The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-23

according to the statute, and appended in due
form to the official returns.
:. The charge Of intimidation does not re-
late to matters Immediately connected with
the election at that poll.
,. The charge is sought to be substantiated
by the stereotyped exparte atfidavits generally
cross-marked, which can be produced at will
to supply the demand.
4. The charge of intimidation, instead of
being made against the Democrats, is to be
made to the Republicans who have procured
the use Of United States troops for partisan
purposes, and had this parish overrun and
secured by them under the transparent pre-
text Of making arrests for offenses at law.
OSCAR ARROYO,
Member Returning Board.
During the secret session yesterday the
board considered the cases Of Bossier and
Assumption parishes, and in the latter, in or
der to return the Republican candidates to
the Legislature, threw out poll four, ON the
plea Of intimidation. The vote in the parish
stood thus: Democratic, Dugas, 1923: Beasley.
1872; Republican, Drury, 1911; Pom
dexter, 1871. At poll four the Demo-
cratic vote was 1913, and tile Republican
vote 81, which, on being cast out, left
q Handsome majority for Drury and
Poindexter The intimidation plea in this
instance is rather attenuated, for it consisted
only in little sharp talk, which was given to
Poindexter by General Nichols, prominent
gentleman OF that parish, Nothing better
presenting Itself in the emergency Poindex
ter thought he would utilize the episode, and
straitwsy posted to the city and made affida-
Wit before the board setting forth that Repub-
licans had been intimidated.
The board gave it due weight and accord
ingly deducted two representatives from the
Conservative list.
Bossier was re urned, no attention being
paid to the Conservative protest, which cited
the presence of soldiers at the polls on cleo
ton day, who were used effectively to intim-
idate white voters. 1t was clearly proven that
several hundred white votes were thus lost to
the Conservative party. These soldiers de-
ported themselves conspicuously at Animms
store on election day.
The endeavor on the part of the Demo
cratic Committee to secure q reconsideration
of the st. Tammany parish case, failed, the
board refusing to reconsider it despite the
affidavit of A. Tervallon, the supervisor Of
the parish, which we herewith give in full:
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
Parish of Orleans:
Personally appeared, A. F. Tervallon, who
being duly sworn deposes under oath, that he
has examined the protest signed by him, now
on file before the Returning Board, and he
finds some Of the matters therein contained
to be incorrect. and he desires now to make a
correct statement, viz: DepOnent was Super
visor of Registration OF the parish Of St.
Tammany during the late election, and on
his return to the city to make his returns Of
the election he called at Blaisdells, the
United States Supervisor OF Registration,
and told him that deponent desired to make
report concerning irregularities in the re-
turns of the election made to deponent; that
said Blaisdell referred deponent to Judge
Myers, who he said would make ont depo
nent's report for him; deponent then stated
to said Myers, that when the returns
were brought to deponent from West
Pearl River box, the tally sheets
were not in proper form, and
deponent furnished the commissioners Of
election with proper tally sheets-that is to
say, the proper fOrns-and advised the COM
mlssioners to go with Judge Thompson and
make out the proper tally sheets, which was
done by the commissioners, together with
Judge thompson and that in the Bayou La
combe poll "a Republican POLL greater irregu-
larities were prevalent; that said Meyers took
down in writing deponent's statement, and
that deponent signed said paper, believing it
to be correct, but deponent now says that all
he told said Meyers about the commissioners
not being qualified was in reference to Chas.
Frederick, whom deponent said was not .
commi ssioner Of election, but con-
stable; deponent now says, and he
now specifically denies that he said
that Mack was not registered voter
sioner: nor did deponent say that the sigma
lures to said tally sheet were written by the
same person: AID he signed the report not
knowing that the allegations spoken OF were
contained in said report; nor were they read
to deponent when he signed. Deponent be-
lieves now, as he did then, that Maxine
Cousin was elected Representative from
St. Tammany parish according to the returns,
and that he received majority Of the legal
votes cast and was so properly returned; that
if the poll at West Pearl River is rejected the
BAYOU Lacombe poll should also he re-
iected. as there were greater Irregularities
ut the latter than there were at the former,
as no returns were filed with deponent from
the BAYOU Lacombe poll until several days
after the election; that deponent makes
this affidavit in the interest OF justice and
right, and voluntarily without any solicita-
ton on the part of any candidate. or in the
inter est OF any candidate. and because that
he has been innocently made an instrument
OF wrong and injustice by appearing as having
made false statements.
A. TERyALLON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. on TINS
I'D day of December, 1874.
JOHN l.. LEMoNIER,
Third Justice Peace, Parish Orleans.
c. T. Haupt made the following affidavit
| touching the same case.
Mr. Zacharie then signitied his intention Of
filing the following affidavit with the Board :
State Of Louisiana parish of Orleans
Personally appeared before the undersigned
authority, Chas. I. Haupt, Of the city OF New
Orleans, parish Of Orleans, who, being duly
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