Year: 1873

| that his case was so strong that none of
| them were needed. He now learns that Mr..
Ray was much of the time sick. and that
| the committee summoned such witnesses as
| Warmoth. McMillen and Ray desired. 'The
| fact is," he continued. 1--WE were euchered
out of our case. Ray didn't know anything
about managing an investigation, and was
in such Door health that he could not have
done it. it ne did !; Piuchback was no bet
ter, and so the Fusionists had it all their
own way


''But the committee had evidence enough
to sustain their report" suggested: there
were certain facts and records which no
testimony could controvert."


but the committee didn't understand the
case at ALL" was his reply. "Now, they
said that the Supreme Court OF the State
had no jurisdiction. The fact is. practice
in Louisiana is entirely different from that
in any other State. We have code of our
own, entirely peculiar, and not at all like
the common law. l think l convinced Mr..
Carpenter of that during his late visit
here, and that he sees that he was mis-
could not have jurisdiction unless there was
salary Of not less than 500 attached
to the office, which there was not in the
case OF Lumber of the returning board.
But, though they have no fixed salary, the
members of that board are paid for
their services more than $500 each,
and Attorney General Fields office was
salaried one" knew that nothing would
be gained by an argument on this point
with Mr.. Kellogg. and 80, without stopping
to ask him how Field became entitled tO
an appeal in suit to which he was not
party, and when more than ten days had
elapsed, even depriving the original parties
of that privilege, l said that did not sup
pose that he would accuse the Senate COM
mittee Of ignorance Of United States law.
He replied that he would not, of course
But" said he, ''the committee never con-
demned Judge Durell's action in my case.
| don't say anything about the Antoine
bill. Mine was suit IN chancery for
mandamus to perpetuate testimony. Now,
no one will deny that the Chancellor had
perfect right to demand that the returns or
sworn copies of them should be brought
into court. WarmOth's refusal to obey this
order would havs been contempt, for which
Judge Durell could have imprisoned him.
Plnchback would then have become Acting
Governor, as he did, and the result would
have been the same. l regret the scandal
caused by the seizure of the State House.
1t was not my way of doing the thing, but
If there was anything wrong about the mat
ter it was not in my case"


Mr.. Kellogg said that there were not
hundred Republicans in the whole State
VINO desired new election, IN which Ol}ln-
ion am convinced he is mistaken. In our
long conversation he also gave me his esti-
mate of the people here, which was not
complimentary, and which differs very
widely from that Of many of his party
friends. Many of Mr.. Kelloggs statements
to me are not sustained by other Grant Re-
publicans here, and do not accord with my
own observations, but have attempted to
give them faithfully in order to show as ex-
actly as possible his position as learned
from talk in which he appeared exceed
ingly frank and willing to answer fully all
OF my questions.