Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-17
The Louisiana Frauds.

The New Orleans Republican,, of Jan.
uary 1, publishes an exhaustive review Of
the troubles in Louisiana, and makes out
case against Whrmoth and his co.work-
ers that can hardly be overcome. No one
can read this statement, compiled from
the official records In New Orleans, with
out being convinced that o more rascally
outrage was never attempted than the ef-
fort certain men have been, and are now,
making to override the will of the people
of Louisiana. There can be no doubt
that the honest Republican, majority in
the State Is at least $4,000. In 1868 It
was 20, 900 ; in 1870 1t was "a, 900 in 1879,
according to the Warmoth count this
large Republican preponderance was not
only overcome, but by 10000 majority.
The colored population in the State ex'
ceeds the white by 1900 or 5000. When
we take into consideration that there are
$4,000 foreigners in Louisiana, and that a
large share of these are unnaturalized, the
white population having the rights
of citizens must be seen to fall
far below that of the colored. IL is
well known that the colored people in
Louisiana, as everywhere, are almost a
unit for the Republican ticket, and &C
cording to the census there should be
nearly 73, 900 colored voters in the State.
To these must be added the white Repub-
lican vote, which is estimated to be at
least $4,000. The Democrats charged
that 1000 or 5000 place-holders and EN-.
ployes voted for Kellogg, and If to these
be added the German vote and the votes
of other white men in sympathy with the
Republican party through the State, it.
will be seen that this estimate is very rea-
sonable. This would make the entire
Republican vote nearly $4,000. In an ex-
citing campaign like that ended in No
vember, the vote is generally very full,
and yet we find that only $4,000 Republi-
can votes we're cast in the State, according
to Warmoth's returns; absolutely $4,000
less than the actual strength of the party.
But this is not ALL In 1868, 36, 900 Demo
cratic votes were cast in 1870, al 900.
But in 1872 this vote had strangely in
creased to 65, 1895, 900 above the vote
of 1872. What became of the Republican
vote?
1t is shown by the affidavits of hun
dreds of men, many of them of the high
est character, including such men as
Ex-Governor Wells, r. A. Hunter, a
prominent Democrat, and many others
well known and reliable, that the most
shameful means were employed to pre-
vent the polling of colored votes. In the
first place, none but Democrats were ap-
pointed as registrars. By these creatures
of Warmoth thousands were refused regis
tration. Where the colored population
were sufficiently intelligent to press their
rights and secure their vote there the
boldest frauds were practiced. The bal.
lotboxes were taken out after the voting
had closed and stuffed, the Republican
votes in some instances being all removed
and Democratic tickets substituted.
These allegations are not mere assertions,
but are sworn to. Governor Wells swears
that in Rapides Parish the United States
Inspectors were driven from the
presence of the ballot. boxes after the polls
closed, and that the boxes were then re-
moved to the private room of one Hooe,
a candidate for the Legislature on the
Warmoth ticket, and remained for forty
eight hours in his charge In this pre-
cinct, the colored population out-numbers
was nearly equal, the whites registering
/ 1,011 and the colored 900. But when
counted by the Warmothites it was found
800 votes had been cast in this parish
for the Democratic ticket-949 more than
the entire white votes registered
giving over 700 majority for Nc
Emery, the Democratic candidate
for Governor. Unfortunately they
did not remove the ballots of the colored
voters from the box when they put the
others in, and therefore we find that the
entire vote cast at this poll exceeds the
votes registered by more than 1000.
This is given as sample of the reckless
manner in which these frauds were per-
petrated. Probably fifty precincts ex-
hibit the same unblushing attempt to
make the ballot-box the vehicle of crime
and effrontery. In the face of all these
things, the men at whose instigation the
frauds were perpetrated, are announced
as determined to secure by violence what
the courts have declared they could not
lawfully possess. We do not know what
Kellogg and Pinchbeck and their follow
ers may be, but we have no hesitation in
saying that they cannot compete in ini-
guilty with the graceless scoundrels who
have committed these crimes against fair
ness, decency and justice, in Louisiana.
1t is not the gubernatorial chair, but the
penitentiary into which they should be
installed .-Chicago Inter Ocean.