New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-09

Lilienthal; Administrator Of waterworks,
| r. COyle.
TSignatures of two witnesses who are cognizant OF
the truth of the affidavit
| Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day
of November, 1872, before me.
r. II. SHANNON,
United States Commissioner.
PARISH OF ORLEANS, LA, Nov. !, 1872.
! certify that was at the polling place
| above mentioned on the day Of election;
November 4. 1872, and that the statement OF
| Rosamond Thomas above subscribed to is
true III every particular.
United States Supervisor Of Election atsaid
Poll
| EXHIBIT III,
INoTE-If the supervisor of registration fails to
register duly qualified applicant as voter, the
following blank affidavit must be madeI
State Of Louisiana, parish Of Rapides.-
On the third day of September, 1872, l, Sam
| Brown, presented myself at the office OF }.
G. P. HO0e, supervisor OF registration tor
the parith of Rapides, located at Alexan-
dria in said parish, Of the opening and es-
tablishment of which notice had been given
by the said officer, and during the legally eS-
tablished Office hours, and offered and was
prepared to perform all acts and to take all
oaths by the laws made prerequisite to en-
title me to registration as voter, and was
WrongfuIIy prevented from obtaining regis
tratiOn by said supervisor Of registration.
further state that am citizen OF the
State, and for more than ten days resi-
dent Of the said parish Of RaDide=, and am
in all things lawfully qualified and entitled
to vote in said parish.
Signed and sworn to. in presence of
George Y. keIso and H. j. Wright.
SAM X BROWN.
mark.
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day
of November, 1872, before me,
THOMAS j. SEWERS,
Justice Of the Peace.
MEMORANDUM: The foregoing being executed,
the voter VIII present this whole paper to the
and otter to vote IN compliance With the provisions
of the law below cited If refused his vote, he
vi execute the following ati4aTlt, and deposit
this entire paper with the United States supervisor
OF Notwithstanding cOpY-who VIII return TO
T. A. WooIfey, chief Supervisor.
State Of Louisiana, parish Of Rapides.-
On the fourth day Of November, 1872, /,
Sam Brown, duly qualified voter. in the
parish Of Rapides, presented myself at inc
boiling place located at Alexandria, RIA
pides in said parish which had been de-
signated by the supervisor OF registration
as a poll and claimed the right to vote
upon the foregoing evidence Of having OF
fered to do all acts prerequisite to entItle
me to register as voter II SAID PARISH, and
of having been refused, denied or unable to
obtain registration by j. @. T. Hooe, SUPER
visor OF registration.
] further state that [ offered to the COM
missioner of election at said poll TOR deposit
in the ballot box the ballot hereuntO at
tached. and said commissioner refused to
receive said ballot, and illegally and wrong
fully prevented the ballot attached from
being placed In the ballot box and counted,
to the denial Gf my right as citizen and
legal voter. l further demand, under the
provisions of the act of Congress, entitled
''An act to enforce the rights of citizens of
the United States to vote IN the several
States of this Union, and Tor other pun
poses," approved May II, 1870. that my
ballot be counted and returned for the sew
eral candidates named thereon, as provided
by said act.
Regular National Republican Ticket
Election November 4, 1872: For President,
General U. 5. Grant. For Vice President,
Henry Wilson.
Presidential Electors at Large-M, F.
Bonzano, jules Lanabere, Charles Z. Hal
stead. First District, L. G. R0udaneZ;
Second District, 4. X. johnson Third Dis
trict, Milton Morris Fourth District, Joseph
Taylor; Fifth District, John Ray.
State Ticket-Election November !, 1872
For Governor, William Pitt Kellogg;
Lieutenant Governor, G. O. Antoine; tor
Auditor Of Public Accounts. Charles Gin
ton; Secretary Of State. p. g. Deslonde;
Attorney General A. P Field; Superintend-
cnt Public Education, w. G. Brown; Con
gress at Large, 2. 3. 5. Pinch back; Forty
second Congress, short term, Harry Lott;
Forty-third Congress, Samuel Peters; for
District Judge, Ninth Judicial District,
John Osborn: for District Attorney, N. 4.
Robinson; for Senator. Twenty-thtrd Sen
atoriaI District, George Y. helso.
Parish Ticket Rapides Parish-Parish
Judge G. v. LedouZ; Sheriff, John De
Lacey: Recorder, V. VI. Porter Coroner. w.
IT. ShaGburn; Clerk Of Court. William
Hustmeyre: House Of Representatives,
Joseph Connaughton, Henry Worthy, John
Mayor. Police JuE0rs-FlTst John CIen-
ents; Second, William KeLs0; Third. 7. @.
Compton Fourth, Jesse Clifton; Fifth, N.
C. Barbee. Justice OF the Peace--Alexan-
dria. T. D. SeverDs: Cotile, Louis Goldman:
Pineville, w. L. Gray; Rapides, Henry
King; Lrmourfe, Dawson Allen; Spring
Hill. Robert Duke; Cheneyville; Jesse Ford.
For onstabies-Pineville, Jacob Kennedy;
Rapides Jack Josiah: Cgtile, John Jackson;
Lamourie. Cesar Morgan; Spring Hill,
Turner Virgins: Cheneyvile, David Jones.
SAM X BROWN.
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Signatures of two witnesses who are
cognizant OF the truth Of affidavit.
l. J. KENNEDY,
CARTER CARR.
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day
OF November 1872, before me.
THOMAS j. SEVERNS,
Justice Of the Peace.
PARISH OF RAPiDEs, !
November 4, ISt2.
certify that I was at the polling place
above mentioned, on the day OF election,
November 4, 1872, and that the statement
Of Sam Brown, above subscribed 10, Is
true in every particular.
J. w. PORTER,
United States Supervisor Of Election at said
Poll,
An act to enforce the rights Of cittzens Of the
United States to vote il me several States OF
this Union, and for otAsE purposes Approved
May 81, 1870.
SEC. g. That, Whenever, by or under the
authority of the constitution or laws Of any
State. or the laws OF any Territory an act is,
or shall he required TO be done Jv any citi-
zen as prerequisite to qualify OF entitie him
to vote, the offer of any such citizen to per
form the act required 10 he done as afoTe-
said shall If it fail to he carried into eEecu-
ton by reason Of the wrongful act or 0mis-
sion aforesaid of the person or officer,
charged with the duty OF receiving or per