The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-16

his opponents had received q greater number
| of legal votes for election to said office thai
was really received by them, and that In sale
third ward every registered voter Is returned
as having voted, when In fact there were
many persons absent, sick, unable to vote
| from other causes, and others neglected SO tt
vote, and that the count and return of the
| votes were made in secret In all the polls OF
| said ward, with closed doors, and without
allowing citizens to witness the Same, and oil
one poll the count was delayed and continued
| for fraudulent purposes until seventy-fo,ll
hours after the close of the election, until
which time no return was made nor the ballot
box conveyed to the office Of the civil sheriff
That at poll No. u. u. Duffy acted as com
missioner, and at poll No. 6 II. Atkinson acted
as clerk, and at poll No. 8 Remy CLARK acted
rs commissioner. and at poll No. 8 VIM. Kane
acted as commissioner; and that all said por-
sons had been actively engaged during regis
tration IN obtaining fraudulent papers; and
Remy Clark and William Kane acted during
said registration as officers Of registration
and had issued most of the fraudulent regis
tration papers In said wards as herepbefore
alleged.
That in the fourth ward, at poll No. /, a
certain number of persons fradudulently
registered and voted for the Democratic
Conservative ticket and candidates, and in
the names of persons who had no existence or
residence in said precinct four, and that the
counting of the votes and statement OF votes
Il.
contrary to law; and that at poll No. 5, in
said fourth ward, a certain Commissioner
caused an outsider to call the votes, and that
the Same were falsely called; and that at Poll
No. 7, in said fourth ward, nine certain illegal
votes were challenged and that the same
were received for tho candidates of the Dem
ocratic-COnservative party upon affidavts.
which al1idavlts were destroyed during tho
counting Of the votes, and were not filed with
the returns, as required by law; and that at
certain omissions and violations of the law
on the part of the officers and other persons
which made it falsely appear that this petit
TONER had not received the number of votes
to which petitioner was rlghtfully entitled,
and caused it falsely to appear that the oppo-
nents Of your petitioner had received 81
greater number Of legal ballots than they
actually received.
That in the fifth ward, at poll No. 1, and
certain other polls. q certain person having
In his possession forty false certificates voted
Or caused to be voted for the candidates Of
the Democratic-C conservative party certain
tickets, by means Of said false certificates,
and that at poll No. 2 and certain other polls
In said fifth ward, 9 certain person, having in
his possession 1G2 illegal certificates, voted or
caused to 10 voted 1G2 tickets for himself ard
the other candidates Of his said party. and
that ut poll No 7, fifth ward. certain commits
sioners Cook tickets bearing the name of pc
ttioner and the other candidates of the Citi-
the consent OF the voter, erased the name of
petitioner any others thereon and substituted
different names instead; and at polls Nos. /,
&, 5, 4, 5, 6 and 7. in said fifth ward there were
similar violations Of law.
That ut polls Nos. ], and 8, in the sixth
ward. u large number Of electors who offered
to vote the tickets upon which wore the names
of your petitioner and other candidates Of the
Citizens Conservative Association, were ille-
gally deprived Of the right Of voting, and that
liz, h.r. q ,,IE IN,
number of votes for the Democratic Conserva-
tive candidates were received upon false Ger
titicates, and that OF polls Nos. /, 2 and 4, the
commissioners made certain untrue tally
sheets and statements OF votes, causing 1t
falsely to appear that this petitioner received
q less number Of votes than were actually cast
for him, and to falsely appear that his Oppo-
nents for said office received q greater num-
Der of votes than were actually legally voted
for Them and that at poll Nos. /, and the
In secret, with closed doors, and that the
Of the votes therein cast Is untrue.
That in the seventh ward, at poll No. /, q
large number OF fraudulent votes for the can
Cidates Of the Democratic Conservative parry
were cast, counted and returned, after the
closing of the election, and that at poll No. 4
NO poll list WAS kept, as required by law, but
that q poll list was subsequently made up.
and that ten names of voters and ten ballots
for the candidates OF the Democratic-COnser-
vative party were added by certain COM
missioner. contrary to law; and that certain
ballots for petitioner were illegally refused,
and the commissioners refused to receive the
requisite af1idavits of registered electors Ic-
gally entitled to vote, who offered to vote for
petitioner; and at poll No. the officers at
times left the polling places, and left the
boxes and ballots in charge Of certain unof1-
cial persons, adherents of tho Democratic
were dsregarded in favor Of the candidates of
SAID Democratic Conservative party; and
that al polls Nos. g. 4, 5, and similar violas
tons of the law were practiGed
That in the eighth ward, at poll No. 3, the
names OF candidates were falsely called from
the tickets and the returns were untrue, and
q certain ono OF the commissioners refused,
therefore, to alIix his signature thereto: and
that at poll No. g. in said ward five and more
false certificates were voted upon for the OPP
dates of the Democratic Conservative party,
and that the counting Of the votes was made
in secret, and citizens denied the right to wit
ness the same, and at polls No. /, 4 and 5 Ger
tain fraudulent votes We're cast, and the state
ments OF votes are untrue and there were
various violations OF law to the prejudice OF
your petitioner.
That in the ninth ward at polls Nos 1, 2, 6
md 7 q large number Of illegal votes for the
opponents of petitioner and other DemOcratic-
candidates was received and at
the counting OF the votes the citizens were
excluded except q few adherents of said Dem
Conservative party, contrary to law.
That in the tenth ward, at poll No. /, there
was no representative Of any but the Demo-
lcratiC- Conservative party present in the poll
here was a large number Of fraudulent votes
received for the opponent Of your petitioner
or said office, and other candidates of the
Conservative party and that at
POLLS Nos. ], 2. 4, and great number of
registered electors entitled to vote and offer
ng to vote for this petitioner and other cam
lidatcs on the same tickets were refused the
light to vote; and that at polls Nos. /, 3, 4, 6
md 8 the statement Of the votes was not
Inc true statement of the votes received for
his petitioner, and that at said poll No only
wo hundred and fifty-three voters voted, |
md that three hundred and thirty eight |
,otes were taken from said box, and that |
lfter the counting Of the votes the delivery
II the box to the civil sheriff was delayed
more than six hours, and that the statement |
IT votes at said poll is untrue and fraudulent, |
o the prejudice of this petitioner.
That III the eleventh ward, at poll No. 3. |
here was false and fraudulent calling, count |
md tallyng of the votes; that certain par
les were permitted to vote for the Democrat
conservative ticket, who the commission
rs well knew were not entitled to vote; that |
It poll No. 7 Of said ward certain person, |
Ineligible under the law, was appointed and
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