The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-24
THIS IS TILDEN'S FINAL ANSWER
TO THOSE WHO WISH HIM
PRESIDENT
The Texas Insurance Men Hold
An Important Meeting
at Galveston!
Ring Politics Create an EX-
citing MIDDLE in the
Crescent City!
And tile Republicans Are Billed
For a Jolly LOve-FeaSt
in Ohio TO-Dayi
LOUISIANA POLITICS.

Excitement in New Orleans Over the
Elections.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 22-On
April Is, Mayor Behan notified the
supervisor of registration, Mr.. Cavan-
&C, that in pursuance of the nineteenth
section of the city charter, making
it the duty of the mayor to ap-
point an inspector Of election
at each precinct in New
Orleans, such appointment would be
made, and officers so appointed would
be required to thoroughly inspect the
entire process of election from its in
ception to its close, and the counting
of votes. This morning the city in
spectors were excluded from the poll
ing booths throughout the
city. or where they had
gained admission they were forcibly
elected by deputy sheriffs. They en-
tered protests and reported the action
to the mayor, who made an effort to
have some of them re-lnstated by the
police, but the effort was finally
abandoned, the mayor declaring the
election without the presence of the
city inspectors illegal.
This evenings Picayune says: "At
the opening of the polls this morning
the commissioners Of election and
deputy sheriffs, representing the ring
party, with a unanimity which show
ed they had received specific instruc-
tions on the subject, either forclbly
elected or refused admittance
to Inspector Mage, and eject
certain commissioners appointed
by the registrar OF voters
in many precincts. Besides the regu-
lar democratic ticket and republican
state ticket voted here to-day, there
are three municipal tickets-the regu-
lar or ring democratic ticket, headed
by ]. Guillotte for mayor;I the indie
pendent democratic ticket, headed
by d. B. Penn for mayor,
and the citizens and parish
democratic ticket by W. j. Behan for
mayor. The two last named parties
were organized ostensibly In opposi-
tion to ring rule. Eight amendments
to the constitution are also voted upon.
The exclusion of the inspectors ap-
pointed by the mayor, and the CON-
missioners appointed by Cavanac,
supervisor of registration on
behalf of the citizens and par
ish democracy for the polling
rooms, is the all-absorbing subject of
conversation tonight. When this
action was first made known, L. c.
Levy. chairman, addressed a COM
to the state register (Ca-
vanac) saying: Il have the honor to
invite your attention to the fact Of
the commissioner appointed by you.
one at each poll in behalf of the
citizens and parish democracy of this
city, having been in wanton violation
of law, and in prejudice to the rights
of thousands of voters, debarred or
violently elected from the polls to
which they were severally assigned.
The matter is of such grave moment,
and so deliberately in the interest OF
fraud upon our people, and
involves such serious infractions
of the provisions of the law,
pertaining to elections, that am con-
strained to call upon you Immediately
to exercise such powers as are lodged
IN your hands, and acquaint me with
YOUR purposes in the premises, and
what assistance, if any, is desired by
YOU, If this committee can contrl-
butte. in the interest of an honest vote,
any assistance to you 1t shall do so.
Would it not, perhaps be well for you.
as an officer, if you consider yourself
without power to afford remedy, to
call upon the government of the state
to maintain you in the exercise of
your authority?" Cavanac, in reply,
stated he had no authority in the
premises; shat his duties ended with the
registration of voters, the appointment
of commissioners and clerks of cleo
ton, and the delivering of the list of
voters to the sheriff or proper return
ing officer. He, therefore, declined to
take any action in the premises.
The Times Democrats special from
Baton Rouge says the election passed
off quietly. The probabilities are that
the vote will be close on the state and
parish tickets.
The Picayune's Baton Rouge spe-
cial says the Fisher-Bates parish
ticket is elected by probably five of a
majority. 1t is said McEnery. will
lose the parish. The isher-Bates!wing
is mainly composed of that element
of democracy opposed to McEnery.
At Monroe there is no opposition to
the democratic ticket, and not over
half the regular vote is polled. There
is no telling the result of the cleo
=