The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-09-24
Report On Congressional Election in 9Th
District...HOw to Secure Final Success.

The publication Of the majority re-
port Of the Committee Of Elections of the
Federal House of Representatives, up
on the contested-election case from this
Congressional district, as the same APP
pears on our first page, is made Mt this
time for II two-fold purpose; first, to
complete MIR. McCranie' showing of
the causes which led to his rejection
and of the real obstacles he had to en-
counter; and, second, to furnish the
voters of this district with il clear in
sight into the tactics employed by the
Radicals to wrong the district out OF
representation, to the end that no cause
whatever may be given i'll future for
declaring an election invalid because
of alleged violence and intimidation, to
prevent which, every Democrat can
see, is matter Of the greatest impor-
lance. and will demand constant Cir
cumspection on the part OF the citizen.
| The members OF the Convention
which assemblies to-day "wednesday
will find, by examining this report the
exact causes which led the House, upon
the oral as we'll as written advice Of
| MIR. Stevenson, to declare the election
in this district invalid. The contcs-
tant, it will be seen by the head-note
given by us to the report, made a direct
issue upon the question of eligibility,
even to the extent Of refusing to regard
the contestee as IL claimant ut all. 1t
will be seen from the report itself that
this issue was virtually dismissed; while
in the discussion had in the House, it
was wholly ignored, some of the Re
publicans voting to seat MIR. McCranie
upon the removal of his disabilities.
And further, as showing that his dis;,-
J bility was not regarded as vitality OBJ
} jectionable, the Senate Committee on
Disabilities, even while the contest was
pending in the House, reported his
name to the Senate for special relief
, There is, therefore, no foundation fol
the assertion that Mr.. McCranie was
l rejected on account Of disabilities, and
3 nothing to show that the action of the
Bastrop Convention, in nominating Il
, candidate unable to take the Test Oath
5 was prejudicial to the interests Of either
the party or the people. Bare assump-
tons to the contraryare overwhelmingly
disprovcd by the record.
Thus, the nominating Convention is
brought to determine the value 0,
, worthlcssness of a position deliberately
, taken by the party two years ago and
: not since assailed by the House, and t.
! decide whether the party will continu.
t to stand upon the same position, when
y in addition to the arguments original,
;, used to place the party there, there il
e now that of consistency and pride o
r party, enforced by successful expert
e ment made. There is IL state of fact
e here which exist in no Congressional
y district in the South, and which tn,
e leaders of the party cannot disregar(
d without jeopardizing the confidence thu
: people have in the deliberate judgmen
1 Of their party leaders.
;. We commend to every voter in tn,
State, into whose hands this paper ma,
: fall, the careful perusal of Mr.. Steven
= sons artful, fallacious report, on nc
: count Of the important bearing tn,
+ same sophistry and false assumption
9 of intimidation will certainly have up
= on the election in November, shout,
. the Republicans be defeated, which i
! quite certain. From such perusal
G the most illiterate reader will rise i'm
= pressed with the gravity of pacific de
u pertinent, upon all occasions, from nov
until the election. We can assure tn
Democrats, from personal observation
that every advantage will be sought b,
c the Radicals, in order to annul an,
i even reverse the result Of an election
which shall go Democratic. Mere per
e sonal quarrels and difficulties will b
y magnifed into political riots or mobs
: both by the Legislature and by Con
l. gress, and even hasty, passionat
n speeches or threats against an individ
= ual, Radical in politics, will be distort
: ell into violence and intimidation. TIL
Radicals of North Carolina have alread
!. prepared pleas of this character agains
:, the Democrats of that State, notwith
:, standing the fact that the whole mill
c tary power of the State was undc
t Radical control during the canvass
|. and part of it actually under arms t
! protect the polls.
u Let the Democrats hc wary and a., !,