, 1879-04-04
BULLD0ZlNG.

Mob Law In Lonisa"na-tto" Democrats
Garry Elections, Ions. and 1'"" 1''s 1fe''
,ra.atnoton cnrrt,ponapnte Ns,n rark 7,mes.
A private letter hero from q resident In 1.ous-
Ian, fa.cr,,,s. ti,c manner In which tho recent
n,aa,,as ~. ,.,",.ta. n ,1o Constttu,tonnt
~. b, The Democrats In
St. iiclena Parish. this Information has peculiar
tntcrc.t A. ,hi. Time. when tic Democrats in
cora,o,. ~. .,r;vlr, ,,v Tevo,nttonary methods
a'u ~ e,s - nros,.,"n, fcr thc nro
Inn NJ c,cc,ou. Mt which Representatives In Con.
ore.. on,, presidential Eector. nro chosen. The
k.sas ~" a,,,nsa -" .a.. ~, ~. ,s,,or.
"0nAtsrc'l Is an cleetlonwas held Ito Loui.la,1a
for delegates to tile April Convention. In st'
llelcnn Perish, William Breed Kemp, Z ,n;', ,na'nse,
md e19uugS Of Tue parish Tas .,e & naI'onn1 W IN
Is about equal to tc Democrats. supported htin
eolhlay. lln was thoroughly known sliia hlQliy
esteemed, and no doubt wa cntettane9 1,' ~ ~
hts Success. There was no MastinstlVeg !tcpuu.
lican ticket ~ t!e ilc'a. lhc Wy noiole w
election Tic following nltlcc, prlnIca i" 'atse
type, was posted throughout tic parish:
'. Democrats, Railyi You hts hereby inLornaea
thnt letter has bgcn Intercepted and piot uls'
covered chewing hst tn nesto icy To,ets nasn
WE on ,oFr nrena;s +" neScnu vnur T,rhta Ut
~ ns,fot ~. pEaiIow clzenr snn were wro1,rcl
and nuttsrc.l in the Int uieci,tn; will the willis
yutcre Of this parish bc men, md defend taett
Rights In this =
"Thc next morning a. o'clock tho Green's
bure poli nt tl,c Cours-IIo was opcnctl nn,l
0uict continued III about 10 Il. m.. at which
time Il was evident that the National ticket WAS
| farrely ahead. TIlcreupon mob, whose rifles
were stacked tn fhe Coirt.fosc, crowded ,1pon
lie nol. md. dcsnite liz orders OF Sheriff Pier.
sou, d Gruonbacker. 1uaseel largo force within
| tic ruofn, The Sheriff, finding himself power
| icss. went outside tic crowd, an.l live min.
utes later, on attempting to return to tho
| poll, ,Yns denied admission by the mob.
in Tho meantime Kiuct, Htrickil,d, DEM
| ocrattc lnclnber 0f Tic Parish Folicc
.Ji1ry. nut brass knuckIes on each hand. cried,
| tIInll the fort. bpysr md then proclnmcd ut
| hoth doora III tho Court.nouEc ttut no more
! votes. cxccpt Dcmocratfc, should 10 into the
box, Tho Sheriff, Judge Keulp, and Ills National
fr]ends then retired. giving IN tho atrucg9c.
Soon attcr Leo began to ,irec Judge Kemp to
| hit Kemf, refused 10 70 until a shot Was fired
ot him from window Of tho Court-Ilous lie
then decided To tlepart a3 q measure OF safety.
| TlIn Democratic majority returned from tho
(ircon,burr t,o,I was r.
HThc poster nbove uuotcd Ind its effect also
nj f}ariinptun. Ward No. 1. of tho same pArtsh
| At tint ward the hox was seized and broken tt
nnatcd. Later in the day they concluded ie
hnlI nm election. the box wa, patchcd I'D, Com
miesloners wcro selected by Tic bulldozcrs,-
| thr rnrt,inr f,nmmisstnncrs rnfusnr 10 seryc,-
nml thrty.snynn vo;ra were Boiled, Tlics,
rnfna war;, iii nnmncratic. Tbn wnrll was tn
stronacst Rrn,,bIi,un ward In the parish, md II
1H7t, gnyc Il,tIre Kcmn majority OF over eco. >
4 letter received frdm nnother correspondent
thus describes tho treatment OF tho w,tncssc
| ". t1,1n