New-York tribune., 1875-02-05

extraordinary remedy OF organizing white mans
party and drawing the color line because your argu-
me ns had hitherto failed TO induce the coored men 10
Join the whites i'm reforming these abusesi A. Yes, Sir
in tns parish in 1879. Mcnery claimed 1850 votes, when
the registration showed only l0l whiiesi a. DO not
attempt to account for IT. Gov. Warmoth had way OF
doin x things which did not suit me.
Q. do you not believe there was in Rapides frandn;
lent count for McEnery OF at least 300 votesf A.
would rather would excuse me from answering that
O. II you do not answer 1t you will the inference
that may be drawn A. You may draw your own
inference. 80.
A. Don't you think before starting what admit to
have been 10 Objectionable step under ordinary CIR
cumslances the founding OF white mans rarty would
be with its tendency to stimulate those race antaeo
nisms from which you have suffered so much you
ought at least to have Idn informed ,o yourself ~
for the Democratic ticket in ls72i A. had pretty
general idea OF the way the election OF 1872 was COLI
@. From that general idea, we're there 900 colored
votes cast for McEnery or were they iraaduenty % so
subject was that Gov Warm0th had way OF doing
things which was not exactly fair.
q. I also understand that In the Parish or Natchl-
tocnes 1872 the coOrcd registration was 1915 and
the vote for Kellogg 55 IL that be so, would You not
infer that the 1870 vOters must have cefraned irom
voting or that the returns frauduently made !
A. Well, Mr.. PersOn, who was Warmoth's supervisor,
the stand. and he can tell yon now It was dome
O. DO understand you to that the Oiciai returns
counted for McEnery In 1873, were TO large extent
fraudulenty returned and countedi A. canuot say.
O. DO believe that the votes returned or counted
for McEnery in 1872 were to large extent frauduen'
retnrnedl A. expect there was some irregularltY.
O. YOu believe that A. III you press me on my oath
yes Sir; preferred not to the question, because
I,had nothing do with the politics OF that year.
@ Don't you think, then, that il intelligent Con
seryatve white man, like you, believes that
the vote returned and counted for MeEnery
III 1872 large extent fraudulentIy
returned aud counted. iG il a little steep to
up and plunge the State into civil war for the
saso OF establishing that man in office : A. have
always believed that the white were IN the major
ity aud In spite OF the frauds Of WarmOtn in 1872 the
wnltc people honestly carried the State.
q. DO you think the returns on either side were
sufficiently authenuc TO base revolution upon A. Ahe
OfncIal counts aud returns were not.
O. Then II the count neither side 20 be relied
uuOn would you had President Grant act so
to get the result A. don't Deiievc lie could have
done so. | blame Congress more than the President
10 Mr.. Wheelcr-Q. What could Congress have done
A. 10 could have sent down a Con mMittee
O. Don yOu suppose II would have been practicable
for a Committee Ot Congress TO nave gone over your
state parish parish, settle the facts OF all the
claims OF fraud Intimidation, and determine wnat
would the result OF far and free election
going behind the returns or both sides A. huE not
Q. Tncn. what would you have had Congress do 2 A.
Restore the status before Durell ssued his
midnight order, aud let the people hEht out them
selves.
To Mr. Frve-If the results that appear in Ra-
piaes aud Nichtoches Parishes, in tbs election OF 1872
appeared OHctent the eXeut III other parishes
Kellogg elected.