The Portland daily press., 1877-01-08
THE DISPUTED STATES.
LOUISIANA.
The Congressional Investigation.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.-The Senate sub
committee to-day heard Augustus Williams
(coored) of Baton Rouge, but his testimony
developed nothing. Adjourned till Monday
The House committee to-day examined D.
b. Gorham, District ATTORNEY of Natchitoches.
who said that he never knew he was candi-
date until after election, and that the law re-
qulred him to live in the district but he did not
live there. He acknowledged writing letter
to Marshal Pitkin for blank commission for
supervisor of registration in Ouachita, in the
event that Supervisor Brady failed to meet the
expectations of the party. He had read Nc
Enery's speech at Baton Rouge, and thought
the Republican vote was diminished from 5000
to 10000 by disturbances, and that the Repuh-
lican majority proper is about $4,000.
Gov. KelIogs's Opinion.
Gov. Kellogg apprehends no trouble on Mon
day. He thinks that the Democratic pro-
gramme after the Inauguration of Nichols is to
duplicate the state government, but pending
the solution of the presidential question they
will avoid collision.
The Democratic Legislature.
The Democratic Legislature has passed a
joint resolution declaring the canvass by the re-
turning board of the late election null and void
and instructing the judiciary committee to pre-.
pare an act providing Tor proper and legal
canvass of said election returns.
Gov. Nichols will be inaugurated on Monday
at ST. Patrick's Hall.
NO Disturbance Appreciated.
New ORLEANS, Jan. THE city is quiet
and no disturbance is apprehended tomorrow.
The Republican says that the Senate yester-
day confirmed the reappontment of Chief JUS
tice Ludeling and of Justice Leonard and the
appointment of Justice John E. King IF st.
Landry to the supreme bench.
The President Refuses to Recognize
Either Nichols or Packard
WASHINGTON, Jan. Cit will be recollected
that last week the Louisiana Republican legis-
tsrv a.a sesouton asking
Democratic violence. and that this reso-
luton was telegraphei to the Presi-
dent and laid before the Cabinet last Tuesday,
when it was deemed proper that no action
should be taken upon it, but since that time,
Gov. Kellogg, actuated by like fear, telegraph
ed to the President to the same effect, and de-
string recognition of the Republican Governor
and legislature as two inaugurations will take
place tomorrow in New Orleans-that of Pack
ard (Repl and Of Nichols (Dem) by their re-
spective parties. The President having prepar-
ee reply to Gov. Kellegg's telegram called an
extraordinary meeting OF the Cabinet today at
l O clock to inform the members of his pro-
ceedngs and to secure harmonious action. The
reply was unanimously approved and this af-
ternoon transmitted by telegraph to Gov. KEEL
logg, and the substance of it was afterwards
given by the President himself on application
to the representative Of the Associated Press as
follows:
There will be two inaugarations of governors
tomorrow unless one of them is prevented. L
do not, however, propose to interfere with
them. have nothing before me to justify
action in the way OF recognizing either govern
or and therefore cannot do so, particularly as a
committee of each house of Congress is now
engaged in investigating all the facts of the late
election, including the contests of the two gov
errors and thet Legislatures both claiming
to be legally elected. For me under these cir
cumstances to recognize ons or the other would
be hardly justifable.
The President repeated that he would not iu-
terfere by recognizing either governor until the
contest should be settled through the congress
sional investigation now in progress, bnt he
should consider it his dnty to ksep the peace
if occasion require and prevent bloodshed pend
ing the political complications.