The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01
TINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
I CAN SAVE LOUISIANA.

\ Two days OF the legislative session re
main. Though the time is short, it II
still ample to strike down the conspira
tors against the peace and welfare Of thu
4 State, and to free the people from theil
lpower.
T. Will the representatives OF the people
act? The power is theirs il they will
WELD it, and II ever men had incentive
to action, these representatives now
have. What is the state OF affairs that
calls for action? n h~i eA1fa'
In1S72, by Federal Intervention in oul
State affairs, Kellogg and Antoine were
placed In executive power over the peo-
pie. The people elected neither of them
The Supreme Court, with the honora-
BILE exception Of Justice WHY, was a
party to the conspiracy. Justice Talia-
ferro administered the oath to Pinch
back as Governor, who, as he well
knew, had no title to the Office. Justice
Ludeling presided over the so-called
Senate, in which he knew there was not a
quorum Of elected Senators, to try Gov.
Warmoth, who, as he knew, had never
been impeached by any legal House of
Representatives.. Justice Howell was
the organ, who read the opinion that
Lynch, Longstreet, Hawkins, etc., were
the Returning Board, when he we'll
knew that the court had no juris-
diction, and Ludeling, Taliaferro
Howell, as the majority Of the Su-
preme Court, gave their judicial
sanction to every outrage which was
essential to place in power the Kellogg
:usurpation, justifying, to the uttermost,
the telegram which Mr. Casey sent to
his Washington masters "that the Su-
preme Court were in sympathy with the
Republican party er. tH.
Thus the usurpation was inaugurated
over the people, who have ever since
been held down by federal bayonets.
Z, In 1874, at peaceable election, q
large majority Of Conservatives were
elected to the Legislature. Thomas
G. Anderson, a Senator, who, on Mon
day last, was elected as President OF the
Senate, with his colleagues Of the Re
turning Board, set aside the popular
choice and robbed the Conservatives of
their majority. On the 4th of January,
1875, the Legislature met, and the Con-
servatives, by superior management, |
organized the House and elected Mr.. |
Wilt speaker ...a4.3 .gf RI Id
At the bidding Of Kellogg, General
De Trobriand expelled the representa-
lives Of the people, and the Republican
representatives, with no semblance of
, quorum, organized run,p house,
with Hahn as Speaker. Kellogg recog-
1ized this House. A
The Wheeler adjustment followed,
md the Hahn house, by the decision of
he congress, and by the approval OF it.
'elf and Of the acting Senate and OF
Kellogg, was stamped with the
'rand OF illegitimacy-as a body having
10 possible legal existence. With the
Wheeler compact reforms were prom
sed. In 1876 the Legislature met, and
he House has diligently passed meas
res Of reform. The House repealed
he Returning Board, and the Radical
'enate refused to concur. The Return
ne Board exists and will perpetuate ,
ladical rule, no matter how the popu-
ar vote may go. 39E.g Il
Investigation revealed Kellogg guilty /,
crimes committed since the Wheeler
orllpact. For these the House inn.
cached him. . The managers OF the i
notified the Senate. The ;
hief Justice, Ludeling, and Justice ]
aliaferro were on hand to organize 6
ne court, when, without notice to the I
louise and without hearing the charges. /
lis Radical Senate, organized as q '
ourt, received Kellogg's waiver OF sum- Ii
IONS, and thereupon adopted an order q
him. and adjourned sine die /
) court Of impeachment. A4a III
Anderson, as President OF the Senate. s
ntolne, as Lieutenant Governor, Lud- n
ing, as Chief Justice, kellogg, as Gov i
nor, represented bv II q nihhlo the .,