The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-05
NEW ORLEANS ITEMS.
The New Election EsiII.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. Ain the House to-
| day, Mr.. Kidd offered the following pream-
Die and resolutions, which were adopted
Whereas, The House of Representatives
OF tue state OF Louisiana, actuated by sim
cere desire to have all further elections, in
| this State, conducted peacefully, and with
the utmost fairness TO all parties, have pass
ed. az It's present session, an Election Bill,
which, In its main and essential features,
can be objected 20 by no one desiring the
maintenance OF the purity of the ballot box,
or having the peace the State at heart and
Whereas, The Senate has passed a sub
stitute for that bill, containing the most
odious features of most odious Returning
Board and provisions that are anti-Repub-
llcan In their character, and which tend to
destroy the expression of the will of the
people at the ballat- at-boX-provisions which
are Insulting to the common sense and de-
cency of every intelligent citizen of Lou
isiana, and which in any free and independ-
ent State of this Union, would not be toll
Grated for one moment and which, il
adopted here, would inevitably lead to civil
strife, disrupt society, and destroy the rem
nant OF our prosperity, and
Whereas. The State of Louisiana has been
pillaged, shamed and disgraced by scoun-
drels and the outrageous conduct of the
present Returning Board, whose powers are
not so great as those with which the Senate's
substitute would invest its proposed Re-
turning Board, and
Whereas, As this House is unalterably and
upon principles opposed to the adoption of
any law providing for a Returning Board
of any description whatever, though this
House, under its provisions, should be en-
titled to select all of its members, and
whereas, Under the compact established
by the Wheeler adj djustment, the Executive
of the State and members of the General
Assembly committed themselves to goY-
ernmental policy to be marked by reform
and reformatory meas ures, of which this
Senate substitute is not one, therefore be
it
Resolved, That it is with exceeding great
regret that this House has receievd the
knowledge of the passage by the Senate of
this substitute bill, and sincerely trusts that
it may reconsider its determination to
send the said bill to this House for its
concurrence and that it is the sense
of this House that persistent
effort of any department in this branch of
government TO adopt this substitute
bill, or any bill providing for a Returning
Board, will be a violation of the spirit and
true interest of the Wheeler ad djustment, and
this House will, consequently, be absolved
from all obligation Hereunder, and in the
future should conduct its proceedings ac-
cordingly that it is the sincere and ardent
wish of the memb bers of this House to see
that the next and all future elections in this
State are conducted fairly, peaceably, and
with perfect consideration for the rights
and opinions OF all men, and at all times are
willing to sincerely guarantee their assist
ance to carry out this desire; but that they
can never yield their assent to an election
law. which would gain invGlNeas la Fou ble,
which again would cheat the will of
the people as expressed at the ballot box and
which would inevitably lead to civil COM
motion, strife and even bloodshed, and
crush out the last remaining hope for Sc
nate and impoverished State.
The Hawkins Investigation.
The report OF the Hawkins Investigating
committee and the joint resolution address,
ing him out of office were adopted bV a
vote of u to 10. 1t is believed that the
Senate will adopt the joint resolution ifnot,
the House will imp peach Judge Hawkins on
the charges, which include mal-administra-
ton, prejudice, incompetency, ETC., etc.
The Whisky investigation.
E. w. Barnes, manager of the Western
Union telegraph company was before the
United States grand jury to-day, having
been summoned to produce the dispatches
between the crooked here and at other
points. Mr.. Barnes stated he did not know
that such dispatches had been sent; if there
had it would require a weeks time and
much labor to look through the messages
sent, which amount to several huhdred
thousand, and get out those required. The
Jury have the matter under consideration. 1t
is believed they will order the messages
to be produced oy the telegraph managers.
Judge Woods stated that an order of court
would be issued, if required, compelling
manager Barnes to comply with the de-
mands Of the grand jury. The loss of books
and the failure to produce them, District
Attorney Beckwith states, delays the inves-
CATION, but the chain of evidence can and
will be established without them. The pro-