The daily gazette., 1876-11-13
The Vote of Louisiana.

traordinary exhibition of political 'blufr'
in the history of our politics. There is
every reason to believe thatin addition to
the 1S4 votes which are conceded to Gov
| ernor Tilden, he has secured the seven
votes of South Carolina and the four votes
| of Florida, giving him ten more than he
needs to be elected. There is not the
slightest reason to doubt, and there has
not been the slightest reason to doubt,
that he has carried Louisiana also, by a
large majority, and that he is entitled to
| the eight voces of that State. There have
| been no contradictions of the reports that
he has carried the State except such as
were signed or plainly Inspired by kellogg
a man who holds his place by a notorious
and exposed fraud upon the people of
Louisiana; whose whole political career
in Louisiana has been a series of attempts
to dei.aud citizens of their votes before
elections, and to falsify the returns after
wards. Confidence in his ability and
facility 70 defraud the people of Louisiana
for third time out of their votes, is the
sole ground of hope the Republicans have
OF cal ying the election, and this conf
ly claimed the State as sure for Hayes
| NiiSii ail tllC HChS NhS Ilidl IL WAS SuIt
for Tilden. On Tuesday night J. w. Pat
ton telegraphed the San that the State had
gone for Tilden by from $4,000, to $4,000
majority, R. L. Gibson telegraphed the
Herald that the Democrats had, "by all
indications. carried the State" Our cor
respondent telegraphed The World that
the Democrats claimed the State by 90
600. The Associated Press despatch said
that the State has gone Democratic. This
despatch the Tribune printed without a
line to indicate contrary result but still
put the State down on Hayes list. This
despatch the Times suppressed, in the
only editions of the Times at least that we
have seen, and calmly put the State down
for Hayes in the face of the evidence that
it had gone against him. These claims
meant merely that the Republicans had
confidence in the ability of Kellogg and
his returning Board to swindle the State
out of its vote. All the dispatches since
have indicate gains for the Democrats on
, the vote of 1872, when according to the
returns which were practically accepted
by the Republican Senate of the United
States, and the people of the whole coun-
try, the Democrats had a majority in the
State Of 4, ,492. All the evidence is that
the Democrats have now carried the State
by a majority of some 10000, a majority
relatively as large as majority of 100,-
600 would be in the State of New York.
: There is not ane jot of evidence, not one,
that the Republicans have carried the
State, which they have nevertheless count
, ed from the first for Hayes, as they ex-
pect kellogg and his board to count it.
3 We speak Of Louisiana particularly, be-
: cause the States of Florida and Soutl
4 Carolina are undoubtedly close, and, al
though the weight of evidence that the
Democrats have carried both. there is
some semblance of probability in the
Republican claim to them. But Re-
publ can claim to Louisiana, in the face
, of the evidence, is impudent and mon
: strous. There is no doubt that Cover nor
Tllden is entitled to its eight votes and
there ought to be no doubt that if he be
entitled to them, they shall either be
counted for him or not counted at all.
Let there be no misunderstanding
about this matter. The people of Louis
lana have shown for years, while Kellogg
and his conspirators were plundering and
betraying them, and defrauding them of
their property and of their rights, q pa
tience and fortitude which are really he
roic, and indicate as signally as any ac-
tion of any community could do it, their
capacity for the self-government out of
which Kellogg has twice swindled them.
Let them continue their heroic patience
little longer. Let them carefully col.
lect and publish evidence which will sat
isfy the judgement of the American peo-
pie that Tilden and Hendricks are enti-
tied to the votes of Louisiana. That evi-
dence must be accessible and must be
got. 1t is evidence of fact already no.
torious, fact which nobody seriously
.,retends to deny. That will be enough
to give even Kellogg pause. He has i'm
pudence enough to stand before the peo-
Pile of Louisiana a convicted usurper and
swindler. But even he is hardly capable
o. attempting to play hin thimble-rigging
tricks in the sight and at the expense of
the whole people of the United States.
For the whole people of the United States
will be against him, both those who voted
for Hayes and those who voted for Til
den, when it is made evident to them, as
the people of Louisiana can make it, that
Kellogg is trying to thimble-rig Hayes in
to the Presidency. Wehave too much re-
spect for Governor Hayes to suppose that
he would take advantage of a gamblers
trick when the character of it was shown
him. Kellogg would get no sympathy,
when the facts were known, except from
a few ruined and desperate political gam
blers, and even they would be ashamed
and afraid to abet HIM openly.
The Republican Senate which was
convinced of his rascality in 1872, can be
convinced of his rascality, if he tries to
repeat it, in 1876. 1t is for the people of
Louisiana to lay before the country the
evidence that their State has gone for
Tilden. The truth of the matter is that
the whole claim of Hayes's election is
part of a conspiracy to deprive the reform
party of the victory it has won, o, OF this
conspiracy these claims are a part; the
imprecedented order of President Grant
directing Federal troops to superintend
the counting of votes in State where
there is no pretense of insurrection or
violence is part. That Louisiana has
given a large majority for Tilden has
been certain ever since WedneSday: that