The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-29

Of the state Registrar Of Voters 1t was
charged at the tmc that the purpose
Of this census was to show apparent
negro maiOrilics, as u basis for fraudulent
registration, in purishe5 whore no such ma
ioutics existed ;and, whlcit was in prcglcS-,
many instances were discovered and re-
ported where in pursuance of this fraudu-
lent dcsi gn. the ccn-us takers wilfully omit
ted to take the names of white citizens.
In his testimony Prof. CHA1LLE began by
referring to tho declarations Of Cicn. SHFnI-
DAN and to tho assertions contained In Sem
ator SnrRMAN's report made Dee. 9. 1916,
relative to tho colorcd Republicans who, it
Is alleged. have, during the past eight years,
been murdered for political reasons. Con.
SHERIDAN has said that ho has u
detailed list Of 5000 such murders;
senator SHERMAN reports " from oili-
cial Sources" that over 1000 such MUIR
dcrs wcro pcrpctratod in barely three
months, while in some quarters tho total
number has been set down ut 10000, in addi-
ton to innumcrable cases OF manning, mu-
tilation, and whipping. In view Of these
statements the witness drew the attention
OF the committee to the fact that, notwith-
ditiun is detrimental to the development
81 population, whether by natural or by cx-
trancOus increase, the statement Is made in
the state census Of 1875 that for the past six
years there had been II steady influx Of
negroes who have been converging upon
Louisiana, while the whites have been radi-
ating from It. Still moro remarkable is the
fact that an investigation Of those data Of
the census upon which its compiler founds
his assertion that the whites have been
"radiating from louisiana" shows an in
crease of the white population during the
1--we years from 1870 TO 1875, inclusive, of
i2,sj1, which considerably exceeds the maxi
mum natural increase Of the population In
tho United States when not augmented
from cxtranoous sources.
In 1874. the intimidation accusation was
that thousands Of colorod voters were pre-
vented from voting, yet Prof CiAlLLE
shows by statistics that the total vote east
was in rs large proportion to the total
population as in any unintmidatod state, 80
that. II the accusation WIS well founded
there would be no possible explanation Of
Loul-iana'4 very largo vote, consistent with
the United States census Of $50, except on
the ballot boxes stuffed them with votes sur
ilcicAt to compensate for the voters who,
il was alleged. were prevented by intimi1l-
tion from voting. In 1876 there were lG)Jjl
votes cast for Governor, but the Returning
Bnari counted only rs ~ OF them. Yet in
that state, whore the cry II intimidation has
been 81 iicrccly raised, the vote actually cast
was In proportion 90 the total population in
1870 as 100 voters 20 every ijl population.
while in the whole United states the proper
tion of voters for President in 1876 was to the
total number u people as 100 voters to
every ij2 population.
~ to the relative proportion in Louisiana
II the white to the colorcd citizens, Prof
CHArLLE shows from statistics derived from
the official reports of Republican Office
holders, that the most outrageous attempts
have been made t. ni-represcnt the facts. II
is true that the official report Of the Regis
trar Of Voters shows a ma Jrity in the State
Of 22,qli registered culorci voters but the
figures Of Prof. CHAILLE. taken from official
Documents show that in reality there could
have boon only majority Of about ono
hundred and eighty colored citizens entitled
To- register in ls7G; and this conclusion is
arrived at without any deduction for the
thousands of colorcd voters who, we are
asked 70 believe have been murdered for
their political opinions since $50.
1t Is also shown that, even according To-
the KELLOGG eeusu, Of 1915 there could mot
have been more than 1900 citizens entitled
to register in 1876; yet, in spite Of the fact
that it was an utter iuposaililty for
! every legal voter to have registered,
;ae Republican officials reported in that bull
lu2od aud iutiullatcd state 27G22 regis
t,rcl voters ~ whom, according 70 the
sanc authorities, thcrc was n majority Of
-49I7 who were cololod. As specimen Of
tile work uf hELLooG's census taker, who Is
also the Registrar Of Voters the case OF the
parish Of Orleans Is cited. In that parish the
Registrar reported in his census of 1915 that
there wcrcbut isj colorrl persons entitled
To- vote, and yet the following year, aud lees
than six months after he rad reported that
number to the Legislature, he officially De-
carcs that no has registered %, Is colorcl
voters IN the same parish.
1t T. evident that II fraul perjury forgery
ballot hoN -tuAlng and the boldc-t lying
could ele,ta President, HAYES would have
boon chosen by an undouhted majority.
what Has Been Established.