New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-29
LEGAL aETJ2Es AID LEGAL Return
I5C OFFICES

/ election returns from the legal returning
I officers, and ery OFT, e11itingiy, Al Il
( yoa did have liz :.Ce bard q returning
I cA5c=-s " Lzd the leg. returns EAicl
/ our reE and rather dear ally. G0Terl2,
W4r1o.a, tcEciJly vitLheld ron !2Z-
Ii the meantime Waruoth posts Of =
I Washington and testites uDde: o1in t1a'
! these distracted returns were made up AID
. counted. and the declarations 8 to wa
+ officers we're elected Eere ns35 &: Il.
woodward, who had 10 aa!t0T.t!
shz:ers.-.o ruzddle il the mattel al al.
And Le-e ve have the frail foundation. up I
which tie fusion government fes--- !: :
/. concern c-ea:=5 Alone r! VI " o5d'
ward. partly upon suggestions :i.I-l-'L- "a
bv the g1pzyv;.ors q ELECTION a-d Es:i-.'
--rg, direct orders O.: Governor !" aEI1ofL
! ard -ae fusion ,4a5e7s ard candidates 70.
/ osaa Ws submit ti4t With such a coD
( d;Eon preo9der: i Is ID; 3: q. szt-zo:'
( dirarv that ueub@rs Ray b found II
I 10th bCv.-es q the Odd Fellow. HI.
4 Legislatures = hose names DO not fE1e7 u
( tie election :-t1-2s-1eithe: l. :Lose ~
nisbei By tn State supervisors 70: -
/ United Stats inspectors
The reports d the officers charged WITH
the duty q holding an election have e
t5-ce OF effect until they have ben
scrQtinized and Ts.ss7i upon b. the prop:
officers Al reports concur il the dis-s'
pQtable f-ct that majority Of the 8egis'
trars and su-e-yisors Of elections ve,e -
precious a lot Of seamps q were eTer
hired By resPec5ability to DO its cheating,
AID 10 reliance whatever can b7 placed
upon any statement they made 20 Cor.
ernor Warmoth, 3Ir Woodward o. any
body else The mrisls oDSTgndi Eas some.
thing Ike this: The polls closed On the
fourth 81 November, and II. e1sc+s07. jsya7L
Among the supervisors we're some expert
hands at fgur4s, but there were also many
bunglers. 50 tLaE it took nearly three
weeks, under the immediate psrsonal 81
pervisiOn Of the Governor, th5 State regis
trar ana several prominent fusion canii-
dates fJr Office, 10 III these returns up 10
suit the fusion leaders, who lad Var
moth By the button hole during al that
time, taking turn about al il When the
tabulating business Was finished, War
moth TOOK tie papers, handed them Over
to woodward and directed him 70 make
fair CORES fgr the newspapers OF oo,Ess
lis orders were obeyed and this Is the
way Woodward made thu fusion govern
mont 50 lar as exercising any discretion
in the matter gas concerned, NJ. Wood
ward had very little TO do With 1t.
During all the time these ProceediI IS
we're taking place, candidates on the fusion
ticket haG constant access t. the room
where the returns were living il confusion
and disorder upon tie tables Altar hay
ing passed through suen sn ordeal, there
was an obvious propriety that they should
pass under tle'revising scrutiny OT care
ful oficers-men sworn % discharge thelr
duties :aithfui,y-rneR Who regarded an
oath a. binding Eu: these 50 called
illegal :eturn." were !orcibi: withheld
from :te legal returning officers, il dis.
regard 0: the Law and il violation Of the
cath 0: Office Of those ELo lad possession
Of them. when the returning officers
made tie ro.e. demand On thu Governor
for chem. :lr: were me: vit8 a fat To-
fusaL - far as they lad any official
know!eigr Q. the subject, there were no
.s;UrGs from :he State supervisor. 0.
election. aor arr c!ic.a: e:ideEce q.
al ..ec:.0s lad been held and con.
Quoted according % Law on tie fourth
Of November. Governor WaTmoth lad
been oIde,ei to file the papers in the
Circuit Court, bat he openly disobeyed
the order. and concealed the election
returns until now, when they turn up
in Washington in possession Of three citi-
zens Who have no business With them in
any manner.
Fortunately, the enforcement law Of
Congress had provided remedy in ad-
vance 70 meet such contingency. In
pursuance Of the provisions Of this act
United States inspectors had been ap-
pointed f1- each ballot box, charged with
the duty Of keeping an exact tally Of the
voting, and it was to these ''Ofticial Wit
nesses'' that the returning officers were IL
debted for the information upon which
the canvass Of the election vas made. In
point Of fact, the reports OF the United
States Inspectors were much more truth
ful than the '.tabUlated returns upon
which Nh Woodward declared, and would
in all probability have been given the
preference in numerous cases, as beng
more in accordance with facts as derived
from other rndoutted testimony. Tina:
all the i,ape.s were not before the board o.
can7.sser. vas The fault 0: GoVeTno. Wax.
moth, aide: and. atettei b. tine fusion
=hc fo,esaw inevitable defeat
to their hopes On case the whole t:uth
could b. placed before :he iega! board.
Hence the! urged the Governor 20 6i7re.
gard the law, his oath o: Office. and lis Oh.
legations a. o member 0. the :e'urn.n'
board, and to openly disobe- the order. q
the Circuit Cou.. Having succeeded j..
making him the instrument 0: mos' IA.
grant wrong, they no.. seek 20 p.ofs !: !:
by alleging that though '.e Republicans
had the legal returning to.sd. IL .ua.o..
lists had the legal .etrrns.
And all these tact. -. 1eor .o.ui.. -