The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-09
THE DUTY or THE HOUSE OF REP.
REsENTATIvEs- 4 DAY TO DE

We are past the first week In Fcbrla-
nv. There IRE three legal holidays pc
sides Sundays, In this month. SO thatthe
working days. for the Legislature, are
few compared with the work that should
be done.
We respectfully warn our represen-
tatives against delay. II conference
committees are organized, ms to the Re-
turning Board Law, let idle discussions
he avoided. Bring the Radicals to the
poipt at once, and compel decision.
THEY 30 NOT INTEND. TO REPEAL THE HE-
TURNING Board FEATURE. They know
that in Louisiana the Democratic
party will sweep tho State next
fall by thirty thousand majority.
There will DO an election. for every
state officer except Treasurer, Tor
half the Senators, fora new House, forall
civil officers, for all judges. and new
Supreme Court will be organized by the
successful party. With a fair election
there will not be left vestige OF Radi-
oalism in tho State. The stealage, the
"Ioot." tho matchmaking. the rings,
will all be gone. There will DO no more
spojls. nor plumber. The monopolies,
the exclusive privileges, and all the
we'll laid schemes which the devilish In
genuity Of tho leaders OF the Reputh-
can party In Louisiana has enabled
them to devise for the robbery OF the
people, will wither and perish forever In
The presence Of Democratic and Con-
servative victory.
Where will. thon. be the princcly re-
venues which the New Orleans Rep,tbH-
ran draws from u people who are unwil-
Iingly taxed for It's support Where
will. then, be all the money-maktng APP
pliauces. the warrant sales, tho "bulling
and bearing" Of public securities, and
the ring laws. which have made char
ncterless bu,nmers rich Where, thcn,
will be tho "open sesame" which has.
since 1868. admitted tho faithful Radical
few to the robbers cave. which these
men have made Of the State Treasury ?
Where will be the registration and cleo
tion machinery, which. In the hands OF
the Lohgstrects, and Andersons. and
Lynches. has proved so potential In an
nulling maiorities Of votes, aud induct-
ing defeated candidates into the offices,
which the popular vote had closed
against them
What Is to become Of tho Hawkinses,
the Dibbles, the Souers, the Lowells.
the Clintons. the Wickliffes?
Where, in all the regions OF this hab-
table globe can William Pitt Kellogg
find a hiding place In whose recesses he
can escape the well-deserved contempt
which his mendacious and corrupt con
duct has excited In the minds Of oil in
telligent men throughout all portions
Of the United States?
In the North, these plundering gangs
are not oountenanced, and they kn0,o ii.
In tho South. their power Is broken in
every State except in Louisiana and
South Carolina, and they kno,c it.
In Louisiana, their power will be also
broken whenever tho people can fairly
elect. and they know 1t; and their dires'
dread Is a fair election.
Their power over the deluded negro Is
gone, and they kno,e It. Mississippi has
proven this, and they kno,c IL: and they
equally know that IL the Radicals Of
Mississippi had possessed the Anderson
Wells Board, and the majority Of the
Louisiana Supreme Court, the Radical
defeat OF thirty thousand would have
been counted a Radical victory. Any re-
duired number Of fictitious votes would
have been manufactured hence
their filth In returning board.
Understanding these facts, who car
expect those men willingly to repeal the
Returning Board law? As well may We
expect them to yield the places which
they hold, in violation Of all law ant
decency, to their lawfully elected com
pctitors, or to return to the Treasury the
money which they have abstractcd
from IL.
The people have but one hope of RELIEF
by peaceful means. The House OF Rep
rcsontatives can relieve the State q
Kellogg. Antoine, Anderson. and all The
rest Of our oppressors.
Tho House Is independent of the Sen
L
ato It can impeach, and impeachment
as to executive officers, is suspension.
Kellogg, Antoine and Anderson, were
they DESTROYS OF reform, in three days
time could secure the PRONUNCIATION Of
all laws necessary for fair election ant
return.
Will tho House act ? If 1t fails, al
this critical moment, will not It's mem
bers DO responsible to the people Of Tho
State for all the misfortunes which may
follow? We do not believe that there
will be failure in this duty. The very
spirit of all political conservatism dc
mands that the House require the pro
mitigation OF oil laws. essential to a fail
election and return, within limited
time, and should the demand be disre
garded. then that the alternate remedy
for the protection Of the people be un
sparingly applied. The remedy Is law.
full. There Is nothing rcvolutionar,
about 1t. It will be the legal. constitu
tional action OF the House Of Represent
atives. taken for the protection Of the
whole people Of the State, against the
lawless and unprincipled acting officials
who. taking advantage Of the positions
to which they were never elected, in
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