The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-04

whites.
THE FALsr CENSUS.
Thntthls WIS % fraudu'.ni return " tho num-
hcr ~ r0lor"d udu r. Wnurt loo, nnult'l. Tho
Fcd"rul census ol 1870. wli' .nul ur,ar n'an
questioned tor iis 90. urH"y. nif'' Oh" number
OF ADULTS ~ the ,wo RAJ % Z. 'i't ~. Z I.ut
cquul: und Hll tIr rlu4 ~ tut SNuuil nuvt
varied this rpltti1u had ul.rI'"i na was ~ 4i'd
by The Comm uAo %. the Fur .-ilir tn gross.
T9th,r for tho Increase oi tho whites than thn
or the ndut blacks in 'hc STATE. 2i3O0 wore
returned from tho parish at y beams alnrr
How utterly irnudul"nt tnis return WIS uri,'irs
from tho census its"lf which returned 81 G4l
men. women. ANA chI Iirt'n - fli- rutir 'o,urrd
population vt that city. wifi %. on tho u4uul pr,-
portion OF il,r' persons 10 cuch voter should
have given 1879 ~ the 'olor,d y,i'r- IN tNlt
parish. WhrrCus the CENSUS returned q 800 Rs
thu number oi adult malice in thut parish.
M such proportion Hs Mat pretended hv this
census .sv,r existed ID Lou ~ilnu or uu, other
81 the Untcl utre-n.t even IN tine romut"
leads to u large excess OF males beyond their
normal proportion.
THE FRAUDULENT FrdIsTRATIoN
Nevertheless the registration for 1876 wns
Conservatives pointed cut and niWlr proof NJ
0SOO cs's OF double or Vth"rw,-" falls" regis
trnton in NV Ori"Hns alon" But no corrrr-
tion was maize by Kellogg Officials IN thus re-
sppct. On tn" contrary. som" i've thousand
whites we're excluded iu properly. md the Re-
pubIirans went into the n at canvass with an
apparent hut false reg STRAIT ion pi over twenty
Two thousand more colUrod voters In the State
Kellogg had the appointment 81 the super.
visors Of registration aud IT their clerks aud
otnrr election officers. The law rcqur rcd tInt
the supervisors should reside In tre parishes
for which they wer" appointed. But TINS law
WIS dsrrgnr,ird. AID absolute strangers to the
parish. without churl tor or responsibility
mere political FEATURES. Ike And"r~Ou-wtrc
appointed IA SUPERVISORS Of some OF the most
important parishes. some twenty ~ the SUI
pervisurs " Registration held post .On~ I'm the
Custom House. Post ONCE. "r ponre force ot
New Orleans; several ui them we're under in
dictmeut. or fugitives from justice. In some
cnsrs the COMMISSIONS OF the rrE,strars and
their clerks were issued IN lHank and gwen 20
the R'Iuhllcan candidate Of the district to Ill in
hia own nppolntc"s.
From the nature oi tho offlro men NJ the bast
character should have been sele't"d to perform
it, duties. hut the effort seems instead To- have
been To- select IN. most pliant and drspicahir
political tools for the place. Nnnr but u n men
could have been expected To- carry out the in
etru"tions they received which, IN fleet, prone
iepd re 'Ognition and preierment rs the reward
OF success al fraud
ORGANIZED REPUBLICAN FRAUD.
These instru tons were issued by the Repub-
lican party. We give copy OF one OF them.
The italics are ours:
MEeaASics' lSsnrurE. Niw 0etIlEs,
70 sup-yi-,, Of R-g'srr,i,s Prri.h u r,,qDmh..
DkAs sra Itis well kn.wn TO M. cdinnntce. Jrnm
your parish is 500 aud the republican majority il
Y.u are expected 10 resi'er AMI vote the full strength
Your rec'rition ~ he rcSi State admlni.,rstion will
ss S yo viii SH5 S {@r ,g u a- me m,
s i sh S s ss b'" 1 ~ {9 g g' reaches
All local candida. aid comm, .,. r re,ci IN ala
you 70 ne umo.t IN .ht,iuins ui' result and every
REAL. a,is 70, MIN r,ila@ ri
OIos oil'Hsf you iorsiail o ~ earrb aHi e.He7oua
u j. NJ a JxwEfr. Secretary.
By"the Republican vote shown "hy the CEN
sus was meant the coured vote; AN N" III
rection 10y these party leaders 10 sworn on ciuls
TO register and 10 vote majority according 70
the census" and 70 r'turn Republican vote
equal 10 the number OF eoorei adults in the
phrlsh. when II wds well known "A large portion
OF that race had already abandoned the party
has. so far ms We are awar'. not been edualled
in infamy In nay State In the Union.
THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
But so II WIS thar Notwithstanding all these
preparations and frauis. the number NJ votes
actually Gust at the Election Of 1876 WAS 100 964
being the largest vote ever cast IN the State. And
exceeding 10y 1901 the number Of votes east nj
any previous election; and eN eeding in pro-
portion to the population the entire vote Of the
Union. And Tue returns, as n.nds and for
Returning Board. Disclosed n majority OF G4O5
for the Tildgn eicetoIs. and were unacroni.
panied by single PROTEST. EXCEPT one against
Republican fraud ia CuucordiH parish.
usURPATIoS BY THE RETURNING BOARD.
The Returning Board had. therefore. no law
ful power except ~ "anvas-. compile. md pro-
the law authoriz NJ the Returning Board II had
not contemplated their control over any re-
turn In "A cilse wh"r" NJ protest a sen panied Il.
Thcy had ATTEMPTED this IN 1874 md their
action had been declared 10y rOuImlttes Of this
House. composed Of Messrs. Honr. Wheeler
and Frye, to be- uninw nj: Upon this statute
we Rre all Clearly OF opinion" rnid these gen.
temen. that the Returning Board had no riEut
10 do anything except 10 canvass and cnnpilo
the returns which were lawfully made t. item
by the local officers. except 10 eHsss wh"r" Troy
were accompanied hy the cert ii.utr at the SUI
pervisor or commiss ion"r provided iu thot hird
section. In such CASTS tho lHst - ntenr. of that
section SLOWS thnt il was oyprcte,i thnt tho,
would ord lnarlly exercise the grave und a. ii-
cate duty OF investigating charges of rot. tn
mutt bribery. or corIWluon on a hearing OF the
have been meant That this Board. Of It's own
motion; sitting IN New Orrnns. at II Distance
from the place Of voting. ami without notice.
could decide the right oI persons claiming 10
be ele ted.
ton that Louisiana should Ice currinl lor thu
kapublicans. Hal the vote 81 tins SfUtr not
been necessary 10 elect a Republican President
the power that was assumed tn count L Tor
Hayes would not have breu usurp"d. Iut IL
was known that the men compus ing I'd" Board
were capable Ot ANYTHING thai WIS To- their IN
terest and that when n PLAZA was DEVISED hy
which they could usurp power successfully they
would use II.
ITS PARTISAN COMPOSITION.
II was therefore. from m" first given out
among tho politicians that the returns wer" Of
no consrqu"n'~. and that the Returning Bonrl
would count the State Tor Hayes. A~orIiue,y
when the board nss.uhlrd They began ly re-
fusing 70 MI "" vawn y ~ their number by a
b1m9nrat although the law provided The
Board should consist Of persons from all pnlt-
irnl parties, and sdt throughout n partisan
board. composed Of Rrpuhirans only; u non
compliance with m" luw which hud occurred
for n snort time in 1874 aud VS. cnndrmn.d iy
IT, Committee Of thr F.rty-th ri Congress.
In utter CONTEMPT d.. IN" law ana this opinion.
the boarl reiu,ciall appli.nt ons ~ ny a Dem
ocrnt into the Board. ANA then proceeded 10 st
IN Judgment upon th1 returns.
THE INTIMIDATION CHEAT.
A large portion If tho people Of iha United
States have come To believe tilHt su"n inumdn-
ton existed IN Louls an, as prevented a. fair
n"n99ln"h oyI"; nnI tnn' W nil33IdrI M
Rohrd, and this n'if In toe busl- uFuu VIII =