The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-29

On Friday morning 1t wds understood tnat
Kellogg, Sheldon, Gen. Steele and the better
class of the republicans had given assurance
TO the Estillete men that they would CO.
operate for Thorough reforms with that
wing Of the conservatives, while PlncnDack,
it was said, was ready to throw a consld-
erable colored republican vote, toS was tne
precise number giTen) tor WIZ; snu WIZ
that help il was then believed Witt wonio
be chosen. At the last moment, however,
Pipshback abandoned WiltZ, AND tnus ne
received but q rotes in "A House OF lOo msnl-
beTs, in which his own party had oS men.
Asit is very common to cbarge corruptloin
where party lines are thus broken, wiz
asd nv belief. founded upon pretty lnti-
mate knowledge of the negotiations on
koth sides. that there was nothing OF the
kind here Mr.. WiltZ is person OF
high se1Se of honor, and bis adner-
euts made no promise for him or themselves
to PinchbSck, except that WIZ, II electeu
speaker, would, in appointing officers OF tue
House, gfve a fair share OF the offices TO |
eolOred men. Pinchback probably deserted
Wilt at she instance OF Gen. sheridan, VINO
is known to have conversed with him on |
Friday morning. On the other SIDE, Estll-
lete's adherents insisted only on solemn
engagement from Kellogg that he you'd AID
them IN all reform measures The dlsap-
pointment of the Willz men Is very great,
and that of the corrupt republicans Is even
greater, and with reason; for, unless Gov.
kellogg should be weak and wicked enough
to falsify his pledges and fling hlmselI once
more into the hands of the corrupt part OF
his party-which means, do not hesitate TO
say, the very great majority OF It's whi1e ana
black leaders, these are
LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
These republican leaders, meantime, VINO
sincerely desire honest governmeHt-and
oro xynrv nuuQarOnS-hOn0 that
they haye split the white mans party in the
state, and that the result of the speakers
election will be a final breaking down OF the
color line. If they can achieve this they
will, of course, have done the people OF
Louisiana an inestimable benefit; for good
government is not possible until this is &C
eornplised, But even il they fail In this
movement il is sure to be done, II only the
federal government will stop its interference
in the internal politics OF the state ana leave
the people to manage their own affairs. Tne
weak polnt in the situ alton, so tar as the
reform republicans are concerned, is that
thay have deal with two men,
both of whom are weak ana
both have corrupt allies. Estill9te, the
speaker is too deaf 10 carry on business IN
the House, has little strength of character
or personal presence, and is SAID 10 nave
rupt. Governor kellogg is generally
Acknowledged, even by his bitterest oppo-
nents to be- a man of amiable intentions;
but he is constitutionally trimmer. He
seems TO me almost incapable OF direct
course, and for such "a movement as he
now heads he lacks courage and determin-
alton. II MARSHAL Packard was governor
he would .Sceed, but Packard's interest Is
not that Kellogg shall succeed. for he Is kel-
loCg's rival for the United States Senate.
Meantime, so sOrs are the white people OF
the state over the too long continued mis-
| government, that they view every move
ment and every man with suspicion; and
only the most answering, bold ana deter
mined course, the most vigorous
PUNISHMENT OF CORRUPT MEN,
could satisfy the state sufficiently to gain
the new combination prolonged lite. You
can not travel fsr in Louisiana without dis
covering that the politicians who, in the
name o! the republican party, rule it, and
have done so for the las. seven years, in all
the departments of its government, state
and local, are vehemently and unanimously
detssted by the white people. have been
amazed to see how all white men, and many
blacks, to nay own edge-whether
rich or poor; whether merchants, mechanics
or professional men; whether Americans.
| French, Irish, German or Italian by birth
absolutely all except the ofhce-holders and
their relatives-unite in this feeling OF de-
testation OF their rulers. IL ex presses iiSell
50 vividly at the polls that, as L noticed be-
fore, only 5,000 whites outOt over 10000 sup
ported the republican ticket at The last
election, and il is fact that most of these
, 600 are Ofiee-h0lders; the greater part are
strangers in the state, and very mauy OF
them may Justly De called adventurers. IL
is so universal a sentiment that have
scarcely found a c0lOred man out OF Office,
4 who did not complain that the republican
I whites are as faithless TO their duty as they
believe the other side would be. Now, this
small band Ot white men have for more than
six years monopolizsd all political power
and preferment IN the state. They have
laid, collected and spent (or rather misspent
or stolen) all the taxes, local as we'll as state
they have not only made all the laws, bu
they have arbitrarily changed them, and
have miserably failed to enforce any which
were for the peoples good they have openly
aud scsndalously corrupted the colored mer
whom they have brought into political lite
they nave used unjust laws TO perpetuat'
and extend their own power, and they
have
PRACTIcED ALL THE BAsEsr ARTS
of ballot -stufing. false registration and re.
peating at election after election. In tire
last election it was proved before a commit.
tee of congress that the republican leaders
had, in the city of New Orleans. made not
less than 200 false registrations. A few
days ago 1 went down the river to attend
court, in order TO see the workings of ne
Lgro jury, and no panel had been drawn. be-
cause the namss being taken from the reg
istration lists OF the parish, thirtv-six out OF
lforty-eight were fOUud to be fictitious-and
this in a country parish. The republican
returning board was condemned as a trans
parent fraud by two congressional commit
tees, and has, so far as know, no defender
in Louisiana or in the country, except the
| president, who has just given federal office
in New Orleans TO Mr.. Wells who was chief
of the board. l know OF one case in the
! last election where, the conservative ticket
being elected, the records of the election
we're carried by the supervisor from the
Parish 20 New Orleans and concealed in a
house Of prostitution; one of whose inmates
was sent to drive bargain with Che censer-
vatives for their return. So common is cor