The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-27
GOV. KELLOGG ARRAIGNED.
THE REPORT or THE LE0TsLATIrE
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.


They Find him Guilty Of High Grimes and
Mtsdcmennors, and Recommend that he
be Impeached-A Minority Report.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20.-The following is
the report Of tho special committee appointed
yesterday by the Speaker OF the House to In
vestisate the conduct OF Gov. Kellogg:
To ne non Speaisr and Members ofme House or Rep
be By The ana m.s ,.csp s In
tain whether he has committed such high crimes ano
misdemesnors in office while di.ehsrginy tho eutes q
report ihAI said Win r. Kclioss, r'iis scunT a, GOV
m ss ss%ia s .sescs. Ss 1.
OF Governor, OF the Constitution and laws Of the
smbe and reo Elton f9r Se eonsdeeos u the
House ana recommend their adoption.
Here follows a statement OF acts done from
October 1874, TO January, 1915, 10 regard TO the
diversion Of tho State funds, the subst1nce Of
which was contained In report of the AldRe
committee, heretofore telegraphed, and
Whereas, Many of the Democratic and Conservative
members q the House feel bound TO carry out n good
eompSo%lse, not to distufo said ' VIM +. Keoss for
ohcal misconduct occurring anterior TO the lttn day
H6,r,ds. Your committee md on investigation that
IMPOSED upon sim 81 be ana s~ Of the
STATE OF Louisiana while discharging and exercising
lion Of said laws Of the state OF L, usian and his
same as setting governor Of The State of Lousana has
snce and SUBSEQUENT 70 the IAN day OF April 1870,
meanors IN once against the laws and Constitution Of
the state OF LOUISIANA therefore, be IL
Rtspiref. ny the House Of Representatives OF the
committee OF fve members Of TINS House be appoint
ed by the Speaker to to the Senate. and the
thereof the name OF the House Of Representatives
OF the state OF Louisiana, imDeach Wm p Kellogg OF
high crimes and mis- en- anors In office, committed
the 1ith day OF April. 1873. and acQuaint the
time. exhibit particusr articles OF against
h IN, a1d that the committee demand that the Senate
take tho order for the appearance of said WIN. r. KEEL
IoHg TO answer to said impeachment.
The Republicans claim that the report OF the
majority of tho committee was only got before
the House by a gross violation OF parliam entary
rules. Several motions had been made to sus-
pend the rules by two-third vote to take up
the report, hut had been defeated on call OF
yeas and nhys, considerably more than one-tnird
Of the members present being opposed to tue
taking up Uf the REPORT II Is asserted that the
Speaker then murmured something in In
aud hle tone, und declared that n unanimous
consent mad been granted to take up the report.
A number of Republic n members at once rose
to object, but the Speaker ruled that their OBJ
lection came too late.
The minority Of the committee offered a re-
port. setting or h that no Investigation what
ever mad been entered upon 10y the committee 4;
that they had demanded that the Governor
should be heard and had been refused. and that
the whole Proceedings In their JUDGMENT was
revoluti Onary ATTEMPT TO subvert the Govern
ment tliDCstering here commenced by the Re
publicHns, and by agreement the whole subj CT
was post pOned until 10 o'clock on Monday next,
to which time the house djOuined.
Ine conservatives confidently assert that the
House will adopt the report on Mond y.