New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-17
"THR CONTEMPT CASE,
The Issue of Contempt, Alike with
Motion of supersedeas, Under Advi

proceedings WIN Lne case OF w. 4. h6IICg
against H. c. Warmoth, beginning on til
issue of contempt, which, at the time
taking process, was fully published in all il
points
Witnesses for the complainant were e1
amined, touching the point of commitin
contempt OF the restraining order Of cour
torbidding count compilation, scrunity 0
PRONUNCIATION Of election returns pendent
tie, The date Of service was on the nine
teenth Of November
Y, A. Woodward, then Assistant Sec
rotary Of State, testified that he wa
engaged in the compilation of the re
turns under instructions from Dir Brag
den, private secretary Of the Gov
ernoT, but did not remember" having
seen any OF the returns since the nineteenth
He attested the original of the Governor
proclamation of December, with his sigma
ture: knew of the restraining order by com
| mon report L do not, continued the wit
ness. rec0l!ect whether | have seen the re
| turns since the service of the restraining
order; can not say positiyely; | have
| seen them SO often that do not recOllGct
whether it was before or after; they were
| in the Governors Office at the Mechanics
| Institute: | have never seen them in pres
ence of Durant DdPOnte, Hatch or Jack
| Wharton there were several clerks work
| ing on them; | worked on them myself |
| think, after the issuance Of the restraining
| order; we were working on them of our
| own accord; we first worked on them I'M
| der the authority Of Mr.. Bragdon OF course
| the Governor was in and out Of his office,
| and | saw him.
Mr. f. W. Glenn testified that he was at
| work in the Governors Office on the returns
| sometime in the latter part of November
and he remembered when the restraining
order was issued. | think, the witness
went on to say, | have worked on the re-
turns since it was issued; there were sew
eral persons worked with me; I think Mr.
Bragdon, Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Woodward;
the Governor was present at times; he said
nothing to us; he gave us no instructions;
we got our instructions from Mr.. Bragdon,
vino, | believe, IS the Governors secretary;
we were engaged, | think, IN preparing a
tabular statement of the returns; we were
putting all the returns from the parishes On
one sheet; we had no instructions how to
make returns, except to ada up the foot
ings and put them on the sheets; after we
had finished a sheet we folded it and
marked it; | think that our labors ended
here.
Mr. B. P Blanchard, State registrar of
voters, testified that the returns OF election
were on the nineteenth of November last
the date when the order of court was
served in the hands of Governor Warmoth.
and there may have keen counts made by
clerks subsequent to the order. GIr Drag
don, secretary Of the Governor, was en-
gagged in the compilation of returns; the re-
turns from the country did not come
through his hands.
J. D. HOustons name was called as the
next witness, but he was not present.
Z. DeBlOis, another witness, was not in
court.
o. D Bragdon was called, and testified
that he had been private secretary of the
Governor since the first of October, 1870.
Questi0n-Were not these returns in the
hands of clerks subsequent to the restrain
ing order who were making tabulated state
.ments
Answer-They were.
Qaestion-By whose authoritv'
Answer-Th6 general authority of the
board!
Question-Some Of the clerks have testi-
fed that they were making out returns by
your direction. BY whom were you d.
rected
Answcr-Under instructions Of the Gov
ernor
The returns were worked upon, the wit
ness said, after the restraining order: | do
not know that the Governor or anv of the
returning board were aware of the fact or
that they were PRESENT when it was going
on; Uan not swear that Governor War
moth was unaware Of the fact tina they
were going on; was acting under the d.
rections first given by Governor NarmotI;
had orders to stop work on them.
The witness answered that the Isabelle
board OF Canyassers, that made the rerurus,
obtained them already prepared; could NOT
swear that the Isabelle board were an
pointed one day and the returns py0muI.
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