The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-26
THE ELECTION IN CARROLL.
FRAUD AND INTIMIDATION RAMPANT.


Editor N. o. Bulletin:
small space, ifyou please. to pat upon re-
cord in your valuable paper the hi gh-handed
proceedings of Geo. C. Benham and his fol-
lowers in the parish of Carroll.
Three months before the election it was dis
covered that the Hon. Geo. G. Benham was
in ill-favor with the people. Several public
gatherings had been held throughout the par
ish, and denunciations of him we're loud and
frequent. At that time Kellogg, Benham l.
Co. were confidently in the ascendant and the
Hon. gentleman's adherents treated with in
difference and contempt the public demon
STATIONS.
E. G. Moss, Jr., Parish Judge, soon after
one of the public meetings, said:
IF the negroes do get the votes, Kellogg is
with US, and they will be counted out
Marion A. Sweet, Recorder of our parish,
made the same boast. One Of the editors OF
the Lake. Republican, the Benham paper, told
the Attorney OF Madison parish, in conversa-
| ton, that Benham would be counted in.
These sayings had been well known here for
,me time before the second day of Novem-
Der. ,,oo,,o oe 1,,;o:
Arr condition when such audacious
h iuea =, w. pld be publicly INDUCED in BY
naen hnfd;n" NJ. kellogg's commissions for
nos;t;ons Of nnh1,;, trust in our parish.
p N;ohoIo - ,,,u ut colorsd, Sheriff, the re-
cognized President of Il e -; ke put Exeeu,
tive Committee of our par. 49, e. ne C uanueo
the Police Jury list of ma al ,.;t ~. o.,4as.
sioners Of Election, was treat W." W. 4h ooI,ep
by c. H. Nash, the Prssidenteoi, lit s1u sa noaiu
Why because the names on his AS, $4,000. VIZ
posed to Benham. The Democrat presented son'a .s'
tive names, one for each ward to the . ,"1 - ~
gust body; they were rejected becaus. .Hey
were opposed to Benham and so the eleff' III
was inaugurated throughout the parish WV
Benham commissioners only, and to tL.sS
were added special constables without num- J.
Der, all Benham men, who crowded and jostled
the voters who were opposed to their leader.
Before the election in each ward Benham and
his friends distributed blue jackets and caps
in exchange for promised votes in the Fourth
Ward. We have proof that Mr.. Benham
publicly announced he had the right to do
such things, and it is generally believed that
the hundreds of jackets and caps so distribu- I
ted were part OF the nations charity for the
overfowed people OF our parish. I,
On the day of election in the First Ward
the ballot box was entirely out OF the reach
and sight of the voters Canes were used to
hand up the tickets, and one of the commits
sioners is known to have exchanged Benham
tickets for those handed him, and put them \
H.. n.
lidate (not commissioner handed in several
tickets which were polled. David jackson,
clerk OF the district court, and one of the
of election for that ward, has
publicly boosted since the I'd of Noyem Der
md said We can beat yOu cOulltinq
At the Second Ward, George c. Benham =,
TODD at one side, and his chief constable at u
he other side of the entrance to the polling
lace, and MIR. Benham snatched several tick CT
is from the hands of colored men and tore
hem to pieces, because they were not Ben .
am tickets, and frowningly substituted his 4
wn tickets in their stead. Mr. Benham's
rother was one of the commissioners at this
ard, and carried the tally sheets and ballot
OK away on Tuesday night, the tally sheets
OF being signed.
In the Third Ward, r. K Anderson. Ben b
ANS tax collector, was chief commissioner. va
ad he is known to have blurred with ink b,
'veral Of the ticketsi handed him. The box in
us ward had % tickets more than there were
'ters, and Col. P. Jones York, a candidate
lot commissioner took very active part
it'll the tally sheet.
There was much irregularity at this pre-
net, failure to sign the tally sheets in due NJ
me, taking private control OF the ballot-box.
ia refusing to compare the number of tickets
the box with the number of names on the
IT'S. In the Fourth and Fifth Wards the
re was small and the complaints are few
ter the election, the compilation was con-
led exclusively to the friends of i:enham.
ght and day the work went on, but no one.
It even the United States Supervisor, on
half OF the Conservatives, was permitted
get glimpse OF the tally sheets, though
applied time and again.
And here it is supposed the greatest fraud has
en- perpetrated, but we know what the vote
lily is, and woe to those who may have
npered with the correct figures in the in
est Of Geo. G. Benham, or any one else. A
nificant fact may be noticed. The Lake
publican, the Benham paper, has failed to !.
. the vote of a single ward of our parish, TT
lie every other parish paper has published
votes. This is just an outline of what has
IN done here's if rigid inquiry is instituted,
ny of the adherents of Mr. Benham will
ne to grief. The cotton crop will soon be
in. We have had unusually favorable
ather, and though the crop is short, the
alter part Of it will have been saved in good
ldition.
The defeated candidates for parish Offices
re filed suit to contest the election before
District Court this winter CARROLL.
he Boston daily Neus OF the 10Th has the wo
owing item of news: bon