New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-30

army, and tie conm:ssioness have sScas
authority; TIE board is appointed by the
Governor; some policemen have told me
that their 1ympathies were With the Demo-
crsts, bat they voted with the Republicans
for their brea1 and butter; the law allows
the force TO oonsist Of 500; tho police heve
property 10 assessed ct its full value, but
there Wes reduction.
TO III. Townsend -There has been . great
shrinksko in tho value Of properly; think
that the shrinksge was caused BY the fact
that we had NO stable government. end %
ceuse tho taxes were enormous; properly
holders here agreed not to pay taxes, and
that had its effect to cause people to dcnot
the stability of ouf government; esxsuon
has been reduced to fourteen and . half
mills in the last two or three years: the
State debt 10 about $l5, coo 900; We have
good public schools; under Kellogg's rule
law was passed limiting expenees to the
ACTUAL receipts and prohibiting tho issuance
Direct-stste bonds were cut down about
one:half by, quasi repudiatiop; Governor
A. GOndOlDhi-I reside in the seventh
ward, New Orleans; did not send in one
poll, No. 8, because the pspers we're brought
to me too late; I was supervisor Tor the
seventh ward; had time to put the poll
into the consolidated statement after Thurs
day; the commissioners shonld have made
their returns in twenty four hours by law:
the election was held on Tuesday, ana !
did not got the returns of poll No. until
Thuredsy morning; the commissionere car
ried away the statements of vohs; an
personally acquainted with the three COM
missionere; two are Republicans and one is
. Democrat. "---
To Mr. Townsend-Went to my Office on
Wednesday and found that the commits
sioners were nearly ready; waited until ten
O'Clock, and - they did not appear l visit
Cd the poll and found that they had &c ne;
they had taken of tho pspers; it was ebout
Dinel o'clock Thursday morning that t6e
commissioner offered me tho returns; do
not know where the box Was during the
time; the list of voters was In the box, %
they told No. yGs -t }.L a,+
Dirset-I used my own Judgment in re-
fnsing the returns; nothing We said ABOUT
the commiaione's wearing 70 sne resefne; y. ~;
Mr.. Moore Was elected member q tno
Houso from tho seventh ward; for proper
reasons I refused TO put the returns into
the eonsolidated statement; eEasuEes ware
made Of nsmes reported on tho sewing ma
chino circular
Lawrenes King-I reside in this city;
heard Judge Dibble instruct eommission-
ers what to do, and to detain the votlnR .
much ~ possible at the white polle; eolored
people generally vote 1t polls IN the reer OF
the clty; Dibble was . candidate Tor Con-
eress: the eleventh ward voted for him:
I To Mr.. TOWueend-I have lately made
my money out of politice; out OF such men
40 Dibble, who rob tho people; my good
wsys get me good money I am . Democrat
and always have been; am not employed at
anything just nov; got money from Dib-
same thing to him in 1874; he thought /!
was working for him, he did; he instructed
the commissioners and other mon there to
delay the voting ct the white polls - much
- possible, and the rear polls to be voted
% rapidly % posslble; visited several polls
in the eleventh ward; Weaver ana aeaeeey
carried out Dibble's instructions; did not
carry out the Instructions, for l had got
D bibles money. -
NJ. C. Christophe-I reside in Now Or.
leans, seventh ward; was commissioner
at poll No. 3; we p0lled 49l votes; there
was no disturbances; at four O'Clock in the
evening somebody wanted to vote, but his
name was not ON the list; he said eomething
and that WAS oil; We worked hard to make
the count, but could not flush inside the
twenty-tou hours; We took . recess, being
adiourning to another place was wrong;
before We adjourned We had closed tho
count; had charge of the box; the papers
were in the hands of one of the commission
ers; when we called on the supervisor on
Thursdsy morning with our statement he
refused to receive it; after that We did not
proceed in our work.
To Mr.. Townsend-I thought We had
forty eight hours to make our count in; fin-
ished the count sbout four O'Clock Wednes-
day evening; we immediately made out the
statement; II did not take moro than an
hour to make the statement; 10 failed to
make ont the second statement: the other
commissioners took swsy the papers snd
10 agreed TO meat the next day and finish
our work; ono commissioner IL named Dav-
export, and I think he 10 . D. moefat; the
other commissioner's name ID Tournere; he
| 10 Republican.
Direet-I Know that the Democrats had .
largo majority In the seventh ward.
q. Tournero-Was q cOmmissi0ner In the
seventh ward, poll No. 3. last election;
am Q r. publican; tho cit ction passed of
| quietly; before we adjourned We summed up
| the tally sheets and swore to them; we
| completed ono etatement and signed It;
think the highest Republican vote was l3i;
| not finish that day, sad 20 We adjourned;
Davenport took the statement with him and
I took the tally sheet; We sent tho box to
| the clark of the Criminal Court, and We met
| the next morning (Thursdsy) Ut Daven-
| ports house; when We called on Mr. Con
dolphe, the supervisor, to hand in our re-
'urns he refused to accept them, giving
| three reasons for refusing.
To Mr. TOwnsend-I did not sign tho tally
sheets; it was nearly five O'Clock Wednes-
| day evening when We left tho poll; We did
| not have time to read up the law, and did
not get . copy of the law until morning.
| E Davenport-TO Mr.. TOwDsend-I am
Democrat and was commissioner in the
seventh ward, poll No. 3, last election; We
finished our count about four O'Clock Wed
needay evening and sent the box to court
after We had made out one statement; W.
did not make ont duplicate statement
but We went home taking the papers with
| us.
Direct-When We took the returns to Mr.
Gondolphi Thursday morning; he told al
We were too late, that We should have made
oar return inside of twenty'four hours sftel
the poll closed.
Adjourned until eleven o'cock this morn
Mr. Blackburn sub committee, still hold
ing its session in q small room next to tn
Chamber of Commerce hall, was yesterds.
engaged in inquiring into the election
troubles in Plaquemines parish. The wit
neeees managed to inCreaso the muddle ant
to testify that there was extensive tricker.
praoticed.
Appo1ntDenes.
Governor Kellogg made the following aI
pointments yesterday:
Madison-Nat Hoggart, police juror. vic
A. Kellogg, resigned.
St, TsmmaBy-Calvin Rubin, justice {
the peace, sixth ward,