New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-18

! Isis anu uno mum Der OF DaiIOCS ShOulu tally
exactly at the counting OF the votes. they
| beng left to devise their own mode of car
rying out these latter instructions, but, the
better to accomplish the object sought. they
were instructed to open their polls in ad
vance of the hour designated by law, so
| that when voters presented themselves at
the regular hour it should appear that some
votes had already been cast; and these
| commissioners were also instructed to in
sert the list previously prepared as atOre-
| said, sheet by sheet, among the lists kept
during the day, making the running num-
| bers correspond; and that these instructions
were Obeyed to the letter in every instance,
| and that the names of SO deceased persons,
obtained and prepared as before related,
were so erased and fraudulently marked as
| voted, and the same number Of Fusion
tickets were thus voted at the said election.
OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
Deponent further says that the super
vlsors OF registration appointed throughout
the State were all in the interest of the
Fusion party, and were selected, not only
on that account, but because of their sup
posed willingness and ability to carry the
election in favor of that party, by whatever
| manipulation was possible and necessary
| under the registration and election laws;
that in the parishes where there was known
to exist large Republican majority the
supervisors were, in most cases, persons
sent from New Orleans to the parishes in
which they were to act, and men well
known for their personal recklessness and
unscrupulous character and familiar with
all the machinery used in manipulating
elections and the powers conferred upon
supervisors of registration by the laws;
that said supervisors We're instructed, YER
bally or otherwise, to impede in every pos
sible manner the registration OF colOred
voters, in such ways as closing their offices
when large numbers of negroes were
| waitir e for reg stration, alleging that they
were out of blanks, when in truth they
were amply supplied, removing their Offices
to remote points, notifying only white men
of their location, and giving no notice to
the negroes; giving notice of the location Of
the office at one point, and establishing it at
another without notice; establishing polling
places without due notice, SO as to facilitate
the casting of large Fusion vote, and
obstructing the voting of Republicans,
especially of colored men; that to further
carry out the before recited determination
to carry the election at any risk deponent,
| without authority of law, directed that a
new and complete registration should be
| made in the parishes of East Baton Rouge,
West Baton Rouge, st. James and Tangi-
pah0a, each OF which parishes was known
to contain a large Republican majority,
and a large excess Of colored over
white population, on che pretext that the
books Of previous registration could not be
found said books having been previously
purposely made away with.
DUPLICATE BALLOJ-BOxEs.
Oeponent further says that, III the Dafish
of Orleans, besides the fraudulent and du-
plicated certificates of registration given to
persons to be voted on in the manner al
ready described, duplicate ballot boxes
were provided for the different wards, a.
follows: Two to the third ward. two 70 the
eleventh ward, one to the thirteenth ward.
one to the fourteenth ward, two 70 the
fourth ward, two to the fifth ward two 20
the eighth ward, one 20 Che fifteenth ward.
labeled and marked ready tor use in .hs
same manner as those actually used on ths
day of election (see deposition of w l.. Cat
lin. hereto attached and marked CZ). with
the intention of having said boxes flied
with large number Of Fusion balIo' s. and
a comparatively small number ct Reprbli.
can ballots, and VI substituting them tor
the boxes actually used. ir cases where
there was reason to suspect that said boxeS
contained a Republican majority: aud depo-
nent has yeasOn to believe, and does be-
lieve. that many. it not all. OF said .iuyii.
cate boxes were used, from circumstances
which occurred during the night after the
election and during the counting of the
votes az Mechanics Institute: and the mani.
fest discrepancy between tho Fusion vote
and the Republican vote in the boxes when
opened, for instance, ia the third ward
poll No. 4, the vote as counted was 3S4 for
McEnery against 90 FOR Kellogg, and there
were elghty more ballots in the box than
names on the written list required by sec
tion eleven OF the registration law: at pol.
No. 5, same ward, the vote az counted was
43S for McEnery against - for Kellogg,
totally disproportionate number for the
WI J,nIJ .
these boxes were counted by the Fusion re.
turning hoard, although formal protests
were filed in each case Dy the United States
supervisors of election.
At poll No. 2, same ward which .vas TO-
Gated in a neighborhoO1 iensely populated
by negroes, the commissioners placed fifty
Republican ballots in the box after the
closing of the polls. so that when counted
there were found 365 ballots in the box and
but SIC names on the written list. and the
vote was for McEnery "A, for Kellogg 33S:
that in consequence of these discrepancies
and the large majority against their ticket.
the Fusion returnin. board excluded the
count of this box in making sheiy compile
ton of the returns.
In the eleventh wars, pyif No I. when
counted, showed 81 votes for NcEnery.
against 40 for Kellogg, although this box
was located near the levee, where q large
number of colored laborers reside; and at
poll No. ,. same ward, the vote was, for
McEnery, 3O6 for Kellogg, l05. The count
of both Rhess boxes was also protested
against by the United States supervisors,
and the figures are totally ire concilabe
with the political complexion of any poy. !
ton of that ward.
at poll number six. OF che same wa.s.
where a majority Of Republican @otes had
been cast, additional Republican ballots
were put in the box to cause a discrepancy
between the number Of names on the |
written list, and thus have che vote OF that |
poll thrown out by the returning board, !
aud that the vote Of said box was 1l5 for |
McEnery against 200 for Kellogg, and the !
poll was excluded by the Fusion returning
board. !
fHE RESULTS GAINED. -, |
Deponent further says that from the |
facts and statistics before related in this |
deposition, it is shown that the total mum |
Der OF votes gained TO the Fusion ticket in |
the parish of Orleans by means of traudu- |
lent manipulation of registration papers, |
voting on the names of dead men, and by |
the substitution of duplicate and fraudu-
lent ballot boxes, amounted to 6137 votes, |
divided as follows, viz: |
Number of duplicates issued in the names of
deceased voters and voted on for the Fu-
sion ticket at the election ............... G55 |
Number OF certificates of registration frsudu-
lently issued in 1870. and of cert ihcstes OF
ItSlstIdtlOn surrendered py persons
moved from the wards il which they
registered in 1870 and voted upon for the Flu
sion ticket in 1872. $50,
Number of Fusion ballots contained in boxes
substituted for the ones actually used at
the election, about 8 18l |
against republican ballots placed in same
boxes to avert suspicion. .......-...... aol |
or fraudulent majority of Fusion votes in
Total given to the Fusion party by