New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21
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TRE FUSION FRAUDS AND. HONEST
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TIE FUSION ,FRAUDS AND. HOMES
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Since the st. Louis Globe touched brief
on the matter of the frauds perpetrsted b.
! the Fusion party, the Herald has been brim
fun of *irtuouss indignation. The Heraa
states that the honest citizens Of the Fusio,
party knew nothing of these frauds. = 40
1 presume that the committee of manage
ment must have known all that was beini
enacted, and their returning board knew
full we'll the material they had to wotl
upon to make up good Fusion majority,
The, Herald to the rescue states tina
'when this outcry was first made, the hon
est citizens, including those who had beer
returned as elected on the Fusion ticket, de
manded an immediate inquiry and exposi
ton. They said: q. fai IL 20. 'Hs
IF any frauds had been perpetrated by
which we have been elected, we utterly re-
pudiate the same. We will not accept OF
enter upon offices to which we have not
been elected by a fair and legal vote .
Such was the course the Herald says the
eideramt Governor, McEnery. and Others
claiming to be. elected pursued. ,I, i'u- -.l
The answer to the foregoing statement is
simply that it is hardly believsble, if q q
to judge from subsequent events, as shall
show as proceed III a. = -r...sy,,
There, certainly was an "outcry' by the
Republican party that fraudulent practices
had been brought to bear on the returns,
The Republicans had every reason to be-
lieve that the whole election return was
manipulated in favor of the Fusion party.
The election was nourished in fraud by the
Fusion committee, aided by sWarmoth, and
their subsequently, packed and subservient
returning board played falsely. AL that
has since transpired goes far to prove that
the returns they swore to we're false. Yet
the Herald can only see wrong in those
who denounce the fraud that was perpe-
trated to overthrow the government. +, 70,
The Democrats, or Fusionists-cau them
by whatever name you please-were not 80
tender upon the subject or so virtuous as
the Herald would have us believe. It Is
we'll known fact that they acted without
any hesitation. g Judgment seats were
forcibly obtained. Administrators just
elected would not wait for the regular re-
turns. Mayor Wiltz and the Administers
tors-Calhoun and Schneider excepted
entered the City Han with posse of all
sorts, inside and out, and the. officials,
armed with a, a,''tleket of leayer from Regis
trar Blanchard, then and there did : ct
Mayor Flanders and several Admin, ra-
tors from the City Hall. 1t is an open /. les
tion to this day whether the means used
were lawful. Whether they we're elected
Or not was not the question. These gentle
men thought they were elected, and cared
not for any other commission or Law than
that of Registrar Blanchard. i ~" :'u.' !
Subsequently, McEuery. Ellis, Ogden and
their surroundings did levy war upon the
authorities. They armed rowdv citizens
with firearms, and did a. the hour Of mid I
night, in a peaceable city. attempt to create
a civil war amidst women and children, to
obtain power at all hazards, and with the
view, as the Legislature was then sitting,
of re enactin. on a larger scale the massa.
,re ofi866. EIR- 80. rr. "a. r.
Aud yet, Herald. you dars to say that
,htss men would not win in any unholy
hammer: They could not but know osxhe
,rauds-at least they heard "the outcrys-,l
out they did not pause tor an inquiry. Nc.
1nery's interview with Blanchard was suf-
lent, and thus they proceeded, to deeds of |
Tislence. atre.-. ..... .,3 ,',7, syo 81 n. ]
1t was not possible for the managing
committee. with McEnery at it's head, and |
Varmoth at hand, to put the thing through,
le thereby hoping to reach the United !
states Senate-that they one and all were
gnorant of the facts. The registrar was
n daily communication with them and con
ulted them ut each move. .u .! 81.
According to the Herald, Mr.. Me Emery |
gain appears in virgin innocence and called |
Ipon Blanchard and accosted him thus: |
Is there any truth in these charges that |
ny illegal, unfair or fraudulent measures |
we're used to effect this result! Has there |
een a fair election on this occasion !! Have
ny impediments which were not author
zed by law been offered to the ascertain !
1ent of the popular Will Let me know I
that has been done wrong, fraudulent or
legal in this matter, and bear in mind that I
would sooner die than take an Office which
had not been elected to by the honest.
sgal vote of the people. -.Ll'7. -
To the foregoing the Herald says that
Blanchard answered satisfactorily to- Mr..
IcEnery. lean hardly fancy that such
for AZ of civ ind; 4
,red by Mr.. McEnery in rightadewn earn
It, IF it did occur. it was certainly gotten |
p for ''buncomb," for it has been since as
srtained that Warmoth took intoTM Nc |
nery's room at the st. Charles Hotel
ipervisor---onelwhom he was coaxirg with
ie promise, Of rewardsrto reduce the Re-
ubiican majority in favor of the Fusion
arty. The .snpervisor desiring to be put
zee to face with Mr. MeEnery. TO have him
dorse the promise of reward, Mr.. Me-
merry, it is said, indorsed the agreement,
Id yet it is pretended he knew nothing of
e frauds Of the day. .T -.--g s5rt
1t has gone forth in print that Governor
eliogg offered in the presence of re-
ectaole and honored gentleman in this
ty, and who is ready to testify to the
ct, that he, the Governor, would submit |
have the votes reeounted ia the presence
all concerned, and submit to the deci- |
IN. McEnery refused to consent to the ,
ier. This refusal was simply shirking the | ;
cans of arriving at the truth.
Mr.. McEnery said he must ask War; ,
9TH. and nothing Resulted in answer to
is fair offer on the part of Governor kel- ,
,g. Such an inquiry would have eased