The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-11
TIE CRISIS IN LOUISIANA.
SMALL THE vOTE or THE People
BE HONESTLY COUNTEDY

Influential Men of the Nation REQUESTED "a
Exercise their Moral Power for Pence
where n seriou. Outbreak Is Imminent.
The National Democratic Committee
-s,s.araaz sent tbs following despltch 70 4
number Of leading public men 10 the Northern
States:
Citizens OF New Orleans urgently request that
delegation OF prominent gentlemen come there st
once to counsel peace ana fair and honest return.
You earnestly requested to be OF ten fifteen
gentlemen, all widely known, TO meet at Louisville.
Gait House, on Saturday evening, proceeding direct
South, or II more convenient meeting at ct. Charles
Hotel. New Orleans on Monday morning. Your
prompt acceptance by telegraph Is requested. This
emergency appeals to your patriotism.
ABRAM 8. HEWITT Chairman.
In reply the following named gentlemen have
teleRraphed that they will go Immediately TO
New Orleans: Senator Lyman Trumbull, Ill.
Gov. j. NJ. Palmer. ILL.,; Senator Hamilton, Ind;
Senator J. II. Doolittle, WIS.,; ex-Gov. Cool
baugh, Chicago J. u. Stallo, Cincinnati; Oswald
Ottendorfsr. N. Y; Henry watterson, KY; ex-
Gov. Randolph, N j.: ex-Gov. Smith, Wis; Gov.
Carroll, Md; Prof. Sumner, Yale College: ex-
Secretary Navy @. " Fox, Conn; the Hon. g. ].
Randall, Penn; ex-Gov. Blgler, Penn; the Hon.
Robert Mclean, Nd.
Zach Chandler engaged room in the third
story Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. and
intended to stay there last night, but early In
the evening he received a telegram from WASH
ington urgently calling him to that city. He did
not wait for his trunk, but hurried into a coach,
a small vallse was thrown into the vehicle after
him, and he was driven to the Jersey City ferry
to cross to the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad station.
A leading member OF the Manhattan Club said
last evening, There has been some very earnest
talk to-day about an indignation meeting to
49, 49,
cerning the suppression OF the election returns
from Louisiana and South Carolina, and the we'll
grounded belief. generally entertained, thai
that suppression is for the urpose of aiding
stupendous and outrageous fraud. Upon ma
ture consideration, however, IL has been de-
termined to postpone such a denomination
until we are positive that It is warranted by thu
facts:
" he gentlemen who have been invited to 90
South. TO ascertain the actual condition Of
affairs and learn whether our fears are well
founded, will let US know Immediately what are
the results Of their investigations. some OF
All the others who can go will start as quickly
as possible. should II prove true that the VIII
Of the people has been set at naueht bJ cor.
rupt system for the Maintenance In power OF
an uIHrincipled league OF othcehOlders, then, 10
such meeting IA that proposed. we are well
assured very many honest leading Republicam
and the true men Of the masses in that pattJ
Will join with us heartily In denunciatiO oi the
| outrage. Indeed, prominent Republicans have
visited our headquarters to-day aud said az
| much. fr inkly and OPENLY"
| Y, NOV. H. ne report tuht senator
| Beck, Henry Wdttcrson, and Others have gone
| to New Orleans Il premature. Mr.. WattersDn is
stil In this city and In reply to inquiries says IL
| the persons named should 60 to New Orleans,
| they would 90 in the interest OF peace aud or
der, proposing to exert their influence as far as
| possible over the excited masses NOW collected
| in that city. They could do no mora In any
| event than to inform themselves reasonably
| Mr. Wltterson eApre sses the opinion that II viii
be eninently proper for Gov. HAYES and Gov.
| 1ilden, Jointly and by agreement, to send par
| ties II ir ends to New Orleans. headed respec-
| lively 10y Charles Francis Adams and William VI.
| Evarts and composed of conservative men who
| II we the confluence OF the country. lie thinks
| that such arrangement may secure a fair
| count of the votes and satisfy the whole people,
| avertng most dangerous Issue and perhaps an
| outburst of violence.
CHICAGO. Nov. l0-Gen. John VI. Corse, Chair
| man # the First District Democratic Congress
| sional Committee, started for Louisiana last
| night.
| PHILADELPHIA. Nov. l0.-In accordance with
| the request OF Gov. Kellogg OF Louisiana that
| prominent men should 10 from the North to In
ct the counting ofthe votes In that state, the
| President has invited the following named gen
| tlemen to 90 to New Orleans for such purpose
| HE Hon. W. u. Kelley OF Penns lyani 3, q IN,
J. \. Garfield Of ono, tho Hon }. A. k"s'-- -,
I -.lg "a .ennstlydnia, nd
Gen. j. a. Logan Of Illinois. Most of these cen
| iictncn have accepted, and viii reach New or
| leans within few days.