Mobile register and journal., 1845-03-18
From tbs New orltan.ceulIsr.

MINES AND EAST BATON ROUGE.
About one thousand democratic votes was the
whole number given in the parish OF Plaquemines,
about one half Of which the wings denounced frau
dulent. But after The jealous investigation Of This
wing committee, supported by large majority IN
the House Of Representatives, with all the applan-
ces Of runners and spies. appears that there was
fraud at all throughout that parish more than 10
usually committed al all elections ~ which AN equal
number OF votes is received. But we beg The reader
TO remember that moi more than five hundred OF the
democratic votes in the parish we're asserted 10 De
Illegal even by The most exl,avagan OF the wings
Very we'll! In this journal Of the wing committee
il the affidavit Of II. W Fowler sheriff OF the parish
OF East Baton Rouge at the time Of the last presi-
Dental election. Mr.. Fowler sa,s-irom the Path
October till the 4h November, some wings having
called on him for tax receipts Tor property, they had
Just bought he told them he could not give Them tax
receipts, moi having gwen bond for tile year l844;
they afterwards produced order from Judge Tes-
sier (the Parish Jhdge) that these names should be
put the tax-lst oil 1913; the wuhess coupled
with the Judges order, and 1900 names were put on
the sand list for 1913, OF whom says the sheriff
| 40 were democrats. Here, then, we have the fact
established that the names Of 1890 wings were put
on the tax-list Of l943 for property which they
bought at the close of the year 1874! And this was
done under the order of that excellent wing judge,
| Nr Charles Tester.
The sheriff could not put them on the list for 1874
because he was mel qualified tn mel officially until
his bond was renewed. No matter says Judge les.
ser, put them on the list Tor lS43 lit s all the same
thing and will answer the purpose IL judge
can thus order his sheriff TO alsiy the tax list, he
can do any thing ese that is arbitrary, illegal and
unjust BY the affidavit Of Mr.. Fowler, confirmed
BIS that of r. Walker, notary public residing ia
the town Of Baton Rouge, 1t appears that eleven hun
dre, and ninety OF these illegal votes were made fol
The wings, and il also appears from The evidence d
certain persons who were present at the election II
the parish of Jefferson, that those votes rece
we'd there without opposition. Indeed they could moi
be refused because the eceipt was good on ia
face and the inspectors OF election could not suspec
that the persons bearing those receipts were not en-
titled TO them; and if they did suspect, they coulc
only put the individuals upon them oath as 10 the va
ldty of The receipt. Against such oath the vote
could not be rejected unless proof we're brought tor
; ward of the real character Of the receipt
There can be no doubt that votes we're gwen tt
H. E,i, -i;s,s iu s'."i,er the Tile
gal receipts issued under the order of the whis
Judge, Tesser And this is the party these wings
who denounced the whole democratic majority il
, Ptaquemine for being they alledged, based OF
fand! and who wanted To sci aside the six eleciora
votes given by the State oil Louisiana To Polk and
Dallas for the same laacious reason. They asser
without proof and against proof that FIVE hundred
democratic voles given in the parish Of Plaquemin
!, were fraudulent Very we'll! here we have the fac
esiab shed before their own wing committee Of tn
house, that eleven hundred and ninety Wing vote
were made iraudulently and illegally by sinnle
der of a wing Judge!
These are the men too, these wings, who assume
to themselves The power OF rejecting at one sw0o
eighteen hundred naiuralzed votes, because half
dozen OF them were proved TO have obtained thei
certificates Of naturalization by corrupt means; an
these half dozen proved TO be wings and TO hav
been naturaze by Judge Elliott at the Instance q
the Clay Club. We shall return to the subject il
two or three days.