The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-29
THE MACYEAGH COMMISSION.
A New Chapter of History.

New Chapter of History.
The Washington Star gives the fol-
lowing as new chapter in the history
of the MacVeagh commission
1t appears that, when the President
determined to send tribunal to Louis
lana to adjudicate upon the claims of the
rival Governors, Gov. Nichols and his
friends in New Orleans looked upon the
plan with distrust, for the reason that it
had been represented to them that one
among President Hayes first official acts
would be the issuance of proclamation
recognizing the claims of Nichols to the
gubernatorial office. Before the COM
mission was organized, and when the
names of Gen. Joe Hawley, Gov. Brown
of Tennessee, and Wayne MacVeagh
were preached as possible members Of
it, the Adiutant General of the White
League OF Louisiana, who was at the
time and is now editor of the New Or
leans Democrat, sent a telegram to a
gentleman in this city, as follows $50
to the White House and find out the
mission of the commission" The dis
patch being somewhat vague in terms,
the person to whom it was addressed
replied: "What do you want to know?
Be more definite" A reply to this came
as follows: "I want to know what the
commission is to accomplish" The
gentleman to whom the dispatches were
sent then went to the White House for
information. He admits that he did not
see President Hayes, but got information
from some source which constrained him
to reply as follows "The commission
is to DO organized to accomplish by dip
lomacy that which otherwise would re-
quire force. [ have authority to make
the statement" This, however, did not
seem to satisfy the Nichols men, for it
was followed by another dispatch of
eighty words or more, reciting that the
information wanted from the President
was whether Nichols claims were or
were not to be jeopardized, and that,
unless there was authoritative informa-
ton sent to New Orleans before 10
o'clock of that night, 5000 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 superior force.
The dispatch closed with request that
the fact be communicated to the Presi-
dent, and the telegram reciting this in
tention be shown him. Upon it's re-
ceipt 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 it was then after 5 o'clock.
His attention was also called to the fact
that the writer of the telegram at the
New Orleans end signed his name as
Adjutant General of the White League,
and that it was Enthusiastically official
After some further delay on the Presi-
dents part, the agent here, without re-
citing what the President told him, sent
the following reply: CT have authority
to say that the Louisiana Commission is
to be organized to secure the establish
ment of the Nichols Government in
Louisiana. It may be added that the
gentleman who acted as agent here now
resides in Washington, has knowledge
of, but no participation in, Louisiana
politics, and is reliable.