Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-01
LOUISIANA
Governor Kellogg Presented by The
House for Impeachment Before
the Senate.
The Court Formed, but the Purpose
Il Defeated by the Republican
Senate.

NRw OBLEAEs, February 28.-On as.
semblIn2 OF the two houses Of the gen.
eral assembly at ten O'Clock this moIn-
ing, the house took up the report OF the
committee OF impeachment, charging
the governor with divers and sundTy
high crimes and misdemeanoIs commit
ted since the Wheeler adjustment. An
animated and protracted debate ensued,
the Republican members calling fer the
Charges, recltiDg specific acts. At hsIt-
past four in the evening the house, by q
vote Of siXiy-one to forty-hve, adopted
the fol wing:
Resolved by the house OF representa-.
lives of the Sia.e Of louisiana that s
committee OF the members OF the house
be appointed by the speaker to go to the
senate of the State of L )uisiaus, and at
the bar thereof impeach William ?.
kellogg of high crimes and mis- lemean-
ora IN Office, committed siDca April II,
1875, and scquaint the senate that the
house of representatives will, in due
time, exhibit particular articles Of inn
parchment az airst him, and thSt the
committee dem and that the senate take
order for the p 9earance Of said William
p Kellogg TO angwer to faid impeach.
ment.
Resolved, That committee of five be
appointed by the speaker thereof to pre-
pare and present for the consideration Of
The house articles Of impeachment
egainst VIM. Pitt *, llogg, acting gov
ernor Of The State of Louisiana, for hig b
crimes and misdemeanoTs in office; and
that they be authorized and empowered
to send for persons ard papers in fur
theYsnce of their Investigators.
The speaker appointed IS a committee
Messrs. Wilt, KOon'Z and Hail, Of New
Orleans; Kid, Of Jackson paIish, aud
Young, of Claiborne.
On their arrival at the senate cham
Der they found the sanate In executive
session. A committee Of Republican
ssnEturs met them, aud arranged Sn
agreement that the houss would remain
In session until the senate could organ
lie as q court Of imp eachment, anu TO
notify the house what time would be
given them to sustain their charges by
te t'mIny.
The senate at once organized as
court OF Impeachment, Chief Justice
Ludeling presiding, aud adopted az Or
der requiring the house to present their
charge and their testimony, at seven
O'CLOCK in the evening.
As the secretary OF the senate reached
the door of the house with this order,
the house adjourned until Wednesday,
ri arch lst.
The senate, thereupoD, took q recess
urtil seven O'Clock in the evening. On
their Resembling the torneys Of the
governor presented to tbs court the fol.
lowing Order:
WHEREAS, The house OF representa-
tives has notified the senate that it has
impeached VIM. P. Kellogg, governor
of the state Of Louisiana, OF high climes
aud misdemesHCrs; and whereas, said
house has acted in said impeachment
C ,strsry to law in this, that i has re-
led to permit said VIM. P. Kellogg,
governor Of the State of Louisisna, 10
appear before the committee appointed
to Investigate the charges made against
him, either in person or by counsel, and
has refused to furnish rim with a list Of
the witnesses rel ed upo9 to support the
charges made; and, whereas, it is a no.
torious fact that said impeachment is
prompted by partisan and revolutionary
purpose;
WHEREAS, 1t seems agreed by the
house, by act No. of the extra session
OF 1875, in pursuance OF the terms I
agreeEs ent known as the Wheeler sd
iustment, that said VIM. P. Kellogg,
governor OF the State OF L0uisial a,
should not be impesched for any acts
committed prior TO the passage Of said
act, and that the house OF represents
tives would henceforth accor1 to her full
support in the maintenance CT the laws
and protection Of tho welfare Of the PEG.
pie Of the State; and
WHEREAS, This resolution of i'm
parchment is In violation Of said agree.
ment; and
WHEREAS, The acts of said VIM. P.
kellogg, as governor of the State Of Lou
isiana, are fully known to each and ey-
cry member OF this senate, and known
to us not to be criminal or unlawful;
and
WHEREAS, This senate has adopted q
notice for the house to appear and make
its charges; and
WHEREAS Said house has adjourned
until next "Wednesday, at ten O'CLOCK,
well knowing that but little more than
ore day of the session will remain; and
WHEREAs, This adjournment is be-
lieved to have been tRkep,for the purpose
OF Debating a full investigation OF said
charges, and we bellows ssid w. p. KEEL
lcgg, governor o. the State of Louisiana,
to 90 innocent Of any criminal act, or of
any IGN crime or misdemeanor; and
WHEREAS, The resolution adopted by
the house of representatives recites no
specific ground OF impeachment against
said w. P Kellogg; and
WHEREAS, The house OfTepr6 sentatives
has failed TO appear and present any
specific charges against Governor w. 2.
kellogg, Notwithstanding said house has
mad fuI and sufficient time for said pur-
pose; it is
Ordered by the senate sitting as q
court OF impeachment that the innpeach-
ment presented by the house Of repre-
sentatives be- dismissed by reason OF the
failure # the said house to prosecute the
same, and this order to have the same
force and effect as judgment Of acquit'
tel. A vote was called for on the adop-
ton of this preamble and order.
AS the vote was being taken q COM
mittee Of five was appointed by the
speaker, who appeared and presented
an authorization from the speaker to
act es managers. A point was raised
and sustained, after an excited protest
from Mr.. WiliZ, that the speaker had
not the right to appoint managers af-
ter the adjournment of the house.
The order of scquitsl was finally
adopted by q vote Of yeas 25-nays Q.
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