The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-11
W. P. KELLOGG.
75FrrLs A LONG YARN or HIS AD-
VENTURES in THIS STATE.


Il 1rhouwIlt or Mim-The Bullet Holes In
~ Carriagc- ther wonderful Adven-
1arcs.
noinnati ENQUIRER Interview with Kellogg1
Tp whom are you under original obliga-
LII Tor being made Collector OF New Orleans
q To Lyman Trumbull, Richard! Yates, James
III and David Davis for being. made Chief
7Slics Or Nebraska. ] went to New Orleans
<0ffi bts Louis by the steamer. Mepham. Sam.
1lly was with me. We arrived In New Or
6re. bun day. June a. 1866.
Il Thbre begun an eventful careerY
FesYpg, hHd the greatest Federal office In the
IH1it1h ut thirty-fotr years Of age. ! look back
III ana wonder, as On impetuous politician,
R4t Itlid not make greater mistakes. Inc Ne
]ablioan party looked to my office as the bull
H1Ik gf their supremacy there. Gems. bs y ss
Snfed the rotunda OF the Custom House to
mi 4 Republican meeting. The colored peo,,;
dee2rnsd Il with sfgps:. Em.a.n . patton
3EB 0f New Orleans pitched into me. about 1t,
- - some people petitioned johnson to remove
was sustained by MeCqlloch and William lam
8hnndler, the two Secretaries. however. and
ynNsUn always sustained me-"
INNOVATION.
sMas there anything Of innovation In your
h qs, I Wps Che first person to appoint c12lore9d
e. Hpe edr sf Sep Srsans was The rs
Qointee. made him inspector. when TINS
dome purant da Ponte editor Of the Ores
who is now going about washington IN VIII
3tlg. wrote an article commenting the act.
th8 other newspapers attacked me- Mr..
1t Collector Of Galveston, dared not appoint
xfQes. The Crescent expired because II was
WI, ior pns ae 9pln2nh e paos r aaen
blaincd Of the appointment Of negroes, and
n.on sent special agent to look into 1t. but
6sn yea we5e elected the first Senator
y was elected Senator In recognition of my
M IA keeping up the Hepnblicsn party. |
&blted Tho exchequer and the Custom House
erlbuted to the election expenses. gave
[9a0th t1tO0 for the campaign as O st contri-
|pns had never been TO Q political meeting
5xQnisiAnA mp to. the time was elected"
xffofi reoeived2e
iris, y State Senator. formerly of Milwau
ss lad sei been WIZ ooeetor more
IA three years, and was not. unpopular
r. my GLASS. The New Orleans Picdyg,e said
u y Northern man was to pe elected Sena-
HUI i native. George William on, now
Miat6r to Central America. q native. with
xW III my favor. may add that Coy Jas. b.
4dmRny Democrat. always backed me up
II President Johnson"
KEtLoGa's BoUNTIEs.
nut did you do In the Senator"
Oil. drew and introduced the original
H8 Pacific railroad, bill, Robert J. Walker
68d mo To do It he had introduced similar
&86uIy years before II is Senate bill No.
Jacob Howard was at the head OF the COM
5qas II was defeated by the thirty-sixth par
tailrCad Interests. but finally passed March
~ YOU are the author of the great schism in
80mocratic party, Texas Pacific or no Texas
WIN made popular In Louisiana by that BILL
when 4 ran for Governor led Grant nearly
XnteE.
)id You serve out you Senatorial term2"
HI resigned In the fall of 1879 to be Gov
0r* having been elected over McEnery.
r thht office Jan. g. 1873 and held 1t until Jan.
have been absent from the Senate five
Mo n tbe dsssa
,I resume Y Y the seat ! resigned, unoccupied
POLITICAL EQUINOX.
plit1cai equinox"
II sx1s Pacific bill Ia In my handwriting. and
Ill before me when Wrote Il the original bill
0bvrt ]. Walker. He handled the finances
a8 war by which we acquired the territory
480Rh which the railroad runs l was the
Hog 1dnciary officer of the Republican
N IA the South. In my control Of Louisiana
N the Custom House, building has been
sd and the mouth Of the Misslssippi deep,
Sxe4 PIE N mississippi river levee bill. Other |
night lave done better, but In all these
Hui Respects have worked for Louisiana
~ were Illinois or my native Vermont"
H6 cQmpaign OF 1872 led to the rupture of
: 81 !. but won't go into that. Warmoth sup
ri Nc Emery with the ambition OF going to
tnntg From that time ! nave nt ruled so.t me az
l1iann has been funded ct sixty cents on the
lxfs under my plan and compromise and
Hate debt Is little more than It was before
#WHt That plan liz extending to other South
~ 1IknfAQ Whhn ran for Governor ths buSt-
y people, Democrats ut that, supported me
n energy, and got hundreds of Democratic
Hhey claimed that McIInery was really
3all. the general concession there IL that
mo candidates really elected were Kellogg
#80fnor. and Penn Lieutenant Governor.
4ou have had to turn good many sharp
have always acted with promptness, and
I'M STAYED over many a dilemma by rapidity.
S$Y had me impeached. but turned It into
&4rHe by the instantaneous way went to
KELLoaa's INTENTIONS.
3op have seen a good many riots in your
8ee. There always will be riots in New Or
4Ha. In 1868. before secession, Beauregard
W visit the city from Baton Rouge with
companies of Uni.od States troops and
%uac them In the Custom House: civic
Non was taking place, The Latin portion
{ 3dspopulatica ID armed and always excita-
IN Uni llI6 " THO lE0u SuSus uOuS5
ia its rAnGe will include 90, 900 people who can
HRpeiy speak the English language. and who
nDt sse III. Some of them have never been
$XB Canal street"
Varmoth and yourself have been the only
L II Ropublican Governors of Louisiana, then,
&f&v6n years. Why did you quarrel ?"
don't know that there is any quarrel now.
6apported Greeley and McEnery and sup
fed Grant,
kfs you going to oppose bingham Law
&0'e confirmation ~
have only one position on that question. /
36r Packard first. After that | don't care.
x4ncH Iii not a Republican. Packard has
z f9yarything he had to sustain the Republi-
n f6arty should feel myself contemplate If
A not give him full and hearty support"
h. PACKARD.
"a Jkas do you think Of packard's calibre2"
1& &l fs h brave, sturdy, steady. honest fellow,
faa1S great tact No man from the North will
y louisiana SO much respected. Had been
n HI place--and this Is to his credit would
awe let my Legislature disintegrate. But
4 Nuldn't trade with those fellows. His hon
and resting his cass on tnat OF Hayes, lost
3&n vantage. We had the Republican party
srv good shape there. and If Hayes had
Iorted us would have made Louisiana q
lament Republican State"
8Idsyou enjoy the political activity there ?"
u 166ztngly. It was a perpetual adventure. l
IA be6n live times shot at. Mr.. Wheeler, the
S President borrowed my carriage when
SfSa and fnnocently asked how 1t got so many