New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-08
TIE ErEcTI0N RESULTS.

JOLS OL AOGDs Nl-4LC Al A-'N !
tricts the Democrats have made conSld-
cradle gains. The general result. how
ever. cyinces popular Endorsement Of
Republican principles and candidates.
Notwithstanding every possible device ana
ingenious continuance Of our opponents
it is certain that the people Of the state
cling to those popular ideas which made
the Republican party powerful tor gooa
and an instrument vitality essential to the
perpetuity Of free government.
In this State i. has never been claimed
that the administration has been without
faults. The process Of reconstruction was
attended with innumerable difficulties
and evils which might have been avoided
under different circumstances. But 1t has
practjced no deliberate wrong and the
country has rapidly recovered under Its
influence from the desolations Of war
Individual rights have been protected and
the franchise, consequent upon popular
liberty, greatly extended and enlarged.
The people appreciate these positive ad-
vantages and are 10th to resign the good
they have for any system which might en-
tail possible evil
In the city, however, tits different. The
Democrats or fusionists claim question
able majority. Yet here Nhe hotbed OF
the opposition) fair poll Of all the legal
voters would still give US the a8cendency.
But approaching the fact, that on large
Democratic majority in New Orleans de-
pended all their hopes for success, they
have thrown loose the veins Of continuance
and intrigue, and fraud and corruption
are very strongly suspected In many OF
the wards fraudulent votes by the hundred
have been detected, and ballet stuffin8 has
| been carried to an extent which excludes
Republican votes and secures fusion ma
iorities in localities where the opposition
had scarcely any foothoId at all. BY
such means, and on the hypothesis
that they will have escaped detec-
ton. the Democrats have been in
duced to claim majority which will
speedily disappear before an Investigation.
! Some Of the agents employed have been
SO open and .undisguised in their tamper'
ing with the ballot that the conservative
Picayls1le. an opposition paper and sup
porter of the fusion candidates. has avowed
it's suspicious Of unfairness, and demands
a stricter and more rigorous watchtulness
on the part Of the officers intrusted Will
the counting Of the votes. Nor have these
suspicious been hastily and uniusty
aroused. Sufficient evidence has been
already collected to question the validity
of the municipal election on account o
repeated frauds in the ballot. Nor are
these suspicious confined to ballot stutflns
alone. The delay. difficulties and OBJ
stacles put in the way Of q fair and !egitl
mate count are regarded as indicating un
fairness. and the possible selection o
favorite candidates.
On this point the Piccy&as remarks:
The delay is certainly for no good. W
have not doubt that one great object Is 4
tire out and disgust the just and homes
men who have been allowed access to tn
counting. Bus we have an abiding falth Il
the tenacity Of this privileged few, ana on
Deople are looking to them to bear with pa
fence and fOrtitude the burden that is upol
them. The peoples hope is in them, an
we know they will not disappoint them
But from evidence we have before Us
these guarantees will prove insufficient
The directors and controllers Of the giGar
tic schemes Of fraud are not TO be dc
, prived Of the fruits Of successful villain
, in the last hour by the simple inspectio
which ! few honest men are able. by the
personal presence. to give the counting
the ballot.
The inspiring cause of all this anxlet
to swell the Democratic vote Of this paris
is the obvious necessity for very larg
majority to level Grant and Kellogg's ms
iorities in the country. This also AFFORD
a clue for the suspicious that are ente
tanned. 1t is improbable. in the nature
things. that either party can fairly have
{ Remembrance over the other of mol
than few thousand votes. 4 coun
therefore. that discioses . majority for q
, side or the other 50 large as is now elaine
} before the ballots have been taken out
| the boxes will be prime .focie evidence
something wrong. and afford suthclel
grounds for contesting elections. e
these things have not been done in SO dan
, a corner as many of the agents suppos
! and it is likely that before the adjournmel
Of the next General Assembly the occu
transactions vii. be blazoned forth.
committee Of inquiry will doubtless
+ called for. if the facts warrant such PR
! ceeding. and persons and papers sent TO
) 1t is not the leas: singular feature Of th
campaign that Nav Orleans and some fe
, localities il thus State form striking e
ceptions 10 the general rule through
out the country. Throughout near
every other State. heavy RepubIco
gains are reported. while here MAORI
5 of p, 900 has been 50 far reduced as
afford slight basis fox the opposition
claim a victory With our party well Q
! ganized and disciplined. as it undout
. eddy was. while the opposition was di
, tracted b. internal feuds. we we
, justified il expecting 10000 Repu
majority. 4, the registration Ii
been conducted: and the election
MANIPULATED. ". shal! consider gu