New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
COnfessiOn of LcuistnHa Conservatives

!Fiom the Washington Chren.cle, October g.
We have received a copy of evidenc
taken in New Orleans before +. A. Woo
fey, United States commissioner for tn
State OF Louisiana and clerk of tho Unite,
States Circuit Court, in the case of Cove,
nor Kellogg We. Ex-Governor Warmotl
dated September >, of the mos: startlin,
character. Among this testimony will b,
found the sworn statement of Brainard 2
Blanchard State Registrar of Voters fo]
the years 1870, 1871 and 1872, Including the
period of the gubernatorial and presi
dental election last fall and by virtue OF
sad office supervisor of registration for tn.
parish, including the city, of Orleans
TO which office he was appointed by
Governor Warmoth; and also the sworn
statement OF Walter Sully Long, chief clerk
OF said State Registrar of Voters; sworn
statement of Robert Ii. Chadbourn. super
visor OF registration OF St. Charles parish:
sworn statement of Henry L. Downs. cler X
| IN the office of State Registrar; sworn state
!nents OF Oscar +. Hunsaker, chairman of
Fusion tWarmoth) returning board, and
Samuel NJ. Todd, d member of said boar
sworn statement of Thomas j. M. Carey
chairman Of the Fusion committee on nat
urallzatlon, and others, majority Of whom
admit that they were members of, and in
hearty accord with. the Fusion party
Whlch opposed Governor kellogg's cleo
ton.
From this testimony. given LARGELY nv
witnesses whose political sympathies would
prompt them to say as little as possible
against their own party. the following facts
are clearly established:
Flrst-That every body conceded on the
eve OF this election that the State of Lon.
lslana was largely Republican, and if a fair
election should be held by legal voters
on y, the Republican candidates for State
efhcers and presidential electors would he
elected BY very large majority.
Second-That the leaders OF the Eusfo,
organization. including Governor War1aoth,
went 10 work deliberately to :hwar; the
known Will OF the ma jorify. That among
the means adopted for this purpose was
false naturalization and registration. mt.
ting on the list large numbers of names of
persons friendly to the Fusion party who
were not legal voters. and striking from
the lists the names OF large numbers nf
voters who were known to be Republicans.
and voting in the names Of dead men for
the Fusion ticket. by appointing Fusionsts
only as registrars and election officers. who
were instructed to throw all possible i'm.
pedlments III the way OF polling Republican |
votes. and to facilitate in every practicable |
mode the polling of Fusion votes, both |
legal and illegal. which instructions they |
idItHiully carried mo effect.
ihIrd-That notwithstanding these pre.
medifated frauds. i. was known 10 these
atlantis and the Fusion leaders at the close
u the election, as fully as such q fact could
De known without formal count, that the
candidates had received a ma.
orlty OF the votes actually cast. and that.
or the purpose o: procuring their defeat.
he Fusion officers made partial, imperfect.
nd laise returns. and. III many instances,
uosntuted other ballot boxes, filed With
nslon tickets. IN place Oh those actually
seG al the polls; and that in these and
lmllar modes McEnery and the other Fin
ion candidates were made to annear ~
ave been elecred by the pretended count
nd return of the Warmoth board.
Ahc testimony OF Mr.. Blanchard. the |
late registrar. through whose hands all |
1ese papers and returns passed, and who
anticipated in thu. bold tyaua, j. in these
ords: !
"Deponent turtle: says :ha: be believes.
nG has reason TO believe. and knows that
ad not the fraudulent practices as above
,clted been resorted TO and made use of by !
ersons IN the interest Of the Fusion partv.
Cd Cor the benefit and advantage of said | ;
uslo's party. as hereinbefore set forth: ;
nd Lad the election returns been orop.
'ly and fairly made by the supervisors :
lroughout the STATE. and had the large ,
epubican parishes. which were thrown I
II aDIustly. unfairly. and Tor tie pr. :
'se Of reducing the Republican vote, bee ! .
'uhted. as they should have beea. tie c
lndldates Tor Presidential electors. mem. q
'rs oi Congress, and State ot'cs. u"a,. =,
g Republican national and ,,sa1., :fc.,; .
aIld have been ehOwn to lave been | ,
eoted by . large majority G: the votes !
st IL the State az the election hello or the \
urth o. November. 1879. and f.peDen. /.
rther says that he believes, has reason 70 n
lieve, and know. tina: .he Republican f
tlonal and State tickets received . con-
ierabls majority of the votes actually cast 3
the election held on the fourth iay Of 7
'Vemoer. a. -. !e. :. in the State of Lou. I,
ana. 4. =. BLANCHARD VI
sworn 10 and subscribed before 1ne on =
is the second day of September. 1879. and | Il
hereby certify thac the atfiant. Il. 2. | Il
was State registrar OF voters. ! n
3. during the years 1870, 1871 and 1872. u
Witness my hand and seal. at The ,i.v | q
New Orleans. on the iay first abovs 81
med. Of. a. WOOLFLEY. OF
''Cnited States Commissioner fl
and thus the empty pretense of even tire W
udulent election Of McEnery is over. th
own by the testimony OF those who were o'
ftieeps Crtfairsis with him and his Greeley III
ocates in this bold, baretaced. persistent &C
4 shameless attempt to usurp the official -
,troi OF the government Of the State OF OK
uisianao which the Democratic leaders ~
l Democratic journals all over the coun. =,
have been defending. When told that IN
evidence o. force and frauds perpe. Isl
ted TO secrre the nominal returns by an "
gal board III faycr of the Democratic | az
ninee for Governor. without which 10, | y
Id not and would not have been declared I'D
c.ed by any board. was overwhelming. an
If reply ias been. but he was elected. ke
Kellogg, his opponent, was not elected. 1T
may te that Kellogg might have been -,
tied j. all the legal votes had CTS
a poled. but. nevertheless, he was not .op
ted, aud was put in by force" When oI
that the 'anvassing board held Wv the ~
rts of the State to be the legal board de- 20
ed kellogg 70 have been elected. their PR
y has been: But this legal board had no
Il returns OF the election: the illegal zen
I'd had the legal returns. and that board ue
Jared tina. these legal returns showed VIZ
election o; McEne1y." And on the =!
myth OF this sophistry they have cor. uSi
ed TO Lenounce President Gran: =. a ma
mt for overthrowing the government, Of spt
lslans; tor using the United States army -. I'
I'm out the man who was elected. and III!
in the usurping carpe! -ba gger, Kellogg. ca
was not elected. But here is the testi-
V Of MIR. Blanchard. State registrar of
r.. and three OF his assistants, appoint. =
10 thell places oy Governor Warmoth. | cree
ported by numerous other credible wit. gen
es. and ali the circumstances of the ma
proving conclusively that Mr.. Kellogg .rat
in fact. elected by decided majority wa,
e votes actually cast. and givin. a de. wht
d statement OF the manner in which leor
eturns were falsitied to make the oppo. En-
appear 30 be the truth. The chief Wit ! Co,
is the officer through whose hands all qua
returns passed, and who. therefore. ban
9very opportunity to know the facts to | ferr
h be swear,: It is the testimony o. self
pposition. They swear that William in a
9fiogg ana the other Republican can. dreI
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