The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-30

whatever to their undertaking. They
procured few atfidavits Of intimidation
in certain parishes, and then assuming
that 10000 white Republicans had moi
been allowed to register, and 5000 black
Republicans had been prevented by vio-
lence from voting, they figured out ma.
jority of 97l for Kellogg, and declared
him elected. On the other hand, the
Warmoth Returning Board, with all the
returns before it, showed majority Of
nearly 10000 for McEnery, and declared
him elected, but Marshal Packard backed
by the army of the United States, which
had been placed at his disposal by order
of the President, prepared to induCt Kel-
logg into Office, and wcth military force
seized the Capitol and guarded it while
the Legislature, convenedin extraordina-
ry session, and impeaChed Warmoth. The
troops with which Packard was supplied
came from Florida, and arrived the very
night D rell's infamous order was issued,
thus showing conclusively thatthe Presi-
dent knew beforehand the programme
that was to be played.
In regard to the Cnstom House Return
ing Boards work, John Lynch, one of the
members of il, testified as follows before
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections:
"Mr. Lynch-We took all the evidence
we had before us, and our knowledge of
the parishes and their political complex
ion, and then we decided"
Senator Carpenter-Y estimated it,
then, upon the basis of what you thought
the vote ought to have beenW
"Mr. Lynch-Yes, sir, that vas just the
fact; and l think on the whole we were
pretty correct"
The Senate, however, controlled by the
Republican administration, did not adopt
the report ofits committee, and the Kel.
logg usurping government has been rec
onnized to this day.
U. s. BAYoNETs AGAIN TO KELLoGGs RESCUE
In 1874 an election for Congressman
and members of the State Legislature
took plaCs in Louisiana. The Democrats
swept the State and elected a majority of
the House of Representatives. Never
theless, the infamous Returning Board
counted in a sufficient number of their
candidates to give them majority when
the time for the meeting of the Legisla-
ture arrived. The Democrats, however,
succeeded fairly and legitimateIy in effect
ing the organization of the House, and
admitted to their seats the members Kel-
logg's Returning Board had counted out.
Kellogg was now in desperate situation.
The House of Representatives would un-
doubtedly impeach him, in which event
he, under the Constitution, was fttnCttts
0tciO, and in the then situation heSpeak-
er of the House would become the acting
Governor. But once more the troops of
the United States were ordered to the
rescue of the usurping Kellogg Govern
ment, and General De Trobriand took
possession of the Capitol, marched file
of soldiers into the hall of the House af
Representatives, forcibly carried out a
sufficient number of Democratic men,
bers to give the Kellogg members a ma
jority, whereupon they organized the
House by eleeting Speaker, and under
the protection of Federal bayonets, pro-
Ceeded with business.
This was the crowning outrage of Grant
and brother.in- laws party in Louisiana.
The country was startled, as well it might
be, with this military interference with
legislative body, and great public meet
ing, irrespective of party, was held in
this city to protest against it. 1t was at
this meeting that the venerable William
Cullen Bryant and the distinguished Will
liam M. Evarts made memorable speech
es denOuncinO in unmeasured terms the
action of the President. IA Congressional
Committee a majority of whom were Re.
publicans, investigated the whole matter,
and their report says
without now referring to other in
stances we are constrained to declare that
the action of the Returning Board on the
whole was arbitrary, unjust, and in our
opinion illegal; and that this arbitrary,
unjust akd illegal action alone prevented
the return by the board Of m jority of
Conservative members of the Lower
House."