The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03
Wednesday, January 3. ls77.
TRUMBULL'S SPEECH.
(Continued.l

during the very uay Tue uoGl POAS
assembled under the protection OF the
United States army, claiming to be q
legislature by virtue Of certificates issued
BY the Lynch board, which had no returns
on which to issue certificates, and the
illegal order of Judge Durrell, they i'm.
Deached and removed Gov. Warmoth and
installed Pinchback in his place. The
manner in which these proceedings were
conducted was
WITHOUT WARRANT
under the constitution and laws of
Louisiana, but the government thus in
stalled in 1872 by fraud, usurpation, and
the army of United States has continued
the de tdctO government OF Louisiana from
that day to this, 1t is true that an ,elec-
ton for members of the house OF repre-
sentatiyes and portion OF the senate
took place in 1874; but it was under the
auspices of Coy. Kellogg and a returning
board, who exercise absolute control over
the elections in the state, and although the
people In 1874 elected a majority OF the
members of the legislature opposed to the
usurpers, the returning board counted
them out and gave certificates of election
to majority of their adversaries, In
lS74-5 the United States house of repre-
sentatives appointed committee, con-
sisting of Messrs, Hoar, Wheeler, Frye,
Foster, Phelps, Marshall and Potter, to
inquire into the election of 1874. A sub.
committee of this body, consisting OF
HOAR, WHEELER AND FRYE,
all Republicans, and one of them the late
Republican candidate for vice president,in
their report upon the conduct of the
Louisiana returning board, composed then
as now of Wells, Anderson, Casanave, and
kenner, said:
We are constrained to declare that the action of
the returning board, on the whole, was arbitrary,
unjust, and in our opinion Illegal. We
are all clearly OF opinion that the returning board
has no right TO do anything except to canvass and
compile the returns which were lawfully made TO
them by local officers, except In cases where they
were accompanied by the certificates of the super
visor commissioners provided IN the third sec
ton. In such cases, the last sentence in that sec
ton shows that 1t expected that they would
ordinarily exercise the grave and delicate duty OF
investigating charges Of riot, tumult bribery, or
corruption, on hearing OF the parties interested
IN the Office, 1t never could have been meant that
this board, OF its motion, sitting in New
Orleans, at distance from the place of voting, and
without notice, could decide the right of persons
claiming to be elected
There is no more dangerous form of self-delusion
than that which induces men in high high places OF
pubic trust 10 Violate law, 10 redress prevent
what they deem public wrongs.
| have not time to expose and comment
upon the iniquities practiced by the
usurpers IN the election of 1874 in order
to perpetuate their power, but it is enough
to show that their action was condemned
by their own political friends as arbitrary,
unjust, and illegal"
have laid before you in simple nara
form Tho ctnrp har1 fontS
with the setting up of the present govern
ment in Louisiana. There they are, un-
adorned by arts Of rhetoric, and all drawn
from Republican sources. Look at them,
my Republican friends, and draw your
own conclusions. l will not on the pres
ent occasion characterize them or their
authors, Believe if you can that the
orders Of Dec. Sd, from Washington to
Marshal Packard to execute the orders OF
the court, no matter by whom opposed
the order to Capt Jackson, in Florida, to
repair to New Orleans and place his troops
at the disposition of the marshal, hi;
arrival on the evening of Dec with two
batteries of artillery, the midnight order
of Judge Durrell to seize the state house
which was done by the marshal with thu
assistance of the United States troops, al
2 O'Clock on the morning of Dec, 6, ther
read the official dispatches that followed
aud believe, if you can, that the Kellogi
government, without premeditated wronJ
by any one, was honestly and fairly in
stalled 10 power. There arc those VIII
have said 10 their hearts there is no God
/ need not say what they are called, ON
impotence has given them a name.
Having shown you what the government
of the state of Louisiana is, under who's
auspices elections are held, come now t
speak of
THE ELECTION OF NOVEMBER, 1876.
The laws Of Louisiana provide for
registration of voters, to commence tn
last Monday of August previous to tn
general election, and prohibit any on
from voting who is not registered. Tn
registration is made by officers known {
supervisors of registration, one of whom al
pointed by the governor for each parish
the state, of which there are 81. paris
corresponding to a county in Illinois.
In addition to making registration
voters, It's the duty of
THE SUPERVISORS OF REGISTRATION
to fix the number and places of voting
his parish, and appoint three commissions
of election at each voting place, who!
duties are similar to those of judges
election in this state. 1t is his turtle
duty. 10 case there has been intimidatiC
or other acts Of violence in his paris
during the period of registration tendir
to prevent fair and peaceable electio
Ito make in duplicate and under oath
clear and full statement of all the fac
relating thereto" which statement shG
be corroborated under oath by thrt
respectable citizens, qualified electors
the parish" One of these statements Il
supervisor is required to file with the clel
of the district court of his parish, and II
other he is required to attach to the COZ
solidated return of the votes in his paris
which, together with the returns of Il
commissioners. the law requires him
forward by mail to the state returnlr
beard within "a hours after he receiy
such returns from the commissioners
election at the different polling-places
his parish. The comr issioners of electiC
at each voting-place are required, with
"a hours after the closing OF the polls,
count the votes aud make OF
in duplicate lists of the persons vote
for, the number of votes for each, etc
which lists are required to be sworn to
the commissioners of election and to
delivered, one to the supervisor of regi
tration Of the parish, and the other to ii
clerk OF the district court Of the paris
In case of intimidation or other acts
violence occurring on the day of electio
similar statement is to be made in dup
cate as that required of the supervisor,
the intimidation, etc. during Registration