New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-11
BOURBON SPITE IN LOUISA
DOI ItI1V4N o. T I q nv IT. -,
TIE PROSECUTIONS GOING on, AND FRESH iNi'o
MENTs TALKED oF-CoSsERVATIVE phMo0""''
ALARMED.

THE PROSECUTIONS GOING on, AND FRESH iNh'Ni
MENTs TALKED oF-CoSsERVATiVE DENo""Ni"
ALARMED.
my SrH TO THE TRIBUNE.I
w,su,ycroS. Feb 1O.-Louislana conservatives
monifestIy look with alarm upon the reVuision VI
III; n;r;on that is certain to occur as result OF
,ba Peturning Board prosecutions and CONVICTIONS
po, since the trial of General Anderson began III
Noy.Orlcans some of them have protested that
neither they nor Governor Nichols were al ali
IN svmpathy with these proceedings. and that the
prosecutions would come to nought since a verdict
of entity has been found against General Anderson
some of these gentlemen have been more active ihan
ever in their attempts to make 1t appear that tneiI
narfv is not responsible for these proceedings anu
is even intmated that a conference OF conser'a''e
Southern men may be called at which some deciara-
tion will be made that the Returning Board pFosecu
tons belong to past which it Is better lot Do'h
parties to forget ~.
The Republicans TO whom representations OF this
kind have been made reply that the TACT remains
that the prosecutions are gong on, and that the
Bourbons IN the party in Louisiana seem 10 nave
control -,
II 10 also reported that Ex-Governor WarnothS
friends are taking advantage of the present cond-
tiou of affairs to promote his political fortunes.
When last here Governor Warmoth insisted upon
the appointment of General EfiDgham Lawrence 10
he Collector of the Port of New-Orleans notwith-
standing the adverse action upon his nomination IN
the Senate and protested that the President could
not conduct affairs in Louisiana upon any high no.
lions of Civil Service reform. He is said to have
declared that the President does not know
tho people of that State; that 1t is nee
essary TO manage them; that be tWarmoth thinks
Lawrence can control them and that If the latter
is given the Custom House all turbulent spirits can
be subdued The President did not think it wise to
follow Warmoth's advice and did not send General
Iayrence,s name to the Senate second time Gov
ernor Warmoth is reported as feeling that he has
been badly treated in this matter: and George
Sheridan who is Warmoth's partner and ally in all
his political schemes, is reported to have taken SINH
Some of the Louisiana Conservatives insist that
Governor Nichols will pardon General Anderson,
but this is doubted.
There is still talk that some of the prominent Re
nubIIcans from the North who visited Louisiana 10
witness the counting of the vote, may yet be indct
ad Tbs natnre of the accusations made against
them is that who tho law required aindaVlfs OF
Intimidation ETC., at any poll, to be made and sworn
10 in the parish in which the trouble was alleged TO
have occurred and to be incl0sed To- the Returning
Board with the original returns OF the eectlon TINS
was not DONE but that some o. the Repuohcails
from the North were parties TO the preparation OF
afidavits after the expiration OF the time WITHIN
which they could legally be filed, and that on their
advice they were received by the Returning Board
and treated though they had formed part OF the
original record.