Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-15


81 apprebend, General Sheridan, that you
are no great admirer of Packard's coteriee"
mo. But under existing circu ms tances
! States. Yet, as said, they are too kees aud
/ too stolid TO be cheated themselves. The re-
| turning board is as reliable as anything you
! can get In Louisiana The impartislity OF
/ all parts OF society is destroyed there. Gus
sedness had to be met by Indifference"
Are the persons you have named the best
.Warmoth Is the sblest politician there.
Where those fellows rely on troops he uses
MS own resources. He never desponds, keeps
cool, deals diplomstlcally, and without
having any physique 10 speak OF, puts them
ali in fear. They will tell you, In all parties,
that he is the ablest politician in Loutsi-
ana"
Your wing of the party have feared that
Packard would, at least, count himself and
the state ticket IMP"
"wel we know Hayes runs very much
ahead OF Packard. II there is any danger II
is that kellogg and Packard may try 10 pull
TIER vote up by Hayes's."
Gen. sheridan SAID there were 5000 white
republicans out OF 5000 white votes, and
that the negro vote was in excess or the
whole white vote about 20 900.
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS.
tics there?,
1.-THE democrats have no such staying.
practical character for politics as the north
ern democrats. The creoies work with fury
10 gain slight advantage, and wneu they
lose they sit down and moan. Besides the
which are always out OF agreement There
is the Writ faction, the McEnery faction,
&c, &c. They live In coteries. Toe repub-
licans 60 together generally or unite for a
common victory without the thoughts of
past differences. The day for men like SouIe,
Slidell, and Benjamin is past In Louisiana"
"Who leads their psrty-the democrats?-
"McEnery Is very much consulted by
, them. He is Mississippi man, a LAWYER In
New orleans, with q residence at Monroe,
in the northern part. He is a gentleman %,
moody at times, watchful, not without per-
sonal ambition. Their campaign this year
clan. Penn, who got the reputation OF Iced.
Ing the insurreci ion TO plant McEnery In
the governors office, is not much trusted by
Wirtz, their candidates, are soldiers, Put
together, they are Indifferent politicians.
The great reliance OF the party is to kill aud
1Dt1midate, particularly In the rural parts"
"Now, General Sheridan, suppose Louisi-
ana was transferred to the democrats, would
IL not be administered about as well as
There wouldn't be much difference They
| could raise the revenue and apply 1t just
about as well as We do-no better. The state
another TSaf ise SlIy
much desired by them, as they are poor.
They would have their schemes In a few
"Would they repudiate the state debt?u
81 think not. They would want credit for
J their own projects"
Would they prosecute the northern men
"There are some northern men who would
leave the state. The blacks would have a
! mighty hard time for awhile"
"Would they be dragooned to work with
out wages?'
"No. Louisiana cannot get along without
That labor. There can be no such thug as
| slavery there again, and TO restrain wages
| would be TO drive labor out OF the state.
There would be intimi iation, Whipping. and
| the total extinction OF the negro republican
| vote. 1t would never kick again. The whole
| experiment OF reconstruction would turn
out benefit to enlarge the rebel representa-
| ton in Congress-
"Will New Orleans be a great city again?p
eyes, and national city. She wa ats gov
| eminent help to open the Mississippi and
give her comm unications. The worst an
1cfpate just low is possible riotipg."
"Wbat would be the effect of that?"
"Not any thing long. 1t would solidify
the north Instantly. But the democrats have
an element that does not respect their own
authority"
Mr.. Richardson telegraphs from New Or
leans to the Baltimore Sun, of an interview
with Gov. kellogg yesterday:
al asked him what his candid opinion was
as TO the result Of the election? He declared
that he was not willing to say at this time
how the state had gone, as he had not SUN.
cfent data before him TO form q correct judg
ment. As TO the legislature he said the re-
publicans had that, and all hell could not
take 1t away from them. His spirits have
risen very much, and he now exhibits the
utmost serenity. He says that he has moth
Ing q: all to do with the returning board or
| It's acts; denies positively that any Of the
present members OF IL are ineligible, and
| scouts as not TO be tolerated for an instant
any idea that the board has no jurisq lotion
over the counting OF the electoral VOTE. He
had all the Louisiana statutes bearing on
| the subject OF elections before him, and
pointed out to me the various provisions
able them to counteract any efforts OF the
| conservatives. The returning board will act
not under the old law, but under the new
4 PVrn<n n a nfN q. y L.
by which the conservatives thought they
would be able TO defeat him. Tue legisla-
tuIe, he stated, Is vested by law with the sole
governor, and It can in ave minutes suspend
the governor from exercising the functions
| OF ONCE. With this body in the hands OF the
radical candidate for governor, can be kept
\ out
The construction now put upon the cleo
puts difierent phase on ses siIuatiob p anS
| adds 70 the complications. Gov. Kellogg
| says he Is delighted that many prominent
Will now have an opportunity to see for
! themselves "the villafnies OF the white peo-
PIE here" BE has telegrsphed asking that
| governor said he did not want any more
VIM. Walter Phelpses 10 come; that Phelps
was very nice young man who partei his
| be was surrounded by white leaguers, aud II
Niger appeared to testify he was kicked
| Gown st8irts he J0lnkB P1nchback will
come around all right to the support of
Packard. said to him that 1 was Informed
by the democratic committee that not one
single case OF violence occurred It the polls
In the whole state on the day of the election.
He admitted that this might possibly be the
case, but that all the intimidation had taken
place beforehand.
Just at this point q colored gentleman
nom the interior was ushered In with load
OF intimidation affidavits. The governor
looked At them and said:-'That's right;
bring along your affidavits; we will give
them enough of them. We want the people
OF the north, |" said he, ''to see this thing for
themselves. Things are bad enough with both
parties here, admit, but II they get at the
facts they will see that all the rascality Is
very far from being on our SIDE"
SERIOUS STRIKE RIors.-The strike of
the mechanics OF the Del aware, Lacka wan
ma and Western railroad company, which
has been In progress for six weeks past, cul-
minated at Scranton yesterday in Q serious
riot The strikers made an attack upon
some OF their number who had lately return
ell TO work. and during the tight which en-
sued several were severely Injured. More