Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-23
Senator Anderson.

the great personal popularity and won
derfnl strength of the man. The Lib
erals supported him, but he was strict
" speaking an independent candidate,
running on 10 platform but that of L.
both the Democratic and Republican
organizations, in this parish and in all
the other parishes of the district, was
against him. Each of these parties
had their candidates in the field. Mr..
A. F. Riard, cOlOred, of the parish of
Lafayette, was the regular Republi-
can nominee, and Joseph NJ. Moore,
ESQ.,, considered one of the abest law
yers of the Opelousas Bar, was the
regular Democratic nominee. Know
ing that Senator Anderson had great
strength with the colored voters OF
this parish, it was the policy of the
Bourhons that Riard should be can
didate 10 draw of the c0lorrd vote
and we have heard it said that they
prevailed on him to run aud remain
in the field, by the BOurbons of this
parish assuring him that they prefer
red his election to that of Anderson,
and that the chances were in his favor,
as the white vote would be divided be-
tween Anderson and the Democratic
nominee, whom they would run to help
elect Riard. And the BOnrbOns of
Riard's own parish. promised him, We
understand, direct support.
With the cOlOred vote thus Satisfac
torily disposed of, the Bonr5ons
went to work coDtriving plans for de-
priving Anderson of the bulk of the
white vote in favor OF their own nomi
nee. To accomplish this, his political
record was falsified, prevented and
distorted, publicly and privately, by
the tongue and in print, in newspapers
and in circulars which were sent in a
flood over all the parishes of the dis
trict. Great reliance was placed, also,
Oh the Democratic sentiment of the
district. Lafayette Was under con-
troll of the BOurbouns, Calcasieu had
always been intensely Democratic,
and this this parish was cOnsld
cred ditto The Bourbons expected
FIVE OF six hundred majority in
Lafayette, four or five hundred in
Calcasieu. and a majority, at least in
this parish. Between cOlpred Re-
publican nominee, o.. one side. and a
Democratic nominee, on the other,
Anderson was to fall through and get
nothing. A Bourbon catalogue of
his rascaIities had been conc0ted and
industriously laugh, to the people,
who were called upon to rally under
the Democratic banner, or the country
would be lost. lit is lost aud won at
every election) The cry was Any
thing to beat Anderson"
All the anti Anderson tickets were
headed Low Taxes" People who
pay no taxes, can well afford to vote
for {" low taxes" or any other kind of
taxes scratched out the slow and
put ''nO' in its place. The people I'M
derstood perfectly well that it was sim
ply trick-an appeal to prejudice
for the purpose of beating Anderson.
To the Bourbons everything seem
ed lovely and the goose hung high
when election day arrived. But noun
tain waves of political trouble have
since rolled over their souls. The
parish of st. Landry, his own home,
had reelected Senator Anderson. He
beat both of his regular nominee Oppo
nents combined, in this parish, about
900 votes and he beat the Democratic
nominee here over 900 votes. Even
if he had been defeated by the vote in
other places, the 993 votes which he
received at OpelOusas and Washing
ton, the two chief towns of the parish
in which places he has resided fol
twenty five years, where he is best
known and understood, and where
the motives of those attacking his pc
liticaI record are also well known and
understood-sucha vote as this out
OF about 1900 ballots polled at these
places, with both parties and their
nominee against him, is compliment
that any man might he proud of, and
is full endorsement of his Senatorial
career during the past four years.
-[Opelousas Journal.
THE SrrUATIoN.-Yesterday afternoon Gene
raj Longstreet forwarded to Governor War
moth, tn ough United States Deputy Marshal
w. +. Loan, demand for the surrender OF
oil election returns and official data of like
character. This official communication WAS
signed by General Longstrset as UNITED
States Assistant Supervisor" and requested
that the returns should be given to Deputy
Marshal Loan forssafe delivery to the re
turning board.
Governor Warmoth refused compliance
with the demand, and it is understood that 8
higher authority has been applied to enforcs
it by means of the national government.
The demand is made solely in the interest
of honesty and iair play, and to secure a jus
an Impartial return pfthe popular decision il
the late election. At the present writing NJ
action has been taken, and whethe thu
United States Courts will claim jurisdiction
in the premises seems unknown. We have nc
fear OF the result, and hope that the issue.
raised Will be thoroughly ventilated by thi.
and every other tribunal having Q rightfu
claim to do so. Upright purposes and good
intentions sustain any amount Of legal in.
vesgation, and we hope fox the general veal
and public confidence the fl ture gov srnment
10 matter what its political character, that