The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

lower House OF the legislature, OF which
majority the conservatives were deprived
by the unjus. illegal and srbitrary action
OF the returning board. That there were
turbulent spirits can not be denied. Those
! returned 90 Office by the returning board in
violation TO the wishes OF the people are
especially odious. In one instance
the editor of the Shreveport News.
by the retarning board Of the viii
OF the people, openly declared. that the only
/ remedy was TO kill the usurpeTs and de-
| clared this To be the sentiment of the conser-
/ vatives Of his section of the state.
/ But beyond newspaper editor or two,
no declarations even of that sort
brought to our own notice, although
il was admitted on all hands that
the white people Of the whole state felt
| greatly outraged by the action of the re-
turning board. Indeed, it is conceded by all
parties that the Kellogg government is only
| upheld by the federal military. Withdraw
the military, and that government will go
down. This was true bsiOre January,
as we'll as now. Gov. Kellogg says that
this il owing 70 the doubt that Congress has
permitted abont the legality Of his govern
ment. The conservatives say that IL is not
only because the government is illegal but
because it has bsen abusive and corrupt
OF THE WHITE LEAGUE
New Orleans, the committee say that it is
an organization composed of different clubs,
numbering in all between 1900 and $500,
the members of which have provided arms
for themselves, and, with or with
ont aims, engage in military drill.
| They have no uniform, and the arms
are the property of the individuals
aud nOg of the organizations. They com
prise . large number of reputable citizens
and OF property holders. The purpose they
declare 10 be simply protection, a necessity
occasioned by the existence of leagues
among the blacks, by the hostility with
which the kellogg government arrayed the
black against the white race, and the want of
security 20 pesceable citizens and their fam
lies which existed, for those reasons and
because also ofthe peculiar formation Of the
police brigade. On the other hand the re-
publicans assert that this is AN armed BODY
OF volunteers, existing for the purpose of in
timidating theib.acks and overthrOwing the
Kellogg government. That 10 had anV
considerable relations outside the city
Of New Orleans, or that IL was intended in
any way TO iuleriere with the rights OF the
colOred citizens. did not appear. Nor, on
the other hama, did il appear that there
was any extensive secret league among the
blacks, OF airy kind. That the White
League would readily co Operate in any
feasible scheme tor Overthrowing the Kel
lOgg government your committee DO not
doubt. SO will substantially all the white
) citizens of Louisiana. Such organizations
may De uhuE6lcns, anu dIb very rarely tO De
Justified The affair of the l4th ofSeetember
is an illustration of this The committee
give detailed account of the tlouble at that
time, and say that the conservatives of
Louisiana do not propose to night the fed
eral government. They submit, not be-
must, not because they proclaim
any enmity against the flag, not
, because free labor has not been found prac-
ticable, rot because OF any hostility to the
colored people because they are colored, but
because they regard themselves as defrauded
out of the election of 1872, and yet more out
of the last election, and because
they think their state government has been
to the ast degrse destructive and corrupt.
Indeed, in our judgment, the substantial
citizens of the slate will submit to any fair
determination Of the question Of the late
election or TO anything by which they can
secure firm and good government. What
they seek - peace and opportunity for
, prosperity. To that end they will sup
port any form OF government that
will afford them lust protection in
their distress. They have got beyond any
mere question of political party. TIE COM
mittoe reciles at length the facts relative
to the attempted organization of the leRisla-
: ture Of January 4tb, and conclude as follows:
sYour committee have not been able 20 ar
que upon any recommendation but upon tine
situation In Louisiana as il sppeared before
us we are all agreed" The re-
port is signed BY Charles Foster. William
Walter Phelps snd Clsrkson n. Potter
The evidence upon which the subcommittee
base their conclusions has not vet been writ
ten out. It will be submitted hereafter IL
iG shall be desmed desirable. The COM
mittee themselves voted 10 adopt the re-
port and also 10 report the same TO the
House, with recoInme ndatiou that the
Isame bs printed and recommitted.
MEMORIAL OF KELLOGG'S LEGISLA
TURE.
REPORT op A coMMITTEE--IT Is ADDREssD
TO CoSGREss-ASD TELLS THE TALE FROM
THE RADICAL POINT or VIEW.
From Yesterdays Second Edition
NEW ORLEANS, Jan H.
To the Hon. Speaker and members of the House
of Representatives OF The state OF louisiana:
GENTLEMEN: Your committee selected to
prepare statement Of the revolutionary
proceedings that transplrod in the hall of the
House Of Representatives on Monday, JAN
uary 4, 1870, beg leave TO submit the follow
ing statement and recommend that it be i'm
mediately forwarded to the Congress OF the
United States. Respectfully,
JAMES s. MATHEWS,
CHAs. w. LOWELL.
GEO. DRURY,
w. z. SoUTHARD,
r Il. RAY.
The returns of the election held Nov. .,
1874, as promulgated By the proper return
ing officers theTeef according TO Law, showed
that there were elected TO the House fifty
> three republicans and fity-three democrats
} and there were i've seats for which the re-
: turning officers made no returns and were
referred for decision of their right TO hold
them to the general assembly. The whole
number to the general assembly of the
: House of Representatives is Ill. A
; quorum is a majority OF the members
elected, and was at that time 81. A quo
rum, when the whole number is seated, is
} 56. "a few days prior to the day fixed for
{ the general assembly = posse OF unauthor-
I lied persons secretly kidnapped A. J.
, Cousin, q republic member, and bv force
and violence conveyed HIM out OF the city,
under the color of a pretended charge
OF enbeZzlemens of 81 500, across Lake