New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-02
The Returning Board.

The Office Of the Returning Board was not
as crowded as usual yesterday. This was
no do doubt owing in q great measure to the
public interest taken in the presence of the
Knights Temp,ar. and the desire Of almos:
every body to witness their grand initial
parade yesterday. and inspect the splendid
preparations that are being made to render
the festivities during their stay in our city
worthy Of the occasion.
The board was called 70 order by Presi.
dent Wells some time after eleven o'clock.
Al! the members were present except Mr..
Casanaye.
The minutes Of the previous day were
read and approved.
The beard then proceeded to canvass the
returns from Caddo parish. After this was
done Republican counsel filed the following
strong protest against the count. by the
Returning Board, Of the vote OF Caddo rar.
ish as press n:ed in the returns:
To the Returning Officers OF Election:
The candidates o. the Republican party
for the State and parish officers respectfully
protest 10 the count OF the vote Of Caddo
parish. first as a whole, on the grounds and
| for the reasons:
First-lhere was intimidation Of the Re.
publican voters throughout the entire par.
| ish, brought abOu. by the violent and pro.
| scriptive course pursued by the party op-
posed to the Republican candidates. in
| signing an obligation to. and virtually
| threatening the Republican voters that if
! they voted the Radical or Republican
ticket they should not be employed as la.
borers. and that land would not be let to
I Al,
| made and daily repeated for weeks before
| the election, which was a flagraut violation
! Of both the State and United States crim.
| nal laws. made to prevent intimidation,
| and which acts and threats, accompanied
! with the actual fact of many Republican
voters being actually dismissed from EN-.
ployn ut on account of their ayowed deter.
| minatlon to vote the Radical or Republican
| ticket, before the election, produced such
| publican voters OF the parish of Caddo did
not go to the polls to vote. although regis
! tered.
Second-Large numbers Of voters on their
way t. the polls on the day of election were
| driven back and not permitted to 90 to the
polls by armed men in the interest OF the
Democratic party, who would have voted
| the Republican ticket and for the Repub.
lican candidates to the number Of at least
| 500 voters, duly registered.
Third-A large number Of Republicans.
who. if permitted to do 80. would have
voted for the Republican candidates, were
forced at the polls by threats and menaces
| to vote the Democratic ticket against their
will TO the number Of at least 500 voters.
Al! OF which is respectfully submitted.
CHARLEs W. LOWELL.
Representing the Republican Party and the
Republican Candidates.
The r. turns frcm the parish of East Fe.
liciana were then taken up and canvassed.
after which the board took recess until
siZ O'Clock in the evening.
just before adjournment some further
inquiry was made by Mr.. Arroyo about the
returns from De Soto. He said he had
understood they were in Washin ton, and
il SC. he was in favor OF sending for them.
Democratic counsel being in favor of let.
ting the De Soto case rest for the present.
Mr.. Arroyo did not urge further immediate
action in the matter.
The evening session Of the board was oc.
cupied in canvassing the returns of the
parishes Of West FeIciana and Franklin.
West Fe.iciana gives Dubuclet 1860; Mon.
cure sol. The returns from Franklin parish
exhibit many glariDg irregularities. and the
vote Of several polls indicate il tho strong.
est manner that mere but Uemocats were
allowed to vote. Therefore ii il very pos.
sibia that the board i'll weighing tles- facts.
ana considering tho s.w governing them III
suc. Cases. vii! be compelled to throw GU;
com" q! the iciis y: Eruuki.1.
The returns frcm Ca'.hou!a parish are 10
a like preGicament. Walters, Democrat. is
reporte! to hc elected to the Legislature by
a majority o! fl y.nine votes. But as the
Republicans have entered protest against
the complement Of these returns, and will
show that the returns from poll two in this
parish have not been made in accordance
with law. the abatement Of votes'' not be.
ing sworn to before a Justice of the peace or
other officer aut hOI lied to administer oaths,
and the italy Sheet not being sworn to
before any body. it will bee ONE the province
Of the Returning Board to throw out that
poll. and III that case Mr.. Carter, the Re-
publican candidate. will be declared elected
by thirty-seven majority.
After the board had finished canvassing
the returns from Franklin parish, it ad.
lOuTned until eleven o'clock this morning.
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