The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

took me in house situated on Grayier street
somewhere near Baronne street; the entry
doors were closed, and at the signal given by
Jack Wharton (three consecutive aud hard
raps) the doors were opened. In the said
room saw one Cahoon, whose first name do
not know, but whom had seen before in this
city; he, the said Cshoon, then and there in
formed me that he was the Supervisor of
Election for the parish Of Madison, appointed
by Henry q. Warmoth, then Governor Of
Louisiana, and that he wished me to swear
him as to the returns Of the late election.
saw there several persons whom / did not
know; they were making up tally-lists OF the
returns of the election for the parish OF Madi-
son. The lists were signed ia blank by the
Commissioners Of Election. l inquired from
Cahoon, the Supervisor, how 1t was that he
had not prepared the lists and returns in the
parish where he came from. He told me that
he could not count the votes there it was
Republican parish, and that he had to run
away because he wanted to count the votes,
and admit no one except few. and he would
have it his own way. and would here in New
Orleans return such persons as he thought
proper. l swore him to several tally-lists and
returns. believe, to the best OF my knowl-
edge, that the greater part OF the tally-ists
were yet in blank when l swore him.
JOHN 7. MoNTAMAr.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sd
day Of February, 1873.
ISEAL. IL. IL. SHANNON,
United States Commissioner District OF
Louisiana
Mr.. Montamat was examined by the
committee as follows
Question. Taking your estimate OF the
votes in these parishes where these frauds
are charged, il the vote had been fairly
counted what would have been the result as
compared with the vote in the parishes where
no frauds are chaged?
boI fra Ia -
these parishes and they had returned the
vote as they did in some OF the parishes,
fairly, they would have given the Republican
ticket very large majority, according to their
own returns.
Q. In the State
A. Yes, sir; in the State.
Q. Do you speak OF the votes actually cast,
or the voters in the district!
A. L refer to the voters but the votes
actually cast, in my judgment, if properly re-
turned, would have given the Republican
party majority in the State. Ihave no doubt
OF that
@. That is, the votes as they were actually
cast?
A. Yes sir; as actually put in the boxes.
Thus, according to the evidence be-
fore the Warmoth Board, Kellogg had
a majority of the votes had they been
counted according to the returns, even
with the numerous parishes thrown out
entirely on account of alleged for
geries.
One more instance may be given In
Rapides Parish Gov. Wells, an old white
resident, swears that the United States
inspectors were driven from the polls
and the boxes removed to the house of
one Hooe, candidate for the Legisla-
ture on the Warmoth ticket, and re-
NAMED forty eight hours in his charge.
In this precinct the registration was
nearly equal, the whites registering
1,012, the colored men 900. But when
the votes were counted it was found
that ], 900 votes had been cast for the
Warmoth ticket, giving McEnery
majority of 700, and that the total num-
Der OF votes cast actually exceeded the
number of votes by more than 1000.
Men guilty of such wholesale frauds
are queer persons to complain of ille-
gality in the election, and yet they are
doing it, supported by their sympa-
thizers all over the country, who are
calling the Kellogg Government one of
the most barefaced usurpations ever in
flicted on civilized people ! The plain
facts OF the case are that there never
was a more wicked scheme to overthrow
State Government and reduce a ma
jority of the people to vassalage, and
every consideration of justice and safety
demands it's prompt and speedy defeat.
-Mter- Ocean.