Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-11
LOUISIANA.
kellogg Speaks his Piece about Alleged
Frauds I'm Certain Parishes.

: Kellogg Speaks his Piece about Alleged
Frauds I'm Certain Parishes.
! NEW ORLEANS, November 10.-Cfovernor
/ kellogg furnishes the following statement to
! the Associated Press regarding the election:
/ Very few official returns have been received
outside of the city by the secretary of state,
I the proper custodian Unofficial statements
have been received, and published here of Is
Republican and 10 Democratic parishes be-
sides the city, y out Of 81, which may I've
! called tolerably reliable. The other parishes
are estimated by each side. and the State is
claimed according to each estimate 10y both
parties. The Democrats only claim the State
! by estimating the Republican parishes Of East
and West Fehciana, East Baton Rouge, Moor
house and Ouachita, and having them, as they
claim, by nearly 400 maj jOrity. NoOne can dis
pute these parishes We're Overrun and intimi-
dated bY armed bands Of the White League
before and on the day Of election. These
parishes have always been largely Republi-
can. The registration in these parishes Is,
white 369S, black S709. They gave me 5000
majority in 1872 by the returns of fusion
Democratic board, and they gave the Repub-
ican candidate 1900 majority in 1874. as con-
eeded by the Democratic State committee.
In Ouachita a deputy United States marshal
was killed on election day, the polls taken
possession OF and run by the White League
IN East Feliclana, and not Il single
Republican vote was allowed to be
polled. Republicans were not allowed
to run ticket. This parish is next to the
Mississippi line, and has been turbulent
more or less since the Democrats got
Possession of Mississippi In this parish !
got over 800 majority in 1872 and in 1874 the
Republicans carried the parish by more than
1000 majority, The vote claimed by the
Democrats IN these parishes was procured by
intimidation, violence and assassination, and
the proof Of this is overwhelming and perfect
ly conclusive, Notwithstanding the claimed |
vote Of these parishes, we confidently believe |
we have carried the State. The Democrats |
never claimed to have carried the State by !
but about 1000 in 1874, not counting Carroll |
parish, which gave us over 1900 majority. !
but where they always alleged frauds, and I.
refused to concede but about 800 of /
this majority to u.s. They admit that we |
have gained in the city alone 240O /
votes over the vote of 1874. They admit that |!
We have carried IBERIA, st. Martin, Assump- |
ton, Rapides, Caddo, Webster and Lafourche, /
already heard from, which they carried in /
1874; they admit that we have increased our |
maJOr1ties In BoSsier, Madison, TensaS, Con- |
cordia, NatchitOches, Placquemine and st. I
Charles. Of course none Of these are official !
There are only about twenty parishes accessi- !
bic by rail or telegraph, and the official vote
of several of the remote parishes cannot be
had for five or six days The result will prob
ably De close. Counting the vote in the five
''bulldozing parishesas the Democrats claim
it. the Republicans will be deprived of a
legitimate majority of nearly 1000. In no
contingency can the Democrats have carried
the State. 1t will not be denied that with
scarce an exception in all the heretofore Re
publican parishes, except the FIVE bull
doing parishes, the Republicans have
gained over their maiOrites of 1874. Neither
can it be denied that the colored people voted
the Republican ticket with, if possible. more
than ever before. When the result
of this election is investigated in detail, am
reJolced that the pending exigency will show
the Republicans of ltOuisiana-their trials,
their difficulties, and the injustice they have
labored under will be better understood and
appreciated by the people of the north. All
we want il a fair and full hearing. We want
this whole matter probed to the bottom. We
have been reyiled and slandered for four wears.
and We are happy that at last the occasion is
about to arse when we will get hearing
which will be listened to and needed. have
heard that several prominent gentlemen are
coming here. drawn hither bv the exigency
out Of this election. am
glad Of tins. | telegTaphed Secre-
tary Chandler last night, Suggesting that
several gentlemen Of prominence who have
the confidence Of the country. should be sent
here. such men as William NJ. Evarts, Gov
arnOr Dix, BristOw, Senator Blaine. George
+. Hoar, General Logan, Stanley Mathews.
Dr. such gentlemen. If the north wants
rue disclosure of our affairs, let men come
whose reputation will be guarantee that
bat tC H1,14 ba tE,,fh ,,,4,
actured newspaper and sensational article .
against us. The statements Of estimates of
returns referred to are the votes cast for
he State ticket, and the vote for HAYES
vas considerably larger III some localities
han that of the State ticket The governor
ald the Democrats generally admit that
-eOnard Smith and Darrell are elected to
congress, and that the Republicans have car
led the Legislature. He SAID he had lust re-
eiyed dispatch from Smith, and one other :
gentleman from Shreveport, that desperate {
.tforts are being made by the Democrats in
he parishes up Red river TO change or de-
troy the returns. :
IndisputabIe Figures.
NEw ORLEANS, November TO- midnight
The official, unofficial and reported returns
rom u parishes, including New Orleans, give
Democratic majority of 94l7. Democratic
'ain of 65O5, The six parishes to be heard ,
rom gave in 1874 a Democratic majority of !
D4. The Democrats claim the State a. sb
olutely certain by not less than 5000, after
making liberal allowance for contingencies.
The Same story from Another Source. !
NEW YORK, November l0.-A dispatch :
rom I. W. Patton, president of the Demo- :
ratio State committee of Louisiana. was re- .
eived at the Democratic headquarters in this I
lty tonight, saying that the State will give
ilden not less than 5000 or 5000 majority. c
ie bases the statement upon the returns re- c
elved by letters and telegraph, and the esti- )