The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-15


had nothing more to do with It,"
Mr.. Butler growled indistinc!ly that Il was
settled by n resolution which declared that q
fraud was inviolable because seven men had
Mr.. Hiscock asked whether the Packard Gov.
ernment would have faded away i there had
we would have turned the Packard Govern
mont bottom upward in twenty.iour hours;
In reply to Gen. Butler. Col. Roberts said Tint
Kellogg was dc facto Governor four years and
Packard also was inauRurated under the forms
Of law, and that 70 cpfore The Nichols Govern
In that condition Of things you had deter
mined to take the Government from that party
which had It under the forms Of law, and estab-
lish the Nichols Government forcibly IL you
were not opposed by the United states Govern
think that that was tho case We thought
II WAS u case Of Iustinable revolution"
" You we're anxious to get the President OF the
United States not to interfere with the revolu-
THAT was very necessary sir"
But in no casc ala the people o. louisiana
luton against tho United Statc-Y
Never; wo determined that that would not
You had had enough Of that ?"
Yes, sir II took about fifteen days Tor the
Commission 70 induce me ym2jorityc Of the Log Leg,
50 thethc had majority OF the Returning Board
members.
was used rs m induccment. II was not n INIT
ter of mystery. Tho colOred members Of the
Legislature wcro not induced to -, over to
Nichols until resolution was passed TO pay
them their per diem and mileage. amounting to
81 800, for their services to the Packard Lcsis-
lnturc.
Col. Roberts-It was under tho ruo Of Con-
gross that mouhcrs take pay whether they are
thgre are not. unuGhtcr
Gen. Butlrr-Did you ever hear Of n ruc Of
Congress by which members Of tho Confederate
Congress are pnid
b. members OF the Legislature. OF course soma
could not sign "a YOU her. They got their per
diem and they knew they would get II.
Gen. Butler-That is what you call an induce
Coi. Roberts We thought it just and fair and
honorable that tho mnn who had the minority
for Governor should be inaugurated.
Gen. Butler-Would you not think ii just and
fair and honorable that tho mnn who was elect
Ell by a minority Of votes President OF the
United States should also be- put in
Col. rts-Abstractly. should say. unhcsi-
Gen. Butler asked Col. Roberts 10 give the
names Of any Republicans outside ~ Ohio who
wore not In accord when h. went t. Washing
George + Hoar VI Massachusetts,. " wa. the
reply. amid "A roar Of laughter. He added the
namg Of H. l.. Dawes. and senators Christiancy
and Burnside. anu Mr.. Eynrt- hut finally cor
rected his answer by admitting that at the time
referred 10 the Republicans not In accord were
all from OHIO except EyHrS.
Mr.. Loot was recalled. He said that thoy were
running politics in Louisiana on tho census ol
ls12. The Northcrncrs accepted the PROPOSE
ton that all the negroes were Republicans For
TINT rousun the census WIS swollcd as much u-
possible on the lila Ks. The Democrats treated
the ceEsu, Of 1873 as farce and a fraud. but
the Republican leaders cared nothing for that
they wanted the eject North. In his own par.
ish, although kellogg told him that they eX.
pcrt"i him To return the parish l,'puhlicnn-h,
having charge 81 the taking of th" census and
that being ~" way they called roturnin. nm in
cr'as"d colorod yotc-ho had il done honestly
and the result was tho showing Of a largc whit,
majority. which gr"atly Dissatisfied Kellogg and
the other Republican politicians. The consul,
l5.uOO cNec-s Of culorcl over white voters
was fraudulent That Fraudulent inoreas,
of tho negro vote WIS nude nr.rs.
sary ecausc many q the ne-rlcs wcr,
becoming drmoralu ID and falling avs
g. the Drm,nrats. who hnd NJ ns,h learned
u" drsirAhiliiy - cultvaiing the 90 lore vote
When they promised tn" colorcd peopl. tAg
their rights would not he inyaI "a hv tia DtWo-
wb6 6 giTrct EXIT nHwr.f T., ~ i9
the y Wpcrps. and hal only ho"n rcstr'unet
hy n fear - what mi-'lt follow e. them IT tn,
krlle.G took little nerss, in tive Posi-
dentinl ole .ton H. was pr more concerned
M having members el"'iei 90 t'e L.. .lgtur'
elflt.ll him how They w' .u,l llyon "th,-,
fnilow- and said: They viii Wals a., -'ro.i,
E.. past ~ 'Hrriu-"-. ana VIII ask You. MAa
James /. Anderson" Loot aail "t.l me-
that tn inlk about iu' mlutiou l. MI ho-h ihH'
h. would hayr no truuhl" ia returning the lpr.
ish and 10 would ~ ny there. h. would nk'
M Tax lllert1r, worth from $4,000 90 So ul
PER nnnum. Anderson said he WI, not airail
/ oi all tho BULLDOG r. in the parish; no could
win them himself,. lIe represented the stat,
o.. Affairs in East Fc'i'iuua o. b" mn ~ hrtt
than IL was N" purty'- Interest T. hay" tnrn ~.
le1r. Anderson ~niI hr WAS gHttiu'. g. be q
to Conerc-s. II, hala hoin In, III c1a,' .nl si'7
he had boon shot at. | told him he was uufor
iunair thu' ne lud no witnesses nul he sud b,
hal somebody. He suli thy had put n.y. a lol
on him h"'uus' ~ was getting to D." too r.ol ,
lHpuhllrln.. Anderson -lii ~ hgl q olor- VII.
hal killed. thir, men. IT, story road Disc. ,
kIl eel o. S. n 81 a. DO DO 10. 3