The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-11-18
The Election in Lafourche.

.ssue. and claims about 25O mas
ortiz for the Radical Party. The
elasticity of imagination which
the Editor OF the Union possesses,
be Il fortune to a manufac-
turer OF foot balls.
The Democratic vote on Nov,
when honestly sifted and count
ed, Will elect every candidate
for on their Ticket. Where
are the men who have abandoned
the Democratic party to support
the Radical ticket?
In 1874, the vote Of this Parish
was 1868 Democratic to 1886
Radical votes, Il majority of 1872.
That this majority has been re
according to returns we
admit, but, that the Radical tick
ct has been victorious. we deny
emphatically.
If there is any fact we'll estab>
lished in the mind of any observ-
ing man, it is that the white pop
ulatiOn of Lafourche has grown
more rapidly than the cOllored,
in the last two years. The cultiva
ton of Rice and the abaudon~
ment of lands formerly cultiva>
ted in Sugar cane, proves that
the demand for colored laborers
has diminished, not increased,
that period. Now the ques
ton naturally arises what has be-
come of the majority of over 100
in 1874 l. is true that 81 white
voters ut the Laforest Poll voted
Radical. which would make a
difference Of 81, provided those
men had voted Democratic in
1874 which is doubtful to some
extent.
The tact OF this extra gain is
found in the amount OF fraudu-
lent voting done on Nov. Z, by
the Radical voters, and this res
peating process is not an imagina
ry one, for the evidence is plain
as noon day sun, and fully
established by the Poll lists OF
voters compared with the Regis
tra.ion lists.
The fact is established beyond
the shadow of il doubt, that'abOut
$50 voters were repeated by mem
bers of that party on election day.
About 100 voted on certificates
of Registration having the same
numbers us that of the origiua!
certificates now in possession of
the persons to whom they were
given. About Is men who have
been dead for years have had rep
r~esentatlves voting upon that day.
Another dozen who are in the
penitentiary voted. and three flu
gitives from justice returned to
vote also.
Notwithstanding, the names of
these fugitive, convicts and dead
men, had been given to NJ. a.
Ledet Supervisor, Tor the purpose
o. being erased, he, instead of
erasing them, issued certificates
of Registration. bearing the nun
berS of the above certificates to
some of the Radical voters, for
the purpose OF repeating with
them. And a considerable mum.
Der of those repeated votes, we're
cast at Burton's box where Oscar
Crosier, the MoguI of the party
was commissioner, who received
them, and in all probability
knowingly.
Now, deduct these repeated
$50 votes, illegal and fraudulent,
and the Democratic majority
would be about 100. which would
tally with the Registration rolls.
This is 2 nice business for a
party to indulge in. Such a bung-
ling piece Of fraud is seldom wits
messed, and one has never been
more completely exposed than it
has. But from the beginning it
has been determined by the Radi
Cal leaders to carry this election
by fraud, as they knew it could
not be done otherwise.
This was why the attempt to
establish polls in plantation quar-
ters was made; this was why the
location of the polls was kept
hid from the public until "a hours
before the election /; this was why
the Supervisor refused to ap>
point one commissioner, recon-
menhed by the Central Demo>
cratic Committee, for each poll TO
which they We're entitled; this
was why the Supervisor refused
to send stationery, tally sheets,
Nc, that the law required, to the
polls expected to give Democratic
maloritles; this was why the Rad
lcal DULLES went about the COINS
Try threatening to kill any color.
ed man who would dare to vote
the Democratic ticket ; this was
why the Supervisor refused to
permit the United States Sinner