The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-18
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The Democrats reply; "The return
ing board cannot BE trusted. II IL conf
posed Of members Who will not hesitate
at any rascsli,y. Befop this IL has
thrown out parishes MISREPRESENTATION,
has perverted the vote OF the state and
has been coudemBed Is v;llainous board
by the Republican party represented in
congress. II will. without doubt, ac'
dishonesty again.
l. he a Republican who now reads
these words: II he is. we invite him 10
follow III q few moments. 80 that We may
prove 90 him tina. the fears expressed by
the Democrats ere we'll ,oundel--,hat
there are strong reasons for believing
that the returning board of Louisiana j.
dishonest.
We will. with The permission ci our
Republican reader isad we hope our
Democratic reader will also give to III
his at,cn.loDl. just glance at the history
Of the prescn, returning hoard now in
session Il New Orleans. Even glance
viii convince any honest man of its un-
wortbinesS. and !, close inspection Of IL
will leave ia his mind no doubt OF It's
iniquiiy.
In 1872 Mr.. warmo,h. a Republican.
was governor OF Louisiana. In N0vem-
Der OF that year there was an election in
that state for presidential electors. gov
ernor, etc. At that election certain men
called the Grant electors, and certain
other men called the Greeley electors,
aud MIR. McEnery and Mr.. Kellogg, cam
tlidates for governor, were voted for.
The unofficial returns of the election
the returns sent from the polls after they
had been clo.ed-showej. in 1s72. as the
returns Of the election held on the 9Th OF
this month also show, that the Demo-
Gratis. or Conservatives, bad carried the
state by about 9,0O0 majority.
The law provided that the returns OF
this election should be returned to the
returning board of the state. composed OF
the governor. the Acknowledgements.
the secretary of state, John Lynch and
+. c. Anderson. Not to be too tedious
in detail, let the statement be sufficient
that the board got into wraDgle and
was separated into two parts. each part
claiming 10 be tie returning board OF the
state. One Of these was headed by War
moth and the other by Lynch. The re-
turns were made to the warmoth board,
which was about to canvass them. when
an Injunction was obtained in the United
States court for the district OF
Louisiana, restraining 1t from doing
go. Then au injunction was OBJ
tanned In a state court restraining the
Lynch board from canvassing the returns
aud declaring the result. The legisla.
ture being in session at this time, law
was passed repeating all laws under
which these two boards were claiming to
act. A new board was appointed BY the
governor. Ii canvassed the returns and
declared McEnery and the balance Of the
Democratic ticket Gle ,ted. Disre2arding
the injunction Of the state court and the
repeating law Of the legislature, the
! Lynch board declared kellngg and the
| balance OF the Repu Slican ticket elected.
a committee ofthe United States senate,
composed of Republicans. after inves-
tigation. reported that the action Of the
Lynch board was without excuse. be-
cause it had been legislated out Of exist
ence il it ever had had legal exitence
because il had been cnioined from acting
and because il declared the result of the
election without having in It's possession
any Of the election returns.
On December 4th. 1872, Gov. Warmoth
proclaimed the results OF the canvass OF
the vote Of the state by The new board.
declared McEnery and his ticket elected.
The next day Judge f.. II. Dnrr-il, OF the
United States court, ''out OF court, at his
house, late at night. without a )plication
by any party" made an order which the
Republican committee Of the Republican
United States senate. says was without 4
parallel. and il is hoped will remain SO in
judicial proceedings''--ordered the United
States marshal to seize the state house and
hold the same subject to his further orders.
Under this order Kellogg was made gov
ernor, and the Grant electors were de-
elared elected, When NcEnery asked
President Grant 10 hear his statement OF
the case, the president replied: MY
mind l. made up and he ORDERED the
, army 10 sustain Judge Dnrrell.
The deed was done, but agitation con
tinued, and even President Grant wa!
compelled 10 admit that the state has
been carried by Republican violence AM
fraud. In one OF his messages he said
lit has been alleged that Kellogg wa
not elected. Whether he was or not i
not altogether certain" Republican
everywhere denounced the action OF tn
Republicans Of Louisiana In 1872 a
shameful the senate-a Republican sen
ate-refused to allow the electoral vote O
the state to be counted for Grant Pinch
back, elected senator by the legislator
elected In 1874, was driven from tn
doors Of the United States senate; Dun
rell was driven from the bench, and uni
versal execrstion was heaped upon kel
logg and his cheating partisans but n
continued to act as governor, protecte,
by the bsyonets Of the national govern
ment.
So much tor the returning board mi,
chief OF 1879. Now let US come down {,