New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-28

Dental vote was counted; witness notified
tnctn OF the place of meeting of his board.
and requested them to be present: did NOT
o naho auy INQUIRY concerning the retarns;
some days later General Longstreet made n
uelnand upon the Governor for the yotes
| and returns ''''S
To Mr.. Trumbull-Mr. Bovee WAS q cam
"iodlo LOT superintendent of Police, The
Ia" woul9 seem To exclude him from the
| 1oard under these circumstances. Messra
| Longstreet, Heron, Bovee and the son nj
| The witness have been appinted to office Nv
| Mr.. Pinchback since the board canvassoa
| the vote. Mr.. Pinchbaok was a candidate
| Tor Congressman at large, and the board
| counted him IN. Outside of the city of Nav
| Orleans the United States supervisors
! upon whose returns the board acted
were the Republican supervisors; does not
| remember whether any returns were signed
| Dy ooth Republican and Democratic suDer-
| visors; the records will show; in some in
stances the board took copies of the returns
made by private persons
MIR. 1rumbull-Did you have official re-
turns according to the laws of the States
Mr.. Lynch-No, sir.
Mr.. Trumbull-You counted, In some in
stances, votes never castl
Mr.. Lynch-Yes, sir; did so under the
laws of the United States and in obedience
to the principles of justice; thinks the aft
davlts counted were generally struck off
| from the same press by Mr.. Ray; the reason
why the board had no official returns was
| because the Governor refused to give them
| IN parishes known to be Democratic; the
| Democratic count was taken when the
board had no returns; presumes all the
State officers of election were opposed to
the Republican party; Mr.. Blanchard was
requested to appoint Republican cCmmis-
sioners, but refused
BY Mr.. Trumbull-By 'Democratic re-
turns witness means the returns published,
in papers opposed to the Republican candi-
dates2
From two wards in New Orleans the
board made no returns; don't know within
a thousand votes how many votes were
cast In those wards is his impression that
they were Greeley wards
By Mr.. Morton-It is witness impression
that the votes in these wards were counted
for President and Governor and thrown out
OF the vote for members of the Legislature.
BY Mr.. Ray-On the Saturday preceding
the day of the election witness went to the
place OF registration to register his vote;
the registrar could not be found contin-
ued his search during the week, but could
not find him; finally friend of the regis
trar told him that if he would indicate at
what hour on the following day he would
be at has house, the registrar would be-
there; next day witness met him near his
house, and he and some sixty of his nei gh-
60r5 were registered; notices of The
time and place of registration Was publish
ed, but tie registrar could not be found at
the time and place advertised; similar com
plants were made in other parts of the
State; most of the voters had to travel as
much as ten miles to be regis tered; it was
evident that the polling places were 80 To-
Gated as 10 be lncUnvenient of access.
Here followed some question AZ to the
population OF the State, the proportion of
white and c0lored and RepubiIcan ard op-
position voters, i'll reply to which witness
could not give clear and definite answers
Witness then testified that no publica-
ton was made of the places Of voting in
his parish; no paper was published in that
parish; the evidence before the witness
board was that, in all large Republican
localities every obstacle was thrown in the
way Of securing full vote; witness saw
letter from General McMillrn in which he
complained that he had been prevented
from voting, and of the unfarness with
which the voting was conducted.
General Mcmillan cXplained that tho
MATTERS of which he complained in said
letter were corrected, ana that the voting
was fairly conducted thereafter. A lengthy
examination disclosed the fact that the
witnesses, according to the evidence before
the witness board, showed that the OBJ
staclcs thrown in the way Of voters wore
against Republic8ns-not on account Of
race, e;olor or preyiOGs condition of seryi-
tude.
General McMillcn named two commiso
sioners OF election whom the with, 90 ad-
mItted were Republicans, and others whose
politics he did not know.
Witness thought there were TWENTY-FIVE
white Republicans i'll Carroll parish; did
not know that there were fifty; there prob
ably was not rs III my there as in any other
parish GA side OF New Orleans
General Nc vi en- asked several questions
the vote III New Orleans, which
5he witness said he could nut answer and
referred his interrogator TO the record
Witness could not tell how it was that his
BOARD returned 1000 less votes for Nc Emery
n New Orleans thanwgre returned by other
boards.
General McMiIIen submitted certificates
II the United s ates supervisors that the
eturn5 ot the State officers in New Orleans
we're correct
Witness said that this was the rule, but
hat there were exceptions III which the
United States supervisors noted errors upon
he back Gf the returns
General Mention eubmitted evidence to
DrOVe the dates and manner of the tctnapds
lpon Governor Warmoth for the official re-
urns
Mr.. mortOn directed witn.aa t, look at
ha synopsis ot the evidence taken before
~ uOdEA dS puDllabcu III the IreSIdBnt'S
MESSAGE aud say at future time " wheJher
: Is, Or i5 not, tair statement.
General james LDngstrr-t sworn and ex-
mined 10y Mr.. Morton: Wac member of
he Lynch returning board; made an Off
lai demand upon Governor W.rmoth for
he Official returns Of the erection on tho
ay the Durell decision was rendered:
yund that tho Governor was at M Sem
yes office; Mr.. Semm' said hat N. Was ia
rlyAte consultation with him and could
ot be seen; Mr. Bovee offered to give
he written order to him to b delivered
D Governor Warmoth and NJ. Summcs de
lined 10 be his messenger; copies OF the
tmtud we're left at the Govern ~ zficss Q
ir. WarmOLh made no reply; did ne get
ny return from Governor Warnoth; don't
nIw whether h. promulgated The returns
II tue next day; H. WAS Just IN lIInr for the
1eetnS # the Legislature.
To General AcMllen- DON'T think that
ttcr DGrslI's decision Governor E@arnoth
ias invited to be prer-nti
10 Governor HarHojh-Tnnk- ttc min
les Ui Ire board do not shoe mat Hoysr-
or Wa mo h Was elected Chairman OF ths
"ard 1T its nrHt meetings
Ss 90 neral Ac hitirn-Wa, satl-feS at
10 t6be OF TINS drrnAua ;Hl5 ihe re-
lru4 "r' Ia tue poss salon oi some StheT
Oard.
ILa SrySst cation was s!n.u adj-urs&
NIL e,E o'clock TO m"rrew u,orUif z, stnd
"a c"mHlstee went inl0 seer. ~cssirt.