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Show I.Ol ISIAVA. The KelloKS oiiservutlv Compromise Opposition iu New Orleaus The luvesti-j-ttliug Committee. New York, t. A Ne w Orleans dts- , patch says that the conservative . members of the leg's'at ire, after hav- , ing been in caucus nearly all elay, ac- j cepted at 10.30 this morning the proposition of tiie congressional committee. com-mittee. This secures the resolution parted and signed by ail the members mem-bers of the legislature, ncknowiedg- ins the Kelloyg government and on- dorninx the election of 1S7J, on con- bidr.itiou of obtjiiiing a majority in j the lower house by seating tiie live coioervati ve con lent uig membeis. McEnery, who was invited to be present, made a speech denouncing the arrangement. Speaker Wiitz offered his resignation, which wis not accepted. Tuej measure was carried by the country members, the city deh gition being mainly iu favor of rejecting ihf proposition. Great excitement ex-citement prevails even at this late hour, and strong opposition ij already j developed. Tho aenlimont of tiie , extreme wing of the democratic party is violently opposed to what they consider con-sider a sacrifice of principle to policy, and difficulty may be confidently expected. ex-pected. SECOND DESPATCH. New Orleans, G. In the conserva tive caucus last nignt the debato on 1 the compromise w;is kept up until after midnight. The proposition under consideration was that the conservatives con-servatives should have a majority of about ten in the house and that the past action of tho Kellogg government govern-ment should not be inquired into. The vote stood 3S iu favor of this compromise and '27 against. Alter this vote speaker Wiltz, if is stated, tendered his resignation, and Governor McEnery, who wus present by courtesy, said by this action of the caucus it was evident to him it waa time to lower the democratic bua-ne.-, and he therefore wished to retire. re-tire. Before the congressional cc mm it-tee it-tee to day, Lieutenant Edward A. Belaer, of the 3d infantry, stationed sta-tioned at Alexandria since the 10th of October last, testified to the quietness quiet-ness of the late election and tho absence ab-sence of hostility to tho geneia'i government. gov-ernment. Dr. Duperior, of Iberia parish, republican, testified .that much of the present trouble is attributable to bad lecislalion and ignorant, inefficient nflicers, though anti-secessionists, and that since the war the republicans have never been ostracized or ill treated. Many of tho negroes voted the conservative ticket because disgusted dis-gusted with the republicans, whose promises to them were never fulfilled. He believed the recognition of the Kellogg government with the legislature legisla-ture elected last fall would be more acceptable to a largo majority of the people than a provisional government. govern-ment. A. J. Gordon, colored, republican aud school teacher, of St. Mary's parish, voted the couservativo ticket last election. Knew no violence or intimidation towards negroes, except by republicans to these who voted the conservative ticket. After his election his pupils were taken away from him. In lo72 the republican majority of St. Mi rs wa reduced by fraudulent manipulation of the returns by Warmouih, Several others testified to the same effect as those quoted. . THIRD DESPATCH, The Bulletin says the action of the conservative caucus last night on a compromise was subsequently rescinded. re-scinded. The conservative caucus to-night is considering a proposition of adjustment submitted by the congressional con-gressional committee which is that the conservatives claiming to have been elected te the house of representatives, repre-sentatives, and whose certificates were illegally withheld by the returning return-ing board, agree to submit their claims to the seats to the award and arbitration of the congress committee how in New Orleans, and to abide by such award, and those who under suoh award become members of the rnnse, severally agree to sustain by their influence and v-otes a joint resolution reso-lution proposed by this compromise. The parties claiming to be lected senators from the 6th and 22d districts dis-tricts also agree to abide by a similar arbitrament. The conservative members mem-bers holding certificates of tho returning return-ing board also agree, when the award of the committee is ralinsd by the committee on elections of the body now in session at the State House and claiming to bo the house of representatives, they will attend the sittings of said body for the purpose pur-pose of adopting said report, and if it is adopted and the disputed members seated they will also support the resolution, reso-lution, which is as follows: Whereas, doubt? have existed nnd etill exist as to the legal results of the election in this state in November, I 1672; and, Whereas, it is alleged hy a large portion of the people of this state and believed that the result of the election for members of the house of representatives repre-sentatives antl for treasurer in November No-vember lust was illegally etetermineti and promulgated by the returning board; and, Whereas, their doubts, allegations and belief have tended greatly to disturb the public mind and unsettle confidence and injuriously to affect . tne material interests of the state; and, i Whn-eas, it is deemed necessary to . the welfare ot the state that the ad-i ad-i justment of the foregoing difilcultiea . ahould be effected; i Thereore, be it hereby resolved b't the general assembly of the state o"f Louisiana that said assembly, without with-out approving of the same, will not disturb the present state government claiming to have been elected in '70, and known as the Kellogg government; govern-ment; nor seek to impeach the governor gov-ernor for any past official acts; 'and that hencefoith lit will accord to said governor all necessary and legitimate support in maintaining and advancing advanc-ing the peace and prosperity of tho people of this state; and that the house of representatives, as to its members as constituted under the award of the congressional committee, shall remain without change except by resignation or death of members until a new general election, and that the senate herein recognized shall remain re-main unchanged except eo far a that body may itself make changes on contests. This proposition was di-eussed in the caucus, but no definite action was taken by the conservatives. The republicans re-publicans state that members of the Kellogg house will accept no compromise. com-promise. The resolution introduced yesterday into the Kellogi; house, inviting in-viting the absent members to return, and pledging coeiperation in all con-btitutional con-btitutional nieasun s of reform, produced pro-duced considerable disorder, and j finally resulted in no quorum. A ! renewal of tne subject of compromise occasions tlie greatest disorder, such as has not before prevailed since January 4th. A ni'ss meeting of conservatives was held to-night, to protest against j the proposed compromise. It was jsiimiy attended. Speeches were ! made bv H. N. Ogden, McEnery and I Wiltx. |
