The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-08
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, DECEMBER $, 1874.
THE RETURNING BOARD.

Che vote of Catahoula parish as shown by IL
returns submitted to the board, wrong in
preston has been formed as to the number
votes cast, and the candidate for the Legi
iattlre receiving . majority. The vote stood
Robt. 3. Walters, Conservative Democrat
candidate, 791; 2. II. Carter, Republica
candidate, 1873, electing Walters.
The circumstances which led to the PIC
test by Mr.. G. Cavanac against the count {
poll ., in Natchitoches parishes, are as follows
At poll the military were stationed, wit
q number Of warrants for the arrest Of Con
servative citizens. About thirty citizens OF
their way to poll being informed of the fact
TO avoid arrest proceeded to poll ., and al
though they arrived long before the hour fiNe'
by law, they found the poll closed and were
IN consequence, with number OF Others
unable TO poll their votes
If the box at poll . is counted, it VII give
the parish to the Republicans, but if the vote
is thrown out there will be Democratic ma
iorty.
The board met at about II 10 o'clock.
At the suggestion of Wells the board estab
sished the rule that no one be admitted to the
sessions Of the board but members OF the
press counsel OF both parties, and persons in
terestcd in parishes under consideration.
The parish Of Rapides was taken up. The
returns give Moncure, for Treasurer, Levy fol
Congress, and the three Conservative Demo-
cratic candidates for the Legislature, MAORI
ties Of from POO to $50 odd votes.
The papers were disposed Of The totals
for Treasurer are, Moncure 1884, Dubuclet
1882.
As usual, it being a Democratic parish, Ray,
OF counsel for the Republican party, entered
d protest on the same old grounds OF general
intimidation. .s.
The parish Of Rapidcs was taken under
: considerations The returns show Dubuelet
TO, Moncure I'll.
AZ poll , there was Democratic majority
ana there was only one other poll where such
thing happened, and it did not amount to
Inuch-a difference in favor OF the Conserva-
lives OF ten or eleven votes but at pcll ; The
Conservative vote was nearly two to one, and
Ray raised the same old cry of intimidation,
and protested against the count.
On this, Mr.. C. Cavanac submitted the fol-
lowing for the information of the board
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF RED RIVER
Before me, The undersigned authority, per-
sonally came and appeared the undersig hed
citizens OF the parish Of Rcd River, who, be-
ing duly sworn, depose and say: That after
the arrest of thirteen of the most prominent
,<,f ypol
18th of October, 1874, by United States cav
airy, general stampede ensued throughout
the parish, supposing that political persecr-
ton would be universal thereby intimiuating
the white population of the parish, preventing
about half from registering and voting, and
thereby neutralizing their influence in the
election. We feel assured they would have
been sufficient to have carried the election from
the general bearing Of the colored element
Sworn and subscribed before me this sd day
Of November, \. d. 1874.
0. S. PENNY, Parish Judge.
B. W. Martin, Il. NJ. Searcy. C. D. Bullock,
Ben Wolpan. Geo. W. hawthorn, W. b.
Clark, r. W. Aborly, W. l.. Harris, +. G. Lee |
Don Giddins L. w. Howell
An affidavit by the same persons and the |
date as above, setting forth that they had been |
arrested by United States Deputy Marshal |
Stockton and company Of cavalry on Oct. |
18th, and confined and were still confined and |
guarded by United States soldiers up to that |
date, for no crime within our knowledge, unless
our firm and unyielding opposition to the
Kellogg usurpation be such, and an affidavit
by b. w. Martin, Julius Lesso and W.
Gutheim, to ths effect that the votes in the
Coushatta boxes had been tempered with by
parties, some OF whom were partisan candi-
dates for Office and also P. H. Morohnoy,
Supervisor OF Registration
Mr.. Cavanac reserved the right of protest
against the count of the vote of the parish on
grounds-tor the first time turning the tables
OF intimidation by the United States troops,
provided the point raised by counsel for the
Conservatives against the acceptance Of any
protests TOR intimidation is not Overruled. AJ
II is claimed that the law provides that all
protest of such nature must be made at the
time Of the closing OF the polls.
The following was submitted by Mr. Sloan
aker, counsel for Gla:
New ORLEANS, Dec. Z, 1874.
To the Honorable the Returning Board, State of
Louisiana
Gentlemen- The undersigned, as counsel for
j. A. Gla in the matter of the controversy OF
the Senatorship in the seventeenth Senatorial
District. as exhibited by the fraudulent re-
turns of Carroll parish, beg leave to advise you
that they deem it unnecessary to submit any ,
other formal brief other than to announce
|
l,a'f of their client, the late brief of Messrs
Y ,charie and Whitaker, as attorneys, repre-
senting partisan interests in said matter, be-
lieving as they do that the same fully covers
the principles Of law, and the facts Of the
violence in said case.
Hence they proclaim that the interest Of
their client j. above all partisan considera-
ton, and, they trust. will be determined by
those well-established rules of law and equity ,
applicable thereto, SO that the will of the SOW
ereigns shall be respected, Notwithstanding .
the fraudulent attempts OF politicians to
thwart the same, Tor otherwise elections be-
come tarces, and the purposes Of free govern
,nent subverted by the overthrow OF popular
liberty.
Respectfully submitted,
A. t. SLoaNAKEE,
OF counsel for J. A. Ola.
Alter the re option Of the above the returns 5
from Richland parish were clnvassed, and the j