New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-01
Now You See 1t, and Now You Don't See 1t

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The game is over. The last hand is shown
which abstracts fifteen hundred thousand dollars
from the public pocket, is consummated, and it
is now quite proper for every person, whose feel
lngs OF interests are concerned, to inquire whe.
tier the contest has been conducted upon prin-
ciples Of fairness. or whether the nimble tricks
and lodges of 1egerdemain have been employed
to make the result inevitable.
1t will be seen by the published tables that
the considerable majorities against the road IN
the First and Fourth Districts were greatly
overbalanced by the enormous vote in the Second
and Third Districts. OF course it was expected
that the latter would cast q much heavier vote
for the road than the former, but the most saga.
cious calculator and counter of noses could not
have predicted that in many precincts Of the
Second and Third Districts there would be an
immense gain over the vote of one Of the most
exciting elections TINT this city experienced
Let us see how this stands. Let us compare
the vote of the election on the 9th of March
last for Mayor-an election which, nobody can
deny, called out the strength of the city--with
that of Thursday last upon the railroad ord-
nance, which, under all the circumstances, it
was reasonable to expect would be decided by
q very small vote
FHst District Number of votes polled for Mayor on
the 2Tth March, 1854 ................45 1888
Number OF votes for railroad ordinance, Goth
June. .............. T90
2oT5--2S85
Showing falling off in the vote Of .l7is
Second Dstrfet-For Mayor, 9th March 1915
hor " fa'lfoad 1913
Showing falling off in the vote Of ....... 3l5
In five of the precincts of this District-the
9Th, 9th, 18th, 18th and 14th--we have falling
off from the former election of SSS votes, and in
the 10th and 18th precincts a gain of fou
htesdred and sfrty-ttco potest The following
is the comparative vote Of each of the precincts
Eighth precinct, 9th March .........5s5
n. 4stn June. ...-s.....=,,.., .336--250
Ninth pteeincti 5Ith hlarctl, -. .aGS
E 18th June. =. ....=..,.. lgp-l6p
Twelfth precinct, nth March,. ................6T4
Thirteenth precinct 9th March ..............G5
:. 10th June = 54a-l1n
Fourteenth precinct, 27th March s5lj
-sth June. .17i-1s5
Falling eff ia the FIVE precincts .............s 9S
Asnss ~ s SIarnI, 339
Eleventh precinct 18th june ......,...........749
%.th March ....,.,..,,.. .5ll--23S
Increase in two precincts. ............ 49,
lh'rd " District For railroad ordinance, June
z5ta ..5.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6SS
For Mayor, March 9th. ............ e855-l3S3
Shouting an increase ouer the former elec.
tSon of thirteen hundred and MirtY-tiree
notes u The Third District
Comparative vote of the several precincts:
Fifteenth precinct Goth June .. l0a6
9th March .......... 724-2S2
sixteenth precinct, 20th June. -. .,,, 4B4
s. 27th March. -, u2-S52
x seventeenth precinct 2sth June 1S4
9th March ... 7u--l14
Eighteenth precinct, 18th June. 1899
Sath Msreh..,..... 6sa-i50
twentieth precinct. 18th June. ..,..... SIT
9th Match....,.... 1861
Twenty-iirst precinct, 2Ath June. 49,, -. $40
18th March 17e-16l-1SeO
hinsteenth precinct, 2lth March. 195
18th June ,........ 1856 less
Showing an Increase in six precincts OF the
Third District of 1890 votes.
Fourth District-For Mayor, March d h.....1b7l
For Railroad ordinance, June 18th. 81
1a'ling on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a,
Now, to what are we to attribute the perfect.
ly incredible increase in the precincts alluded
to9 Are they in that quarter of the city
n which usually returns q larger number of votes
at each succeeding election and is the pres
eut the season of year when any precinct of tn,
city is expected to return an augmented vote
These questions are significant, and no man il
New Orleans can hesitate for an answer. "
declare in plain and direct terms that whereye
there has been an increase over the vote of las
March, there should instead have been q re
duction, and that under the circumstances sue
increase could only have been. brought ahou
by false and fraudulent voting and every per
son, who knows any thing s.oout elections in Ne
Orleans, knows this to b true,