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

fused and denied their rights to vote for other
tickets, Notwithstanding they exhibited their
registration papers and offered to make, and
| in many cases did make the requisite affida-
Wit to said right. That at poll No. 2 of said
ward qualified electors were denied their
right to vote in many instances notwithstand-
| ing their registration certificates were ex-
hibited and the requisite affidavit to said
right was rendered; that fraudulent and lille
gal votes were received and counted, and
that the poll list was Improperly and ille-
gaIly made out and signed, and other frauds
! and irregularities committed
| That at poll No. 1, Of ward sixteen, many
qallfled electors. were refused the right to
| veto, and many fraudulent votes were cast
that the United States supervisor at said
poK was prevented, by intimidation and
| otherwise, from performing his duties. and
| that the counting of the votes cast at said poll
was conducted In q most Fraudulent irregu-
| lar and illegal manner.
! That In wards twelve, thirteen and fifteen
| and at each poll in said wards many certain
| qualified electors were il egaly deprived Of
and denied their right to vote, notwithstand-
| ing they exhibited their registration certlfl-
Gates and the requisite affidavit to their said
right
That many certain names were falsely and
fraudulently registered upon the registration
books OF said wards and many other certain
names were fraudulently aud illegally stiick-
en- from said books; that many certain ile-
gal and fraudulent votes were cast at the
said polls in said wards, and received and
counted and returned by the commissioners
thereat, and that many other Irregularities
aud frauds were committed by said COMMITS
sioners at said polls in said wards, as will be
shown upon the trial Of this case
That at poll No. 2 Of ward fifteen the com
missioners, during the counting Of the votes,
ftnudulentty changed fifty votes cast, nb-
stracting fifty ballots or tickets cast for the
candidates OF the Citizens Association and
substituting therefor fifty tickets Of the Dom
ocratic- Conservative party, and SO counted
and returned them.
That ct poll No /, Of ward seventeen. the
like Irregularities, frauds and lIegalities as
are above alleged In wards twelve, thirteen
and fourteen were enacted, Petitioner alleges,
specially that at each and every poll in each
ward IN the parish Of Orleans, at and during
said election, many qualified electors were re-
fused. denied and deprived of their right OF
suffrage, Illegally and fraudulontly, ny the
commissioners in charge Of said polls, not
withdrawing the said electors exhibited their
registration certificates, and made, or offered
to make, the oath required by law in such
case and that In almost every instance of
such refusal tho said electors were colored
persons whom the said commissioners al said
polls knew, or had every reason to suspect
and believe, would have voted for candidates
other than those upon the ticket Of the Demo
Conservative party,
Petitioner further alleges that upon the
lists of registered voters at each and every
every name stricken therefrom are the names
Of persons who, 1t was believed or supposed
by those who struck them off, would vote for
other candidates than those upon the Demo-
cratic Conservative ticket.
Petitioner further alleges that by means of
the several frauds, illegalities and i'll prac-
tices, as hereinbefore alleged, petitioner has
been deprived by the plurality in the count,
compilation and returns of the votes of the
city Of New Orleans, to which petitioner was
entitled, and that petitioner was truly elected
to tho aforesaid Office of Administrator of Po-
lice.
Petitioner alleges that inasmuch as ?.
NJ eallie Is about entering into said office, to
receive the emouments Of tho same, as well
as about proceeding on his induction to dis
charge the duties thereof, and among others
to take part in framing the budget of the city
for the ensuing year, to elect q city attorney,
city surveyor and secretary of the council as
well as to appoint the subordinate officers for
the carrying on of said department Of
police, all OF which acts will deprive petitioner
Of his legal rights, and thereby cause great
terests Of the plurality of voters by whom
petitioner was elected; that Injunction is
necessa y to restrain said P Meallie from en-
teripg into and taking possession of said
strain Robt Il. Diamond, the prsent incum-
bent from delivering up to said 7. Meallie
sail office, together with the archives
books and other property thereuntO pertain
lng, penulfls Ll1lS contest ana until the tInal
decision herein.
Wherefore, petitioner prays that said ?.
Meallie be cited to appear and answer this de-
mand, and after due proceedings had that
there be judgment decreeing petitioner, Adj
ministratOr Of Police, to have been elected
and entitled to the emOuments thereof and
that he be entitled to enter into tho possess
sion Of the same on filing the necessary oath
as required by law and that an Injunction do
issue, the annexed affidavit and bond being
considered, enjoining and restraining said Z.
Mealle from entering into possession of said
office and performing the functions thereof,
or in any way assuming to net as Admins
TRAITOR Of Police OF the city OF New Orleans,
and enjoining and restraing said Robt. E.
Diamond from yielding up or surreDdering,
or in any way giving the control of said office
unto ?. MeaIlie, and after due proceedings
that there be Judgment making said iDjlnc-
ton perpetual. and for costs and all general
and equitable relief, etc.
+. G. ZACHARIE,
j. A. FLANAGAN,
q. l., WALKER,
Of Counsel.
Col. Augustus Reichard and Z. r. Manning
the former contesting the office Of Admins
traitor Of Finance and the latter claiming the
Of Waterworks, entered suit,
alleging the same grounds of contest as VIM.
Pierce. Judge Rightor took the case under
pppsi 6prDfinD and will nffor tEo