The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-23
LOaisiana Affairs.

from the Nichols government some com
pepsation TOR pohcemea and employee
who have remained faithful TO Packard
The Commission assured th.m that they
would endeavor to meet their wish, anC
Immediately y requested an interview witt
Governor Nichols, Lieutenant-G ernol
Wiltz, Speaker Bush, and numb-r o
prominent members o. the Nichols Leg.
lsiature, TO whom they made known tht
request of the Republican committee
Tue subject was favorably consider cd, and
Governor Nichols, with the advice and
cUnsentof ms associates, promptly offered
to devote the governments contingent
fund to this purpose. This iuud
amounts to bet ween $4,000 al d $4,000
and was appropriated TO the aid OF Mica.
Ul.s IN establishing his government This
prompt aid to repub Ican employees
will provide for their i'm med late
Wants and remove much of the disafec.
ton among them, consequent on The
breaking up OF the Packard government
Inc Comm ,sslon seemed TO bs highly
ersifed IT the absence of resentment
on the part o; Nlcuoiis party. Long be-
lore tBese arrangements were consum-
mated, o humber OF Packard members
OF the Senate and House hsd taken their
seals IN The Nichols legislature. Subse-
quently u cJLcurreIt r1suIu Ion was psss-
eu III The Nichols legislature pay ing r.
publicaus members VINO were not elect
ed, but returned by the Returning
Board, their mileage aud per dism as
A notable feature OF the
upon the floor of the Nlcn-
oils House WAS the withdrawal II seven
Democratic members, who had been
seated subject to contest, and who
gracefully yielded their seats, introduc-
ing colored Republican members, who
{ claimed their seats on the face OF the re-
turns. Before the House assembled this
morning Mr.. kenocnan, OF Paquemiue,
who WAS unseated by the arrangement OF
adj mttlng The Republicans, called the
douss ~ order informally. Wnereupon
Kidd, Democrat, in u feeling address pre-
seut.d handsome gold headed cane 10
VIM R,dgeway, colored member from
ConcJrdIa, who had been seated on u
Coolest, but VINO WAS one OF the lew TO re-
llnquIsn his claims TO coiored contest
ant, IN the interest Of ad justment.
New ORLEANS, Apr! 70. There is no
apparent change In the situation since
last night. IL Is said that Gov. Packard
will remain in The State House until
after the troops are Withdrawn and his
men paid ot Tne contingent iuud,
winch Gov. Nichols has consented "
USE for TINS purpose, will be dlsoursed by
uls pay assisted 6y COM
mlsslUu ol tnree from either side, the
money TO De paid 10 the men direct. Ihis
pa enuts CuL qulle d number vi enteprls-
my ones who huid Packard's warrants Tor
winch they paid 5 To lU cents on The
dollar. The impression among he leaders
Is That the U. 3 Senator VIII not Do
elected until Wednesday, wnen the
10 .illature will assemble III the State
House. Tle talk among the exLremieL
Republicans Is Lnat Lney will endeavor To
form "a CON blnauUu aud elect an anti
Senator. Inc parties are
very much dIYIded aud the candidates
ale NUMEROUS.
Thc Commission.
New ORLEANS, April 2l.-The Com.
mission closed lneir labJrs to-day and
ie.L Ior Washington via. Mobile. ne
results achieved by them are more COM
plete than could have been anticipated
The general feeling, even among lntelli
peuL Republicans, Is lnat the result Will
Do OF Iu.luense advantage to the State.
4 ne Cuumlss'on have been more than
ordinarily Clrcumspect, shd have DC
voted themselves III tue most liDorluus
mauu.r " Luelr work. lu lnelr Innu-
Ineraple Interviews with delegations,
aud individuals vi butn
parties Iney have been courteous al q
D ,Ilent, aud II Is Understood that an ova-
.lon was rendered them by The people oi
his city.
lhe Nichols Legislature.
New OsLEANs, AprlI II --Mr. 2. j.
TresevanL, clerk o! the Nichols House,
furnished the Commission with the tol-
lowing statement OF IN smbersnIp, which
W ,s included IN the telegram 10 the
Fl esicent this ternoon: roLnl number
If the Constitutional House, l20; num-
bpr returned by the Returning Board,
1877: number thrown out by me Return
Iuy Board, 3; total, 10; number OF the
Returning Board members now ans wer-
Ing tue roll, So; Retur-lug Board mem.
bers dead, |, number of members elected
and not returned by the Board.
but whose opponents have with
Irawn and ack .owIeiged tnelr claims.
IL: humber elected and now &C.
.up ing tner se.ts, bat no! returned oy
he b rar .. m m ,, rs elect and return d
yno have moi y swered TO The call OF the
II U.s., l3; total l20. Number ans swering
roll 10 oay, K .publIcans AZ; Democrats
"a, total log. Inc Senate total number Is
So; present today, 33; absent, Messrs.
Ii ,rper, Wakefield and DImont. ali Re'
uubncans. Toe Senate ,tsnds, Repuoll-
.ans, l3 present; Democrats, 20 present.
New ORLsASs April 2l.-1n the
y cholIs legislature, J. A. Cage, Of the
Eight Senatorial district, w.s seated.
Mr.. D-mas returned 10 his seat, and ex
plslued the CAUSES which led 10 his de-
,erti3u. M.ssrs. Demaris and GauIt, OF
ST. Landry; Cole, of st. JONI; > Smmes
and Dickinson, OF st. James, sad Suaer,
Of Iberia, were sworn IN, max
Ing sevonty-;hree Returning Boa d
members in the House Several
Returning Board members who were not
, ec,ed by the Election Commissioners
returns, have resigned their claims.
Mr.. Murry, Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Packard House, was 81 Oid Fellows Hall
his m ,rnlng. where at noon about hIe
hundred people were gathered IN the
oooies aud IN the streets.
Some OF the Republicans who went
over say they hold tue oasnce OF power
10 the matter OF elecsisg United States
Senslors.
At2 clock great excitement prevail
ed. TIE Republican members dropped 10
one by one during the mornIng aud 81
l:3UP NJ. loud cries from without lndI-
csteI something unusu,l, and there vas