New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-25

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s,o . - ' NEW oRIIANs. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 1876

registered voters" which would be elsarly
unnecessary were not ssesy voter entitled
to vote ct amy poll in the pretiocs-
Each parish except Orleans and Jeftersop,
the tive divisions Of Jefferson and each
ward IN the city Of New Oeleeoe being
cincts," 1t 10 hardly neoessasy to sdd sAas
the provisioos Of the election INV applying
to . parish apply equally 70 the vaFds or
ELECTION precincts" Of Orleans ualoss ex.
pressly provided otherwise, OF that, in' The
laogusge Of the election Law, "paEbh" or
"precinct" are syn0ny terms. This
being clearly and unmistakAbly the spirit
and intent Of tho law, tho propositions
looking to . division Of the several wards
of New Oriesns for the purposes Of election
seem inadmissihle ON the ground Of their
/ would further suggest that . faithful
compliance with existing laws. and .
hearty cooperation of both political par
ties 10 their application and enforcement
will be found thoroughly preventive Of the
crime Of repeating" This cfdce will
heartily cooperate with each political par
ty, and earnestly asks the aid Of each party
in the thorough enforcement Of the exist.
=, Each certificate cf registration voted
upon In the parish Of Orleans will bo plain.
" stamped "seted November z, 1876" The
stamps lalready in hand hava hesn nsds
20 large and the impression therefroaa 90
unmistakable that it will be impossib!e for
any person to offer certificate upon which
he has once voted in 1876, for the purpose
of repeating, without instant detection. In
each polling place each political party will
be represented, the Democratic party by at
least one commissioner Of election and ono
United States supexvisor Of electiQn. All
present within the polling place will have
an equal partiean interest In the detection
Of fraud attempted BY tho party opposed to
that to which they themselves belong, and
the representatives of both political parties
and facilities for the detection OF astempts
at repeating or any other species Of frand.
l know of no other legal means for the
attainment Of the end proposed BY tho
committee Of tho Democrssic party land
equally, believe, by the Republican com.
mittee) than the strict enforcement Of exist
ing laws, in which enfoFcement eaeh party
know Of any means likly to bo - efficient
in tho detection and punishment Of any
description Of fea1d. ~ - ~ -
I am your excellency's most obsdieut ser
want. MICHAEL HAHN,
State Registrar Of Voters.
THE DEMOCRATS coNcEDED COMMISSIONER
-0 OF Bk8CJfON. -----
l9L- .0<~-tIs.~ S1Ars o. LorsrAHA,
Executive Department, }
--Fss - New Orleans, October -, lSs6.
Hon. z. 4. Burke. Chairman Committee on Regis.
tration and Election. Democratic and Conserve
tive Party: .n
SIR-l referred your communication Of
October 10 to the State Registrar Of Voters
reply. You will observe that the chief
registrar states that the supervisors
and assistant supervisors have been Il.
ready instructed that 1t 10 their duty
to appoint one Democratic commis-
sioner Of election st each poll In thus
Sts:e. 1t seems to mo this not only COM
pliance With tho Law, but is all that can be'
reasonably expected BY your party.
In this connection it may not bo improper
to recall the facs that when ran for Gov
ernor in 1872 respectful request of the
RepublicsR State Central Committee to be
allowed one Republican commissioner 1t
each poll was perempt0rily refused. The
Repubiicaa party Was not permitted repro
sentation under the State laws 1t any poll
in this city.
Very respectfully, your g sbsdispt :ssscyc:nt, scc
srArs OF LoulslAxA.l
once State n dstEar ri veterA
New Orleans, October -. 1s56
To bis Rxoellescy W. P. Kellogg. Governor Of
{ DEAR SIR-.rhe communication Of Major
E. A. Burke, dated October 10, and ad-
dressed to your excellency. having bsen re-
ferred to myself BY you, has received ny
Consideration. ra
Major Burke requests, ON behalf Of the
Democratic party, that that political party
be permitted to have one-half Of the cem-
miesioners Of election, to Wit: one Demo
crst end two Republicans 1t poll No. l. and
two Democrats and one Republican at poll
No. 2. .s-.s,,,.-t .rr.f1
In reply, have tho honor to state that
supervisors and assistant supervisors Of
registration have already been instructed
that it 10 their duty to appoint ono Demo.
cratic commissioner Of election ct eaoh poll
in tho State.
This viii b . full compliance with tho
legitimate interests Of the opposition party,
and leaves the same NO reasonable or 10
gitimste ground of complaint
am, your excellency. your obAdient ser-
want, MICHAEL HAHN,
State Registrar Of Voters.