Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-10
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
THE LOUISIANA ADJUSTMENT.
MR.. WHEELER DEFENDS III
THE WRECK OF THE SCHILLER.
ANOTHER DISASTER AT SEA.
SIXTEEN MORE LIVES LOST.
THE BEECHER CASE.
WITNESSES RECALLED TO-DAY.
MR.. WIIEELER DEFENDS III
THE WRECK OF THE SCHILLER.
ANOTHER DISASTER AT SEA.
SIXTEEN MORE LIVES LOST
THE BEECHER CASE.
WITNESSES RECALLED TO-DAY.
LOUISIANA COMPROMISE.
Mr. wheeler Says the Adjustment II
Not "A Failure.

NEW YORK. May r0.-Mr. Wheeler Of the
Congressional Louisiana Committee, I'm a
letter Ia the Tunes in relation 10 the adjust
mcnt of the differences in that state effected
under the award of that committee, says -
There is a class of people who seem 10 have
expected that the adjustment was To inaugu-
rate political millennium in Louisiana. that
henceiOrih that state was Ia be wholly free
from the friction which attends tie workings
OF political parties elsewhere. This class will
probably pronounce the adjustment failure.
for undoubtedly party warfare viii continue
10 be waged ia Louisiana very much as il Is
in New York aud other states OF the Union
she viii have her dishonest officials and cor
rupt legislation as other states have, and she
will for years 20 come Stagger along under
The load OF her accumulated financial bur
oenS- and her Obligations may al times 60 10
protest. Louisiana, from her existence as a
state. has had an exceptionally stormy
record. This cond ton of things. arising
from diversity OF races and character in the
state, with almost unavoidable
DISTURBANCES GROWING OUT OF THE WAR
and the upheayal of the very foundations of
labor and society Is not Ia be cndngel in q
day by any one act. however potent OF Oene-
fetal. Nevertheless. ! firmly believe that
even Louisiana has al last caught iuSpira-
tiOn from the new order oi things, aud that,
exhausted as she i with tumalt and yiO-
lerce. vet, with just government AMI educ
lion OF her people tLbe last luSt now her
greatest need. She will with steady. but
slow pace. emerge from what seemed to b.
her utterly helpless condition. There il an
other class who Will regard the a liuStment
as failure. Those VINO sought in 10 simply
partisan advantages. without arrOgatIng
anything for the gentlemen who composed
the late Con greSSional committee on south
eTn affairs. ! think l may safely claim for
them that they are not Of this class.
Regarding all allegations that one pTOvi-
sion OF the adjustment has already
BEEN VIOLATED BY THE DEMOCRATS.
MI. Wheeler says: ! cannot subscribe 10
the truth of this allegation. The arbitratOrS
had nothing 10 do but 10 pass upon the
claims of the members and senators who
should sign the agreement. OF course the
award could affect no one else IL was mere
ly advisory 10 republican members of gene
raj assembly. II could not and did not seek
directly To interfere with rights OF members
then sitting, and who had certificates of re-
turning board, but whose seats were claimed
by democrats. After the democrats left the
house on the 4th of January, and some time
during the winter session, the republicans
unSeated four democratic members who held
certificates of the returning board. and whose
names We're on the list OF members used toy
the republican clerk at the attempted organ
ization in January. No one OF tnese four
democrats who were reseated AT the recent
extra session of the legislature of which COM
l.laint il made was party To the articles OF
adjustment. No one can be found in Louis
lama to assert that at the time these fOIr
democrats were unSeated, there was quo
rum of the house present. SO these four
democrats had never been legally deprived
of their seats, but il Is replied by those who
minute bad faith to the democrats that the
agreement contains this provision: The
house of representatives as 10 its members
as constituted under the award, shaIl re-
main without change, except by resignation
or death of members until the new general
election, >" and this condition has been Nio-
lated.
THE DEMOCRATS
never questioned the action of the returning
board except in the case referred TO the COM
mittee. They were willing with these eN-
ceptiOns To abide by it. Ny understanding
OF the above provision is that the house OF
representatives was 10 be as returned by the
returning board. After the errors OF that
board had been corrected, In cases speclnei
in the agreement by the award OF commits
sionerS and its adoption by the house of
representatives, the parties TO the agreement
having made no stipulation in these cases
cannot be fairly asked To deprive these Z
members of seats 10 which they had been
declared elected by the returning board, and
Of which "less than a majority of the mem
bers'' of the house OF representatives had at
tempted To deprive them.
THESE FOUR MEN BEING LEGALLY ENTI-
TIED TO THEIR SEATS,
and having done nothing 10 forfeit them.
their reinstatement was an act of simple
Justice. which all fully understanding the
facts must approve.
Mr.. Wheeler says, touching allegations OF
hal faith by the democrats, that they did not
act co-ertly. He details the opposition
manifested mon the first acceptance of the
articles of adius tnient, aliG says; ON Tue DAY
preceding the meeting OF the lac extra see-
sion of the legislature L met al the Tohs Vi
Gen. Sheridan prominent republican OFT" taIs
and Col. Leonard, of the Shreveport IGheS,
who had been the leading man in the nego-
iations on the democratic side. The matter
of the four members was fully dlScusSed
in General Sheridan's room, and Col.
Leonard distinctly informed us tnat ne
wished no concealment, and that IL was Que
to us that ne should inform us that ii the
award Of the committee should be adopted
ny the house, the democrats would promptly
reSeat the four members. This statement Is
but simple justice to Colonel Leonard aud
those whom he represented. L can easily
perceive how parties at distance, without
knowledge of facts Of detail, should think
the democrats guilty of non observance oil
the provision which have cited. But can
not think them in fairness obnoxious 10 inc
charge. and common justice, which ought 10
characterize par ties as well as individuals,
entities them 10 this explanation. The re-
publican party has now put itself in the night
in Louisiana. The action of both parties IN
the future will be watched 10y the country,
and the people will mete out to each the
Judgment TO which by its acts IL shall en-
title itself, and to that tribunal the matter
may safely be c0piled,