, 1877-04-07
LOUISIANA.
The Commission Organized
and Ready for 8usi-
ness.
Packard and Nichols Visited
and Sounded as to
Their Claims.
Each Claimant Confident
that He Has the Best
Case.
And that His Opponent Is a
Revolutionary Inter-
1opor.
Nichols Adherents Have an In
mense Meeting in Lafay-
cite Square.
Tho Best Speeches Made by Rep
rcsentntiycs Of tho Col
Orcd Element.
Various Predictions as to the Re-
suit Of the Presidents
Scheme.
4 General Shaking Up and Informing.
ling Of Parties Most Probable.
Tho Best Speeches Made by Rep
rcsentatiycs Of tho Col
Orcd Element.
Various Predictions as to the Re-
suit Of the Presidents
Scheme.
4 General Shaking Up and 1nterming-
ling Of Parties Most Probable.
THE COMMISSION,
pACKAnp's FONTS.

49," "'P.'' W. "'1
ganized with Judge Lawrence ns PRESIDENT ad
str. Ila~leY NJ secretary. Advisers u Gos'
Packard lave prepared document Tor the Con'-
mission in which the following points arc n'sdo:
First, that as to t''lftr-thrcc parishes tn the
State there sno controversy or cncctctwecn
Democrats anil Nc1ubiicant. scconui5. lint In
twelve other rarls1ct the polls were thrown out
Tor Intimidation ann vlo'cnec. which lad the
elect o. changing the result SO tf'at c1l'cf It,
publican Representatives OF Senators wcrc rc'
turned instead o1 UesnocFats' Ih1rd, that.
accepting the ucr!stEsat1s scs1sns ana
the rnscs actually cast IN thc
rc'nasntnr t"clSc PARISHES tue result
would have given Packard for GoTerno[ oFcr
Nichols 40l majority, while two Of tho 1iaycs
Electors would !'ara been defeated.
,..' ,.. u.,, ,.,r,,.
c@AA1o ~ co'' F"cn"""
today, and propouHFcd tu lin two intcrroEa-
torc8, namely: "arhot arc yuur claims to tue
otj,cc os f;nvcrnor7.' md ,yhat arn vo,1r menns
~ c.t t,,,,,htr,, t,,cac ,,a,,n.,n 1lr m.lc for.
~ . ss.A.'s ~ s ,es. ..t.,. ssu.,,.s. .,'". ~,
MAJ state'neat u us posh1on asseftanE 1'at ''s
majority was iodlsputable: that ha Lad foFrc
NJ tlc ff,v Of New Orcan. unl that tho strength
~ -. s,.,,.. ~,ti.o,a T., 49," IT,,
u N1e'o''s s, ~! n''n"et s e'ass'.'s ~ .ac .s.
tic Criminal Sheriff Of New Orleans was Dem.
4rrot. and executed tho proccsscs OF tho Mich.
iii. sunrcuo rourt. Tho pneknn1 H,,nrrmc
~.t' s"p.- u,, ..'1" a,.-.~ 49,, n.,,'.t w..
Court dcposetl thls shcf'1. aha fackasd sa'a
that when his Court WAS recognized ns tho legal
one, ~ It ultimately must be. thcro would be a
.hrinsarc In Ntcl,o1|s' nowcr II, tho cltv,
'"..""So 49," s.,".I, =. ~. -. ~. r't.., .,,,
LIS uhacFstoot that tnc eo'h'h's'on VIII
look Into TIE question oil the
LEGALITY or TIE REsPEcrlyE surREME cochrs
t,,d.v,
ss:"s ,a,,.,,o Al, p,o,,,, s,,,. u,r,o ~.
AHer ica''nS luz f"s"a1" o'ate.'ouSc .ne
Commission called upt't GoF. N!choIls al Odft"
Fellows Hail. Substantially tho salne iAtcrro.
rat,,fcs ,yero nddrrs.el to him. ltut no fprnal
,r.x.r r.s rctnrncd rrha tntt ,vas of thn r1o.t
@''o"e' ""' 'e."'"s@' At.~ s*'-"~ "''3 ~ '~
li:conscqucHtlal description. except that Mich.
oils convinced tic Commission of lts ability
-, ,,sIn,niu htrn,c,f n the t,,,oo. were viii.
~ Ma'''a"' n''"Ss'' - WV "'oe' "''"
dtaWh.
The evening waa devoted to prtsate
CONSULTATIONS WITH NERcllANTx,
,,o.t. nf whom rcprrxcuiei thc Conservative
,",..t ra.,,,o,,i 49,, .t,,,- ,o,.ta,on. ~ NJ.
interest," "aeh.o'"' anu otAes po"'..'a"s ~ '"A
stripe representing nobody but themselves,
sought AMI obtained autltcncc
Jr,trc Lawrence aays lo Il uncertain how long