The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-20
THE NEWS.
Tweed's Confession Said to
be Correct.
Letter Of Gov. Nichols to
the Commission. |
Desertions from the Pack
ard Legislature.
The Strike of the Locomo-
tive Engineers.
More Counterfeiters Ar
rested.
LOUISIANA.
Resolutions Of the POckard Legisla-
rnFe.

Resolutions Of the POckard LeSisla-
tuFe.
NEW ORLEANS, April 19.-The Pack
ard legislature met in caucus tonight
and adopted the following, on motion oI
Mr.. Dinkgrsve, of Madison:
The members OF the House of Repre-
| sentstIves and Senate of the State o
Louisiana, meeting in caucus in the State
| House. in the city of New Orleans, this
10Th day of April, 1877, adopt the follow
ing statement US expressing their view;
of the present condition OF affairs In this
State:
/. They have an unslterable taith
in the legality and justice Of the claim
OF 5. b. Packard and the government
| oil which he Is the head TO be the legal
government OF the state o: Louisiana
legally returned, legally installed and le-
gaiiy embodylng the will OF majority
Vi the people.
2. That the disintegrstion of the legal
General Assembly, meeting IN tAe State
House and acknowledging the authority
| OF Gov. Packard, recently witnessed, was
brought about by the direct agencies OF
the gentlemen, citizens OF other states,
sent here by the President with lnsLru:-
tions, which have been on y partially
| made known and the nature OF which
Can be only inferred by the actions o!
said Commission, their expressed opin-
ions and the agencies tney have enl-
ployed, among which we ennumerate
the following: On the evening OF Tues
dav, the l7th day OF April, on which day
the pretended House of Representatives
supporting the claims OF Nichols to the
governorship, was, without sem0labce
OF q legal quorum, ss 1t has cor
tiauousy been since It's or
ganlzstion, certain members oi
the Commission appointed by tie Presl-
dent requested consultation with the
| members OF the General Assembly.
Some twelve members of the house and
two from the Senate responded To this
| invitation. TO them the members OF the
Commission known to belong to the Re-
publican party stated that the terms OIL
| Tered BY the Nichols Legislature, which
included the seating of three Democratic
memb bers from the city of New Orleans
VIGOROUSLY defeated, even according to
tue Democratic claims, but the recognl-
ton of whom was requisite TO give even
a show OF legality to the organization OF
the Nichols House, were the
best and the only terms they
could procure, they distinctly recon-
mended the Republicans assembled by
their invitation to accept these terms, and
MIR. MacVeigb, one OF the members OF
the Commission, whilst retrainlng from
openly endorsing the proposition, en-
| phasIzed IL with this remark: eli there
Is any member OF the Legislature who
entertalps the most lingering idea that
the troops are going TO remain, for God
sake dissbuse him of that idea, for they
are going to be removed
4. That as direct result of this intl-
nation and implied threat OF the Presl-
dents commission, several members ct
the legal legislature have today joined
the so-cal,ed Legislature of General
Nichols.
5. We therefore charge upon these
gentlemen, If, rs they assert, they have
acted simply in their Individual capacity,
| an unwarrantable interference with the
| domestic affairs OF State TO which they
do not belong and n flsgrant violation OF
the principle of local sef.government OF
State by the President. Il, on the other
hand their action in the manner set
forth has been directed by the Cniet Ex-
ecutlve OF the nstlou, We lave it TO be
characterized in betting terms by the
American people.