New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-20
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. NEW ORI4EAN
Tea Of tho Republican %. pssty, I Iaad ssesivin,
Instructions in relAtiea - Esgis1eatiea, end
iAstructions to initiate fko- Republican vote
aceenPa1isd BY promises o. reward from
the Republican administration, II success
g. That sRspubiicaa voesv .anA Rspab
-lican leaders d1 aAept msaqaof intimidat
ing Democratic voters by threats, violenc<
and unduA -oorrupt, -peactiees, exeFoiee4 TO
yard coIore6 voters, and BY the wholeSsle
wafranS Is tks number Of several thou,
sands. without inst cause, for the arrest Q!
white voters, thereby causing sezfof, and
depfiving said Democratic Copservative
party Of . large number Of vote. IS. :,
no. That s:!a ga Rspgbliesn Leaders, and said
the casting of tho full Democrstis-C Couserva-
tive vote in several Oarishes Of thus Seete.
IL. That they did illegally appoint large
number Of deputy United States marshals
in the various parishes of this State, at .
large expense to the United States govern
ment, and Q large number Of deputy CON
stables, all Of whom surrounded the polls
10 large hnmnera ana intImi0etc1 VoCots.
II Ihey Qid nlegsly expesa tae money ~
OF the governments ZOE parry purposes oy
Commissioning large numbers OF oeputy
the Republican party, BY yemploying govern.
ment clerks to write and copy atfidavits
and documents for use before the Returning
Board, and other partisan purposes, and by
spmmoning and paying crowd of kepub-
licans largo sumo % mileage and per diem
- witnesses before said board.
-. That they did close the courts % ah
redress sgansss tne hiegst aotions com
planeo 5QI, entefln& none proeeQniee IN
cases whsre true oilis mad oeen found
agalnst pasties g9uty OF the cnipso!e acts
complained Of, and BY otherwise protecting
them from puuishmene.
~. iGur ePpesrets- iutteel e!ates sna
chafge shas -said hepnoiicen iesders did,
previous 10 ana after eel0 eaecnon conepne
ana aesermlne % cause e oe ifenaoient!y
destroy the large majority BY sppearers re-
ceaved, ana sccofo go tnef opponents ma
Jority they had never received, said con-
spiracy and determinatien being shown ~
sued n this co1eeeoon. q T. .t-a.4
10. That - the instrument OF said con-
spiracy was used the RetuEninG Board Of
tins State. composed, In vl0Ietlon OF law,
Of Repqblicans alone. end acting with an
u44Iled vacancy, tho lAW requiring, -
prt-requtsite e ~ action, tho Aling sf Va
canc'es ana iuli BOARD OF nve members.
10. That said returning Board usorped
and exercised Judicial functions, Contrary
to the conetttution Of the State, which Re-
'ettl0ee ln0lc1ei power 20 the luai0ery.
IL. Thas sMd board sought 70 escape al
effective scrutiny hy exclu0nR observers or
representatives, OF the Democrstic Conser-
vstive party at themost important portions
ofits labo!r, and Ry refusing to hu = Va
cancy, and BY refusing to our party repre-
sentstl0n on aaid board.
IL That SAID board conspred with saio
Ripubliean leadenS ANA 70 accomplish said
rebuilt v'olstqd tho hWe provided ior its
government n eye8y Psrucnlar % 70 tne
And canvassiDg the same, - to tho lorna
tion and reception OF protests, e TO the re-
ception Of evidence and the declsi0h OF con-
tetts. ..,s.,s....s.,s-s g T..s
l9. That sah board accorded every facili-
tyl to fraudulent aupervisors in the manu-
factnre and presentation OF protests, CON-
trary to law and outside OF their parishes,
and sdav,ts to snssai1 ei sne same, s ssupp4fhs
emasculation and Justification Of returns:
2O That said 0oasa altered lts rules snd
modified its proceedings whenever ,neces-
saty to promote tne INTERESTS OF tne hepnO-
licsn party. and on the other hand cast
evsry impediment IN the way OF the Demo
cratic, ,Conssrvstiye parry. ~.
Il. That the sald Doard old' a. tne cnms4
o. eo%bsr 81 vos
about 5000; in some cases casting out
whole parishes, witnous JUST cause, ana IN
others boxes showing neAvy DemocfaIlc
mo10IJ64oD, VlOl4Jl0R G00 law, ana oven VlOs
lating ~ own ruies ana mode OF ProceeolnR,
merely accompnsnlng tae results oesifeo
~ sai9 consPiEstoIe.
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