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


Not half enough ballot boxes were fur
nished. Two boxes were devoted to thlnly
settled, remote white neighborhood polling
together only us votes, and only four boxes
to the bulk of the parish, containing up
ward of 1900 votes, mostly colored. Only
two boxes, instead of the usual five, were
furnished il 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 RAPDEs.
Population-Wh 7742; colored, 10,267.
Observation-Disclosures 1911; colored, 800.
WarmOth return-McEnery, 1860; KEEL
logg, 1853.
Wells, Hon. R. A. Hunter, now and for
forty years leading Democrat of the
State; District Judge Osborne, J. Madison
Wells, Jr., Hon. j. B. Lott. Colonel Haw-
ley, M. Boisset, A. +. Lewis and A. BailiO
swear:
From 1000 to 1900 Republicans were lie
gally deprived of registration. Mr. Hunter
saw 200 of them attempt and fail to
vote at one precinct. State Supervisor
Hooe would hide in his house, and have
colored men seeking registration told he
was gone to the country, while white men
were hunted up and all 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 cOlored 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
Hooe's private room before they were
counted, where, as Governor Wells and
others positively swOre, they were stuffed.
At Randolph's 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 a candidate for the Legislature.
In wrestling the ballot box from the pre-
sence of one of the United States supervi-
sors he said he intended to count the
Radicals out any way"
Throughout, the federal and State cleo
ton laws were both f1agrantly violated.
At CotiIe number of colOred voters with
registration papers of 1870 were Illegally
rejected.
At Rapides poll 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 Endorsed by Hooe.
At Smiths poll number of colored Re,
publcans were rejected, on the alleged
ground that the numbers on their certifi-
Gates and the list did not tally.
THE FRAUDS IN EATCHITOCHEs.
ponnIatio,;-White, 1912; colored, 1929
Registration-T hite. 1886; colored, 1879
Wsrmotb Teturn-lI, Emery, 1850; Kel-
logg, $50.
Atfidavits - United States Supervisors
Tunard, Blackstone, Ezernow, Lewis and
j. COughlin.
From 500 to 1000 colored men were de-
priyed of registration by the lodges and
devices Of State Supervisor Pierson. The
names of 1913 he squarely refused to regis
ter at the single precinct of ClOutiervilie
are sworn to. He pretended to be out of
blanks at this and other points. In Natchi-
toches he kept special door for whites to
enter and be registered. 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 studi0usly concealed
them from Republicans, while every Demo
.rat 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
1hero they d-n please-under pine tree,
f necessary" The Bulah box was hid in
IN abandoned fodder shed in an old field
some distance from Bulah. 1t was found
about noon by colored men who tracked
Democrats through the woods to it. Pre-
yious TO its discovery it is supposed to have
)een stuffed. A large number of colored
men who offered to vote here after they
Ound the box were downTightly refused.
The Hawthorn box was also hid mile
rom the usual place, and was found in a
imilar manner. The voting began before
he legal hour, and it is supposed the box
vas stuffed. A number Of duly registered
who did live in that ward were
elected on the alleged ground that they
lid not One hundred and Lightweight
olored men are sworn who lived in the
ixth ward, but were rejected on the alleged
round that they lived in another ward.
)nly three boxes were furnished in the
COUNTRY. and these were hid. COlOred men
n many instances had to come from twenty
o forty miles to reach them, and then hnnt
hem up.
The United States supervisors were in
undated from discharging their duties,
md would have been killed had they in
sisted on their rights. In the town Of
the Democrats were almost
Ill armed as'special policemen and, as Off
II Id J. g
from the polls and prevented
them from voting. Fifteen hundred and
fifty cOlored and white Republicans in this
parish who had succeeded in registering
were deprived of an opportunity to vote.
the federal and State election
laws were tiagrantly violated.
THE FRAUDS IN EAST BATON ROUGE.
population-White, CAL: colored, ll.3i3.
Reeistration-Whi Ii3i: colOred 1851.
Warmuth Return-McEuery, INA; Kel-
lOgg, ll66.
Lane. United States Supervisors Hustled.
Fuller. Forman, Smith and Pages.
just 1855 men, most all cOlCred Republi-
cans, were deprived of registration III this
parish. 1t was pretended the registration
books of 1870 had been destroyed, in order
to have the opportunity to cut down the
Republican vote through the farce Of an
entire new registration. The registered
vote of 1870 was 49z8; the Republican ma
iority was 1882. Brady, the State super
visor, so frittered away the time allotted
for registration, and INSTRUCTED, dis
criminated against, and sQuarely refused
to register SO many colored men, only
1884 voters were registered altogether.
Compelling the colored men 20 alternate
with the whites until the whites were all
} registered, he would suddenly discover he
was out Of blanks, close his books, and
leave for another point, leaving a large
crowd Of coioled men unregistered at each
At the peril of their lives, the United
States supervisors in the second, third,
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh wards were
intimidated and driven from the presence
~. the haIInt hnxes which Mnre stnttal h-