The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-22

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Especial dis patch to the Philadelphia TimcS.l
| NEW ORLEANS, November 20.-A curious
| feature OF the Republican canvass was dis
! closed to-day in the discovery OF the follow
| ing remarkable communication, copy OF
which. names and figures being changed,
was sent by the secretary Of the Republican
State Committee to every supervisor OF re-
gistration in the State. The supervisor is
State officer:
NEW ORLEA.;s, September IS, 1SI6.-IO
the Supervisor Of Registration, Parish of
assumption, L.: Dear Sir,-1t is welt
known to this committee that, from eNami-
nation OF the census OF 1915, the Republican
vote in your parish is 1900 and the Repub-
lican majority is 900. You are expected to
register and vote the full strength OF the
Republican party in your parish. Your
recognition by the next State admins
tratiOn will depend upon your doing
your full duty in the premises, and
YOU will not he held to have done your full
| duty unless the Republican registration in
your parish reaches 1900, and the Republi-
/ can vote is ut least 2,100. All local candi-
| dates and committees are directed to aid
You to the utmost in obtaining this result,
and every facility is and will be afforded
YOU, and you must obtain the results called
for herein without fail. Once obtained,
your recognition will be ample and gene
rous Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want, j. VI. y. JEWETT, Secretary.
w Assumption went Republican, as antiei-
patcd, and the supervisor will no doubt
claim his reward. FL ..
The LOUISIANA RETURNING BoARD-INI-
TIAToRY PRoCEEDINGs--lNTERv WITH
THE .MEMBERS-INSoLENT DENIAL OF Mo-
TloNs OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNsEL-Ne11
Orleans, November 20.-The initiatory pro-
ceedngS OF the Returning Board to-day III
Dictated a disposition to carry things with
high hand. When the Board commenced
its proceedings there were gathered in the
Senate chamber, where it met, the commit
tees OF the two advisory delegations here,
the representatives OF the leading papers
East. and the counsel OF the Democratic
Conservative party Of Louisiana. There
were guards stationed at each OF the doors
OF the chamber, and all OF the above gentle
men were admitted by card. All others
were r1gidly excluded. ..' .....
! The Sun correspondent was the first who
presented himself, and, on being admitted,
found the members Of the Returning
| Board the sole occupants Of the chamber.
[ had, therefore, the opportunity OF an I'M
| interrupted conversation with them OF some
! fifteen minutes Ny inquiries as to the pur-
| poses Of the Board were chiefly answered
| by Governor Wells. The two colored men,
hers. Cassanare and Kenner, did not trust
| themselves to give direct answer to any OF
my questions, us they were evidently fear
| full they might say something they should
not. They were, however, extremely COM
municative on matters personal to them
L.,
! the ostracism which was visited upon them.
Kenncr, whose complexion is very light,
said that he travelled all over the North us
but .'nigger,' although lie was descend
| ed from one of the proudest families of
| Louisiana.
CaSsanaye said he was very much out
ragged because the people would not buy his
collins and ''let me tell you, sir" said he,
% that [ have the finest stock on hand in
New Orleans" Both lie and Kenner were
very emphatic in the declaration that they
had not sought and did not want their pre-
sent positions, but that they held on to
them through patriotic motives entirely.
They were quite positive in assuring me in
general terms that they intended to act
fairly, and that they had done so at the last
election. am satisfied that whatever ras-
CAVITY luci may NC uiltS VI VIII Nc u w ASo'
to their love for the carpet-basgers than to
their dislike. of the white people who refuse
to consort With them. ...l..i..
1t is unnecessary for me to give the pro-
gramme OF the Returning Board as detailed
to NE in advance by Governor Wells, as 1t
was subsequently developed in the formal
session OF the Board. and will be sent you
in the general press dispatches. may men
ton that Senator Sherman and General Gar
field sat by with 4 sneering smile OF salts
ton on their countenances as they witnessed
the cool insolence and brutal manner in
which Governor Wells, as spokesman OF the
Board, denied every motion made by the
counsel of the Conservative party IN be-
hall OF a fair, honest, and open count
OF the vote, and finally ended by igno-
minously turning them all out OF doors.
When Governor Wells remarked that
the two visiting committees would be repre-
sented during the session, the point was
well taken by the counsel that strangers to
the State could not be expected to know the
details of its elections, or the suspicious or
proo1s.oi Irregularities, and that the Board
might take up disputed parishes and decide
upon them before the counsel were aware |
OF what they were doing. s III
The action Of the Returning Board in |
proceeding to canvass before filling the va
cancy is another instance OF its want OF |
honesty and sincerity.-Specid dispatch to
the Baltimore Sun. a,'
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