New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-02

Mr.. Morey, of 0uachita, called up the
following resolution, which was adol t I'd:
ResolUed, That the Sergeant.at- Arms of
this House be instructed to inquire upon
what terms and for what length of time the
ST. Louis Hotel, or some other suitable
building, could be leased for the purpose of
holding therein the meetings of this Assem-
bly, and its various committees, aud 10 re-
port them to this House as soon as practi-
cable.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The Secretary of the Senate was an.
nounced asking concurrence in the follow
ing bills:
Senate bill No. 10.
Senate bill No. II.
Senate bill No. As.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Yorke, of Carroll, chairman of the
Committee on Election and Qualifications,
submitted the following majority report
which was received and accepted;
To the Speaker and Members of the Honorable
House Of Representatives OF the General AS
sembly Of the State Of louisiana
The Committee on Elections and OuaIiica.
tions, appointed by your honorable body
beg leave to submit the following as their
report
As chairman and member of the Com
mittee on Elections and Qualifications, ap-
pointed by your honorable body, that in the
case of the Fourth Representative district
| of the parish of Orleans, from the evidence
produced before your committee we arc of
| opinion that gross frauds were allowed and
| perpetrated blythe commissioners ofeleetions
and others in said district, as proven by the
| evidence now before your honorable body,
and the neglect or inability of Messrs.
Heidenhain and Hall to prove that they
would have received majority of votes if a
| fair election had been allowed; and we are
of opinion that the election in said district
| should be declared null and without effect,
and that the Governor be instructed to order
a new election in the above mentioned dis
trict.
Respectfully submitted.
P. JONES YoRKE,
Chairman;
DENNIS BURREL.
MIR. Pratt, of Claiborne, submitted the
following minority report, which was re
ceived:
MINORITY REPORT.
| To the Honorable Speaker and House of Repre.
| sentatiyes Of the State of Louisiana;
The undersigned, member of the Commit
tee on Contested Elections, begs leave to
submit the following minority report:
l dissent from the report of the majority
| Ill luS Cd5t VI IlFlutAIulu anu nan against
Zacharie and Stringer, for the following
| reasons:
| |. The contestants having abandoned the
| ground of ineligibility on the part of the
| incumbents, base their claims on fraud
| practiced to such an extent that majority
| of legal votes in their favor have been
Counterbalanced by fraudulent votes. This
the contestants have utterly failed to sustain
by proof Messrs. Zacharie and Stringer
| received, according to the returns, a major
ity of fifty.seven for Stringer and thirty
three for Zacharie over the highest con
testant Heidenhain, and a majority of
nearly double these figures over Hall, the
other contestant. To prove fraudulent
voting the contestants produce attidavits OF
| only tWentv.seven persons claiming that
they were illegally deprived of the right OF
voting. Now, granting that these facts were
that both contestants have failed to prove
true, this number would have been sufficient
to elect them, as this number Of votes, il
added to their vote, would still give Messrs
ZaCharie and Stringer a majority Of six fol
Zacharie, and of thirty over the highest
contestants for Stringer. But the inCum
bents have proved by the face of the afida
Wits that eight of these atlantis were not en-
titled to vote in the Fourth Representative
District, while nine others fail to show wha'
ticket they would have voted had they
voted, thus showing that seventeen of the
atlantis fail to show that these votes would
have been polled for Heidenhain and Hall
leaving only ten attidavits which would
show that they would or could have voted
for the contestants. One affidavit of H. j
Campbell shows that he believes from forty
to sixty persons were illegally deprived O
the right of franchise; but aside from the
fact that atiiaut fails to show that he knew
each of these voters, and that they wert
refused the right of voting, this testimony
must be taken with proper grains of allow
| iOqEnnph attIunt limsnIF "a
didate, and as such biased and preiudiCeC
: in his own favor, and the same affidavit Wai
used in his own behalf.
2. The incumbents have shown that mor(
fraud was perpetrated by the contestants
than they themselves charge was used il
favor of the inCumbents. 1t was distinctly
proved by the affidavits OF two persons
Davis and Spalding that Heidenhain en-
deavored to obtain hundred blank certif
! Gates of registration, to which he said h
would forge the signatures of the registrars
and use them at the election; that h
furthermore showed sop'e fifteen registra
, ton certificates belonging to dead men an
| absentees, which he would use for himsel
In the election. 1t is furthermore prove
that Heidenhain hired party to go to on
OF the polls i'll tine Fourth Representatly
District, and as he got the Democratic ba
, lots from the box that he should erase th
names of Zacharie and Strlnger; that th
l party afterward went to another poll in th
r same district, and found Heidenhain hin
self engaged in striking out the names
| Zacharie and Stringer as they were take
from the box; that he saw Heidenhai
strike these names from the ballots in th
same way; that Heidenhain took him asid
:. and asked him what he had done at Seven
House, when Davis replied that he la
g struck off the names of his opponents frol
some thirty ballots, and that Heidenhai
|. was all right, when Heidenhain said thi
:. he would reward him, Davis, with plaC
# in the customhouse, as he had promise
q that "he would remember him;a thU
showing frauds to larger amount tina
what the contestants even claim against I'll
= incumbents.
6 The undersigned, therefore, claims thu
instead of showing that fraud prevailed
a such an extent that Heidenhain and Ha
a procured majority of legal votes, it ha
e been established by the proof tbs
: messrs. Iacharie and Stringer Wer
: elected by larger majority. tina
their majority as reported in the re
G turn of the elections, and that the partie
n contesting were Immediately and directl
:. parties to the fraud perpetrated in the
4 own favor; wherefore, the undersigne
asks that Messrs. Stringer and Zacharie /
given their seats to which they are dul
-' elected, and that this House shall not col
D. suit partisan feelings to warp their jude
ment in giving fair and impartial justiC
n in this case.
' All of which is respectfully submitted
3 G. B. PRATT.
On motion of Mr.. McVean, of Caddo, Ii
consideration of the report of the Commi
v tee on Elections and Qualifications was pos
: poned until-morrow at two o'clock P. NJ.
Mr.. Harner. chairman of the Copnmittf