New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-05

son poll box take the stand, This gentle
man swears that according to law the poll
box was sealed and placed in carriage in
which were himself and State Commits
sioner Joseph McKittrick to be taken to
the parish courthouse TO be counted; that
at a secluded place on the road to Baton
Rouge the carriage was surrounded by
mounted men. with whom said AcKittrick
went to one side and conyersed, shortly
returning and carrying away the poll box
down lane, remarking that be intended
to remain all night, and that be (Husted)
might Ego to hell" that haitian hour after,
as he was about starting back 70 Port Hud-
son, McKittrick returned with the box,
announcing that he had changed his mind
and would proceed.
Of course it would have been at the risk
Of lfe-or, rather, at the certainty Of
death-for the United States officer to
ha We followed and kept sight Of the box
when taken off by these men.
Now comes the proof Of the fraud. Nc
Kittrick, for purposes Of intimidation, but
without sanction Of law, compelled the
colored men to vote open tickets, thus
enabling the United STATES supervisor
to keep an exact tally Of the votes cast.
Only some six or seven fusion ballots were
thrown, but upon opening the box after
the little incident in the lane, fusion
majority was discovered scores Of colored
men thus being not simply deprived Of q
voice in the election, but made to speak
against their wishes and principles.
At poll three the State Supervisors re-
jected, Illegally, 113 colored Republican
votes, and after closing the polls took the
box away from the United States super
visor before sealing it, and doctored it TO
suit their pleasure. In fact, this was
done at every poll in the parish, except
the first, eighth, ninth and twelfth, where
the United States supervisors seem to have
had excellent pluck and determination.
On the morning Of the election, for the
purpose of giving semblance Of fairness
to the proceeding, a second box, called
the doubtful box, was opened in Baton
Rouge, in which voters who had their
1870 papers, but had been unable to get
new ones, were permitted to cast their
tickets. More than eight hundred Grant
and Kellogg tickets were thus thrown-bUt
they have not been counted in the So
called official result sent to the Governor.
All these facts are sworn to and proved
beyond the doubt Of q reasonable man, as
Mr.. Hunt can. ascertain by application to
the clerk of the United States Circuit
Court Now, if he is in earnest, and anx~
ious that the will Of the people shall pre-
vail, We hope he viii let Us have his opin-
ion on the Baton Rouge election. Nor
need be confne himself to this, but 60
over the record Of the various parishes
until he has convinced himself that his
ten thousand McEne1y majority never
existed in law or honesty. When this re-
suit is reached, we hope to see the eloquent
advocate array himself on the side Of Mr..
Kellogg and striking sturdy slows for the
representation Of American Hberties.'
1t is pertinent to inquire here if the
method Of alternately registering white
and black man, and in fac: che WHOLE
system Of conducting the registration as
above described, does rot convince the
learned lawyer that the flot was d.
rected against the latter class because OF
Grace, color and previous condition.