The Republican journal., 1876-11-23
Vote in 1874.


r. Felciana . ~ LOS. 1888
W EeItClanA 50i 800 100
T. Baton Rouge Lost 2,i46 900
% %4TSn3aSy s 955 i 5S5i III 81
Iothl f,3-t -,Ie1 I'LL
Vt the election in lS.l these parishes gave Il
Republican majority for State treasurer of I. .61
They now give Democratic majority of 4 Az,
which exceeds the Democratic vote cast i'll 1874.
The Democrats admit that. had the Republican
vote been polled. the Republicans would have
had large majority. Now the controversy
stands. ON the one hand the Democrats insist
on The vote being counted in exact accordance
with the number of tickets cast; on the other
hand, there are two propositions: l. TEatthe
vote of these parishes be wholly dsregarded
ami drown out, on the grounds of intimida-
lion. hN the cdnNa>>ing board. ,. That the vote
pulled be counted, but that the canvasSing
board reckon also rs pollest the votes OF those
Ih-Cnting themselves from fear of bodily harm.
tn terlge Northern voter has no precedent
iGr such Il condition Of things as this. In the
rrSi place, deadly intimidation is not known at
the North. ami III the next place it will be diff
rujt for a Northern man OF any party to under
stand how 2.Otu voters OF one party in a county
yin Le 50 succc -tullv lin inundated" by 900 as
"a hf unable to approach The polls. though the
latter were protected. or supposed to be, by the
Difed states supervisors. 1t VIII be difficult
,n perSuIi3 the people OF any Northern county
Mat the minority, numbering 800 voters, could
SD intimdate the majority in East felicana,
numbering 500. that none Of the latter dare
Wv 81 - H.. ~ ,,to ~ -
T. .'''' - ~ M ti ~ \; 80
'1oii. t>,''iir 'ilat uli'te VIZ u'u Nol'
nized by any law of any State where the votes
of legal voters, lawfully polled, can be rejected
ana they distranchised. We do not believe,
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liri 49, y; tI w. ,aIT.
toI"i'. WINS ~ 'tSe NY '"stilol,' We looN
upon II y 4 caiIillItE' because we hlioW Vi no
feSA IentuS; mere Is no precedent hnoMii 10
r to'T> " i,oIa9 n"t 'ol'S anu 'ol o h,.
rlfohS may he me presumption lh"i IL sllch
~, ra.t In Isl thn namorrS elotn5 If
least INV members TO Congress in republican
districts because republicans stayed away and
did not vote. For the same reason the Demo-
'iryl'u tnt t i ot sv''a"i Ht'trS
STATE. in ia No surh fhing of ot,,etrjn@ the
vote actually polled by that not polled has ever
been recognized at any election in amy state in
ihls country. Even "a the desperate conflict IN
fG antion ,' nut ho,h oo' M Hnt
counted to have been boiled. WV WV
1t is claimed by the Democrats that their
i@rty VIII have MAJORITY OF Ihe whole vote
81 thg Statt, over anu ABOVE Ihe.f Vo'e IN 'hese
matter if nav NOT do So if the conntin@ nf the
non-poed vote be insisted upon by the other
side. II, however, the Democrats do not haHe
a majority except by counting the votes IN these
o hnin anu nn ,e m ot IN a1 s.I'4 ueGha
issue will be a direct one. and one mon which
the country will promptly reach a Judgment,
ana no eanVasslng board VIII dare attempt to
put 'Re ]u;Sneht OIL 'he ha1lon al defiance and
riT Var i" Ilhoi he cnmniug of VIZ ~ a
cast offered TO be cast, OF TO reject lawful
votes legally cast and recorded on the polI-ists.
man OF Nat1onai reputation
Tho only man al national ,o,,,,,t;o,
n !, "
uPoi! tle LOUISIANA istlui mug Doalu IS d
MADISON ellis, VINO has been It's Char
man since lSt he national reputation
ut + Madison Wells i NOT such as ia an
,,,,,,.oo,, d. ta,,7 tLot ,.,.l>I;,q.,
t""i GO 'no hoPe 'hat t'i1 l''"Iec''illSo u
lne boafu VIII De 9hlacn ny honesty, or
even by decent regard for the appear
ance OF honesty.
j Madison wells was Governor OF
LOUISIANA during the period Of recon
structlon HIS public acts and private
Jobs were equally scandalous AT one
time IL was proposed to lmpeach INN ior
having detauIted to the state OF Lousi-
ana IN the sum OF SIS, 900 as tax collector
for the parish OF hapides. He escaped
impeachment only to he removed from
Office by Gen. Sheridan, then iii com
mand OF the Filth Military District The
grounds lor The removal were humberless
acts OF dishonesty and OF usurpatlon.
The Lieutenant Generals opinion of j.
Madison Wells III 1860 may be gathered
from the following emphatic passage in
dan to Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of
" al
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