The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-06-09

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Legislature Of Louisiana yass organ
iFed by coup d'itdt,7 then dispar rse,
and then feorgapixedr by Fedora
bayouets. ! This action set not onl,
the State but tho whole ppitod State
by the ears. 81. .,.' 80 -. "'
| ,Aaairs in the South, however, ~ !, 'hSs.dd hSs.dd
long boen 90 maddled that eyed tbi
spectacle ~ q Legislstpre : divides
against itself. snd % consequent oha6
tn tho. goverqpsnt, caused no grea,
surprise. But who dreamed, even
theu, tha. a someRhat siaijlar soehe
would soon bo witnessed In tie Nofth
and more4tban 9that, fnf one Of the
New England hSfa.ssj 5staida New
!ismpshire3 J Bat the telegraph on
"Wednesday, trsnsmittod the follow
Ing despatch {: ''' ''"''A I'"l
ConooRD, N. H., juno S..--.Ths e. III
Legislatare met to-day great Ok
eitelnsnt 4 twelve Senators ieleessa
qualified; John Sanhorhe Aoleoted
President Of the Senate, veeeiyiug z
Democratic votes Republicans do
cliped to vots. Five Nspubliosn rs
then withdrew id i body" 'a'he sou
ate theu completed tho ORG .niza.ion,
under Demoatatic ausnicee. Tho
seoeding Senators . met elsewhere,
aud made a Temporary orgapixntiup.
The House is balloting for speaker.
The entrances to tile Capitol arc
guarded By police. ,.irf.N r,'u't
Rd1i,nlism ia reeuiliug upon tho,
North, sas curses, like ohiokeus. come
home TO roo.t, and We. .hopo tho
NorthSHill .soon got as aiak Of it 40
We ate. The New Hampshite emo
broglio coptaips several features sim
lar totha* In Louisiana. A Leeisla I.
tive election, a returning hoard, - .
out Of ,members OF ope party
and counting In Of members Of anoth.
or, BY which tho political complexion
of the Legislature 10 changed, and the
Of the minoritylare the
seeds Of discord In both, cases. The
facts in the Louisiana sff.ir arc
known ; We will now give q auumary
of the causes of the New Hampshir
disturbance. ..u. ~
The law requires majority Of
setea TO eleot, not n mere plurality.
At tho last election Nathaniel
Head was republican candidate In
one OF the Senatorial Districts. Many
votea were cast for s.Natt"5 Head
and these baing counted for M.
thaniel, the democratic candidate did
not receive smJority. But It appears
that by the election laws Of that Stuto
the full christian name Of every can.
didate mnst,be given, or the vote is
considered a blank. TAe eanvase1s
OF election, coEsisting of the Governor
and his council, four dem ocrats and
one republican, threw out the votes
for "Natt" Head. and than declared
his opp ponent elected Ghe reaabli
eau member Of tho eouaoil thereupon
resigned.
In another district. sixty four votes
were cast for q candidate who was
ineligible, and thess vote, being
thrown out, the ,demooratio candidate,
who before had q plurality. was de.
oinred to have received o mn6ority Of
the votes cast, and bis election was
declared. This changed the com.
plexioa Of the Senate, whereat the
republicans became highly iudignap
and threatened revolution. The re.
suit Is given in the despatch above
quoted. The case will be brought
before the courts for q decision, un-
less Grant prefers to send Sheridan
to settle tho question ~ ct arx,is. It
Is claimed tt,at the votes wore in.
tended for Nathaniel Me ad, and that
be morally is entitled to tho seat.
But, on the other hand, there Is an
explicit law on tho subject declaring
that improperly declaring written
ballots cannot be counted. The
oanvas*ers therefore acted in aocor.
dance with the law. .'.-.. ~
1t ic ludicrous to SOC the repablieaa
party, that has 80 long rau roughahod
over the democrats and the people
gsnsss'ly, eesapelae4 to adopt tho
taotios of minority, and seeedo. Tie
i've aggrieved Senators comprising
the full strength Of tho Republican
party, ratisipg ftea tAe State House
i"'s do9y. must have presented ,,an
Imposing spectacle. And tho over.
shelmihg number Of seven dem oerata
who thus bullied a'wsak advesaarz,
ought to be haartily aehamed sof
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