, 1876-01-31
Politioz In the Pelican Btate..- Demo.
cratic Reputation Of the Wheel
or Compromise,
Failure Of n Projected Comp d'Etat to
Obtain Possession of tho
Legislature.
The Election Of EusNs as United States
senator---A Deadlock in the Con
eral Assembly.
Tho New Census and the Apportion-
mont ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IN Mastery Of the
Situation.


Situation.
!sptetai co7vspondtncs of TAe cate1oo 7Stbune. I
New OnLEANs, Jan. 10.-The Louisiana situ1-
tion is again 10 be csassod as interesting. Bat
for circumstances intervening BY way Of
dnmpor, It might be said as promising 10 10 do
cIdcdly revolutionary. "The people," ~ tho
Democracy havo It, llavn nRasn, aa in good old
timor,-tn so far, at least, ~ Convention may
lccide,-auhmlttod thoir destintcs to
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL
Tho fact, however to DO doplotcd, te no moro
thsn whs reasonably to hayo bson expected.
Conservatism may be all very we'll in the ab-
HtrAct. II sonoda we'll, undoubtedly, to North
ern oars, IN troattnE Of 8outhozn cf1ai1s. Who.
soover banks on CONSERVATIVE capital, novertho.
lass IN times Of political crisis In the South. Is
suro to ind hlrnsols out In tho cold. Ho Ia
worse than bankrupt, indeed, wto reckons it
a. tn any manner rollabio In dealing in mattess
political In 1onteana.
Much as was hoped to tho contrary, consorva-
tlstn WAS oyorsiaughed In the Convention OF
1874. Tho Whito-Lnoss, Or Democracy proper,
proaching Conservatism tho whilo. inaueuratod
! a shotgun campaign, converted tho State into
workable lc!!, anu precipitascd It's people,
finally, Into an open and bloody revolution.
aooming compromise, succoaatul only In that II
| was forco put with tho Democracy, gave sou1o-
thing Hike peace aud 9not to tho State. II was
too happy condition Of at1airs to DO allowed 10
last. As In 1874 tho ovidouces Of tranquility
| were altogether too conclusive Of an acceptance,
On tho Fart Of its peopo. Of the existing Govern.
mont OF tho State. AS thet, they muss bo upBet
by d general stirriug-up OF tho pso-
plo to direct md open opposition.
II was nrnctien1ly tim ,ssue, as vail undorstood
! =, ~. = =, ~ ..t,n "a uI,a,...u.4, o,......AI
~ spo NV w.
Conseot'on' iha "1oe'et compromise "oto
to bo
bv ,,,o neon,o IN nnovontion aa.o,nb,.d
w .no ueoplo NA oontoht'on AsHouo'eu.
Iho programme ns openly promulgated 10 ao-
vance, was carried ont to tho letter. Tho com-
promise Conservatism may bo said to havo had
practically neither sdyocato nor representative
A.. To..1a.ts." .rhs a.s...,,, T. ...as.I,,s
sns esssto n'., ~ t
Ar. Leonard, formerly editor Of tic Shreveport
T1n,c,. Ioonnra Ind boon the boldont Of tbo
.,a H. .nn.aoa ~ o,,,s a.,a
IN D9d tbo campaign % Of is7a Mo had faien % IN With
tho compromise as practically solu-
tton of the teguea involved, He
hid ,contc,. and vna dIanos,d to nnho1a, liz
nAo aeop.ou. aua ""s ussp'aou :" upnU.ut ,,a ~
provisions In good faith. Ho WAS literally
chokcd down In his Efforts 70 obtain A hearing
In Tho Convention. With ali Of hia former pop,
n,sr;ty. he controlled a slncIe ycee aod thst
1 ynto lila own. Uts case NAV be clnsend aa hrt :
fair ,nio1 10 that Of Couserystism in ronorai as
renreaented in i.onfhfnns Thoneynr a nrsis IL ni
band.
4 Convention In control Of the Wh:to. Lipera
. meant 1t once as interu1etat bv Renubiicans.
another sbnt- -pnn camna}rn. and iar u3oro itse,
: and y,ndettye. at that. tHan thoono Of 1874. II
| meant a. wojl. II poHeihfo Of nohiovotnont an.
. oome eto tho inaruaratlon Of t,o camns,un.
D1aA1ro,nT1,n WITH coNnnyss
;. Tpcro hns been. ia ths Connection not little
Of disa apno,otm crouin0 ont Of in notion' Of
1 | ratlor thu non-hctfon. AZ our Dnrnocratio Ton.
j eress. With tho insueurotion n the new Con
. E1ays was to como 1t once q decided change i,
. tic Louis!ana situation. The rights of 'tthI
!, people" 90 long and heartceaIy Withhold. wor,
: = sonal conlest-Mo.oy Va. Bneneer-was to prac
ttcally sott1o the lsah Of the Kellogg regime
It's unexpected result though something Of
a dampor, By no monna disposed Of tho caso from
. tho Louisiana Htaudpolnt, Congrosa had aim
: ply beon unable to wholly cut loosa froa
: ita old and tlme>honored rulea /,
government Of contested eaaea. , Th,
its merits. and b enthusiastically disposed Of y;
Tho Democratic Congressman, in tho moAnhme
u must be furnished with the necesBary mora
- backing for the caso In hnnd. The Convention
. II satisfactorily Managed, was 10 fll tue measur
. OF requirements in tho case. A Convention
repreBeating united aud dotormined peopo, Ii
= open Reputation OF tho compromise, was +
| thus effect At uLCo reopenipR OF tho Louf9iAp
case.
g The Convention wae all that tho most erf}op
d of White Liners avon could well dealro. ri
,r Wheeler coupromise may be- said to have Doe
b repudtated literally. with good, old.fashtouo,
J. Confedorats yell.
10 Cougrets, witha1, strangely enough a It vou!t
l. eeom, 10 far, ut least. fAts to respond. Tb
+ Louisiana case remains "a befofo In statu quo
More sgeravatlng ytlls, the DemocratIc naornbuyt
ss understood, SLOW = manifest dispoHition t
shirk tie issue. Tho Louisiana case, 10 tact
with ali AT their oId.time i,onfe5orata yeaj
al ono with which, AZ oyllont. thoy eonehow It'll,
,g care to Rrapple. How to force The Issue, il I'll
10 problem In hand.
. rur orn cnr,p.1'r,rar pnnnnavrr
~ Tho Gcnegal Assomby. too. from Tho fri
" formed al itself a shnsk-ahrhar III honA
!. must needs, of eourso, be- Thoroughly sayol1
ar tinnize1 The Iovar Tn.,se ~ src and svar
cnat rn1,at hc hrnnrh. intn n1nnsr snS,sctIcn
In was mnrn Than rnr"Yuarv n ihe 1enaraI echann
! -S"-t~s