The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-11-14
THE UNION AND LOUISIANA.
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The Voice of The New York
Press The Tribune and Her.
aid on the situation.
There Must be no Fraud, no KukluxlnV Of
the Vote The Returning Boards
Tricks wlIlno be Tolerated by
Either Republicans or
Democrats.
The Feeling In Louisiana. Thu. Far,

lhe Feeling IN Louisiana Thus Far,
anu nO Farther.
New Orleans picayune; Tbs Con.
servatives Of Louisiana have already
been sufficiently defrau led In the pres.
sent election canvass. They have pa.
tlenlly submitted tounjnst aud Uppres-
slye Determinations from partisan
registrars appointed by partisan ex
cculive. They have endured an or.
ganzed syotem Of open and shameless
fraud which began with the opening
OF the registration books, and has con {,
tinued during the election. From the
moment when Antoine. the epubll
can candidate for reelection to
the Office Of Lieutenant Governor,
refused to allow the Conser-
vatives proper representation Ia
the regis;ratioh oiiiccs, IL was well I'M
derstond that the campaign was to be
one Of open fraud, MISREPRESENTATION
has been fulfilled IN eVtry maternl
feature. The Conservatives have been
hiudered aud obstructed aud defraud.
Ell IN the preparatory work OF rcgistra
ton, They have struggled against
partisanshipaud injustice AT the hands
Ui Cillce lOidt ~ Of the State and Fed
ernmcut5 they have carried on the
unequal contest against partisan Otli-
cials with courage that never way
cred, and With Il patience which would
have been manlt, sted by the people "
no State in the North or West. The
i.,va az tIa Gtntn u,,,l "A Z tha ITnilnH
States have been prostituted and per
verted ~ persecute and disfrauchise
Them The records of the United
States Commissioners office IN
THIS city show u black list Of
hundreds and thousands Of perjurics
which have been employed to defeat
them OF their rights. The assistant
supervisors have, in many cases, made
use % these perlnTie1 to disfranchise
citizens without their having an
opportunity to prove the!r innocence
Innocent men have heen arraigned,
charged with criminal olienseS, upon
openly false ailidavits, IN foul and
vicious conspiracy 10 suppress II lawful
vote, aud 10 choke oil the voice
OF the people. Lawfully qualified
Conservative Votes have been
de'rauded of their rights, aud large
mum bers of fraudulent Republican
vo era have been admitted to the
unlawful exercise Of suffrage 10y
partisan and INSCRIPTIONS officials II
charge OF the machinery of election
All these evils, aud more, the COnser
natives OF Louisiana have borne IN
this canvass with II spirit OF cDdur
ance and fOrtitude which vii
challenge the admiration OF law-abid.
Ing citizens throughout tie country.
They have suffered these outrages
bravely aud hopefully, because they
knew that their cause was before the
people of the United States, aud be-
cruise, conscious OF the Justice OF that
cause, and confident OF their strength,
they expected to carry their own State
In the face OF fraud and oppression.
The result shows that their calcula
tons were correct, They have passed
through the ordeal triumphantly. The
trial l. over, aud the victory is won.
Louisiana il redeemed by u ma
britt of from 10000 to 1900 lawful
votes which IN II fair election would
have reached 10000 to 10000
And now, we think, the people
have determined that these frauds
must stop, They do not expect to be
cheated Of the result of their hard won
victory. They know what that result
Ia, and they expect to stand by II. The
Republican ring have had the whole
Ia their hands. They have
fought against an inevitable majority,
with untiring aud Inscriptions ener-
Nv; but IN spite Of all this, they have
been defeated, They have staked all
upon the issue, and they have lost,
The campaign Is over. The limit Of
fraud and persecution has been reach
ed. 1t Is to be hoped that they are
To abide, honestly, by the
verdict Of the people.