Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05
SALISBURY ON KELLOGG.

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resolutions reported by the COM
mittee on Privileges and Elec-
tons touching Kellogg's claims
to scat in the Senate, con-
tains some well-taken points.
On this matter the Senate ap-
pears to be divided into three
sections, the first or Republican
section insisting that Kellogg
is entitled to the seat he occu-
pies; another section, compos-
ed OF Democrats sticklers for
precedent and res oajudicata,
declaring that though not elect
ed by All authorized Legisla-
ture, yet having once been ad-
mitted to a seat by the vote of
a Senate authorized to judge of
the qualifcatio Of it's own
members, he can not now be
disturbed; while the third Sec
ton stoutly maintains that he
never had any right to the seat,
and that the abuse of the priv
ileges of the Senate in seating
a spurious claimant can not
sanctify the fraud on which the
claim was based.
On these divers views of the
situation Mr.. Salisbury eXpati-
ated at considerable length.
The fact that Mr.. Kellogg
claims to have been elected by
the Legislature of Louisiana in
1877, gives pertinence to the
inquiry as to how the affairs of
Louisiana had been conducted
for several years previous to
that period. Mr.. S. says. they
had been living under a despot-
ism forced upon them by Fed
eral power Senator Carpen-
ter's report was here cited,
showing that so far back as
1872, when Kellogg was a can
didate for Governor of Louisi-
ana he was defeated by a ma
jority Of near 10000 votes; yet
through the midnight order of
a judge, said tohave been drunk
at the time, the will of the peo-
pie was defeated and not only
was Kelloggmade dictator over
the people of Louisiana, but
persons alleged to have been
elected with him were installed
as the Legislators of the State.
At the election of 1876 the
political machinery of the State
was in the hands of Gov. kel-
logg and his friends, who of
course would be inclined to take
care of their own interests. In
fact it has been invariably
charged by the opposing party
that the entire scheme of regis
tration end supervision was
manipulated in the interest OF
the Republicans. But notwith-
standing all this, the Democrat
lc party carried the State by q
MA jority of over 5000, electing
not only the Governor, but
majority Of both houses of the
LEGISLATURE. Then the inta-
nous Returning Board was
called upon to undo the work OF
the voters and return the de-
feated as having been elected.
1t was by q Legislature thus
constituted-a body which un-
dertook to sit and make laws
while the really elected Legis-
lature occupied another build
ing-that Kellogg crookedly
claims to have been elected q
, Unitel States Senator. The
election was a base pretence
: and fraud, in which absent and
1 supositious members figured
), as voting, and to say that such
d an elnction gave the climant Il
o title to seat would be virtual
= lv to declare that black is white
> and that fraud is sacred, be-
cause just and equitable!
The true Legislature OF Lou
0 isiana-the one which made
laws which were respected and
enforced-elected Mr.. Spotford
$ and sent him to Washington as
J. thcirproperly accredited Louisi-
l. ana Senator. But q partisan
a Senate refused to hear the proofs
e of fraud he offered to produce
u touching his opponents claim,
a and seated Mr.. Kellogg on ere