New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-02
LOUISIANA PROBLEMS.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CONTEST.

IRON 4 sTAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNE'l
NEw-ORrEANs, Nov. 2l.-While the Returning
Board has been engaged in the simply clerical work
Of compiling and tabulating the election returns
from parishes about which no controversy has
arisen, | have employed a portion of the time in
searching out some of the most intelligent Rcpdbll-
cans of this city who not active politicians, but
who have been observers of the events which trans
PRED during the late political campaign They nave
been willing to give me some facts which have not
heard mentioned elsewhere, and some opinions
which 1 consider more valuable than any OF those
expressed by earnest paTisans on either side shah
not mention the names of these gentlemen, hrSt De-
cause my conversation with some of them was OF a
private character, and they had no idea that what
they were saying would find its way into a newspa-
per; aud secondly, because others made the request
that they should not be quoted.
The auti-Packard movement III the Republican
party Is one Of the elements of the problem Ia regard
to which nothing is said By the Republican poll
tlcians but on which great stress Is laid by the class
Of men TO whom have referred. Dir. IIhchDach Is
the most influential colOred man in tins state, and III
has always been asserted by the Republicans that
whenever he took a position on any question, ana
made an effort to do So he could carry 10000 col
ored voters with him. Now Mr.. Plnchback voted
for HAYES but he did not vote for Packard, ana
while he did not come out and make an active h2ht
against the Republican State ticket 1t was unlNer-
e., Ill a., ,.,. Tho Ico.t n Lavp Packard
.l'a' D' wa, "''l7' ,,Iiti.;aos - tIis St,ta
u'i'''''' 1,,,I, rr,,.os ,,,i.,lt carry tI,c
~ 'NP' ~ '"''' ..i.;t N-icloly O.. o,,II bc
n'"'0 - " si,,,I o,.,,, =, tl,. North
''''l' ''i-' '', ~ -, - iii S,.to
I.,5I w o,rl ~ tba Cincinnati
C ~'','I.' ,I ~ ,,,,, n. remembered fiat fine
4i ,,lI.,, ,o,. of Louisiana brol,c
,,o.t;,,,of tba State d,lcoation on that oc-
o"' III ''l' Az. p;1.l.,.I, 80 t,t time IN
S@S''', anu ''' '''.'. &c., An.
-, -. NJ. p;ncrI,,rl- Iid NOT fake ths
WV I,,,..i 90 his fr.,,,,s ,roro
STUMP '.'''.' .. - tl'- l., como rl,c,s
N.'' "'u''' ANA '''' -. -.
"'',I ,'''' ~ - ~ D., Stoto ticc+ V,t
"ou'I We ''' i'' .' p.,,iIi',, ~ tfos. who are
,1.g5 .I ,I' prr. fiction in mi. STATE
,t...,.,;.I.1 ,,,., ti,. p,ct,rJ- K,Ilooo Marty
-, -, ~ a.. scot. Hcr-cf Two
'-' '''y Il. g., tI,.. mt. C,J Cort.r
VI ,',C .+ \.rtI, .c,ro tho .,,u-
"'' ~ - .,,,,.i. H. I'll. lr,,st e,,.ry
p''E,. ", w. ''u 49,, -, r., OHIO and
u"L 'o'' '''. Ii. Ina,
'.''''''' 49, CIV " 49,, ". ,,,.I j., NJ
m ..t,,r,, 81, 7 ,,,i...r.a oven to
IT, n ....r.,t. "a MOT r..,..I tti. uc.,ro vote
which tl,e came 10 aturaly-thcy abandoned
Ire White Limo" policy which fell into such i'll
remit. two year. ago.
"But." sand 20 a gentleman who had been giving
,,a fins exclamation. "te returns do not bear out
yo,r tbe1Iy If what vou say r., true. Packard
onpht f., RIM very much behind Hayes. while the
fsr i. tina. where th.r, was no mistake IN printing
tbs electoral tickets the difference i'm their votes
wa, ,srorar,ti,elv small and where the defective
b.Ilois ,-.r. used. Packard even runs ahead of the
H.-c. eIect,,r.."
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