Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-10
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ii. Z. WarmOtb no,v 4. nom tn end l,is carper
as governor Of Louisiana is manifos,lv one Of
the most nnscrupulors scour,lrals ayer made
prominent by important ofaiciaI ,osi,io, vbs,
he was before he heean r., o,or,,. ~ r,,,;s;,,,,
politics. is ihdicaied hv the charoo s,,;n
died the government beaviir =, ,s.ta, -
transactions. What he has heo =, IT, ts',,
has been seen abnpdantlv since bo taoa,,a vow,
ernor Of that state. The rennbIcan oartr -
Louisiana sought 10 restrain his rascaliiy; but
II pieaSed our late "relormers" 10 hide the rea
character OF taat struggle and describe the un
compromising opposition to his doings as the
iactlous work OF custom house officials, who
were onsy IN The interest of General Grant
with view TO the presidential cleo
ton In reform accounts of the affair, the
great rascals were Collector Casey and Marshal
raehara' lney were accused because it was
believed that Gen Grant could be injured by
having lhem described as corruptionists. But
they represented the republican party, which
repudlated Warmoth in the most emphatic way
Warmoth was compelled TO go out of the party;
and seeing nothing better, he became ere
former and went to Cincinnati, and then sought
association with the Louisiana democrats, who
mated him even more than he was hated by the
republicans. They would not make him their
candidate Tor governor; but they were willing
TO use him, while he proposed 10 carry the state
by means oil atrocious frauds and make himself |
United states senator.
IL IS now manifest that the republicans would
nave carried 4>ouiSiana' III lalf sectlGn,. ~
ron 4V'oUV 10 4o'VVV h'Joriy' out .;l, y armoth
through ms asen'S' VINO acle svals supervisors Of
Aee'sVIy anu eieo'onS % aestfived to have great
Iluioer oI s;tils excluded from the polls
- zen 4 ne had reduced the republican vote
below that Of the democrats; but he had mis-
calculated. The democratic vote proved to be
weaker than he expected. 1t turned ont that
the republican candidates were elected by from
1900 10 is 900 majority, in spite of his frauds
and then he resolved 10 defeat them by fraudu-
lent count an operation in which he can teach
the ceverest Tammany rogues new lessons.
Louisiana has a special board of cauyassers,
whose business is to count the vote and declare
who is elected This board met, filed two Vi.
eancies as the law required and then
adjourned, intending to meet again and
canvass the returns according 10 law
But Warmoth could not use more than one or
two members of this board: therefore he deter
mined to reyolutionize it. He issued an order
removing majority OF the members and put
ting his own creatures in their places This he
had no legal right 10 do: and, OF course. the
legal board disregarded his mandate. met again.
filed vacancies and proceeded to do their work.
He created another board, and attempted 10
carry out his plot. An appeal 10 the courts fol-
lowed, OF which good deal has been heard ia
the dispatches. He is a bold aud most uncrupu-
Ious man, and has struggled desperately to
carry his point. But the courts have decided
AGAINST him. and there is now 4 prospect that he