The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-09-06

/ LHC lOIlON lily ID HUH Ullo AlllC1u
natl Enquirer's report of an inter
view with General Jewett. secretary
of the Louisiana republican commit
tee:
Gen. .JeWett is q carpet Dagger, he
says. That is, he was a northern sol.
der. from Massachusetts, who went
south after the close of the war. He
has been there seven years, and in.
tends to stay. He has been republi-
can ever since the war. though during
that epoch he was a war democrat.
He how considers himself quite as
good Il republican as John Sherman,
or Murat Ialstead, or 10. Medill.
neither of whom shouldered their
muskets, and went out to fight for
their country. He believes in the
doctrine of the republican party, and
did his share of the work towards the
election of Hayes and Packard. par
ticularly the latter. whom he dosen' t
like personally, but who represents,
in his mind, the best phase of repub-
licanism, us it has grown up in the
southern states.
With this brief Introduction of
General .JeWett, we will proceed TO
let him talk:
Il come up here he said. ito take
Il look at the campaign In Ohio. |
may make some speeches before | go
back hOme-that is. if | can see Il
place where | can do some good-say
somewhere in the reserve. may be.
where our old friend Garfield, and
our old friend John Sherman. are
looking for big returns :
Have YOU seen Wells and Ander-
son latelyI' was the first inquiry.
They are in town, OF were yesterday.
ut least.
" es. they were yesterday, and to-
day, | believe. They are looking out
for Sherman. They want to see him.
They have some business ON hand for
John.
is that so. What kind of business
could they have with John. now"
He knows well enough what it is.
They'd have met him at Mansfield
the other night when he made his
speech there. only they didn't get
here soon enough. That was what
they intended to do when they left
home"
Something about the vote of Louis
lana. which those eminent statemen
went down to see counted =
" es that's it. There was bar
gain between them. and they mean to
see that its carried out. too. That
what they came up here to look af-
ter"
Then the bargain hasn't been
lived up to!''
Il notice." said the general, mus
ingly. THAT Packard isn't governor
any more. Now, what was Packard S
status in the Louisiana business! He
received more votes than Mr.. Hayes,
more votes than Mr.. Hayes electors
| was secretary republican state COM
mittee. and helped to 90 over the fig
ures of the election. But first | must
tell you that we have different mode
of counting our votes down there
from that followed by you here III the
north.
Yes. | have been led to believe
that. from what | have seen and read
during the last six or eight months.
AZ very different PLAN he went on
to say. I'VE have law that provides
for certain supervisors of an election.
and certain other officers-but YOU
must bear in mind that our laws draw
the line that a simple ballot is not an
expression of voters preference un-
less it is certain that it is done volun-
tarily and without coertion on the
part of any body else. To ascertain
if that be the case is the function of
our returning board. They decide
what are legal votes and what are not
legal. 1t they are not legal. its the
duty of these officers to make their
protest within day of the closing of
the polls
Yes. so I've understood: and the
illegal votes are the democratic votes
generally
The general appeared to take no no.
tiee of this remark, but went on to
say:
Now. when the notes were cast last
fall for governor and president. there
were some parishes where the super
visors of elections made their pro-
tests that the votes had not been cast
legally-that is to say that coercion
had been used-and others where they
did not. Now. happened to be in a
position where I was allowed to keep
an account of those votes. and I hap
pened to know that by them Mr.. Pack
ard was elected and four of Mr.. Hayes
electors also. The other four electors,
who had the majority, were for Mr.: