The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
PHELPS PREDICTIONS.
He Sums Up the Situation.
LOUISIANA AND NaTIoNaI .rp.1p,


SEVEN YEN MEN FROM OTHER STATES SITTING IN
scD1AkNI ON LOUISIANA AFFAIRS AN ANo-
MALoOs PRocEEDING-IF THE DEMOCRACY
bouhSONlZES AND GRANT INSISTS on A
IhIfD TERM THEN THERE MAY BE A THRU
[AFIf IN Politics AND MUSIC BY THE
FULL BAND. mn
Inc d. Louis Republican of current late
has the following: The Hon. VIM waltar
Phelps, OF New Jersey, after spend;rg .
couple OF days in this city. left yes.erdav for
the South, intending to stop at Little Rock an
route. Whilst here Republican ranortar
called to see him, and the follow;n,- :
Inc net result OF the interview: Mr. ne.
appointed by the committee of arbitration
recently in session in New York To see H..
.ae uecislon or compromise settled upon hv
tnas COMMITTEES is faithfully carried ont ~
course, the subject of most interest to Mr.
fheIps az THIS moment is the duty which he
is DOW on his way to discharge. He gave
qul.e history of the manner in which the
oilSlnal investigation was connnc.ad ~
himself and the Messrs. Foster md BY "
az New Orleans, and then hrorohod
on upon the subsequent invesfioa
tion OF Hoar's committee: hnt tie
1natters are not of any present in
terest. Touching the arbitration at his or.
:. III Nes' 1ofk, Mr.. Phelps observed tina
ha
suits OF federal interference in the da,,oI,;,
adalrs OF state to see seven men two ~
whon were now private citizens and nona
OF whom were citizens of Louisisna s,tt;..
as BOARD OF arbisrators to determine who
49, 49, W vac men CHOSEN by the people of that
STATE 10 represent them in their own lepisla.
ture. He said this spectacle sbonld $50.
atVentlon, not only On account of its novelty
as an episode in the history of tbe
country, but also on account of tho start
ling possibilities which 1t Suggested in H.
WoIkipSs OF our political system, To re-
uaP'SuisIe the events which led to this de-
honement would be waste of time tt
suInced That state, technically at least. in
vested with all the rights and powers that
Deiong 10 any member of our Union. shonld
nave been made the football of factions go
sne victim OF frauds until her domestic
sl hSo become so snarled and tangled
!hat the Knot of her difficulties had to he ont
In a manner wholly unprecedented and ",
Jaw I ana usage utterly unauthorized. Rnt
after al it was ou'
THE BEST THAT COULD BE DONE
under the circumstances. Il MIGHT no how,
for the people of Louisiana to suhpoit 70
sucn outside intervention, but they could
Dear 1t with some equanimity in view Of the
TACT that through their troubles a lesson had
peen taught MOI soon to be forgotten nv our
rulers or by the people who elected than,
4 hat lesson was the peril there is in dis
suroIng or GeranSing the operation of the
complex ana delicate machinery of our svs.
tenn OF government. He presumed as no
also hoped, that as this was the irst il yvonl6
also De the last instance in orr historv
"here seven citizens of dietont
states should be called in 70
s5ol1rate upon the domestic political mud
uies % any StSte. he was republican of the
II "a
OF bis party went, but in this matter he ala
,loS hesitate 10 say that the errors, to use no
hafsner term, of the present administrator
were az the bottom of all these troubles Mr.
EnslpS then gave an account of the rno3rs
opeTahu, OF the arbitration. He said the
,evu'ns Deiore the board were encountered
WIN mass OF evidence and statements |
reiatiVe 10 the jntimidations of voters. frauds |
OF al sorts and uncertainties. which rem
aereo IL almost impossible to get at tba
sAacs truth IN all cases. Then there
meLe diverse views in the board
!tsSli 70 pe harmoniz5d and shades of opin
on 10 % consulted, all OF which tended tn |
sui greater complexity. Each memhar of
ne BOARD had some especial pets among
nose whose election to the Legislature yyas /
70 oe passed upon, and would hence he in
;iIhed 10 make the returns look as favorable
Is possloie Tor them. Sometimes these IA
VoE1tis ms, or rather the interests of these
aVorltes, would clash and then there von1 |
Dc oiscoro In the board. Mr.. Phelps had
llmSelf bsen especially desirous to rascal
dr- Vaughn, of Caddo parish, one of the
I'VE members expelled by De Trobriand AT
ne point OF the bayonet. He had been most
aVoraoly impressed with
THE HEARING OF THE OLD MAN
Then he was expelled, and from previous
Investigation Of his own in New Orleans {
sd become strongly of the opinion that Mr..
augnn was entitled TO his seat. But ne had
cen forced to yield to his colleagues. who
pom examination of the Caddo returns, conId
OF conclude that Vaughn was entitled to
ne scat From this point Mr.. Phelps pro- /
eeded to discussion of national nolitics ,
ie said the republican psrtv was nov
quarely divided within itself and that from, :
his time until the national convention next
ear the contest between the Grant or radi- :
al, and the Blaine or conservative factions !
Ionia n unremitting. He readily I
ither for denomination for the mower
dictate the nomination of his successor. ,
ie ala not believe that Grant would be able !
Iorce ms own denomination and thought .
g would give up the all idea of being a can
ldate before the time of holding the con- !
ention arrived. But he believed that
rant would try nevertheless to make l
is influence paramount in the convention =
I'd thereby 70 force the nomination of =
onk!lns as his first choice after himself =
ir. Phelps said he was fully aware of the '
over the office holders would have toward
'rmlng tie republican national convention ;,
1910. he was not inclined to
nderrate the force of the machinery =
'hlch was embodied in the :
resent enormous system of federal =
atronage. But he believed that between :,
his time and 1876 feeling would be stirred +
among the republican masses which Il
O0l0 0VGrWhplnl ffiao- hnlH a~a Il \ |
at their plans for packing the conyention =
lth the creatures of the administration -
he conservative republicans might now be
10 to form a party. All they lacked was
rmal organization. They were represented tr
theSenate TO the extent of nine or ten in n
lmoers, and vastly greater proportion cf
an that of intelligence and personal in ~ y.
hence. They would be found to be largely 81
the ascendnt In the republican minority a,
the next House. Mr.. Blaine would be -,