New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-08
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY. DECEMBER s 1879

formation fled By the district attorney in
court having Jurisdiction.
SEC. %. That whenever any person shall
be defeated or deprived Of his election Il
any office, except elector of President o
Vice President, Representative or delegate
in Congress, or member of State Leglsla
ture, by reason. of the denial to any citizor
or citizens who shall offer to vote of the
right to vote on account of race, color OI
previous condition of seryitude, his right
| to hold and enjoy such office. and the emul
uments thereof, shall not be impaired by
such denial; and such person may bring
| any appropriate suit or proceeding to re
cover possession of such office, and in cases
| where it shall appear that the sole question
touching the title to such office arises out OF
! the denial of the right to vote to citizens
who SO offered to vote on account of race,
| color or previous condition of serVitude.
| such suit or proceedings may be instituted
| in the Circuit or District Court of the United
| States of the circuit or district in which
| such person resides And said circuit or
district court shall have, cOncurrently with
the State courts, Jurisdiction thereof so far
as to determine the rights of the parties to
such office by reason of the denial of the
right guaranteed by the fifteenth article of
amendment of the constitution of the
United States and secured by this act.
EXHIBIT ".
fNoTE-If after any person has been registered
the superv scr wrOngfully strikes the of
other reason the vote OF duly qualified voter is
refused, fill out the following affidavit and deliver
same to United States supervisor of the poll where
the vote was refused, who will return same to +.
a. W0olfey, chief SUPERVISOR
State of Louisiana, parish of Orleans,
seventh ward.-On the fourth day of Nc
vember, 1872, l, Eugene Charles, a duly
qualified voter in the parish of Orleans,
seventh ward, presented myself at the poll
ing place located at Frenchmen, seventh
ward, in said parish, which had been desig-
mated by the supervisor of registration as
poll, and claimed the right to vote that |
exhibited to the commissioner of election at
said poll certificate of registration fur
nished me during the registration Of 1870, a
copy of which is attached, showing me to
be entitled to vote in the aforesaid parish.
That the commissioners alleged that my
name did not appear upon the registration
list.
TNoTE.-Or if the voter has lost his certificate
here state the fact, giving the year it issued
further state that l offered to the COM
missiOners of election at said poll for de-
posit in the ballot box the ballot lereunto
attached, and said commissioners refused
to receive said ballot, and illegally and
wrongfully prevented the ballot attached
from being placed in the ballot box and
counted, to the denial of my rights as a
citizen and legal voter; further demanded,
under the provisions of the act of Congress
entitled San act to enforce the rights of
citizens of the United States to vote il the
several States of this Union, and for other
approved May 81, 1870, that my
ballot be counted and returned for the sew
eral candidates named thereon, as provided
by said act.
Ballot Attached
Regular National Republican ticket
Election November 4, I872-For President, |
General L. S. Grant; for Vice President, |
Henry Wilson.
Presidential Electors-At large, NJ. Z.
Bonzano, Jules Lanabere, Charles E. Hal
stead; first district, L. C.. ROudanez; second |
district, A. K. johnson; third district, Mil
ton Morris; fourth district, Joseph Taylor;
fifth district, John Ray.
State Ticket-Governor, William Pitt
Kellogg Lieutenant Governor c. C. An
tome; Auditor Of Public Accounts, Charles
Clinton; Secretary of State, P. G. Deslonde;
Attorney General, A. p. Field; Superin-
Jendent Of Public Education. w. G. Brown:
-y-third Congress, first district, j. H. Sy-
Dher; General Assembly, Senator, Third
District, j. A. Mascot; House
If Representatives, seventh ward, L. $.
Rodriguez, John Barrow.
Parish Ticket, Orleans Parish-Civil sher-
IT, Z. ). SauV1net; criminal sheriff, j. l..
derwig; district attorney, + G. Chamber
ain. District judges-First District Court,
VI. A. Dooley; Second District Court, s.
}elden; Third District Court, E. Meunier;
'ourth District Court, B. L. Lynch; Fifth
District Court, J. w, Gurley; Sixth Dis
rict Court, Alfred Shaw; Seventh District
court, Samuel r. Walker; Eighth District
court, H. G. Dibble. Clerks of courts
first District Court. A. f. Lynd; Second
District Court, +. Pace, Jr; Third District
jOurt, Charles A. Baquie; Fourth District
Jourt, Edward DeBlois; Fifth District
'ourt. Joseph Presas; Sixth District Court.
ohm Kaiser; Seventh District Court, J. O.
Iainez; Eighth District Court Thomas
lynne; coroner, Second and Third Dis
riots, A. Cagnolatti; fourth justice of the
eace, Fred Toebelmann; constable. fourth
!stice court, jules Gomez.
City of New Orleans municipal ticket
Layor, W. Il. Fish; Administrator of HI
ance, Felix Labatut; Administrator OF Pc
&c, CD .AdoIph; Administrator of Improve
tents, James Lewis; Administrator OF Com
lerce, G. W. Ringgold: Administrator of
ublic Accounts. S. D. Moody; Adninistra-
II of Assessments, T. Lilientbal; Admins
'ator Of WaterwOrks, ?. COyle.
His
EUGENE IT CHARLES