The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-11

accompanied to the polls by white man, VIII
sees that it is voted Then the negro returns
and is paid the wager he has won!
neat way that to buy votes, and at tn
same time escape the penalty of the law. 4
hundred dollars thus expended goes som,
distance in adding to Democratic gains.
/ saw a negro and white man 90 to tn,
Ipols side by side and each vote the Demo
cratic ticket Then the white man took the
negro to cozy nook, gave him two drinks Of
whisky and handful of cigars. l could not
say that he bought the vote; he only took tire
occasion to treat his colored friend
An old negro man, apparently too old to
work, and looking to be really needy, stood
near the polls with Repu bican ticket A
white boy, not over thirteen, said to him
"Uncle, why don't you vote the Democratic
ticket? these carpet-baggers don't care any
thing for you. They'd letyou starve to death. -
81 dunno but they would" replied the old
man, for IN hungry right now. If you'll
get me little money to get some bread to
take home, I'll vote the Democratic ticket -
| The boys face frightened up. Hs went to
the bot ON of his pockets, turned them inside
| out but he could find nothing but tve-ce mt
| nickle. Giving him that and Democratic
| ticket to the old man, he went after more,
aud / have no doubt gained vote for the
Democracy.
There was some trickery, and few votes
were gained sin the ways that are dark"
TO protect negroes who could not read, the
Republicans printed their tickets on yellow
paper. The Democrats straightway printed
some on the same sort of paper, hoping to
gain something by the mistakes which men
who do not know letter in the book would
naturally make.
After all argument had been exhausted
upon certain negro, AID by no possibility
could he be got to agree to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, he was, in few instances,
brought into it in this wise:
As they approached the polls, in line, a
white man would say, "WelI, uncle you are
going to vote the straight Republican ticket,
are you?"
eyes, sah"
"That's right. Let every man vote with
his color. I'm a white man, and vote the
Democratic ticket unfolding it'll Why,
goodness alive ! I've made mistake, and got
Republican ticket Now, l don't want to
lose my place on the liue to get another. Let
me see yours"
Iha darkey unconsciously bands over his.
"Why, old man, you've made mistake, too
Yours is Democratic ticket! Somebody has
played eff on you; it's id mean to take that
advantage of man who can't read But we
can Just swap tickets, can't we? That makes
it ell right. Now we are both fixed"
He adroitly gives the darkey Democratic
ticket OF the same coIor, which he, not being
able to read, puts into the box, thinking
that he has discharged his duty to the Repub-
hcan party
There were few instances of impositions of
the sort-not many.
JOLLY GOOD FEELING.
Toward II o'clock it became known that the
Democrats were gaining largely at each box,
and that it Was owing 10 the colored people
voting with them.
What is the result? Tonight, in Jackson,
the feeling between the races is better than it
has been in seven years. The Democrats have
carried the county and the State, and are
oyerfowing with praises for their " colored
friends who voted with them.
LATER.
The D 'mocrats have elected their whole
ticket, carried the Legislature by large ma.
lority, and gained at least two Congressman.
The Republican officials here acknowledge
that the party in Mississippi is done for.
Nothing short of the power of the Federal
Government can set it on its legs again.
III, " r.