The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-02-16
LOUISIANA BEFORE THE COMMITS
SION.

In 1872 Mcljncry was duly elected
Governor of Louisiana over kellogg by
II large majority. This fact was never
disputed by any honest man who ex-
amincd the case. Nevertheless, tho
Returning Board Ofthe State counted
III Kellogg by fraud, and Grant recog-
nizCu him MS Governor, and upheld the
usurpcr with the sword. Two years
afterward II committee Of Congress, u
majority OF whom were Republican,,
stigmat,zed this Returning Board AS
dishonest and unworthy Of confidence;
but by the Intervention Of William(A.
Wheeler, who was ono of the commit
tee, II compromise was imposed upon
the powerless people of Louisiana,
whereby Kellogg was left in the Gov
ernor's Office.
Last iall tho Tildcn aud Hendricks
electors were chosen in Louisiana by u
majority OF about 5000. NotWith-
| standing this decisive verdict of tho peO-
pie, the Returning Board Of that State,
by series of knnVish ana fraudulent
practices that would have made the
most tlepraved of Boss Tweed's ballot
box suffers blush threw out legal votes
enough to count in tho Hayes and
Wheeler electors by three or four thou
sand majority. This being done, Kcif-
ogg, the usurping Governor, commits
stoned these bogus electors, who, In
due time, assumed to cast the eight
votes of Louisiana for Hayes and
Wheeler, and then sent an authenticat-
ed certificate of that transaction to
Ferry, tho President of the Senate, to
be counted by him in order to carry In
the Republican candidates.. 49,.
No intelligent person doubts tho
truth of these statements. The main
facts have not only been proved this
winter before committees Of Congress-,
but the testimony tends strongly to
show that the Returning Board were
bribcd to count in the Republican cleo
tors.
Ere long the Louisiana case will
come before tho Electoral Commission.
a motion will doubtless be made to in
quirc into the real facts pertaining to
the election i'm that state for the sim
pie purpose Of nscertaining whether n
majority of its people voted for Tilden
and Hendricks. "a "v""" -
| ior Hayc, ana :. !4-oler, -a q. .'ss-s .u
usurping Governor, and Wells and the
other pcrjurcd scOundrels Of the re
turning Board, say they did.
J The whole nation viii read and re-
!lcco upon TINS mott nd VA. ...~n
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| Atn.c,, .o,,i,..,. E..iH, = t....,.a
strong, and Joseph +. Bradley, ASSOC
ciatc Justices of tho Supreme Court;
and will watch to see If any and which
of these jurists join in an order direct
ing Congress to count the eight votes
of Louisiana for Hayes and Wheeler.
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