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Show All O. K. Ill cw Orleaus. New Orleans, 2". Tho following republican naemberif were today Bworn in the house. Keating. Brown, Uinkgrave, Mill, Gray, Maloire, Thoniaa and Gracieu. Dinkgrave said they considered it their duty to fallow the majority of their collsagues, h.it not surrender their principles. Tney yielded to Ihe force of cireum-(d.itice cireum-(d.itice and would cooperate in any ine.i-ure fur the good of the sUte. A let'erof resignation from Liicius Early, who w,uj returned from West Ftdiciana by the board, was read and reeived. There are now absent from the house but four republican members, mem-bers, and from the senate three Gov. Packard remains in the Btate house. Judge H. M. Spoflurd was nominated nomi-nated today by the democratic caucus for United -States senator. In an interview yesterday lie said the policy of President Hayes as outlined by his inaugural address and his i ,.; i. l0,.l,,l i president by the constitutional authority, au-thority, baa net my hearty approbation, approba-tion, and so long as he atandd squarely up to that policy he will have my humblo mipporl. Chicago, 23. The Tribune's New Orleans. Packard has be n paying attention to tho payment of his legis- i lators and officers by Nicholla. He j .will not leave the suite house before, i that is done. His final address will appear in Wttdnesday morning's papers. pa-pers. It will contain nothing challenging chal-lenging tho right ol Hayes 'o ihe electoral vote of tho elato, and no evidence is being collected to show that'J'ilden carried the state, as sensational sen-sational dispatches allege. Tho troops will be quietly removed to-morrow. The morning papers will contain the following: Executive Department, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, April 24th. By direction of the president of the United States, troops now stationed in the vicinity of the St. Louis hotel and elsewhere within the limits of this city, will bo removed to their usual barracks at noon this day. The welfare of the state domandB and my ofliciul honor is pledged that the carrying car-rying out of this order will result in no disturbance. In furtherance thereof, I request and urge the citizens citi-zens of Louisiana to pursue their usual avocations and abstain from congregating congre-gating in tho neighborhood of the St. Louis hotel. (Signed) Fiiascis T. Nmnoixs, Governor of Louisiana. |