can, by comparing the vote Win
characterization of white and colored voters,
or by taking the Republican and Democratic
votes at the election OF this year, and 1t
gives Kellogg a majority OF several thou
sand"
Mr.. Dawes-sly inquiry of the Senator
from Louisiana was wholly for information.
was aware that the testimony taken by
the committee was Inaccessible, but had
conference with some members OF the com
mittee; and knew or supposed what their
opinion was. I&gCee with the Senator from
Louisiana that it was the opinion, think of
a majority OF the committee, that Governor
Kellogg was elected. ! do no. think that
they made any investigation Of the facts as
to that election: did not suppose they had,
and therefore l made inquiry OF the Sena-
tor. But their opinion as to the election OF
the rest of the ticket IS quite another CUES
tion.
Mr.. Morton-i will state 20 the Senator
from Massachusetts that / understood from
Of ., cnrpni+too hot
course OF the cross examination Of some
Democratic witnesses before the committee
in regard to certain parishes in 1872, the re-
suit of that crOss-examinati0n in regard to
those two parishes was to show such
change as to elect Kellogg, but that there
was no direct examination made for that
purpose. il came out incidentally in the
cross-examinatior Of Democratic witnesses.
Mr.. Dawes-I can not speak with any con-
fdence as to how far the investigation
went. ! think IS will be found when the
evidence is published that they took 10
testimony at all Il reference to the election
OF 1872; but that was the opinion OF q ma
iority of that committee, based upon such
information as they could obtain in the
matter. that Mr.. Kellogg was elected Gov
ernor; but they came TO an opposite con.
clusion as to the res. Of the ticket.
Mr.. West-Whatevec apprehensiors /
might have had at the commencement of
making some points, certainly must ex-
press my acknowledgment for the assistance
given me by INV friend from Massachusetts
and my friend from Indiana. TIE Senator
from Massachusetts, has had more favora-
BILE opportunity than myself of knowing
what information was elected by this com
mttee. a member OF which was one OF his
colleagues in the other body. All that
know il regard 10 it is the fact, communi-
Gated to me by persons who were cognizant
and heard OF and heard that testimony,
that this committee solicited an expression
of opinion from among intelligent. men OF
both parties u that State as TO how the
election resulted in 1872, and that while