New-York tribune., 1875-01-28
LOUISIANA INVESTIGATION.
A COMPROMISE PROPOSED.

TIoNARY MEASURES AND RECOGNIZE TIE
PRESENT SENATE AND LEAVE kkLAoGG UNDiS-
TURBED AS GOVERNOR
NKw-ORIRANs Jan. 27.-In the Kellogg House OF
REPRESENTATIVES to-day, several admissions were
made TO the effect that there was no legal quorum OF
members upon the committee TO examine INTO the
hooks of the Auditor and Treasurer, was appointed
II is said the delay caused because the Attorney
General had said that the investigation would carry
no weight because of it's illegality.
A compromise of the present legislative difficult
ties is the apis, and is being pushed vigorously
forward by the Kellogg party. They offer to let the
Wiltz party come back with SO members, their side
also 70 have 5S members, with Wlltz in the chair.
They 60 so far to say that the Conservatives
might seat again the FIVE elected members If they
would give sufficient guarantees that they would
not attempt any revolutionary acts, and would
recognize the present Senate and communicate with
Gov Kellogg and not attempt TO disturb hin in his
place The difficulty lies in the insuficiency Of the
guarantees offered by the Conservatives This is
the question now under discussion with view TO
an arrangement if possible.
SENATOR THURMAN RECITES THE FACTS.
AN ABLE SPEECH on THE RECENT EVENTS IN LOC
IsIANA-REvIEw or THE MILITARY INTERFE3-
ENCE-POwERs AND ACTS OF TIRE RETURNING
BoARD-THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE oMITs HALF
SIORN-DlSGRACE
THE SOUTH.
iBI TELEGRAPH TO THR TRIBUNE.i
WAsHINGrON. Jan. @5-Mr Thurman made very
long argument on the Louisiana resolution to-day
in the Senate, delivered with something less than
his usual force but attrao ing more than ordinary
attention account of the very long resume Of the
election and subsequent frauds of 1872, with which
it began. After an exposure of the utterly illegal
character of the Kellogg Government he proceeded
20 speak of the last election and the subsequent
proceedings. The result of the elections was a re-
turn OF Conservative majority of %; and the
reason why these mon are not IN the House Is be-
cause the mighty military arm tbs, upheld
Kellogg in 1872 still strong in welding the
power The attempts of the Republican Senators.
60 often pointed out to divert public attention from
the important question, were exhibited In their
true light All the labOred recitatiOns i'll regard to
the organization of the House are simply clOaks to
cover up the gigantic fraud and usurpatOn com
mitted by the military. which the Republican Sena-
tors arc afraid to meet squarely, and upon which
they dare not record themselves atfrmatvcly.
Inc whole machinery of conducting elections and
declaring the votes was explained, and particular
attention called to that clause which requires
that when in any poll riotIng tunult anything
preventing tine free exercise of the right TO vote
lists. the Commissioners must send TO the Super
visor certificate of such facts sustained by three
reputable citizens. The Supervisor Of Elections
must send TO the Returning Board all the
returns from every poll after having com
piled them in the Parishes, together with
any reports Of tuInut If any such exist. The duty
Of the Returning Board is to compile all the returns
received from the parishes, eonpiiel them, COM
meuciug with those unaccompancd by any report
ard announce the result Of the election. The Re-
turning Board has no right TO investigate the -.
Gca fp Of "a
tu1nult IS attached to them and te- monv can be
taken by the Board against a return unless protest
has been sent with such return. The members q
the Returning Board wien taking Office sw0re to
compile all the returns presented 20 them TO compile
the returns Of all officers voted for THIS they did
not do in regard to the five men who had been ex-
pelled by the military. These men had all been
voted for and returns of their election existed. as
shown by the report of the Subcommittee Nor
did the Board report against these men, Whch
would have been an excuse for leaving their names
oil the roll. Mr. Thurman contended that the
Clerk Vigers had no night to call the roll and was
only allowed 20 90 so by the grace of the House the
provision authorizing Linn to hold hs office until Lis
saccessor should be elected not giving him cay
right to DO So The refusal of the temporary Chair
man TO call the Yeas and Nays was entirely legal,
and a strictly parallel case to that in which john
Quincy Adams, as temporary Chairman OF the
House Of representatives, took the same course.
III the case OF Louisiana, General OF the army
Oyeriued tire decision OF the presiding officer. lhe
message OF the President Iii response to the request
Tor information severely criticised as telling
what Thurman had prophesied-" only balf the
story Nobng is heard from Gen. de Trobriand
in regard TO his course in the State House, as to
what orders he had from Gen. Emory, his su-
peror officer; nothing from Gen. Emory as
20 what orders he had re- lived from Gen.
Sheridan; nothng from Sheridan except telegram
oIntting the most material facts in the case, and
nothing from Grantin regard to these officers except
apalliai0n Of all their acts on the ground that the
army is not composed of lawyers. No aword OF
censure Of their acts only the excuse that they in
tended no wrong. Lawyer or no lawyer, 1t was
Sh1idan's plain and imperative duty to tell the
whole truth. Unless his ignorance is too profound
for conception be must have known all the circun-
.tanees Of the military interferences and why were
these Inost material facts omitted in his reporti
Sheridan says that the call for aid by Kellogg was
lost and reasonable and in that he shows plainly
that he is no lawyer for he could find no law on the
statute-books authorizing such call He lalso saws
that if the organization OF the House had been at
tempted bloodshed would have ensued but by
whom would such blood have been shedf Surely
not by the O. Conservatives, al told, in the House.
while more than 100 police and so or 90 OF the very
worst ruffans Of the Radical party in New-Orleans
snd GORDON Of soldiers surrounded the ball
Sand Is sought TO be thrown into the eyes OF the
people by statements TO the anarchical state OF
society, the existence of q widespread feeling OF
murder Uomicides in Louisiana are not for pOilt-
zeal purposes but direct result of the policy OF