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

claimed; Here Is a palpa6le fraud!
III JocFson-The Republicans there were
shamefully intimidated. One Bishop is
under $4,000 bonds for 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. LdndIy-United States Supervisor
Z. l.. Andrew swears he was lntimidated
from performing his lawful duty. Some
five hundred men were compelled to vote
the Democratic ticket on pain of a repeti-
ton of the terrible massacre of 1868. About
1900, by the same sort of intimidation, were
deferred from voting.
IN Lirinqst0n-Th shooting of one col
ored man and the wOundiRg of another by
Democrats intimidated the colOred Repub
licars from voting to great extent.
In Thirteen Democrats under
age were registered and permitted to vote.
Sixty Democrats registered and voted
twice; ten of them had the same number
and name and ttty-One had the same num-
Der bat different names on their double GER
titicates, 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 least $50 more of this kind.
In Webster parish all the United States
supervisors were intimidated. Fifty col
Ored men were inundated 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 irving
| to prevent spurious Republican tickets
I from being paimed eff on the members of
| his club by Democrats. Fearing to vote at
| their own precincts, some cOl0red men
| slipped away to Minden. but were followed,
| threatened and intimidated by their EN-
| plovers 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 a Democratic ballot.
| J. N. Waggener, United States supervisor
at Slungalba, was fercely threatened with
| death if he followed the box to Minden.
| +. S. Heath swears box one, ward enc, IL
exclusive charge of 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 4Oo Repu0-
| lican to us Democratic votes cast, but the
Democratic count produced Democratic
| majority.
+. S. Heath swears to the names of ten
| Democrats who voted, but who were not
registered until four days after the election.
| In Tel7ebOnne-Stato Supervisor Stokes
| counted eight boxes, and they turned out
| such heavy Republican maiorlties that see
| ing no chance to stuff the remaining boxes,
| he left in the night and resigned, thus CIV
| inc the Warmoth returning board preteXt
to throw out large Republican parish on
| the ground that the supervisor did not count
| the votes.
l., Catahoula-Mr. j. j. Randolph, an
| old citizen, swears the registration did
| not begin until nineteen days behind the
| legal time, and that thus from 4OO to bOU
| eoIOred Republicans were denied registra-
| ton.
IN Wunn-D. Brantly says he was in
| Inundated from making Repu0!lcan
| speech in VIM: that the colOred men
were overawed and afraid to cast their
| votes for the candidates OF their choice.
In West Baton ROuge-The registered
| Republican majority of Asa was overcome
| by a conspiracy between the Democrats
| and I. T. Allan, United States super
| visor, by which Democratic tickets were
palned oft upon ignorant cOlOred voters Tor
| Republican tickets.
III Union-The intimidation 50 grossly
practiced two and four years agc
| was to great extent repeated. A
driven from tl9o townsville poll. There
were 783 colored and upwards of 81
white voters on Che rolls of the Republican
| clubs. every one of whom intended to vote
the Republican ticket, yet only 4S9 votes
were counted out for that party. After the
| congressional and electoral votes had beer
| counted, the boxes were scaled up, and, l
| is averred, were closed before the countin:
| of the State vote, from which the fedora
! commissioners were excluded, in defiance
| of their protest The Democrats boast tina
| they deceived 300 Col0red voters IN TIL
| parish with counterfeit tickets.
! In Claibor7c-Mr. Scott was Warmoth'
| supervisor, and swears no legal election wa
held in Claiborne. A party named Sim
mons had been appointed to suppressed
| Scott but too late to get legal possession o
the office. Without poll books, witAou
| legally designated polling places or com
| missiOners, Simmons and the Democratl
| mob held an election in defiance of ever,
! legal formality. Mr.. Scott was intimidate'
from attempting to hold the legal election
| by threats OF riot.
IN ST. Helena-Sworn evidence is on FL
that w. S. Lee, j. Reyes, b. Quinn and d
| Lee stuffed tha boxes in st. Helena wit
| Democratic ballots.
HIP. Womock, j. Rogers and B. Quinn
are under heavy bonds for llu-kluxing ant
intimidating colOred Republicans. A. KEN
is also under bonds for belonging to tn
Ku-Klux, and assaulting, to kill Repul
lican.
| In 81. d1anany-ThOmpsOn, Morton
Nicau and Brodly are each under $500
bond for intimidating United States super
visor and Republican voters. An attempt
drive the federal supervisors from theirpOsI
having failed because the State supervise
| refused to count the vote at all if he had t
| count it in their presence. Thus he gave
| pretext to the WarmOth board to throw til
parish out with it's Republican maiorit!
Weems is under bonds for refusing to regI
ter a number of legally qualified colore
, voters.
In 81. Mortin-The elec53on was fai
peaceabe and quiet, but was thrown OF
by the Warmoth board evidently becffl'
, | it went Republican, and to give the Dem
| cratic Governor elected by such tricks,
? chance to appoint the defeated Democrat
I | candidates to the parish offices to which Il
3 | people refused to elect them.
G In Ue,ia-There was not the whisper
q fraud on either side. 1t was unquestlo
< I@bly thrown out for the same reason th
n st. Martin was. -
81 ,James-Mr. +. L. King. of New Q
leans. swore that State Registrar Il:
Blanchard, T. Connell. Miles Sharkey, ).
Golding and Dr. stephens consplred. abo
the twenty fifth OF October. to detra"d u
+ voters OF St. James; that they suppress
| and failed 10 make tr&e returns: tndl a. w
:. polls thew changed and altered the bal!o'
l. and caused to be prepared four baIlot-boz
TO be used and stuffed. because Demccra
n committed these frauds themselves u
II board threw out this parish with its I'
; Republican majority Of two years ago
: THE FRAUDS n NEW ORLEANS.