The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-08-06
To the Republicans Of the Fifth
District.

seat as a Representative from this
District, you are aware that our
case in common with all the 9th
ers from this State, presented tea
lures and involved principles en-
tirely new in the history of
contested elections in Congress.
The claim in each was, that Or
ganized violence, disorder, intim-
idation and coercion, prevailed in
various portions of the District,
to an extent that should invali-
date the elections in the particular
parishes, or precincts, where the
violence prevailed.
We claimed, in each case, that
by counting only the votes cast in
the parishes and precincts where
peace, order and the absence of
violence and intimidation prevail
ed, a majority Or plurality would
be shown for the Republican can
diGate.-Fra,,k Morey.
The persistency of F. M. and
his fellows in the cry of evidence,
disorder, intimidation and coer-
cion" in this District and through
out the State, during the election
in 1868, is as remarkable for men,
dacity and inconsistency as any
thing known in the history of
politics.
When the vote Of the State was
counted in the Presidential con-
test, Ben Wade, President.of the
Senate, declared that the vote was
legal and acceptable, proriaea 1t did
not change the result. The result
was not changed, and the seven
electoral votes of Louisiana were
counted and credited to Seymour.
Now, we submit to any candid
mind, if the vote was valid for
President, was it not equally valid
for congressman? The only diff
ference is the vote did not make
a Democratic President, but it did
make five Democratic Congress-
men.
It might bewe1l for the admirers
of E. M. to keep in mind a certain
letter of his from bis place in the
legislature. If it does not speak
violence and corruption and eN-
hibit a cheek for any thing calcu-
lated to advance party and party
interest, then we have read it to
little purpose. Here it is, read
and draw your own conclusions:
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE. STATE LOUISIANA,
NEW ORLEANS: Sept. 80, 1868.
Friend Ennenoser:-Ise send hero
with the appointments. Of super
visors of registration for Ouachi
parish. Books, etc., are addressed
to Hardy; you are empowered to
employ a clerk; Bowen had better
be employed. Mike Grady, Hen
derson and Moulton will go up
Saturday for Morehouse. McCur-
ley is appointed for Jackson, and
two good men friends ofmine) from
here. Ask Grady to write to Geo.
| w. Pierce, Assistant Assessor at
Columbia, who is appointed on the
board for that parish, and have
him come up to Monroe on the
10th as a delegate in my favor. I
will also write to him and have
| another friend see him.
I got your telegram this a. ~,
and sent you the paper which you
ordered by the Caroline.
Take and forward the oaths
back Immediately. Do not fix on
the number of your voting pre-
cincts for the parish yet. ] do
not think we should have more
than two, although I have had
books sent up for three. We must
haze no polls acest Of Ou0c7itu.
Yours, MOREY.
| The only thing ''entirely new in
the history of contested elections
in Congress- involved in the con-
test, was the effrontery Of the
contestant with. only 1924 votes
appearing against 1916, a differ
ence of more than 10000, and
seriously asking Congress in the
l. T.