New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-05

1872, McEnery claimed 1850 votes, whe,
the registration showed only lOll whites
Answer-l do not attempt to account for it
Governor WarmOth bad q way Of doinI
things which did not s,it me.
Question-Do you not believe there wal
In Rapides parish q fraudulent count fu
McEnery Of ut least 800 votesa Answer
would rather you would excuse me frou
answering that question.
QnestiOn-If you do not answer it yor
viii see the inference that may be drawn
Answer-You can draw your own infer
ence.
Question-Don't you think, before start
ing what you admit to have been 60 objec
tionable q step as, under ordinary circum
stances, the founding of white mans party
would be, with it's tendency to stimulate
those race antagonisms, from which you
have suffered go much, you ought, at least,
to have informed yourself whether in your
own parish there were 900 colored votes
cast for the Democratic ticket in 1921
ADswer-I had pretty e. neral idea Of the
way the election Of 1872 was conducted
without going into detail.
Querrion--From that general idea, were
there 800 coiUred votes cast Tor McEneIy.
or were they frsudulently 40 returDeui
Answer-Well, the general idea had upon
the subject was that Governor Warmoth
had way Of doing things which was not
exactly fair
Question: also understand that in the
PAL lsh Of Natchitochrs in 1872 the colored
registration WAS 1875. and the vote for
Kellogg only fifty fiv,1 II that be 20 would
you not infer that either 1920 voters must
have refrained from voting or that the re-.
turns were fraudentIy made9 Answer
Well, Mr.. Pie,e0n, who WAS Wsrmoth'e
supervisor, was on the stand, and he can
tell you how it was done.
Question-Do understand you to say
that the official votes returned or counted
for McEnery in 1872 were to large ex-
tent fraudulently returned aud counted7
Answer-I can not say.
QuestiOn-Do you believe that the votes
returned or counted for McEnery in 1892
were to . large extent fraudulently re-
turnedS Answer-l expect there was some
irregularity.
Question-You believe thar Answer
If YOU press me on my oath, yes, sir. l
preferred not to answer the question be-
cause | had nothing to do with the politics
OF that year.
Question-Don't you think this. that if
an intelligent Conservative white man like
You believes that the vote returned and
counted for McEnery in 1872 was to q large
extent fraudulently returned and counted,
1t is little steep to take up arms and
plunge the State into civil war for tho sake
sake Of establishing that man in ofice7
Answer-1 have always believed that the
white men were in q majority, and in spite
Of the frauds If Warmoth in 1872 the white
people honestly carried the State.
Question-Do you think the returns on
either side were sufficiently authentic to
base . revolution upOn9 Answer-rhe offi-
cial counts and returns we're not.
Question-Tben if the count on neither
side WAS to be relied npoD, how would you
have had PRECEDENT Grant act SO as to get
at the RESULT Answer-I don't believe he
could have done it. blame Congress more
than the President.
To Mr.. Wheeler: Qnesiion-What could
Congress have dones Answer-l. could
have sent down y committee.
Question-Do you suppose it would have
been practicable for q committee of Con-
gress to have gone over your State, parish
BY parish. and settle the TACT of all the
claims Of fraud or intimidation and deter
mine what would have been the result Of a
fair and free election going behind the re-
tur ms Of both sides Answer-I think not.
Question-Tben what would you have
had Congress do3 Answer-Reetore the
status as it was before Durell issued bis
order and let the people fight it
out themselves.
To Mr.. Frye-Governor Warmoth, in
1872, appointed Greeley men as supervisors
n;+ta o,ne :" P.n;dss oo .!s 'ss'uLn. s"Enhh ooul
10 r;shas tb.v v"',td 80 o." ta,na noas ... nu.as
.an'Iar;+;ss. 1,t .a .hst;. ''nu p5y lnany II
onn tro.,d'.,a:. "d nsp nap..ueS 'n-.o
hill that r;ns' +an.hs - .,.o .o, Ne'
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az of tha,n ara Rannhl"ans In. sDI ro o"S
esa eavaraI % .d;t,r;sIp AZ ip"r"1s. T,s r. nI RYE
md asked witness il such extreme IDEAS were
~ opinions. and ho replied In the sfirma-
I've. ,se.4 one ., .ns ar'lcee cslied PRESIDENT
md o,her had nowos. snn,hs- ;tar
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atts. had mr. memher: hem rafusaa ,ha;r
eats in the I.ep;sla1nra and The onJernwsnt
acked nv the nol;ca there Soj,id h.vs
een somehodv hnrt had not +bh Irr;,sS
,atas troons haen nv hard
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,ara hiliad a. Conax .na 80 -,,l;ta ..a..
;ed: the Cowcns;n, nra;saS A." the " H. nnn rnn
,ok mart in .bs r, C,sIfax ..,osaoona. WV
roved of Il an aid mast of onr nsr,',a. ny ny
amer connselad resistance tn tp, tha Iy,;,aS
rates troons in a oarta;n emar,a,'. '.s. Ia
ot tba Cnffav offs;r arded as :, AZ, r"t
es than a thonsand n;ouars -von1d hsna
,en killed later '0
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ence some papers concerning the protection
.pers held by colored men.
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