The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-30
The INFAMY COMPLETED.

: The deed is done. The warnin,
y constantly dinged by us in the ear
flour too credulous people, that W
you'd be defrauded of our elected of
icers, has proved true. The worl
WAS finished on Christmas eve, i,
lime for our Mat Wells, the Presi
lent par excellence to leave New Or
leans that same evening, and reached
his home, on Lamourie IS miles from
here, on last Saturday. He arrived
safe and sound, though he had two
mishaps on the trip. He left on the
Bart. Able, but she bursted her evil
Finder' leaving him to jump off, with
his carpet bag on the Pargoud and
come to the Mouth of the River and
there take the stage Christmas even
ing. Before he reached home the
stage made a clear turn over and
threw him out in a big mudhole,
along with the U. S. mail bags.
We are particular with this trip of
the President Of the Returning
Board to record how he managed
with success to leave New Orleans
without it being known ard reached
Rapides, and to state that nothing
could be gathered from him or his
friends, who bad interviewed him
what the result was. On the con-
trary his friends stated here on his
sayso, that the count was not finished.
that the Board had adjourned few
days on account Of the holidays and
that he had to return to New Or
leans to promulgate the full returns.
1t is useless here to state that all
this was a palpable falsehood, and
that the whole was promulgated and
signed on the oath inst.
The mail reached here Monday,
and gave us all we needed to be as
sured of the rascality of the Board,
and we sum it up in a brief space as
possible, hurriedly, but correctly,
our readers can rely, for we have be-
fore us the Republican, which is Cos
pei on that point.
According to the final decision Of
The Board the Legislature will be
of 81 Democrats and 81
Radicals, with the Parishes of Desc
20, Bienville, Grant and Winn entire
y thrown out and referred to the t
legislature for settlement. J. c.. a
doncure, our candidate, who was n
lected by at least $500 majority, is c
ounted out by about the same ma 1
ority. Rapides, poor Rapides, our d
'arlsh, our home, is of course count e.
d out, except in the single instance n
Judge Daigre. Mat. Wells could p
OF even spare her, though she is his il
ONE, and the place of his birth, b,
nd personally knows he has sit in bl
'dgment against her and allowed
II to be cheated and helped his ne
rec co-swindlers in the damnable of
It. Shame, for shame, Mat, we Isl
pected a little better of you than NJ
at In your decadence, but again lie:
We you betrayed your people, your Fl
lghbors, your kinsmen, your co
me! ~,
We must give few particulars of LIE
Rapldes part ofthe infamy, as we KIN
We it before us in the Republican, for
lch proves they had to do some he
figuring in multiplication and at
'traction to count in the Radical Mr.
out. For instance in the cheat of
count they give G.. W. Stafford has
votes, whereas be received 1920. nor
inst John DeLacey 1880, whereas wit
received 1855, thus robbing Stat. ouo
l of $50 votes, DeLacey of rs, but act,
nting DeLacey in by ITO MAORI able
when he was really beaten by 365 liar
IS. Our two other Representa- he
s were served with the same dish. be ,
Sheriff they give Paul 991 votes, will
reas he received 1927; Clements scio
give 1l90 votes, whereas he re- and
ed 1888; thus robbing Paul of 536 1.-The,
$, Clements of 50 votes, but coun cons
him in by 1919 majority, whereas the
as beaten 239 votes. Daigre is the
lously counted in by SO majority, isiar
l ne was really elected by 495
rity. His majorit was too big o.
Mat Wells subtraction fingers tives
hence he left him to us solitary elect
lone. Our five members of the bran
e Jury are served in the same Jane
Wells way. R. L.
stated elsewhere our members and
have gone down to take their day.
They will do all that men can write
vindicate their right to repre- ''bloo
this Parish in the LEGISLATURE the C.