New-York tribune., 1875-01-16


Serss affidavit that tbs McB1ery officials had usuped
,s sc.. Of the rsr,.h ana thereby inundated voters
Iumediaely after Mt Ia when the Kellogg authorities
IN Nrw-Orleans re tut out by the Penn autDorlues
Nssn the news from New Orleans reached these
rarishes the Eiev ON demanded their places OF
When the Federal Government inerfered and unseated
the McEnery acthorues, the Kellogg oesis demanueo
t%s seems to have elapsed before the ,Sa Ke-
SS Sss mCESer% REGISTER Of Deeds was stl acting
,nch when your Com nitiee we're in New Orleans tne
KrIIogc r. gister yer having come 20 reclaim the
place. winch was s,.i TO bc worth nothing now In
Rapdes Parish the logg Clerk was Mr. Mels son'
Tor In September docs uSt appear have reclaimed IT,
and he was Scc"rNnG,t sent d~ .a'e Hei niles
election 10 come from his residence some ,nns Miaes
distant, 20 egn tue Returns OF me .o srs i
SpT action ct ap1 limitation Il Mr. Wells. st less OF
she electors Of the P'rsh II SO happens taat cn & pr
Witnesses om winch Of notl parties were examined
Win reference TO IL Thev show beyond question that
.scson .GSTS was ana fosi:,raiioa tSerci there
90 evidence OF any intimidation OF , 10'ers aS
erted that Intimidation of celored before the cleo
on had been efc5,cj bV turoas OF refusal TO employ
an ticket NJ either Of discharge or OF re-
sa TO emp c w' T5"dnSs CertiiS tsssd rensrsS
10 such action: nut haTA any Que was able 10 speoy
n1s or 81 onars any voter or Knew Of any e
MO, being tnrratonei discouraged Not one sih-
e ccorrd man Throughout tho entire Parish pro
duced TO testify such threat or TO the exc
Of such purpose, whether before OF alter Ihe
,lection.
REPUBLICAN TRICKgRY IN OTHER PARISHES
Tho action OF the Returning Board In the Parish OF
Rlpides alone changed poll cal complexion OF tho
Lower House and action in tho other parishes was
equally Objectionable foe instance. In iberia Parish ~
was claimed before Committee that the vote OF
colin ~ that parish d been rejected on account
efintmiiAtiOn 1t the pIp'rs produced by the CLERK
OF the Board showed no such proof whatever one OF
he counsel Mr. Riy. produced some oif lsys which ne
Al II n
The counsel Gen. CtupO,i. Tao Conservative oOunsei
insisted that thesj pIpos had never Oeen nelore tne
BOARD when opportunity was given the Republican
counsel TO show that tne paper had Deen SUBMITTED;
but tho testimony of red for that purpose by them so
FAR however, from establishing that fact, established
he Ayerse II ton Asserted that the returns were
re,eeted because the accounts OF the election
delivered TO the Supervisor OF Registration within "a
hours the close of the election, which was o'clock
an November whereasi appeared that both
in tbe InorDng ana afternoon OF the 81 OF November
search made for this sap rvior OF Registration for
be was not to b. found until after o'clock
that as he could be found on the evening OF
that day they were on req 10 MN ana agaln EeVneeu
the next morning. Dut were refused TO be received Iet
tins same Supervisor OF RsGistration, who received
other Republican he hau refused TO Ieeelve
thess ConSorva i've Olr tue ground that they were
aud the RETURNING Boaro although 1t had held
AS TO other pills the State, tbat the r.
turns he rel cted merely because they were
sent ae ri Ct"l rcturhs from TINS poll thereby
changed eutauOH Of the parish IRON COnser
vauyo to Republican. 10 IN the Parish OF DE SOTO the
majority alleged tudt tno Supervisor OF ReSi--
tration bad brOasht the returns TO New
~ OofoIhad cnaracicr. who tflcred to produce
them on payment 81 81 coo The Conservative Commit
ee TOOK legal prucecIng u compel their production.
bnt the Court h-d tat had iuris cton to tlat
end T0ey neu CAUSED 20 TO produced DeIore ne bosrd
So'.1ists SSIrIa g.. ii ID t.sro according to law.
Tbese dupIt.t.s cVrrespOndcd exactly VITA tae
alleged result OF to compiled returns WLlcn
si;eeed facts ndispaiod proof suOmttej TO the
Board. Nevertheless The BOLid refused to count mat
soe fr the PARISH 80 Wiun Parish. Where 4J+ Con
vsrba protest tu,t tIe K grtrdr OF Eecons was nOt
properly quainclof Nnicb the only prooi was that ne
5ad fei = forward Oih OF Office 10 the secretary
of stAte-At4ougd there was no protense thal
the eleouJn was 10; fair representation OF the
g Of the 'Oe the whole vote "a the pailSh was re-
ected ana lie referred 10 the LglslatuTe. 90 III
Rerre BOnue Pdil'u, wuere tIeIe was 'onserV4auNe
majority proved tnat III; COnmsSlOners OF Eec
non. through mi.apprche zion o, t9tlr u"a.'
inclOsed all the re'uiu, 10 the DaliothoNe-, am, ana
deposited with tue tl;rk OF the CGurt wi'h Whom
the law required me box 10 % irt. US % tHc
Court thcIeupoa lssd"o maudauns CON % tnR tnt
Clek to take retains from tue boxes and forward
tbem 20 the Secretary Stat, which was done Never
tbeess the BOarI rejected ihe reurns from these Dolls
thereby giving me rtriSh TO i5 Il tu1
members the gIsiatdtv, ana Tue I1puIhc@h parish
officers.
no GENERAL INTIMIDATION OF REPUBLICANS ES-
TABIISHED.
without now referring other instances we aro con-
strained to declare that action OF the Returning Boarl
., the was " hole arbitrary, uuJus and In our opinion
Illegal; and that this arbitrary, unjust, and illegal
action alone preven,od the retdrn Of majority
OF Conservative members to the Lower House;
f|iTs m The soutB, and as TO whether
De alleged to oOOred citizens for political o.
ton your Committee took such proof as the oPportu-
t.ty offered. Both par agreed upon iour prlsneS as
ssmpeo OF the condition Of affairs III thtt lespeot III no
slate or these 10 the lmpossDity OF procnrug
witnesses from the locality IN iime your COMMITTEES
smiDatiOn 10 two parishes They rec,lSeI
ADDITION they received all toe testimony thon
On hand NewOTleahs, tnered ny elther party as 10
whole they are constrained say that the inten'n
,ssrced Is not borne out by the facts before
as No general iuulDi iatlOn OF republican Voters
sas establIshed. No cOlOted man was produced
who had been threatened or assaulted Dy any
from employment refused employ yment or all tIo'e
tesiid5I TO intimidation, There was nafuy ahytVie
VINO OF his own knowledge could specify a reliable
Instance OF such acts, and u the Whlte men VINO were
produced 10 testify Eenrray on suen h sdpJGs pGa r
office. Throughout tue rural districts OF the
ss0 tho n%9OT hardly "G extends s'puo5T Styoad
those holding Office and those conoected with taen
SSrsb SU sys Eepa6cIns Who supported the Kellogg
Government WHO not themselves on1cehoiders or
related 10 of;ehoJcrs, those having official employ
ment Oa the Otner hand applications TO the ULlted
STATES Commissioners IN tue various parishes not Ony
Tor alleged but because OF alleged threats OF as
charge aud nOu-emDOyment, or Oiner Interference
with polcal preference, were frequent. Up0D tnese
arrested auG trial. In many ali
ties the Federal troops detained for service under
the marshas aDd deputy marshals, ana h0t Only naae
simmedlatey before the election, put the
reports tudt they coming TO particular nelRbOOr
hoods about tic time OF election, for the purpose
Of making ess, served, the Conservatives
claimed, intildae and sometimes even 10 produce
ttampede among tLe white voters How differently the
two parties look upon the fact will appear from
the testimony U Mr.. Riddle. He United Statos
Commissioner toe Parish OF IBERIA Shortly before
tbe election upon the application OF eo3red persons ne
Issued large number Of variants He cOnsidered 1t
bis dut upon the arrest OF the persons
charged, TO require bail from sureues who pos
tsssed landed estates within the parish certified to 10y
The OF parish be OF sufficient value. and
Of which the title approved by the Register Of
Deeds. Tbs rue necessary produced delay In prOcuT