The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-29
KELLOGG TALKS.
A Gloomy Outlook for the Republican
Party In the southern states.
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A gloomy OUTLOOK Tor the ReptDl1cAn
Party In the southern states.
New York SUM-
Ex- Governor and ex-senator William
Pitt Kellogg, OF Louisiana, was seen at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. A
Sun reporter inquired, "What are your
prospects Of being admitted to seat in
the Senate this fall ?"
have not canvassed the matter at
all since Congress adjourned" replied
the Ex-Governor. II do not know
whether will be admitted or not, and /
do not propose to give myself any un-
necessary concern about it. / think my
claim is a good one, and the Senate is
competent to decide the qualifications
OF it's members. have hardly spoken
to a Senator on the subject since March.
You will remember, perhaps, that the
committee Of which Senator Morton is
chairman, reported in favor Of admit
ting me to the seat. What may transpire
q month hence I cannot tell. / shall
not canvass for it, or buttonhole Sena-
tors In an effort TO obtain the seat. I
may not even go to Washington to look
after the matter, but shall leave my case
entirely in the hands of the Senate. IL
the Republicans choose to admit me
they can do 80. [ think 1t would be I'M
dignified for me to beg them to do SO.
- Is it true that you are not going to
return to Louisiana in case you are not
admitted 2" asked the reporter.
No. There is no truth in such re-
port. There Is no foundation for the
story. 1t is mere gossip. 1 think the
Senate in two years will be Dem ocratie
anyhow, and, though do not say so In
a boastful spirit, it is really immaterial
to me whether | obtain my seat or
not"
"And YOU think you have right to
the seat ?"
What do you propose doing should
you fail in being admitted ?"
shall probably go into some bust
ness In New Orleans. I have interests
there, and have no intention OF leaving
there. In a couple OF weeks, I sup
pose, shall be In New Orleans"
will you again enter politics?"
well, l can't say what [ may dc.
The Republican party in Louisiana,
and, in fact, in the entire South, is prac-
was virtually disbanded when the State
was handed over to Nichols. I do not
know what may happen few years
hence. The party may be reorganized.
The old Wings. and Republicans may
form q combination and contest with
the Democracy on local matters. But I
think Republicanism in a national con-
test in the South will amount to practi-
cally nothing"
"Doyou think the policy of Mr.. Hayes
toward the South has caused any decay
In the ranks of the Democracy"
Il do not think the way parties are
organized that any policy will draw one
half OF one per cent Of converts from
hn % ha ~ ~
South"
The reporter showed the ex- Governor
d New Orleans newspaper which con-
tanned an article saying that the latter
would hardly return again to the State,
because there were those who threat
ened to prosecute him on certain
charges. The Ex-Governor ridiculed
the idea Of any charge Of q serious ma
ture being made against him. He knew
of none, and feared none. He had done
nothing more than his duty while Gov
ernor, and the worst that could be said
Of him was that he was d Republican.
In answer to a question as to whether
the Ex-Governor really believed that the
Republicans ever carried Louisiana, he
replied:
II was morally certain that our party
elected at least three out Of the eight
presidential electors. It was for the
Returning Board to decide who carried
the State"
Speaking Of Packard, ex-Gov. Kel-
logg, smiling, said that he found during
his travels that the populace could
hardly understand how 1t was that the
electoral vote of Louisiana should have
been given to Hayes, while Packard,
who received larger vote than Hayes
did In the State, should be left out in the
cold. In travelling out West he had
met Senator Mcdonald and some 9TH
ers, who said that it was the intention
Of the Democracy in Congress to sift to
the bottom the Electoral Commission
business. In speaking OF the fraudu-
icent. It was evident that he was not
altogether pleased with Mr.. Hayes or
his policy.
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