The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-03
ANDERSON'S A ARRIV AL.
WHAT HE HAS TO say Aposfr THE
ELECTION ~ ST. LANDRY.

Gen. ThGf. O. Anderson. px-Iinutpnant Of the
Returning Board and present special deputy
collector OF the port reached the city yesterday
morning. During The forenoon he visited the
Custom House. whore he received an ovation
from n faithful band Of a1herents. and also
held an interview with Collector Smith.
In tho evening reporter of the DEMOCRAT
called upon him at his rooms on Ram part street.
and WIS fortunate enough to find him In and
disengags1.
Gen. ANDERSON was looking remarkably we'll.
and seemed In the best possible spirits.
The flrst topic OF conversation touched upon
was the eondition OF the crops. and Gen. Ander-
son stated no crops were fine and trge In st.
Landry. In some instances ths cotton was go
luEurant. as to make It imp ssible In gather IL.
What about the elections 2" asked the re-
Wei, although was candidate for the state
Senate from st. Landry. didn't get there until
after the election. arriving on the eighth
We're there any bnlldozluR affairs there"
oh no. everything was quiet and peaoeable.
There was no necessity for sarh things. The
Democrats had everything IN their own hands,
and they counted the votes 10 suit themselves"
this point Ok. Congressman Frank MoreV
and his brother we're announced and entered
the room, and subsequently Y Mr.. Desmarais, the
late candidate for the Legislature from st, Lam
dry came in.
The conversation now became general. the
sole topic being tho election in st. Landry.
ITO give IN idea of how the thing was man
aged" remarked Gen, Anderson, II will take
the cass Of the Washington poll. In this town
usually sbOut 300 votes are cast. The voting
place ~ tho last election WIS in an attic, access
to which could only be had by mounting 9afs
dor. Only ono man con d Saeerd at a tIn[5
and y. I'll he pot throuRa voting md dkM
gcended the stops no ono could NOUN
up. Then when announcer gave MS Ilslnl7
the clerk would search ths lists looki61
nj the wrong letter invariably. md faally afe<E
much delay the name would be fOuud. Neae&Y
every voter was asked senseiess and useless
questions, and every greteyt was seized upon
successful that ut the close u tho election only
about 400 votes had beeu east. The G. nmission-
eis declined 70 cpuutth9 votes that night. and
tho ballot box was handed over to tho deputy
sheriff Tho begt dHy tho da uty sheriff took
tho box to Opelousaa, and then announced be
had lost Tho key, q fact necessitating return
to Washington. Whom the votes we've counted
had only a majority ri forty. and that In q
place where get 800 majority II $50. Az other
upper Bayou Beeuf, tho votes were similarly
tampered with
Al upper y you BTaf." remarked Mr.. Des-
marais, ten moro votes Wer@ counted than
were cast"
The negroes on my plantation. resumed
lous as and ionr from Washington, were duly
registered in Opelousds. When tbs day OF cleo
tion came they went first to Washington 70 vote.
is ration list. They then went TO 0psousas
and we're greete with the same announcement.
Finally my son, who me-, met them at Opelousas.
polling place 10 my plantation. But their names
could not be found on the list, and they we're
unabls TO vote.
AT ons place when the votes we're being
counted. the tally sheet had the names Of cer-
tain candidates On them, and II ballot In favor
of a man whose name was not on ths tally sheet
was found 1t was at once thrown away and not
counted"
Various other instances we're cited TO prove
the Republican candidates had been counted
Was there any Ill feeling over the affairY1 ~
None at sf. Everybody 81 emed 10 think II q
GOOD galH-HnTp "A SLIGHT fUiukEa
was observable In the spsakers eys-"and
don't think they were far wrong, 1t was only
paying us back In our own coin. Why, 10 $50
us all together In he coffee houses, you couldn't
Imagine that they had cheated us out OF our
election."
The reporter theS9 inquired about the ru-
mored changes in th8 Custom House
haze beon away 0 long don't know what's
going on. hnt don't suppose thctc will be any
change You conduit get u hhndsomer man
thaa Morris Marks for collector Of internal ey-
enuA ~ d Hahn while q little SLOW In getting
around h steady enough for mint superlr-
tenlent As for JACK Wharton he couId talk
tho list. j would like ~ know where a moro
amiahe man than George L. Smith IL 10 be
fo1ndY' Or
Perhaps he's too amlable, !" suggested the re-
porter.
This remark seemed - strike the audience as
being peculiarly apuroDflate. and general
laugh was the respit,
General, what about the money sent you By
tho Repub ican Congressional COMMITTEES r.
i only wish they had gent some il would
have been very agreeable. But they didn't send
any, and ! have q liter from Mr. GOrham,
stating L would be impossible for him TO sup
ply us. Mr. Dumont can verify thi5 statement"