Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-06-13
~ p, request We copy the following from the
mr., Rouge 4iuccdts of the ash inst.
Adj ger tisaulcnt.
-o THE VOTERS UF WEST BAUM
~ RDUEE-

.., ,rts, T., make thc following state
=, NJ facts cooperating the election h@'' On ~
ma .tth, store Of Le!iail 4 itarnah2h' III VIZ :
"t, Wa of our Parish. for the purpose oi eiestins
"h1h 49,. =, the Police Jury. Acssrs. John a hisa,
q st.. stevens, and Octave Leblanc, taa Veeh ap'
,a;n,ed Commissioner ot Election y. 1he I Or "H,s.
',h.+ . quarter before pine. A. NJ DIT S''''"s ""
NV .ra non, hut neither Of the other teniinisstohers
AZ the 49,, ,,i N, ballot. box or copy Of laws had
~eal fr,,,;she9. Mr.. stevens WAITED '"r tieHt UNIV
~. half past nine, wheu-uaacrH7t"at" ~ '.s
80 and par.iculars OF elections, ana .'"Fi4E :"
' III. .orn. error-hr requested 1ieslph"re Hei
r"h"l =, Ia a.sist hin in drawing up TIC necessary
me- for opening the polls, renAr6!nS 1HNI i, ie
snn,a do 80, and il tua others w"ait serve a he"i-
.,f.s;oners, lie wouii open TIE polls ana n,l0 tho
,'.Haa eth with. VT. Bernard answered iiiat ne
ess'..r m,,h business OF his "wn rs he could attend
hsa y. Stevens asked Ms. Ftleneave Leblanc ii ms
10. ort.vr wss cataing Mr. ~ici3lar" cred
nat he did no, know. He requested
tn ss.lst him or act . "'1m'aS'"u
.rs,,ssa. A SINH sau-St " ..
W pi,e. who also refused. VII. Ste he" ~
a.. ,al, until, uoar eleven o'clock, Witt ling thae
W. .r,ld oot accomplish anything, ami having ihuch
hn.;ns.. ia attend to st home, ne let promising,
us"A :, -.,u-n IN the evening. We understand
49,, ,hn.a nressut, among whom were MtssfS' A'ha.
,nI Laurent. J. W. Pipes, the hessfs- Lea"ne an"
a,h.,s subser npntlv tried IL elect he" SohiHiAss'"fi-
~, ,r1 held the eiection. This they iiah Il r}ght 10
Ht'raa.r siay.u o'clock, but from some cause failed.
thont two p. NJ, Mr.. Stevens returned tn the polls,
ma after some twenty or thirty tn,.a'es, WI p'fn
,rri,.J. From. this time out, Mr.. BRA witieSsel All
,h.t occurred. Mr.. Stevens and Nj. Bird prtpa'ea to
49,, N. nnli. In due form. Mr.. Stevens administered
ia ez.h To Nr. Bird, and Ar. ittrd 20 aT Stevens
The, then . ppotatsl Ar. John Van feif q tiiiFd tom,
missioner. in ptaee Of octave Leblanc. VINO was SIM
sh.,nt. u was past three O'Clock when the polls
80. sp.,t declared eDeu. The contest appeare3 To be
Ito.s hot Col. t.. Csiiwell add 'etaV tebtanc.
About . dazea votes were depnsttettt ABOUT
two thitis of all the votes in The Ward AG pieces
x.rs ,o.,,srs5, and the Commissioners determined
"a j. ,y-eru.d in closing the polls ny the CLOCK IN the
store. w.Ieh was slower By some minutes than tAe
watches Of Mr. steyense OF Mr.. Bird. Mr., Flpes offered
10 yoee insr before the CLOCK struck four, but the vote
Rad beas offered in time, aul was, o. course. received
.nl aa,c.it.d. The polls were then declared closed,
A, ~. minutes past f.s" Rs the clock, fifteen mil
,,es nasr sar nv Mr. watch. and sixteen !ain-
s,es paa tous By Vi --teYen's watch. The votes
rn,,t.a AMI Col. Caldwell declared elected by f.
Of one. M. Pipes. Mr.. y. Pope. and Others
at.aei to protest against the proceedings A.
Ilsya a, that the -ry would threw II
- The ni,,.nns. they had done
.hs;r 5r,, acted witt sihIe fairness. 1t
IVES. however. ;nsinusted fna reports nave
since been circulated. p-cjliie TO the character "f
the Commissioner, ana II is necessary that liey
should be refatel. Its sad mat they conducted The
al.c;nu in s RAJ Gafair manner that they
90, ,t.ir rloct Is ahead that they par
r,,slv DELAYED IF the polls til after three
r,.I,-s tina, t. a!aly Influenced b. inter
este persons. ii said that one If the Com
rui.sEouers acknowledged the ra scality and ~tl'ag1tity of
ina election. Tae.e reports are current, nut titg5r
,,r;y,u..ors are no. known. To eaca, and erery one OF
,he,r We give the Ii. cmDhatically and those who
o,;yin.tci them shah b. held personally accountable
Ia IA. whenever We can trace them - their polluted
sDurces.
Sah.sauent troubles. which We could not have an
ticipatei. have grown ont OF tGi2 petty ~elccti0L, and
We nov deem IL Our duty. in usrieo 10 ourselves aud
all concerned. to make this plain statement OF factS.-
Dir. stevens was personally cngnizaat OF all the rcts
here stated. aud He. rigi nal Sir. Van beit fall that
occurred after tw0 o'clock p. N.
Z. SfEvESs,
JOHN /. 8rp.
JHES I. EANlhrtr.