New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
THE RIVALS
To Cere.ers, CasscnlDn.

TIE RlvAk9s
TIE Csrssers> Casecnls9.
Tho following document, purpofting to
como from DR.. ChastAnt, was served 1t the
house Of Dr.. John g. Roche. There 10 NO
statement that the interrogstories arc to b
propousded to him, but on tho contrary,
they appear to be intended for DR.. Chas-
tant himsslf and other parties. Heappears
to rely principally On . supposition that biz
name was not erased when it had slip
pasted ever it. bat how it 10 expected Mr..
Roach ON dstermine that point Is left I'M
certain:
Interrs9atosies On behalf of DR. A. Chas-
tant, carsaidass for coroner. ON behalf of hiD
protest, ts be answered by Dr.. A. Chsstant,
F. 8. Washington, g. L. T0lger and Gus
Ffxet:
!. Do ysu reside in the district in the city
of New Orleans above Canal street whicb
is entitled to elect q coroner for the upper
district for said sityq
YOU vote therein at tbelste electiony
3. Do you not know that Dr.. A. Chastant
was the regular Democratic candidate for
corcuer in said districtf
4. Do yoa, not know that Or. A. Chas-
tant's nams waes printed ON the regular
Democratic ticket for that district
S. Do yoa not know that Dr.. A. Chas-
tsnt,s name ON said tickets, in . great many
cases, was covered by printed slip con-
t,.iniag' ths name Of John G. Reche for
o.,ro1er, without said Chastant's name b.
ing erased or scratched from said ticket,
aiod that ON, the coant said Rockies name
y az oounte6 instead Of DR.. A. ChastAnt for
ca id ofRcei.
6. About how many tickets were counted
for said Roche, treated as above describedF
St ate your opinion on this point.
7. Have you sny reason to behave that
tn ere was an erroFin the count of the votes
in said cor03er's district against said DR.. 4.
CT lsstant, which makes it necessary to have
. recount of the votes therein 2
8. State anything You may know that
m skes you think that said Dr.. A.. Chastant
he q not received. by the count of the Oh
&c re-. the number Of votes he actually 10
To these question Mr. Roche answered ~
faIllcWs::
Aaswer to first interrogatory-Ed do.
Answer to second interHogatorv-Ta nm o
resident of the first ward, First District; I
reside at No, All Magazine street, and did
vote-on the seventh Of November, 1T the
Aaswer to third interrogatory-E. heard
that ChaGAant was . candidate, bat,
togasher with alt fair-minded citizens, do
not believe he was the regular candidate Of
the Democratic or any other party; Tor
proof of wlaich, sec proceedings of Demo
cratic parish con gent;oo.
Answer to fourth interrogatory-H might
have been, but I aid not consider it my par
tioa}ar buainess Or province to look after
| the name OF csndidaturs Of Ma. Ghastant.
Answer to fifth interrogatoSy.-This
| question 3eem 80 insulting to the intek
| LICENSE of citizens that Threat it with the
| contempt il deserves. Lbave sufficient aen-
6Aence and respect for the patriotism and
| intoliigance of tae citizens who cast their
satisfied that they entirely and clearly un-
dsrstood who they were voting for. II they
scratched Or pasted; they did 1t knowingly
and intellgently and with the purpose and
intention Of votng for me-.
Answer-t to sixth, intofrogasogy-My opin-
ion Is that every independent voter Of the
/ Democratic an&aN other parties voted fer
me, either on the straight ticket or BY
scratching or e7asing the name of DR.. Chas-
tant and substituting that of J. @. Roche,
Intentionally and knowingly and Of their
iowa accord.
l. Answer to seventh, intsErogatory-No,
by NO MEANS. and it can. not by justice bo
shown that any unfair count was made BY
the officers, and no recount can in justioo
be demanded.
Answer to eighth interrogatory- know
and fully behave can prove by any number
Of Responsible citizens, and before any tri-
b1nal, that said Csastant did not receive
the amount of votes necessary to his cleo
ton, but that, on the contrary, can show
to the satisfaction OF any fair man or tribunal
that received between LOCO and 15G0 legal
and constitutional votes more and over and
above the number cast for Chastant for the
said ossee of coroner Of the upper districts
of the parish Of Orleans, whereupon and
by virtue of which claim to be fairly
Justly, e4nitably and legally elected by the
\ people to the odice of coroner Of the uppel
districts of the parish of Orleans by large
majority of the votes cast
JOHN G.. ROCHE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me thil
first day of December. 1876.
p E. BURKE,
Deputy Clerk, Superior District Court fo
the Parish of Orleans.