Substantially the terms had been agreed upon during the previous conferences—that is, the promise that if Hayes came in the troops should be withdrawn and the people of Louisiana be left free to set their house in order to suit themselves.
Watterson summarizes the agreements made during the Wormley Conference regarding the withdrawal of troops from Louisiana.
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