The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-11-09
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION.
UNIVERSAL QUIET PREVAILED.
The Result Yet i'm Doubt.
Probable Election Of McEnery and the
of"f' Liberal State Ticket. y q a

| Nf't' Liberal State Ticket. 81"
5 Fusion COnsressnen Elected
The State election of Monday last
was tho most peaceable that has been
held In Louisiana for years. Although
a few slight disturbances have &C.
cured in two or three parishes during
the counting Of the votes, upon the
Gay Of voting universal quiet prevail
ed. Even i'll New Orleans, where the
spirit Of party contest ran highest,
all was calm and peaceful, and the
murderons knife and pistol seemed
forgotten by the toughest of the
roughs. It is a damaging comment
airy upon the laws governing the con-
duct of elections in our State, that
while we are informed of the result
of the national contest of November
5th in the, most distant States of the
Union, we are yet ignorant of the re-
suit of our home election which oc-
Cured one day previous. .
Official returns have been received
from only seven parishes up to this
date, to wit: Ascension, Cameron,
Richland, St. Landry, Vermillion,
Washington and West Baton Rouge.
These parishes show a net Liberal or
Fusion. gain of 6O2 votes over the
election of 1870. ..a- ~ gil. d,
In tabular statement published in
the New Orleans Picayunc Of this date,
and compiled from official and private
sources of information, the following
parishes arc set down as giving Re
publican majorities:
Ascension ll68, West Baton Rouge
SOB, Concordia 1885, East Feliciana
921, West Feliciana 500, iberia 200,
Iberville 1900, Jefferson 1850, Madi-
son 1000, Morehouse 14O, Ouachita
400, Plaquemines AIS, St. Charles
1000, St. James 1900, St. John Baptist
600, St. Mary 458, Tensas 2450-17
parishes, total majority 1864.
The following are reported as Civ
ing Fusion majorities: .Ha;.. .
Assumption 900, Avoyelles 1000,
East Baton Rouge 342, Bienvile 753,
Bossier 3o6, Caddo 243, Calcasieu 600,
Caldwell 275, Cameron l35, Claiborne
3l7, Jackson 600, Lafourche 81, Liv-
ipgston 35l, Point Coupee $50, Rap
ides 800, Richland 800, St. Helena
400, st. Landry 1864, Tangipahoa ia,
Union 800, Yermillion 442, Washing
ton. .25l, Webster 1898 parishes,
total majority ii, 572. sa .as4 ts-N
According to these figures, the 40
parishes named above give an aggre-
gate Republican majority of 1862
votes, a considerable falling off from
the result in 1870, when the Republi-
cans carried the State by majority
of over $4,000. e -rc t&
There are Is parishes yet to hear
from, otherwise than officially, viz:
Carroll, Catahoula, Desoto, Franklin,
Grant, Lafayette, Natclitoches, Or
leans, Red River, Sabine, St. Ber-
nard, st. Martin, St. Tammany,
TerreDonne, and Vim.
1t must be borne in mind that the
estimates given above are of the vote
upon the Presidential question, not |
upon State officers. It is asserted |
that in many parishes the Republican
State ticket has run considerably be-
hind the Grant electors, and that
while the former will come into New
Orleans with a majority of but 2, 600
DE- 5000, the electoral ticket will have
\ majority of 5000 or 5000. In any
event it seems likely the result in
both cases will hinge upon the count
II orleansparish, which is progressing
very slowly and will probably, not
'e completed before the end OF. next
week. If that parish has given the
majority of 10000 which the friends
# Fusion claim it has done. for their
icket, then the election of McEnery
nd the rest Of the candidates upon