The New York herald., 1872-12-30
THE LOUISIANA CONTEST.
Pronunciamento from the Louisiana Delega-
- Y -; r--ri 49, A. y 49,
: tion-senator William Pitt Kellogg
!. Answered-The Fraud Exposed.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE nEhAlDs-&
sIR-In his bill OF complaint nled In the united
states Circuit Court Senator Kellogg charged the
Governor and the returning ofncers with dehb-
crate purpose to defraud him OF an alleged cleo
ton to the ONCE OF Governor Of Louisiana, py Iasi
Tying, mutilating AUD destroying the election r.
turns received from the Supervisors OF kegvtrao
tion throughout the state, which retu.ns he
claimed to constitute the indispensable efdenceOi
his election. He therefore asks that tie actual re-
turning ofaoers be restrained from making what he
asserts would be ''sham and fraudulent return
and count, declaring McEnery elected" and
that the returns be surrendered to Messrs Heron,
!, Longstreet and Lynch, who would make "a just,
honest and truthful canvass.n On the assumption
that IL was the intention Of the returning officers
ITO destroy the returns, he alleges that unless the
agents just named permitted to act before said
Returns statements and certificates of the Super
visors Of Registration are destroyed placed be-
syond the reach OF said legal Board OF returning
tomcers tHerron, Longstreet and Lynch) evidence
necessary and importantly to him "and indis-
pensable as proof Of his right to said ONCE would
be placed beyond his reach, and he win be deprived
o. MS election to the ONCE Of Governor Of said
A very brief statement Of facts win suaico to
prove snas Senator keioGgs object IN wishing 70
ciseiy that which he charged upon the returning
ofncers and the Governor-that to say, his
order that BY "a sham and fraudulent return and
count, It might be made to appear that he had
himself to be defeated BY nearly seven thousand
votes.
The fac. !, stated no. hypeneaeally ou. as the
votes than Senator Keogg and that this result Is
the election ssad
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, That re 9ase returns have never for one moment
sas SaasR
Bor dess wno hs1. and State
TSss ss;, Esns:5Ss sss Ssss SSyss made
s hes aSa.nepp ana pqS no
Seals or legal evidence on which base 4genunc CON-
~ That upon this proclamation the state government
Ia. bss sSs
SSss maze sssa ssSlarsa ssa to offices who
Hence It follows il snas senator Kellogg did not
sn Ua y 70 ass t1s DE
lows that be has been declared elected to the office
Fl rs SRS9 as Ss 5sgsash Of SHAN and
duty Of fLongstreei, Hawkins Bovee and LyEth to
votes according to the legal and ofhc:ai returns.
BY his decision they were constituted returning
saes s q Rs nd
garded and violated the law, but they did that
which probably had never before been even
tmagined-that1s Is to say, they deliberately sup
pressed the returns Of whole State election and
documents, statements OF certificates. '.4
BY way Of illustration, suppose that the Board of
State Canvassers OF the State Of New York
should simply burn up the county records
without looking at them. and that they
should then proclaim result for all
of1icers-State, county and municlpal-basea
upon the oral declarations OF defeated candidates
or the written statements OF persons utterly un-
known to the law as returning officers, or upon
purely fancifal or arbitrary figures arranged With
out regard to any rational theory OF computation
this would be precisely analogous to the action OF
Hawkins, Bovee and Lynch.
Take as facts illustrating the manner In which
I which the law requires and as developed simply
| by the fact OF their own proclamation. On
the general ticket there were seven
1 candidates on each side, or, includ-
1 ing Presidential electors, nfteen on eacn
4 side. Now, in the nineteen parishes OF East
ser, Caddo, Cameron, Caldwell, Calcasien Carroll,
Calahoula. Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine ST. TAM
many, Vermillion, webster, Vernon, Winn, Wash.
ingt0n, they credit to each and every candidate
on the radical ticket precisely the same number OF
| votes in each parish, and similarly to each and
every candidate on the fusion ticket with varia-
ton In four parishes between the Presidential vote
| and the State vote to be hereafter noted). Hence
there was not single scratched ticket voted In all
those nineteen parishes which Is contrary to prob
ability and reason, or the scratched tickets exactly
balanced in each and every one OF the nineteen
parishes, which Is still more contrary TO reason
| and probability. In the parishes OF vermiion,
vernon, Wlnn and washington they make this re-
| turn for President:-
Grant Greeley.