New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-03
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION.

CONbEhfAiNE OoNo"H~o""ANA'
EIECTKD-THE REPUBLICANS DEsPONDENr
IBr TELEGRAPH 10 THE rRTBUNR.l
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2.-The handful Of official
returns and many wild reports received at
the respective headquarters Of the two parties afford
little ground for trustworthy estimate Of the gen.
eral result Of the election. 1t is admitted
by all. however. that the Conservatives
have at all points heard from made
large gains ON their vote Of 1872.
In the country parishes as in New Orleans an unex-
pectedy large number Of colored men voted for the
first time against the Republican ticket, while the
whites generally seem to have stood together more
firmly than ever before. The Conservative
State Committee claim the State by at
least 5000, while some estimate the ma
jority as high as 1900. The Republicans are
Respondent, with the exception of Kellogg who ex-
presses belief that his party has carried the State
by fair majority on the general ticket but admits
q probability of the loss of two Congressman
namely, in the districts in which Dlbble and
Nash are candidates Dibble is still hopeful but
claims the election by q majority of 200 or 800.
Conservative advces claim the election of
Spencer, Conservative, OYER Marcy, Radical, but
there few returns to back the claim. II is almost
certain that Gibson and Ellis, Conservatives, are
elected over Sypher and Dibble Radicals, and the
chances favor Moore, Conservative, over Nash.
Radical. Nearly all the dispatches received
from partisan sources, but making all
due allowances for this fact, it is safe to say. in
brief, that the State has gone Conservative by
largely increased majority, and that the Conserva-
tives elect two if not Congressman where there
was before solid Republican delegation.
NEW ORLEANS CARRIED BY THE CONSER-
NATIVES
A QUIET, PEACEABLE ELECTION-BUsINEsS WHOLLY
sUsPENDED-THE KELLOGG PARTY DESERTED BY
LARGE NUMBERS OF cOLORED MEN, WHO VOTE
THE PEOPLES TICKET--AN OVERWHELMING con-
SENTATIVE MAJORITY IN THE cIrY-THE PEOPLE
ENTHUSIASTIC AND THE OFFICEHoLDERs DE-
sPONDENT.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnrBUNE.l
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. "A quieter election than
that of to-day was never known in New-Oreans.
Business was more generally suspended than 1t is
usually on Sunday. The white men OF the city
neglected every other employment for that of voting
and bringing out others, while the colOred men,
though not quite so active, for at least part
of the day Jealous and stirring in the same work.
1t was soon apparent however, that the star OF tho
Conservatives was in the ascendant 30 far
az the vote of New-Orleans was concerned.
The white men on duty at the polls were surprised
and delighted to find many colored men willing and
anxious to vote the Conservative ticket if guaranteed
protection from the roughs of their race. This
protection was readily afforded. Whenever a col
Ored man approached with a Conservative ballot,
the whites stood aside to give him precedence in the
long line of voters awaiting their turn. and volun-
teers were always ready to escort the timid home.
In several cases. however, Conservative colored
men, relying upon the strength OF numbers, came In
bodies of from ~ to 40, and after voting went as
they came. These new and unexpected scenes in
a Louisiana election elated the Conservatives
highly, and the Radicals were correspondiDgly
depressed 80 that the latter seemed to lose all
heart long before the contest was brought to close
The only outrage that occurred during the day
took place in the Third Ward, where colored man
who had voted the Conservative ticket was met by
another of the same name, who, upbraiding the
former for his deserion of the Republican party.
deliberately drew revolver and shot him in the
foot. it was reported that political murder had
taken place in the Tenth Ward, but going to the
scene of the affair." found that it was remote from
the polls that the murderer and his victim were both
Democrats, and that their dispute was on matter
of business. Ii is creditable to the army and navy
that in the city at least the influence OF neither was
brought to bear upon the contest, further than by
their presence, and this could hardly be observed,
owing to the orders of Gen. Emory and Admiral
Mullaney, which kept all officers and men confined
to their quarters throughout the day. Several COM
panies were stationed at the CustOm-hOuse and
others were distributed at convenient points
throughout the city, but not than half dozen
uniforms were seen on the streets during the day.
At this writing the votes have not been counted,
but nobody on either side doubts that the Conserva
tives have carried the city by majority SO large
that it would be folly to attempt to carry out
any plans for the manipulation of returns which
were made and would have been executed had
the vote been at all close. The Conservatives
are full of enthusiasm over the reports
from all sides of reenforcements from the col
Ored voters and are confident that these will more
than outweigh the losses to their side by the strik
ing of white voters from the registration lists and
other causes. The change in the cOlored vote has
been frequently predicted in these dispatches as a
consequence of the demonstration of Keloggs weak
ness and Of the liberal spirit of the McEnery party
in the affair of the 18th Of September. The Con-
servatives met this concession by voting for col
ored man for the Senate instead of Turnbull, the
regular nominee in the With District.
RETURNS FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
CADDO AND CLAIBORNE PARISHES PROBABLY CAR
RIED BY THE CONsERvATIvEs-THE NEGROES
DIVIDE THEIR VOTES BETWEEN THE TWO PAR
uEs-No INTERFERENCE BY THE MILITARY.