The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-30

! Time pass ed on In IL LOUISIANA was recon
ten Of State officers w-s held in the merth Of
Nay ~ ~ s zen a,S 81 ihs al qh Ss wa,
ment OF the United States. ana was eenfessediy a
State ticket was elesed by over 96.'<a majority.
There was majority Of ,eelered men IN
there today, and there were thousands OF
white Republicans IN addition as thsFs are To-
day. The eoiored men voted tue Republican
ticket soIidly. We carried the State in May by
$3.50 Afterwards, N the summer. the huklux
LIST of September ami the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der. only two months, they had killed ana wound
State. 4 committee WAS sent down there by Con-
srsss to examine into the condition of Affairs,
report OF the COMMITTEE, on Southern oatra-es:
The testimony shows that over 100 persons
that State within few weeks prior TO the Presi-
dential election; that half the State was overrpn
open riot kept the people in constant terror.
antil the Republicans SURF ndered all claims.
The parish Of New orlea7s contsiuei = 80 voters
+ 90 blacks In the spring OF ISIS that parish
gave 1888 Republican votes. In the fall Of ISIS
i gave Grant rs. falling of OF 2,.9 votes.
Rlots prev iiIed Tor weeks sweeping the city OF
! and kUAlux notices were scattered through the
I GaadS tbere We're s'as7 Repubfiesns IA the
spring OF ISIS they carried the PARISH In the fall
they save Grant one vote Here. also, there were
But the most remarkable case is that of Saint
Here the RspuIIican, had a registered ma. oFits
fefI O1I votes. In the spring of lsjS they carried
vote not one; while the Democrats east 4.7S7 the
full vote Of the parish. for yInour and Bleir.
roednd in w6ah the s 3uku s Sed ana woond
oyer two hundred Republicans. hunting and
chasing them for tive. days and nights through
rom rom the ae' JAZZ anf sh9t Pile Of twenty wen
ing conquered the Republicans, killed and driven
of the white lesdsIs ne kakInS eaptpsed the
enrolled them IN clubs, led them TO the polls,
gave them certificates of the fact.
I Over 2.eo9 men; according TO tbs report. were
Presidentiai election Of 1858. and the COMMITTEES
expressly say they did nots over nearly all the
Sow 1s xa sa he Thc m as had
carr cd the State in May by 35 0b; the Democrats
e. 3 yoses s5og in aei ha@
worked. will sive You the vote IN some of the
Al the spring election the Republicans polled
6s votes IN the parish Of Bienyiile; IN the fall
poiied ~ votes in the sprins; in, November one
vote. In, the parish of Caddo they polled ,2i2
spring; in November two'votes. In De Soto par
Der none In Jackson they polled 400 votes in
the spring; in November none: In Lafayette they
Pons In they poe W votes IN the
spring; in November. one In Sabine they Pollsd
Bernard they poiIed 52i votes in the spring; in
N9ysmbsE l. In ST. Lsndrg they Roled 254
Martin they pol!ed .057 votes in the spring; in
the sppng IN fh0 heg
polled I58 yotes in the spring in November,
the spring; in November, none.
Louisiana is Repub lean State a. certsinly '' as
Vermont Massaehus stts. After these murders
OF ISIS they fait Killing The nSgSofs in dos and
the solitary shooting went on.
,Now come to another clapter in this history
IN ISIS. He 4. good character
at that time. and 81 great promise. He is a very
a ~ nsaF s In al 1dr Of
schemes. You have heard Of the celebrated
81 the Leveo Bin ana tbe cut Canal Biz In ali
these schemes his partners were leading and
the money-Sankers. capitalists and insurance
men. Ihey were the directors in these corpora
tons In 1871 the Republican pagty sloaghed
carry him longer; Gen. Grant refused % see him
il, Washington; the administration cast him of.
they salt. to his own, laughter and applausel.
be ha nfS BEEN held i up aab Il, DS@o
cratic press throughout the nation as the worst
Yst Waen h left ne RsPnbesn P P2rty. The Dem n
s5 5o2f nm fs b s GT@ d the sG4 4adba
we are now discussing Under tie Law Of Tous-
lana. as it then stood. tie Governor had the ap-
emf parishes; so that the whole of the mach .nery
81 the election was in his hands. 1t Is matter of
and is proven on the record By numerous Mi
nesses. th 1t the Democratic politicians of Louis
lana mado coalition with Warmoth upon the ex,,
press understanding and estin.a e that his cortro!
Of the machinery Of the elect on was equal TO
they could carry the State; without HIN ttey knew
they could rot do it. They made this contra set
the Democratic ticket. AMI they in turn
we're to elect him to the Senate of the
that election in ls72 relying wholly ana entirely
sBsS Faud 0r their is TIE
Governor Warnoth tried to carry u his part OF
the contract. aud did carry il, OUT = the be< OIL
many of them forged an altered in New Orleans
showing mat john D: McEnery; the DemoeT;4tj
i3zs. This matter before the'
q ni5f; and Of Ebeh Tee a to the
the Committee on Privileges and Elections We /
sxaminei great many witnesses, until We had
The majority of the com mittee m ade report |
reported that the whole election was void for
fraud. and that neither HcEnery kellogg was
throngh the country, and was published. that the
p n,s}orIty OF that committee reported that
S Sas So f5ss r.sss s I
reverse--that nobody was siectei: that
though and through in every par-h AMI resri3
eyesy prce,nc,. dIssented. ana took tie ground
aenee showed that, notwi uhstand;ng u he fraud
kellogg had majority or S.,sD or 81 Of all the
conducted fsiriy. his najority would have been
not less than sixteen thoHsani. To show what the I
report OF the MAJOR y CT the co.'s N ttce Was sfi
ask some friend who has 4 good voice to read On !
extract from TIE report Of the committee Ttsis
report Of the committee was made I
by Senator Carpenter. who introduced 4
a bill to set aside the State government ard caIl
new election in Louisiana. bill predlca led on .
thefdea that nobody elected. AMI that the [
election was null.
Mr.. Blair read as follows: q" / careful consider
ation OF the testimony colvinces that had the
election of November last been fairly cen iucfei
and returned, Kellogg and his associates. and =
Legislature cOmposed of the samo political party
would have been elected. The coiored popuia-
Of e|afS fato -rz+r hr-z
the last election the colorei voters
were almost unanimous in their
support Of the Republican ticket
Governor Warmoth. who was elected by the
of the State in 1855 had passei into
md b-!d in hands he i,