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 ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT 87 dent called the attention of congress to the inade quacy of the laws applying to such cases, saying that he had recognized the officers installed by the decision of the returning-board as representing the de facto government, and added: &quot;I am extremely anxious to avoid any appearance of undue inter ference in state affairs, and, if congress differs from me as to what ought to be done, I respectfully urge its immediate decision to that effect.&quot; Congress, however, took no action, and left with the executive the sole responsibility of dealing with this delicate question. The next year the trouble was renewed, and the fierce contest that was waged between the Republicans under Kellogg and the Democrats under McEnery, their respective candidates for the governorship, resulted in armed hostilities. Kel logg, the de facto governor, called upon the Fed eral authority for protection, and Gen. Emory was sent to New Orleans with U. S. troops, and the outbreak was for a time suppressed. But diffi culties arose again, and the president sent Gen. Sheridan to Louisiana to report upon the situation of affairs, and, if necessary, to take command of the troops and adopt vigorous measures to preserve the peace. Gen. Sheridan became convinced that his duty was to sustain the government organized by Kellogg, and, on the demand of the governor, he ejected some of McEnery s adherents from the state capitol. The president submitted the whole