The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-03-17
The Third Congressional
District.
Hoe the Vote Of Ibefville scds
Counted tor Congressman.

Counted tor Congressman.
Mr.. J. Fl. Acklen, Of St. Mary,
he Democratic candidate for
in the Thi,d Congress
District, has been busy
for several weeks past in collects
ing evidence to substantlate the
contest he intends to make
against G. b. Darra1' who was
elected from that Dis
by the Returning Board.
Mr.. Acklen has been slngularly
fortunate in the evidence he has
managed to collect, and has sue
ceeded in un%earthing, in the par
ish of Iberville, the system of
fraud by which the Republicans
voted and counted the votes. Ont
side Of this parish, the vote for
Congress was Very close, stand
ing: Darrall, l3.714; Acklen> Is,
GIT. 1t was generally believed at
the time that Mr. Acklen had
carried Iherville, as one OF the
two Republican candidates for
the Senate in that district sup
ported him against Darrall, and
he ran far ahead Of the Demo-
cratic State ticket.
In the hot and bitter fight
waged between these two Radl
cal candidates for the Senate,
Wakefield and Wharton, Que OF
them scratched the Republican
candidates for President and
electors from his ticket, while
the other did the same trick by
the Republican candidate for
Congress. The result was, that
the Republicans Of Iberville voted
some for Acklen for Congress,
some for Darrall, and Il great
many blank. When the counting,
however. came on, these tickets
were counted in bulk, with the
exception of one single place,
poll No. 81; that is. a hundred
Republican tickets were taken
out the box and counted as a
hundred votes for each person
on the Republican ticket, from
President to justice of the peace,
whereas, in many instances, only
some half dozen of these votes
were for the Republican cand+
date for Congress, the Others
being either blank 0: for the
Democratic candidate.
Suspecting something of this
kind, Mr.. Acklen appeared before
the Parish Judge OF %Iberville, ;
Republican, and obtained a sab
ponn duces tccnm ordering thu
clerk OF the District Court, also
Republican, to produce the bal
lot boxes, ballots, etc, in court
anI submit them to the eXamin;
ton of commission Of experts
two of WHEN were to be Repnbl
CANS and two Democrats. Til,
order was made. the boxes ant
ballots were produced. and tn
latter counted. Nj. Darrall bein.
represented III his proceeding b,
his attorney. 1t was then show
that the return Of votes, as mad
by the Commissioners of Election
and the Returning Board. wa
utterly false.
The Returning Board declares
} the result as 2O7O for Darral ant
. 1913 for iAcklen. Whereas, tn
true vote was /: Acklen 1893, Da
rail- 1858, blank 40. Showing
majority for Acklen i'll the paris
Of 342 and in the district of "a
instead Of a majority for Darral
There were in addition to this
frauds committed by the Radical
i'll Lafourche aud Iberia, bu
= these, Mr.. Acklen has not care
to investigate, since he is able t
let these frauds count agains
him and yet show himself cleo
ted in fact, he fully proves hi
case in Iberville alone, and need
no outside testimony. The test
mony he has taken in the case
full and thorough, aud comes, tC
the most part, from Republica
+; witnesses; it will prove ampl
t sufficient, we have no donbt, i
:. convince Congress that Mr.. Ac
Y len and not Mr.. Darrall was ele
IT ted to represent the Third Co
+; g%ressiOnal District of L~ouisian
"A friend has sent us I cor
:, of the Democratic Waterman pu'