The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-06
TIE PARISH ELECTION.
INCIDENTS AND PRsOCEHGDHNezs-THHs
PROBABLE REsULT.
Taking 1t all In all, yesterdays election was

TAKING IL all III I'LL, YeSbeIuhE = tLooptoh "tN'
probably as
QUIET AND PEACBABLE
o. one M has ever been held In this city.
Atseyeral of the polls there were the usual
personal difficulties and attendant excitement
but at no one of them did disturbance OF q
serious or general nature occur.
There were five or six tickets In the Held In
several wards, but the fight in each and every
1tasA hetWeen the Citizens Conservative
Association candidates. the National nominees
and the Democratic Conservative ticket. the
others not being poled as whole or even az
scratched ballots, and catching votes only now
and then for individuals on personal grounds.
IT was expected that the Citizens Conserva-
tive Association would
EXECUTE THE CUSTOM HOUSE WARRANTS
which they had obtained from the Nationals,
and there were many predictions rs TO the re-
suits and consequences which would follow Or
be attendant on the arrests. However, the war
rants were not served, and only twenty-l five or
thirty arrests by the United States deputy mar
shals were made. and they were on processes
obtained during the day from United States
Commissioner Lane.
There was, however. n serious and deter
mined effort made by some Interested parties to
have tho clerks and commissioners ut q number
of the polls taken In charge. but 1t did not sue
coed. AZ the United States commissioners, while
perfsctly willing TO receive charges, did not feel
authorized to cause the apprehension OF the
parties accused, as by 80 doing they would In
terfere with the election.
THE GAME
briefly stated, was this: During tho revision OF
the registration rolls, Just previous to their be-
ing turned over to Sheriff Handy. number of
names wero erased. Whom parties whose names
were taken off the lists came to the polls and
presented their tickets and registration papers.
their right to deposit the former In the ballot
box and their right to the possession Of the lat
ter was questioned, When, after tho usual dis
CUSTOM these individuals retired, they were
instructed by these Same Interested parties to
proceed to the office OF Registrar OF Voters
Landry and demand u change In their papers
A large number of them did go TO Mr.. Ian
dry office, and were by him Informed that he
could not make any change that his books were
closed by authority Of Inv until after the cleo
ton that they had to and did compare with the
poll lists.
Then the most ignorant of these would be
voters holding the papers objected to, wore dt-
rectef to the Custom House, and to tho Offices
OF the several United States Commissioners
located therein. Each of Thorn WIS provided
name and alleged residence, and each Of them
told tho Same story You 500 Mr. judge
Uho statement of an old colored man Is taken ae
n sample of all made), You see Mr.
Judge. I don't know how to read and
so | took dis paper with dc number o]
of my domicile residence on 1t and gnve it tc
de gemman what gives out do registration
| pnpers and he done went and made mistake
and got down de wrong number. lives Mt i2s
md dey has got it $685. and whom goes to dc
pol box to vote ley won't let me do 1t, and
wants dem taken in"
A significant fact is that each one Of these ap
| plicants for warrants had their name ant
| alleged address writ n on the same Kind O
| nnper-conree heavy brown wrapping paper
| and that they each had IL pinned to their cor
| tiff 'ates Of registration.
| There was still another effort made to secure
! the
TIES.
and if the action suggested had been take1
there is no predicting what would have beer
the result. ~
States mnrshals in the fifteenth ward clai mef
tho right to nter the polling places and de
| mandei admission to Thorn. Their demand wa
refused by the commissioner, and they applie'
70 Chief Deputy Wurzburger acting n place 0
Marshal Wharton. for iustrutio ns. Mr. Wurz
burger communchted VIII I'll thn n9smoerat'G
the matter aud that body through an author
lied Representatives, white denying that tn
deputies had q, right to enter the polling places
instructed their representatives not to object
| provided thut their presence I'D not Interfere
with the work of receiving the ballots.
nftee et ward has not transpired but last nigh
tho same comp amt was made from several o
tho other wards, and Chief Deputy Wurzburge
and compel the admission Of his su,bordnate.a
He whi,o contending that they had undor tn
law right Of ingross, and egress to and from tn
polling places. declined to use force fer tn
| purpose of enforcing 1t, MS he fenred that
would eliminate In u serious Disturbance. lie
however,, Informed his dissntsiied nssstan'
that If they would mako affdavltS against tn
pa ties who had denied Thorn admission h
would SEQ that tho warrants wero executed; hu
at he same time advised that tho making OF tn
atfdavts be delayed until to-day.
Tho beadqunrters Of the Ctizens' party Wer
kept open up to late hour yesterday, not 10
the holding Of any meeting but 1T for tho PR
pose of receiving reports OF the scouts OF tn
association from the different polls.
From what could b elected of several YER
uncommunicatiye members it Is pretty rertal
} winning, or, tfgurativey speaking, they WI
have it in the mock.
) The Citizens were busy last night IN pr,epaf
ing many nffiuavits against alleged fraudulen
voters and against all the Democratic commits
soners of election notary was up in thei
story meeting room draTing pr2tet
etc, to tho detriment of their party even befor
the whole result is known. But the Citizen
prepare their ba teries In advance 50 as to
J ready early to-day to make their opposition.
THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION
is estimated by prominent and deeply Interest
= ed politicians aS follows: ~
Democratic Conservative vote $4,000. Citizens
Associa ion vote 5000, National vote 5000. float
ing 1000 Total vote $4,000.
The fact that there was ns1derable scratch
ing was generally commented on yesterday
aud there were many predictions rs to Wh
would suffer The Nationals and the Citizen
were confident that they had run in several {
their mon and the Democrats were Statistic
that both parties were mistaken and were happ
over the belief that the Nationals and the Cit
zens ia their calculations omitted or counte
for themselves those ballots which were doc
, tored 1t is said that at a very early hour in tn
morning the Democratic workers were at tn
polls aud secured a number Of oppositio
tickets; that they pasted over them the Demo
cratic ticket, leaving exposed. however. the Oh
position heads, and that they during the .da
PLAYED sharp. and worked them off for straigh
= Cifizens straight National. etc.
Up to an early hour this morning the follow
ing
RETURNS
we're made to the civil sheriff and the clerk {
the superior Criminal Court:
| THIRD WARD-ELEYENTH PRECINCT.