New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-01
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY l 1873

several points. At Nelson's school five
white men who were first on the ground
were compelled to wait until seventy-tnree
white men arrived and were registered De-
fore they were served.
Not half enough ballot boxes were iuI-
nished Two boxes were devoted to tninly
settled. remote white neighborhood polllnS
together only Us votes, and only tour DoXes
to the bulk of the parish, containing up
ward of 1900 votes, mostly col0red only
two boxes, instead of the usual I'VE, we're
furnished in Shreveport.
At the large Republican precinct OF
Greenwood no box was furnished at all.
MANY colored men were compelled TO walk
forty miles to reach the nearest box.
THE FRAUDS IN RAPIDEs.
Population-White, 7742; colored, l0,267.
Rpgistration-White, 1911; cOlOred, 800.
Warmoth return-McEnery, 1860; Kel-
logg, ll6J.
Wells, Hon. R. A. Hunter, now and for
forty years leading Democrat OF the
State; District Judge Osborne, ). Madison
Wells, Jr Hon. J. B. Lott Colonel law
ley, NJ. BOisset, A. +. Lewis and a balllo
swear:
From 1000 to 1890 Republicans were lie
gally deprived Of registration. Dir. Hunter
saw 200 OF them attempt and fall 10
vote at one precinct. State supervisor
Hooe would hide in his house, and have
colored men seeking registration told ne
was gone to the country, while " hlte men
were hunted up and ali registered. Hooe
systematically INSTRUCTED the registration
Of colored men by browbeating and dodg-
ing them, and refusing to appear at the
places and times he advertised to register
He would frequently make the whites alter
nate with the coloreG men until the whites
gave out, and would then close the books,
leaving large cOlored surplus unregistered
He registered Democrats under age and I'M
naturalized foreigners.
On election day the United States super
visors were intimidated and not allowed to
discharge their lawful duties, and were
driven from the presence of the ballot boxes
after the polls closed. The boxes were kept
in the exclusive custody Of the Democrats
the first night. Then they were taken to
Alexandria, locked for forty eight hours In
Hcoe's private room before they were
counted, where, as Governor Wells and
others positively swore, they were stuffed.
At RandOlphs mill two sets of boxes, In
violation of law, were kept. In one were
deposited the votes of those with new re-
gistration papers; in the other the votes OF
those registered in 1870, which were IN law
as good as the new registration papers
Hooe was candidate for the Legislature.
In wrestling the ballot box from the pre-
sence of one of the United States superyi-
sors he said he . intended to count the
Radicals out any way"
Throughout, the federal and State cleo
ton laws we're both flagrantly violated.
At Cotile a number of colored voters with
registration papers of 1870 were illegally
rejected.
At Rapides poll a number of colored Re
publicans were Illegally rejected, on the al
legged ground that their names were not on
the list, although they had registration
papers indorsed by Hooe.
At Smiths poll number OF colored Re-
publicans were rejected, on the alleged
ground that the numbers on their certih-
Gates and the list did not tally.
THE FRAUDS IN NATCHIToCHEs.
population-White, 1912; oolored 1929.
Registration-White 1886; colOred, 1875.
Warmoth return-McEnery, 1850; Kel-
logg, 500.
Tunard, Blackstone, Ezernow, Lewis and
j. Coughlin.
From 500 to 1000 colored men were de
prived of registration by the lodges and
devices of State Supervisor Pierson. The
names of l03 he squarely refused to regis
ter at the single precinct OF CloutlerVlile
are sworn to. He pretended to be out OF
blanks at this and other points. In Natchl-
toches he kept special door tor whites to
enter and be regist Instead OF the
legal ten hours, he frequently only regis
tered one hour or two day.
Pierson gave no notice whatever previous
to election day where the ballot-boxes were
to be located, but studlOusly concealed
them from Republicans, while every Demo
crat was posted as to their whereabouts.
The day before the election he told the
United States supervisors he had instructed
the commissioners to locate the boxes
where they d-n please-under pine tree,
if necessary" The Bulah box was hid In
an abandoned fodder shed in an old field
some distance from Bulab. 1t was found
about noon by colored men who tracked
Democrats through the woods to it. Pre-
vious to its discovery it is supposed to have
been stuffed. A large number OF colored
men who offered TO vote here after they
found the boz were dOwprightly refused.
The Hawthorn bCx was also hid mile
from the usual place and was found in
similar manner. The voting began before
the legal hour, and it is supposed the box
was stuffed A number of duly registered
Republicans who did live in that ward were
rejected on the alleged ground that they
did not. One hundred and lightweight
cOlOred men are sworn who lived IN the
sixth ward, but were rejected on the alleged
prOunu IDdl IEcN IlNSu III uhOCAiCA ""A ~
ONLY three boxes were furnished IN the
country. and these were hid. COlored men
in many instances had to come from twenty
TO forty miles to reach them, and then hunt
them up.
The United States supervisors were in
undated from discharging their duties.
and would have been killed had they in
sisted on their rights. In the town OF
Natchitoches the Democrats were almost
| all armed asispecial policemen and, as ON
GERS of the law, crowded upwards OF SUI
| Republicans from the polls and preventeC
| them from voting. Fifteen hundred anC
| ffty colored and white Republicans in THU
parish who had succeeded in registering
were deprived of a-~Opportunity to vote
| throughout the federal and State election
laws were tlagrantiy violated.
THE FRAUDS IN EAST BATON RoUGE.
Population-White, 6l7l; colored, II 3t2
| Reristration-Whi 1871: cGlDred, lO35
WarmUth Return-McEnery, ll4l; he
logg,. 1866. VT. Communications
Laffe> United States Supervisors Hustled
Fuller, Furman. Smith and Pages.
| Just 1855 men, most all cOlOred RepuDi
cans, were deprived OF registration, in thu
parish. 1t was pretended the registratio
books of 1870 had been destroyed, in orde
to have the opportunity to cut down tn
Republican vote through the farce of a
entire new registration. The regi5tere
vote of 1870 was 1923; the Republican M
iority was 1882 Brady, the State supel
visor, So frittered away the time allotte
for registration, and INSTRUCTED. di'
criminated against, and squarely refuse
to register so many colored men, onl
1891 voters werS registered alt0gethe
: Compelling the ccIored men to alternat
with the whites until the whites were a
registered, he would suddenly discover +
was out of blanks. close his books, an
leave for another point, leaving larg