The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-01-05
L0UIsIANA.i
HspsGfisn Of the n's,.,y .f ga...,y
As.rmbiiuG 81 two Gsa,-Isi.t,. for
gopi-inns
The Republicans ~ the state uo.se=
The Dcmoorai- ~ 81 PatioL.
Hall


Oifico-hclder reporting by 10 s.m., aud
OF cInrse every Repubi,an IN mber oi
the House and Senate.
All the entrances 10 the building, ex-
cepting that upon Il lyal street, we're
c!osedj and liuiug The corridor Of which
approaches this portal were two rows Of
. policemen. Gen. b .dger, who is in
charge OF the building, hurried bitber
and tDither issuing orders. but for an
hour or two there appeared to be NJ
special excitement.
A Committee consisting Of Senator
Robertson and two Democratic mem
bers from the u .mucrgtic caucusses
called upon the Governor and asked
tnat those Dem Gratis claiming to be
elected be permitted to ent,r the State
House, rs well as those returned by the
Returning Board. The committee said
that they did not ask ,hst anybody else
should euter. Tae cJmmittee asked
also that the armed men in the State
Ii use be removed. They offered to
guarantee that there should bs no dis
tuTbsEce Of any kind. The governor
said th4E the N ,tter had really gone be-
you'd his control; that, in fact, he could
not change the programme as it was
then arranged in the least.
Shortly before II O'clock Mr.. Treze-
vunt, the clerk Of the house. C III d on
the governor, and id he should refuse
to cali the house. TO order if the arned
men iD the building were not ordered
out and the barbados removed. The
governor piled that be would have
| the few policemen in the hail of the
/ house OF representatives removed, bat
that he could not make any chepge in
| the her arrangements about the build.
ing. He thought that the armed me1
out the bal i'dng were a necessary
PR caution, and therefore refused to
! remove them. Mr.. Trezevant fading
that his protest WIS OF no avail departed. |
There WI re several hundred Repub- |
iicsDs in the building, and there was
considerable anxiety manifested to know
what the Democrats would do. But |
very few persons were allowed in front |
Of tue state hous1 on S.. Louis street. |
Squads of policemen were placed on the |
corners Of st Louis and Chartres and
ST, Ions and Royal streets, which kept
psople from congregating on st. Louis
street, in front of tn state house.
At a quarter TO u o'clock the demo-
cratc-oonservative members of the
hous' appeared at the Royal street en-
trance OF the state hOnse, where they
were met by Isidors Mccormick, aid
de-camp OF VIM. Pitt Kellogg. Colonel
Bush said ard the gentlt men accom-
panying me, as representatives of the
people OF Louisilna. legally elected to
/
tance into the house OF representatives,.
Gen. A. s. Baat47kgef--Mr. McCorm ck !
le4e sie gentlemen your instructions are ,
to admit only snch members as have
ben legally returned by the returning
bo Ird-here is a roll of such members.
Col. Bush asked who and what was
the party thus obtruding his presence.
Gen. Badger said he wss in comm mi
If the state militia in the building, and l
be introduced Colonel William F. Loan, a
superintendent of the metropolitan po- /
lice, as the officer in command Of the
police force in the building. +
Col Bush called on Clerk P. ] Treze. 5
vant TO clear the distractions. barri- v
'ndes, military, police. etc, which are L
lsed to prevent the ingress of the dem a
cratic-conservatiyes into the hall of "
representatives. (,
The clerk demanded of Mr.. Mccormick, Col. y
Ioan and Gen Badger the removal of such u
orces under their command, which each per. "
mptorily refused. u
Therehpon Mr.. Bush read a protest from the
emocrats declining to en- er the hail of egis-
alton until it be thrown open to all members .
# the legislature, and to all contestants for
eats, and to the public; and until the said mil,
any occupation shall have ceased and all
lese distractions shall have been. removed q
The democratic members of the hunse then
stired from the state house aud the senators q
lade demand for admission. Only those j
olding over and those having certificates &
'Om the secretary of the state were allowed n
enter. Senators Eustis. Grover and Mitchell 9
elred and proceeded to the governors office y
here they presented written hottest to the - -
overnor, signed by all Of the democratic sem l.
ors. The governor replied to the protest
ut refused to grant the demands Of the sena-
,rs. The committee then rejoined the main
ody of the democratic senator's at the door of
ie state house. n,
The democratic members of the house and In
mate marched in body to Canal street, and es
fence up Camp to st. Patlicks hall, followed a
Y a crowd which is estimated at two thousand W
sople. In the course of five minutes Chief bi
lerk Trezevant arrived, and said "Gentle- pl
en-, reached the state capitol at the hour Ill
,pointed by law for the meeting of the gem ~
-al assembly for the purpose of performing ~ ~
y official duty. I found the building barri-
.ded and filed with the poiicel and military,
I'D have come here in an endeavor to orsans q,
e the house of representatives. ~ :.
At 1880 p. m Mr.. Trezevant called the roll, az
nd announced that there were sixty-one mem
srs present and quorum, aad that nomina-
ons for speaker were in order, Thereupon
oil. Louis Bush was nominated, and subse-
iently being elected unanimously, was sworn
by Col Nunez, of vermilion, the Oldest
ember of the house. 81
After ibe election of various mircr officers, m.
e house adjourned until Tuesday noon.
The Republican Heu.e.
At about balf-past eleven O'Clock the repub.
AN members of the house of representatives -
ssed into the house through the speakers "a
ON. Besides the members, the reporters and -
lite number Of outside republicans were o
nitted. The door Of the speakers room
,wever, was kept locked, and only those on
HON the dOorkeeper permitted were allowed ut
enter. be
Mr.. TreIevant, the clerk of the house, re- an
sed 70 call the roll unless the barIicades to