Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-19
The South Carolina Moonshtners.

Earle naQ applle0 1Or lcn1oncy TO Dc eXGcUQPO
the desperate Redmond. I'm reply to your
dispatch will say that the apOlOgiStS of Red
mOnd show him to have been viOlatOr of the
% e 9s Of the
for a livelihood and shooting officers without
mercy who undertook his arrest. His gross
l cannot consent to grant any leniency to Red
mOnd while Deputies Kane and others are in
carcrated or in jeopardy A little leniency by
alleged otfenses would seem at this juncture
to be worthy of consideration.
The Commissioner also sent the following tn
II have your dispatch to me in regard to Red
mond. His frauds and violence led directl
to the killing Of Ladd. 1 have no terms.
incarcerated or in jeopardy. am surprised
that Mr.. Earle should appear for r. dmond,
considering the fact that re has been retained
others, whose present misfortunes are attribU-
table to the very acts which Mr.. Earle would
have to defend in Redmond"
The Louisiana Revolution.
ANOTHER STORY AS TO ITS "TRUE INWARD
NEss'-THE ADMINISTRATIONS SUPPORT OF
THE NICHOLS GOVERNMENT
A curious piece of gossip at this late day
comes to light in connection with the mission
of the Louisiana commission to New Orleans
during the struggle between Nichols and
Packard for the control of the Louisiana state
government 1t appears that when the Presi-
dent determined to send a tribunal to LouiSi-
ana to adjudicate upon the mixed claims of
the rival governors, Gov. Nichols and his
friends in New Orleans looked upon the plan
with distrust and for the reason that it had
been represented to them that one among Pre-
sident Hayes first official acts would be the
issuance OF a proclamation recognizing the
claims of Nichols to the gubernatOrial office.
Before the commission was organized and
when the names of Gen. Joe Hawley, Gov.
Brown, OF Tennessee, and Wayne MacVeigh
were hroached AS possible members OF it. the
adjutant general of the white league OF Louisi-
editor edit " Of the New W Orleans @ any pensocrat n9T
this city as follows: "Go to White House
The despatch being somewhat vague in terms,
the person to whom it was addressed replied:
What do you want to know Be more defin.
want to know what the commission is to ac-
complish." The gentleman to whom the dis
t0r were sent then went to the White
did not see President Hayes, but got informa-
ton from some source which constrained him
to reply as follows: THE commission is to be
which otherwise would require force. have
authority to make this statement" This, how
ever, did not seem to satisfy the Nichols men,
for it was followed by another dispatch of
some eighty words or more, recitng that the
information wanted from the President was,
whether Nichols claims were or were not to
ative Information sent to New Orleans before
10 o'clock of that night, that 3, 600 of the White
League of Louisiana would at that hour
make an attack upon Packard, take pos
session OF the state house and hold it
until restrained by a superior force
the dispatch closed with the request that
the fact be communicated to the President,
and the telegram reciting this intention be
shown him. Upon its receipt in this city
the gentleman to whom it was sent again went
to the White House, and the telegram was
shown to the President. He hesitated as to
how it should be answered, when he was re
minded that was then after eight o'clock.
His attention was also called to the fact that
the writer of the telegram at the New Orleans
end signed the same as "Adjutant General OF
the White League" and that it was unmis-
takatiy official. After some further delay on
the Presidents part, the agent here, without
recitlng what the President told him, sent the
following reply: {" have authority to say that
the Louisiana commission is to be organized to
secure the esta ablishment of the Nichols gov
ernment i'll Louisiana" 1t may be added
that the gentleman who acted as agent here
now resides in Washington, is closely con-
nected with knowledge but not participa-
tion, in Louisiana politics, and is reliable.