The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-29

sion 70 appear before the committees. and IN re-
mpeachent e @ MI haS ss bes1 made for paraa i N and
the Wheeler tempromise and ~ tie House had
ioncS 5sfs q without sss 3ess "Ss IL SatEs ases raa 5
ssS"Paps esysd sSa Rss WIZ ktlsss Rs an 9
charges were made. that the Court order that the
caae f,e dismissed. " ~ p. sY-fL.af...
The matter was under oonstdetation when Mr..
hSs hass ana a"aasss sps Wis WI RS Scann sG Rocn s
aud Hall entered. There WINS quite n com'no-
2n q sasutiss .as.a e Ms r,cbe motion MR.
Eustis moved that the House managers should
show cause. II there was aily. why verdict ol
ac1nittgl should not b9 reaeered. oma,.,
iniprhation Ind Gsep rscsved Il The pressnce
tf the Inanagers. and the chair .explnii,etl that
sthsf sssf hs ss AID Dssp L Rs put
Mr.. Witt asked time ~ submit the articles of
!mgsaehmont giving IS = rsason sbet the con-
M. Wharton objeeiel to the eentlomar max
ing any request until II was decided that thero
watsa board Of managers present. .'i ''
Lowell, owe who Ind becn drinking too much,
advanced from his seat and Ia mn excited man
nHr sad Want = S,nta .sna e. 9Ggss wy, q ,Ji 'sJ
him out, while Mr.. Eusts was obioctine b any
fMr. Wilt asked for reeJliae Of tho crctichtals
VI ttts HHttbSfi~. ~ NfsS A1es't iPt"''et
Maaessr# q se Wv Wv = Sa a aoHs" yssSr Of Sr
koonia, q. L. Hall. i, y; Kidd. mLIliT 4. n
Mr. Wiltz desired to know what tho rights Of
the board were under the rules.
The chair informed him that thoy had the
saIie rights as other COUNSEL.
MIR. WtltH requested recess until "Wednesday
to give the Board IN opportunity 10 examine the,
rules, and asked II tho House had boon notified
Of the gction oi the Courtn ordering tho articles
Tho chair informed him Of what had trans
Nj. wharton moved that tho authorization Of
Mr. Witt again requested tune to enable the
Committee 10 post themselves fcgarding their
privileges.
Ing "a any is raauest a MI E,'stis % moved that time
be granted. lk# .T.J .e.H+t4l AE'" FL
A 29a Ss EaF ,sa, ss,2a og e. qESG, ESxsh"' "1 I n
ruled 10 be before the Court. j w,s taken up
and voted upon, and lost hya voto OH yeas to AZ
nayE. *1 lHu
Tho motion OF Mr. TwitobelJ, which wns noxt
IN order. was Withdrawn. and the motion to re-
iect tba credentials Of the Board cems up and
was sssTsa 1Sss the e. vote assn sspans nss h
formed by the. chair TINT he must report what
MIR. Witt replied sl,en. sir. I viii protest
against this outrageous and artTitafy action,
and will report that his body was discharged
without evidence. An official accused Of high
crimes anu ulltla WllIlpuI wv
dence, and refusing ~ receive t. at t..I.t...
He retired, followed by the other membnrs.
Mr.. Twiteholl presented his resolution. pro-
vlding Tor Dismissal Of tho case. and II was
adopted by ~ vote OF 25 yeas to nays: strict
psTFiy TSs SS9i SShservatvo members asked TO bo es
ead a5 pp sonf 1a s AZ sc wou @
renee bad been prescDted, but their request was
Mr.. E,t,stis protested. aflor Tho announcement
pf tho vote IN tho nd that al nm hntT had
been given the HoYse, 7? prepatq charges that
the managers Of !he House had not been re-
that tho order of aoauitaj had heen declared.
s5f"y s,eS" sS'fb Yf9sSfnS,'ap wnaS sas $ ~
or discussion. aud Ia calculated to Increase the
commission Of high crimes and mis,'einenhsrs
by public officials. and this unauthorized impu-
nity, from uinl ofers y premium 10 public Of
He asked thai Il be spread upon The minutes.
but tho court refused to receivo i.
On motion OK Mr. Anderson the chnir amidst
hisses and chcovs about equally divided. de
clarcd Kellogg acquitted.
Tho court then adjourned sine die. end the
seasS Aiep fk'f s Sds 9n,oon, business
House bilT No Rtg i'm net relative tuitlie pTphibi
tion VI the funding and issuing Of consolidated
leans. Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Com
peny, .yaf o,;lSd p; gn and lnsily passed. ,o 10
authorizes, with The consent Of d popular vote, u
special tax on property In New Orleans 10 t,ay
for stock in tho New Orleans and Pacific Rail
road and after considerable debate ii w,snt over
on It's third reading. and tho Senate adjourned
Until $50 a. IN. "Wednesday. .st5t..rz
House.
Tho House n,ot Vt 10 oaltssk spoaher Eatilctte
In tho chair. and the renart aud resolution OF
the Impeachment C"I'mittae wore teAPh y soon
The debate which continued for moge than six
hours was opened by mr. hevisn9 RfalpyI .n,, sn9
against IT, misunderstanding On tho. part ot
the reporter for thu DEMocRAT. us To The hour
of meeting prevented him from hearing THESE
gentlemen and from giving abstracts of their
Mr., Witt would scarcely have had a word to
say ttpon this svbject had not nn attempt been
ot the House what their court,e should
be. Betraseniatives reFted under q solemn r. re-
od Thss *, TSys "s sT2t w 70 sc
with private citinen. He had !aken no oath.
He was not accountable Tor his advice or ms die
tation TO members. He oschpcd every rnsponsi-
bility, however much he might presume to dis
regard the conscience and tho honor of repre-.
sentative. As TO tho nature ot the charges that
had been found against kellogg thsy were
sacred Of all funds tho fund set aside by The
funding act to pay interest upon tho public debt.
He had been greatly instrumental In setting
With viii, which the law Invested Il, but he was the
very first 10 yiolate the law TO take from the in
terest fund fifty thousand dollsrs to pay mo
tropolitan policemen for invading the peace
able homes Of the people Of The State. Il The
report Of tho committee Of which Mr.. Aldige
was chairman to investigate tho admnfs-
tration of tho Auditor and the Treasurer
was examined and the evidence siited.
he tMr. Wiitzl did not know how any
member could 90 back TO his constituents with
out having brought TO public account The man
who was pointed to in every line Of the testimony
as the chief Of those who trampledt tho law under
foot. Was IL possible that for bringing this
culprit to an account, as the copstitutionand the
lnws demand od, we were to have rcvoiutfon, as
was threatonedp Would any one on that noor,
or of IT, charge him tMr. Witt, native Of the
state, dearly loving her, with design to.
provoke Turbulence or disorder! was any
sueh outfry as this made when Dir. Aldiges COM
mitteo reported resolution to impeachand pros
ecute the minor Offenders the Treasurer and
this fragrant breach Ok law IL was
argued that Mr.. Kellogg should have been al
lowed a hearing and "a defense before the com
mittee and before the House. The House was
the grand inquest of the State. II found impeach
ment as u Grand Jury would lind an indict.
ment Did any one ever hear OF a party accused
being allowed "a heariug before q Grand jury
There was no precedent in tho whole history OF
government for 3uch proceed
ure Kellogg was to bo tried by the senate:
There he was to appear. There he could defend
himself rs an ordinary culprit defended himself
before u traverse Jury. !,
ground. Passing over instruments In the 9old
Of law which had beon, proved, IT.
struck at the head. he whose sworn duty 1t was
to SEQ that no law was violated. They iiad DE,
tarmined to make a conspicuous example. ana
they leveled the axe at him who was highest u
used the whole weight of his official power TO
maka others outrage the law. !85