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Show TELEGRAPHIC LOUISIANA. !, iti:i'oitr or the spkcia COMJIITTUK ON THE AV I i:iS OF TUG MTATJB. 1 5Jclf;n the While J,i'aen. iecpiilljrau MtoiinUroliMa uimI Neuro g;iioriiiive IjOtif,-uuu IjOtif,-uuu its in a Had Way. Cliicago, 23. A Wasliingtoi special Hays; The followiiig fire thj condiifiiona of Hoar, Frye tuid Wlieel er ol'tlie congres.'iiioniil Louisi;ina ia-yeBtigatine; ia-yeBtigatine; committpo as enibodkl in the ruport which they havu agreel upon: First, That tho so culled whit, men's party in Louisiana has hri the purpose to take possession b fraud and violence of tho state goN eminent. i Second, That in the execution o, this purpoao they have not and will not refrain from murder, fraud, civil war or coercion of employ. Third, That the moderate men ol this party are unable to control the majority. ; fourth, That threo cause have induced the formation of this party and rendered it more difficult to unite the best men among them in opposition, viz: The fact that tho administration ad-ministration party in the state ia made up of almost the whole negro vote, with a few whites, largely from other states; the fact that there haa been great maladministration by the republican ofiiciais, and the belief, honestly entertained by large numbers num-bers of the white people of tho state, that they have been twice defrauded of the results of elections in which they have been successful. Fifth, Admitting that theso cviIb are likely to exasperato any people, the course of the whitea has tended to bring them about. The (simple nRa?fifnl l-fiinprlipa tlf nlwlionnn tn tlin I laws and the decent treatment of their opponents would have proved effectual long ago. Sixth, The committee believe that Eelloijfi; received a majority in 1S72, and while they believe there was violence and fraud which frustrated tlie will of the people in many parishes par-ishes in 1874, tho illegal order of Judge Durrell, and the illegal conduct con-duct of the returning board in attempting at-tempting to cure one wrong by another naturally inflamed the popular pop-ular discontent and lent plausibility to complaints. ', Seventh, The committee believe tuere ims neen muan ciisnonesty and corruption in the state and local government of Louisiana, for which the republicans, especially under Warmoth's rule, are largely responsible, respon-sible, though in numerous instances their opponents have equally been to blame. i Eighth, The effect of all this has haa been to destroy the authority of the law over a large portion of the government in Louisiana, and seriously seri-ously menace it in the whole country. coun-try. Ninth, A new election at this time is not desirable. Neither party ask for it, and it would aggravate the 1 present evils. Tenth, congress Bhouia use it constitutional powers in the matter. Tho committee think Kellogg the choice of the majority of the voters of Louisiana and that he should be recognized as governor. Congress Bhoutd also provide for further safeguards safe-guards for holding elections and ascertaining as-certaining their results, if such can bo devised. Eleventh, The committee conclude con-clude by saying that these remedies are at beat temporary. Efficient aid to establish means of public education educa-tion would do much to remedy the evils. The public sentiment of the rest of the country, without distinction distinc-tion of party, may do much to re-more, re-more, as it has unfortunately done much to aggravate the trouble in Louisiana. The people there should be made to understand that all the authority of the government to preserve pre-serve a republican form of government govern-ment And protect the rights of citizens citi-zens will be firmly exercised, and no party in this country will aocept the alliance al-liance of men who are seeking power by Buch methods as the committee have described. Unless this can be done the free institutions of the whole United States will not survive the destruction of those in in the south. Tho dispatch says that Foster and Phelps agree to the report, except that they hold both parties in Louisiana Louisi-ana equally responsible for the condition con-dition of a flairs and that the republican repub-lican party should be included in the first and second propositions of the committee. ANOTHER DISPATCH. Washington, 23. Foster, Phelps, : Potter and Marshal presented the majority report of the committee on state affairs in Louisiana to the house today. It concluded as follows: In our judgment all that is needed in Louisiana iB to withdraw the federal troops and leave the people of that Btate to govern themselves. Before making this recommendation the committee say that to avoid mischief and confusion, a large majority of the citizens of Louisiana seem willing to accent an a enmnrnmisR Tfpllnftr'H recognition, and the restoration to the conservatives of the control of the lower house. For these reasons Foster Fos-ter and Phelps do not wish to oppose the recommendation that the administration admin-istration of Gov. ICellogg be recognized, recog-nized, neither in view of the fact that they know nothing of the merits as judged by competent evidence, nor do they wish to be understood as urging urg-ing it. They only wish to record their agreement with those of their associates asso-ciates who believe such a compromise might, by making the termination of the uncertainty in Louisiana be on the whole less intolerable than the present situation of that distressed dis-tressed people, bu t to any resolution recognizing Kellogg, Potter and Marshall are utterly opposed. op-posed. They find nothing to justify tlie Sheliof that Kellogg was elected. The fact that he seized tlie government by the aid of federal troops through the void and fraudulent fraudu-lent order which prevented tho counting count-ing and return of the votes, should be a standing presumption against him. When the people, outraged by the abuses of his government had successfully suc-cessfully regained the office he had usurped, he was again reseated by the federal power through the forms of law by which he had entrenched himself. Io once more sought to nullify the cboico of the people at the lato election, and to that end called in federal troops to break up the meeting of the legislature. For con gress to recognize the usurpation so roes, so oppressive, is, they think, to establish a precedent by which and under the pretexts that can readily be found in any state the government may be overthrown, tho will of the the people nullified, fraud and violence vio-lence perpetuated, and republican formes perverted to destroy liberty. |
