Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-23
LOUISIANA.
The New Conversational Investigation

The New Congressional Investigation.
hesSrS. Hoar. Wheeler. Frye ana Mar
snail, of The Congressional committee, ar
rived I'm New Orleans on Thursday night.
They had a preliminary meeting yesterday.
and counsel of either side submitted the
points of their cases as follows.
POINTS SUBMITTED BY THE REPUBLICANS.
l. That we propose 10 show there were over
ten thousand republican voters intimdate,l
from voting for republican candidates-first,
ny tne ColfaN massacre, second, by the COu-
shatta massacre; third, by the White League
conspiracy; fourth. by the violent depOSing
of parish officers throughout the state. and
Ihc installing of Illegal McEnery officials;
MN, by general prescription and persecution
of republicans; sixth. by the inSurrectiOn OF
september H. 2. That the White League is
an organized conspiracy against the state
government. and is cOnfederated with kim
drei organizations through the south, and
that its object is the overthrow of the recon
Structed government and the virtual anuul-
nent of constitutional amendments. and
lhat one of its dangerous results is an
extensive revival of the old hOstili-
ty against the United States government
3. That the pretended Wiltz organization of
the House of Representatives on January
was revolutionary mob and entirely deSti-
tute OF legality, and that it was a conspiracy
10 revOlutiOniZe the entire state government.
4. We desire To submit evidence upon politi-
cal assassinatiOns and murders. prescription
IN theatres and other public places, and the
expulsion OF cOlOred children from the
schools by mobs. In answer tO the points
made by counsel OF other side We will show,
of by the United States military was, in fact,
only that fear which parties guilty of com
pilclty in the maSsacreS Of COlfaX and Con
shatta, who thought that they were suspect
Ell of such completely, felt of the service of
legal warrants for their arrest, which war
rants could only be served safely in certain
parts OF the state under the protection of the
military forces of the United States. We also
propose To show by extracts from the files of
The White League press the bOldeSt and most
outspOken advocacy of assassination and
a KVplI Fin
armed revolution and armed resistance in
the United States.
POINTS SUBMITTED RY THE CONsERvA-
TIvES.
]. That the election OF 1871 was free and fair,
as well as a peaceable election on the part of
the conservative party; that the conserva-
tiveS carried the election, procuring ma
lorlty OF twenty-nine in the House, ten Sen
atOrs. and their State Treasurer by 1000 and
odd majority, and at least one member of
congress not returned by the returning
board. 2. That the returning board falSiied
their result by Illegal and fraudulent prac-
ticeS. J. That the only intimidation prac-
ucCu was by the republican COlOred people
against cOlOred conservatives, by the use of
United States troops under orders of the
the United States Marshal, on or about cleo
ton day, TO intimidate and deter white con
SerVatiVes from voting. 4. The general pros
tratlon of the material interests of the State
Dy bad ana corrupt government, and the eX-
traOTulnary depression of property of all
kinds throughout the State. s. That there
has been no intimidation or outrages against
republicans, nor have they been ostraciSed
on any political ground, but only on moral
grounds, when they were considered corrupt
and immoral by the communities in which
they lived. G. That when emeuteS have oc-
CURED; they have sprung from local causes,
generally from oppression and robbery OF the
people by corrupt officials, and were only
political iii the sense that people re
sisted the invasion of their rights, and
that in such emuetes the people were
first attacked and outraged. Z. That
the criminal statistics of the state will
show more hOmicides, arson, and other
crimes committed by the colore1 race than
by the white race, and that the larger portion
OF said crimes are traceable to the maladmin-
istratiOn of the government by Governor
kellOgg's appOintees and the wholesale par
donipg OF criminals by said Kellogg as COVER
nor. {. That where disturbance occurred.
they were local, and without collusion, CO..
operation or precOncerted action on the part
OF other portions of the state. 8 That frauds
were committed by the republican party to
the amount of several thousand votes in the
city OF New Orleans and throughout the state
by fraudulent registration by supervisors of
registration appointed by Kellogg, and that
the said fraudulent papers Were voted in the
interest of the republican party. 10. That the
present Hahn house of representatives is an
Illegal body, organized in violation OF law,
and has had at no time legal quorum; and
lastly we deny generally all the allegations
of fact and conclusions entertained in the
brief of points submitted by the republican
counsel, and especially that there exists in
this state any disloyalty TO the government
OF the United States, and Of this we challenge
proof.
day TO hear evidence touching the proceed
ings OF the returning board in relation 70 the
election of 1874.