New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-08

President Wells suggested that IL would
facilitate the business of the board to OK.
clude all persons but counsel on the Demo.
cratic and Republican sides. reporters and
candidates, or their representatives.. Of the
parish the returns of which were being can.
vassed. The suggestion OF the president
was favorably received by the board, and
adopted as . rule.
The returns from the parish Of Rapides
we're then taken up and nvassed.
This is another Of thos, parishes in the
northern part of our State where tho voice
of Republicans has been stifed by the
reign of terror inaugurated by the White
League in the early part Of last summer,
and kept up until after the election.
Rapides. In q free and fair election. under
our present law of suffrage. has repeatedly
gone Republican by majorities ranging from
1000 to 1900; but, according to the returns
Of the late election in that parish. made to
the Returning Board. the White Lesguers,
by intimidating voters, have succeeded in
carried the parish by the snug little major.
ity of between 800 and 400 voters.
The returns show that Moncure received
1884 votes, and Dubuclet 1882.
Republican counsel have entered protests
against the returns of five of the polls of
Rapides, and the correct result of the elecs
ton in that parish can not be known until
the Returning Board has duly considered
them and promulgated the result.
The returns from the parish of Red River
were next taken up and canvassed. These
returns we're accompanied by number of
statements signed and sworn to before
persons duly authorized to administer
Oaths. The signers are of both political
parties, and the statements agree in re-
presenting that the voters of Red River
parish, though it did 60 Republican,
have, like Rspides and many other parishes
in that section of our Stse, severely felt the
intimidating effects of the bloody work
inaugurated by the White Leaguers as
means of driving Republicans from the
polls. The statements made by Repub
licans represent that many Republicans
were threatened and driven from the polls
by men armed with rifles, shotguns, pistols
and other warlike weapons; while the state
ments of parties on the other hand repre-
sent that large number of White Leaguers
were actually intimidated by tho presence
of United States troops, and thus prevented
from voting; that in fact they were arrested
on nothing better than suspicion that they
were guilty OF numbering Republicans.
This is certainly very hard OF the White
Leaguers who really have not participated
in these acts of violence, that have served
to go thoroughly intimidate Republicans,
and cut down the Republican vote in North
Louisiana many thousand votes; but, as it
is no harder on them than Republicans, it is
to be hoped the Returning Board will not
throw out the returns from Red River sim
ply because few White Leaguers, sus-
pected Of having killed Republicans, have
been arrested with the aid of United States
troops and thus prevented from voting,
while others of the same order have been
prevented from voting through fear Of
being arrested, for like reasons and in like
manner, if they went to the polls. This. We
repeat, is very hard on the innocent White
Leaguers; but as the order has undoubt-
eddy imbued its hands freely in the blood of
Republicans, it should not be thought
strange that an effort is made, in the inter.
est of society, to bring the guilty ones to
Justice. The Bible says "the innocent
shall suffer with the guilty." and if
our sinless White Leaguers had remem-
bered this and kept out of bad company,
they need not have sought hiding places on
the day Of election. 1t is very certain that
if the United States troops had not been
present in Red River parish on the day of
election, that Republicans would have been
compelled to seek hiding places-nOt from
fear of the law, but from fear of the law
less; and in that case the returns from Red
River would have summed up like the re-
turns from Bienville and other parishes
where Republicans were not allowed to
vote. 1t would have been q unanimous
vote for the Democratic ticket. But it is
possible, in that event, that like the vote OF
this State in the Presidential election OF
1868, when the Democrats, by means of
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Grant, it would have been thrown out.
Therefore. it is far better as it is. The re-
suit of the canvass by the Returning
Board shows that Red River parish has
gone Republican by near 500 majority. In
this parish Dubuclet's vote is 745. and Mon
cures 265: Dubuclet's majority 4SO.
The returns from Richland parish were
then taken up and canvassed. 1t went
Democratic by near 300 votes. Moncure
received 73i votes, Dubuclet 44O. There
were no protests.
Judge Sloanaker fled his brief yesterday
in tho case of Ola against the returns from
Carroll parish. The brief accepts the law
cited in the brief of Messrs. Zacharie and
bearing upon the case, as cor
rect, and also the facts in the evidence as
by them in said case. The brief
has the merit of being short and to the
point. 1t was received and filed, and will
no doubt, together with other briefs in the
case, be duly weighed and digested by the
board when the Carroll case comes up for
it's final decision.
The board took recess until six O'Clock
in the evening.
The evening session Of the board was &C.
cupied in canvassing the returns from the
parishes OF Tangipahoa, Terrebonne and
Tensas. In Tangipahoa the Democratic
ticket has majority of over 400 votes.
For State Treasurer, Moncure received s59;
Dubuclet. 456. No protests were entered
against the returns from this parish.