New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-01

NEw-ORLEANs, Nov. 81, 1875.
10 the President aud Members Of the Returning Board Of
the State Of Louisiana.
GENTLEMEN: Ehe undersigned having been candidates
at the late election, respectfully request that you
the ballots cast III the City Of EewOTleans to be
carefully counted again before proceeding to
the official returns thereof 1t is wellknOwn that
nearly all tickets peculiarly coored and closely
printed that without particular and scrutnzng atten
ton given each thereon, alterations in the names
OF candidates would escape observation. Nearly all
didates resored to the Of printed slips which, after
erasing the printed the ticket, pasted
the thus erased without close inspection OF
the entire ticket they could not been discovered.
We confidently believe that in the haste Of counting the
commissioners have thus unntenonay failed to notice
alterations favorable TO in many instanoea 1t only
by inspection of ballots actually deposited that errors
resulting from this can be rem3ded
Again. respectfully call your attention il you con-
slider it within scope of your authority, great number
OF ballots cast by persons naturalzed only short time
before and within few days of the election. We greatly
doubt their right to have voted az all Permit us to
direct your attention to the Language vi Article 90 OF the
Constitution of Louisiana, which declares that every male
person of the 81 years upward born natural
the United States and subject 20 the jurisdiction
thereof and resident of this for the year pre-
ceding election, and the last ten days within
the parish in which he offers to vote,
shall BE- deemed eector &c. We maintain that nat
urazed persons should combine the citizenship OF one
year with residence OF year in tat State the
native citizen is required to do before he is allowed to
VOTE We do not think his privileges should be superior
to those enjoyed by the natveDo citizen although we
do cheerefuly acquiesce Interpretation OF the
law which makes them equal.
The period Of time specified and required by tho laws
OF the United States for the naturalization Of alien
foreigners entirely independent OF State law prescrb
ing necessary residence prerequisite to the exercise
of no n
OF a foreigner until he is naturazcd. Should he be cited
to answer to civil demand in any ono Of the state
courts, he could and doubtless would under an act OF
Congress of March 3, 1875 Statutes az Large pp.
470-7l), have the cause removed to the Circuit
Court Of the United States. How then should
he claim the benefit OF constitutional provision which
inexoraby enforced TO native citizens, and
which precudes the privilege OF the elective franchise
until he resided in the state citizen o. the United
States for period Of entire year To hold That lie
nay cOnsutuonally Immediately after li!s naturali
cation is unauthorized discrimination IN his
favor, which is "A practical fraud tho rights
o. those citizens VINO OF native birth
and those who have been natuFtZrd III
good faith than year previously to voting We
respectfully ask if it be practical to do so, that the votes
complained Of be rejected. We invite attention to
the great Irregularities prevailing under such method of
naturalization adopted by the district courts - the par
ish extending in Second District Court for the Par
ish OF Orleans than l,jO0 certificates OF citizen
ship, which issued TO alien foreigners predlcated
upon judgments which do not appear to have been
signed; also, polls Nos. 3, II, and ii OF the Third
Ward to poll No in the Tenth Ward and 10 polls Nos
and in the Eleventh Ward. We credbly Informed
that protests have already presented IN these in
stances based alleged irregularities, and we invite
your special attention 10 them.
We further respectfully suggest that the ballots OF the
yIth and Vita Municipal Districts of the parish and
city, comprising the Twelfth Thirteenth, Fourteenth
Sixteenth seventeenth Wards should be counted as
cast for candidates in ard for the Parish Of Orleans I'M
der authority OF Article SO of the Constitution OF tho
state of Louisiana and Section OF Act No II OF the
session Of 1874 appro March %, 1874 All Of which
is respectfully submitted.
Gov. Wells said "As this question involves the
city, Federal, and local State governments, the
board before taking it under consideration desire to
hear the counsel pro and upon the subject. They
have fixed this day, and will give each side one
hour for argument" Mr.. James II. Walker then
opened the argument the protest for the Republic
cans and was followed by Col. Zacharie for the
Democrats.
The East Baton Rouge case was called up. The
boxes from seven polls, in which the commissioners
returns aud tally sheets had been locked up either
by error or design, were brought before the board
that they might be opened to obtain the result OF
the election at those polls, the parish supervisor
having omitted any mention of them in his consol-
idated statement. After long discussion the
board decided not TO open the boxes or consider any
statement as to the vote other than that received
from the supervisor. Similar action was taken in
the case of Tangipahoa, where the vote of one poll
was not returned by the supervisor BY this action
the Democrats lose 1876 votes in East Baton
Ronae No more Witnesses will be heard. All in
terrOgatOries, answers &c, must be hled before 4
u. IN. on Friday On Tuesday morning il is understood
that the electoral vote and also the vote of the State
will be promulgated. The members of the board
think that the same testimony applies to the State
vote which applies to the electoral vote. The board
adjourned till 10 a. III. tomorrow.
AN ADDRESS FROM PRIVATE CITIZENS.
LoUIsIAYA's LOYALTY vOUCHED FOR BY PASTORS
AND BUSINESS MEN oPPREssIoNs OF The
KELLOGG GOVERNMENT.
NEw-ORLEASs. La, Nov. 80, 1876.
To our FellOu- Citizens Of The UHded states:
In the present crisis of public affairs the under
signed citizens Louisiana, not Ofceholdcrs nor Office
Of thu. ola Eunu A.