New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-03

| claimed: Here is palpab!e traud!'
| In JochSon-The Republicans there were
| shamefully intimidated. One Bishop is
unG2r 10000 bonds Tor participating IN this
| business.
| After counting the national votes the
| federal supervisors were fired upon; two
were shot and wounded, and all compelled
| to fee in order that the ballot boxes
might be stuffed without molestatiOn.
! In 81. LandTy-Cnited States Supervisor
! Z. L. Andrew swears he was Intimidated
from performing his lawful duty. Some
| live hundred men were compelled to vote
| the Democratic ticket on pain of repeti-
| ton of the terrible massacre of 1868. About
| 1900, by the same sort of intimidation, were
| deferred from voting.
| In LiringStOn-The shooting OF one col
| ored man and the wounding OF another by
| Democrats intimidated the colored RepuO-
| hcans from voting to a great extent.
In Latourcbe-Thirteen Democrats under
age were registered and permitted 20 vote.
| Sixty-one Democrats registered and voted
| twice; ten of them had the same number
| and name aud fifty-one had the same num-
| Der but different names on their double GER
| tifcates, as was proven by comparison OF
| United States supervisors tables with State
| lists after election. Thirty-tLree fictitious
| Democratic ballots were detected IN the
boxes which were never voted. There
| were at i6dSG LOU ulOE6 VI tuts h!uu
| In Webster parish all the United States
| supervisors were intimidated. Fifty col
ored men were intimidated from voting at
| poll six by threats Of their employers to
| discharge them. Mr.. j. Rowan, president
| of Republican club was arrested by the
chief constable on election day for trying
to prevent spurious Republican tickets
| from being palmed off on the members OF
| his club by Democrats. Fearing to vote at
-, ,AIn ms
slipped away to Minden, but were followed,
| threatened and intimidated by their enl-
| ployers. A man named Branch dragged his
| colored servant by the arm to the polls and
compelled him, through begging and shed
| ding tears, to deposit Democratic ballot.
J. NJ. Waggener, United States supervisor
at Slungalba, was fercely threatened with
death if he followed the box to Mlnden.
| f. S. Heath swearS box one, ward one, IL
| exclusive charge ct Democrats, was
brought to Minden unsealed, and his pro
| test against counting it, on the ground that
| 1t had been stuffed, was Overruled. At box
| one, ward six, United States. supervisor
Lewis swore voting began before the law
| full hour in box which the Democrats re-
| fused to let him examine to see that it was
| not stuffed in advance. At eleven the con-
| tents of this box were emptied into anoth-
| er, supposed also TO be stuffed, which he
| was likewise not permitted to examine
| The tally of Mr. Lewis showed 405 Repub-
! lican to us Democratic votes cast, but the
Democratic count produced Democratic
majority.
F. S. Heath swears to the names of ten
Democrats who voted, but who were not
registered until four days after the election
In TerTeb0une-State Supervisor Stokes
counted eight boxes, and they turned out
such heavy Republican majOrltieS that see
ing no chance TO stuff the remaining boxes,
he left in the night and resigned. thus Civ
ing the Warmoth returning board pretext
to throw out a large Republican parish on
the ground that the supervisor did not count
the votes.
Tn Catahoulq-Mr. j. j. Randolph, an
old citizen, sWears the registration dld
not begin until nineteen days behind the
legal time, and that thus from 400 to 600
cOlored Republicans were denied registra-
ton.
IN DJns-D. Brantly says he was in
Inundated from making a Republican
speech in VIM; that the colored men
were overawed and afraid to cast their
votes for the candidates OF their choice.
III West Baton R0uge-The registered
Republican majority Of 464 was overcome
by a conspiracy between the Democrats
and T. 7. Allan. United States super
visor, By which Democratic tickets were
DdIHlTtl on upon * uULdAl CJIOLcu OICIS lOI
Republican tickets.
In IHi0u-The intimidation so grossly
practced two and four years ago
was to great extent repeated. \
number of voters swear they were
driven from the townsville poll. There
were 1873 cOlored and upwards of 50
white voters on the rolls of the Republican
clubs, every one C. whom intended to vote
the Republican ticket, yet only 4S9 votes
were counted out for that party After the
congressional and electoral votes had been
counted, the boxes were sealed up, and, 1t
is averred, were closed before the counting
of the State vote, from which the federal
commissioners were excluded, in defiance
of their protest. The Democrats boast that
thev deceived 200 colered voters in this
parish with counterfeit tickets.
In Cyoib0rue-Mr. Scott was Warmoth's
SUPERVISOR and swears no legal election was
held in Claiborne. A party named SIM
mons had been appointed to supersede
Scott, but too late to get legal possession of
the office. Without poll books, without
legally designated polling places or COM
missi0ners, Simmons and the Democratic
mob held an election IN defiance OF every
legal Formally. Mr. Scott was inundated
from attempting to hold the legal election
by threats OF riot.
IN st. Heieua-SwOrn evidence is on file
that w. S. Lee, j. Reyes B. Quinn and NJ.
Lee stuffed the boxes in st. Helena with
Democratic ballots.
II. P. Womock. J. Rogers and B. Quinn
are under heavy bonds for ku-kluxing and
intimidating cOlored Republicans. A. Kemp
is also under bonds for belonging to the
Ku.Klux, and assaultipg, TO kill, Repub-
lican.
In ST. ommany-Thompson, Morton,
Nicau and Brodly are each under $4,000
bond for intimidating United States super
visor and Republican voters. An attempt to
drive the federal supervisors from their posts
having failed because the State supervisor
reused to count the vote at all if he had to
count it in their presence. Thus he gave a
pretext to the Warmoth board to throw the
parish out with its Republican majority.
Weems is under bonds for refusing to regis
ter & number of legally qualified colored
voters.
IL 81 MmFia-The election was fair,
peaceable and quiet. but was thrown out
by the Warmoth board evidently because
it went Republican, and to give the Demo
cratic Governor, elected by such tricks, d
chance to appoint the defeated Democratic
candidates to the parish offices to which the
people refused to elect them.
In iberiG-TheTe was not the whisper Of
fraud on either side. Il was unquestion-
ably thrown out for the same reason that
st. Martin was.
ST. James-Mr, +, L. King, Of New Or
leans, swore that State Registrar 3. p.
| Blanchard, 7. COnnelI, Miles Sharlley j. &.
| Golding and DR.. Stephens conspired, about
| the tWeuty-ffth of October to detraud the
voters OF 81. james; that they suppressed
! and failed TO make true returns: that at two
| polls they changed and altered the ballots,
| and caused to De prepared four ballot boxes
| to be used and stuffed. Because Democrats
committed these frauds themselves, this
| board threw out this parish with its 1851
Republican majority OF two years ago.
| THE FRAUDS N NEW ,,,