The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-11


Was verified aud confirmed 1y the result
81 last Tuesdays contest. The following
tabular statement tells the tale:
Parishes Kellogg Acken. Beattie
Ascension, 0l 454 IT'S
Assumption, .........,. 17N 5s7 1s7
cameron ihan;a $1,000. ,,ao Ia sa y
lDeLXllle, LIDS sSss.- Oh III
Lar ette. z35s FJ 80
I1afotlfnhe, $40 1000 1854
st. MsEtln, y.6 64S y
st. Mafy,. .zIIa 1el S66
Ierrebonne, ..=......... l464 lJi7 1873
VeTmlHon. 1zo ~ I'D ~
sst Aotai. AsOoO oo7lt 4NNo
L Kellogg's majority over Acklen, 47l2; over
Beattle, 7615; over both, 674.
The offici;, figures rs compiled from
the returns of the Returning Officers will
| vary slightly from the foregoing, as one
poll i'll Ascension and four in Assumption
| were not properly returned by the Com
missioners of Election. Il, Ascension the
failure was due to inexperienced, bui the
| Assumption affair seems to have bee, u
deliberate conspiracy I" deprive the Re
| publican candidate. of Il greater part of
til. unprecedented vote he received in
1.that parish. The four excluded boxes
contained 9l7 votes for Kellogg. 218 for
Acklen and 60 for B-attie, and the Ascen :
sol box had "a for Kellogg, 10 for Ack-
lem and "a for Beattie. Taking these
| votes from the totals given above, KEEL
logg has 1912, Acklen 6713, Beattie
1913; Kefosy's majority over Acklen,
4029; over Bcattie, G769; over both, 56.
| III 1880 the total vote of the district
was p ,346, of which Darrall, the Repub-
lean candidate, received 1851, aud Bill
lin, Democrat, 1895. Comparing Darralls
vote with that Of Kellogg, we find that
the latter, with a boiling candidate from
his own party in the field, has fallen only
1868 behind the unite, Republican vote
! Of two years ago, and actually pulled
more votes than Darrall in five of the
parishes-Assumption Calcasieu, Lafl-
yette, st. Mary and Vermilion; while in
Iberia he came within Of Darrall, and
i'll ST. Martin 4.
But a still more interesting and signif-
icant comparison is that between the
vote for Billiu in 1880 and Acklen III
1882. The vote for Billiu, by parishes,
was as follows:
Ascension, ........ AIS Lafayette, ...... SO
Assumption, 796 Lafourche, 141s
c anartan i is g. g. M Marin S. s.!
Iberia, ;........... 5B Ierrebonne, 1o0a
Iberviile, ......... ISL Versniion, ........ SIS
Contrasting this with the vote Of Mr.
Acklen we fnd that the latter gained &c
in Ascension, 121 in Galcasieu, Is in Cam.
eron, ITO III Lafayette, % in ST. Martin
43 in Terrebonne aud 66 in VermIion-
total gain, 491 votes; losing 1893 in As
sumption, 81 in Iberia, 397 in Iberville
AIS in Lafourche and 800 in St. Mary
total loss, l345; net loss, 854.
/ The weakness of lIr. Billiu as a cantli
date was generally recognized before TIT
closr OF bis campai gu, and his ovcrwhelui
ing defeat at the polls verified the es,i
mate placed on his popularity but Mr.
Acklen falls nearly Il thousand short III
the vote l,o}iedb 10y t1r. Biifius- and ti1is n
Il contest where bitter dissensiuns in til.
Republican party afforded! ample pretex
upon which to base !. reasonable hup- u
| Demncraiic victory. Ii the face of tines.
! figures any claim thar the Dennciati.
candidate has been I'M ured by aiie..;,
frauds COMMITTEES: il behalf ut his sue
| cesstui Republican competitor must in
| stantiy appear To I'LL Intelligent minds as
1 Il very bald pre!e,,sc indeed. The cnntrn
| Of the election machinery was in Demo
cratic ltatt4s Republican, fftud wuHi,
have been very difficult ui accomplish
ment; ANA even if the Kellogg Vote has
been Increased by undue or corrupt in
tluences, it will scarcely be admitted tha
tho refusal of several thousand Demo
Gratis to vote for Acklen Was attributable
| to the same cause.
1 The fact is too latent to be concealed
| that the Democratic Candidate did no
command the general respect or unite,
support OF his own party, aud it il fntil
to attempt to hide this incontrovertibl
truth behind u veil either Of sophistry o
abnsc OF Republicans. Foisliny himsel
np", his party by planning for ana OBJ
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the election, and having II record tia,
invited attack and defied vinuicati0n, III
proved Il vcritab!e milestone attached t,
the neck of the Third District Denocr;.
cy and dragged it down to disaster an.
defeat. Had the Democrats indorse,
Judge Bratlie or placed in the field son
snch reputable gentleman RS Hon. Do,
Cati;ey of St. Mary, Jadgo T. S. Goode o
Tcrrebonne, Col. W. W. Pugh Of Assu.up
tion, Gen. J. L. Brent or Judge r. n Sim
of Ascension Il different result might hav,
been achieved, but under existent COZ,
dil;ons defeat MAS inevitable aud de-
served. w
We congratulate the people of the dis
trict and Of the State upon the election
Of Senator Kellogg to Congress, and con
hdeuiiy predict that his ability, expert
ence and influence will lie quite as poten
tial in defense and advancement of til,
common interests of orr people and sec
tinn rs those. of his most favored Demo
cratic colleague. Even though the Hons'