Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-05
LOUISIANA.
Resolutions by the House Condemn
ing the senate Bill ReViVing the
Returning Beard.
II is scheme Utterly at Variance with
the Terms of the Wheeler Com.
promise.

NEW ORLEANS, February AIN the
| house to-day, Mr.. Kidd offered the fol-
| lowing preamble and resolutions, which
were adopted:
WHEREAS, The house Of representa-
tives of the 5tatesof Louisiana, actuated
| by sincere desire to have all future
elections in this State conducted peace
ably and with the utmost fairness to sill
parties, have passed at the present ses-
sion ga election bill which, in its main
and essential features, cannot be object
ed to by no one desiring the maintenance
OF the purity of the Dallot-boX or hav-
ing the peace Of the State at heart; and
whereas, the senate CT the State have
passed a substitute for that bill contain
ing the most odiOus features of a return
ing board and provisions santi-Republican
in their character, and which tend to de-
stroy the expressed will of the people at
the ballOt-bOX-prOvision ons which are in
sulting to the common sense and decen-
cy of every intelligent citizen of Louisi-
ana, and. which in any free and inde-
pendent State Of this Union would not
be tolerated for one moment, and which
if adopted here would inevitably pro-
dCce civil strife, disrupt society and de.
stroy the remnant Of cur prosperity;
and whereas, the State OF Louisiana
has been pilloried in shame and dis
grace by the scandslOus and outrageous
conduct of the present returning board,
whoge powers Sre not go great as those
which this senate substitute invests its
proposei returning board with; and
whereas, this house is unalterably and
upon principle opposed to the adoption
OF any law providing for o returning
board, Of any description whatever, al
though this nouse, under its provisions,
should be entitled to select sll of its
members; aud whereas, under 3 COM
pact established by the Wheeler Adjust
ment, the executive OF the State and
members Of the general assembly COM
mitted themselves to a governmental
policy to be marked by reform, and re-
formatory measures, Of which this sub
stitute is not one; therefore,
Resolved, That it is with exceeding
regret that this house has knowledge of
the passage by the senate OF this substi-
tute bill, and sincerely trusts that it may
reconsider its determination to send said
bill to this house for its concurrence;
aud thst it is the sense OF this house that
a persistence on the part of any depart
ment or branch Of this government to
adopt this substitute bill, or any bill pro-
NlAALB y iOi y DOeNAAs WAAA bC VIZ
lative Of the true intent of the Wheeler
adjustment, and that this house will cub
sequently be absolved from 5ll obliga-
tons hereunder, and in the future
should conduct lis proceedings accord
ingly.
Resolved, That it is the sincere and
ardent wish OF the members Of this
house to see the next aud all future elee-
tions in this State conducted fairly,
pesceably and with perfect considera-
tion for the rights and opinions OF all
men, and at all times Sre willing to sin
ceTely guarantee their assistance to carry
out this desire, but that they can never
yield their assent to an election law
which would again invite arbitrators
from olhsr States, which again would
produce ridiculous aspect of settle
ment of a Louisiana election in the city
OF New York, aud which sg4in would
cheat the will Of the people as expressed
at the ballot-box, and would inevitably
lead to civil csmmotiOn, strife and even
bloodshed, and crush out the last remain.
ing hope for a coming prosperity to our
most unfortunate and impoverished
State.