Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-25
LOUISIANA UP In ARMS.
BAYONETS VS.. BALLOTS AGAIN
THE BATTLE CRY.

| A Fight for the Twenty-frst District
| Judgeship the Casus Bella Majority
| of 900 Returned from Precinct Where
! There are but 90 Voters-Artillery Held
| in Readiness.
NEW ORLEANS, May 24.-The AdJutant
! General to-day ordered the Battalion of
the Washington Artillery and battalion
OF the Louisiana Artillery to hold them
| selves in readiness to move at a moments
notice to the scene of the trouble in New
Iberia. The military, however, has not
| yet been ordered to move. 1t is under
| stood that considerable excitement exists
| in New Iberia growing out of the con-
! test for the Judgeship Of the Twenty-hrst
| judicial district, between Mr.. Gates, VIII o
/ claims that he has been elected, and Mr..
! FOntellieu, the present incumbent. The
| Senate committee considering the petition
| and memorial of MIR. Gates last week, re-
| ported impeaching Mr.. Fontellieu, who is
! a Republican. Mr.. Gates, after-much de-
| lay and the manipulating of votes, was
! declared elected at the recent election. AS
| showing hows the result was brought
| about, Mr.. FOntellieu's friends claim that
in one precinct, known as Bayou Pigeon,
which at the date of the recent election
was overfowed, the election officers
Lidu6 uO pIOftblOn lOl al
| election, as no voting had
ever been done at that point, the 10
| or 20 voters residing in that section having
heretofore voted elsewhere. At the last
election however, they decided them
selves to hold an election and returned
nearly 900 votes from that precinct for
Mr.. Gates, thus electing him. Mr.. Fon-
| tellieu's friends have declared that they
will not allow Mr.. Gates to preside in the
District and tho Efafn nnfbnrifiDG hoUQ
determined to seat Mr.. Gates by force if
| necessary, consequently the State troops
aforementioned have been ordered to be
in readiness to move.
ALL QUIET AT THE SEAT OF WAR.
NEW ORLEANS, May "a, II P. MA
special from New Iberia says: sit seems
that the reports concerning the political
situation in this and st. Martins par
ishes have been very much exaggerated.
So far there has been no disturbance, eX-
cept few weeks ago when a crswd of
hoodlums, composed of Mr.. FOntellieu's
hackers, paraded the streets at night,
firing a cannon and pistols and making
threats that they would spill the last drop
of their blood in seating Mr.. FOntellieu.
For the past two weeks the city has been
quiet, but all sorts of rumOrS
are aflOat, one to the effect
that Mr.. Fontellieu is organizing the ne
gTOeB 10 ueleuu uiul anu uelp resist Iue
seating of Mr.. Gates. Exciting rumOrs
have run high for the past few days, the
cause of which is supposed to be the
forming of a military company in st.
Martins parish, where things are about
as here. An attempt was made yester-
day to burn the court house in st. Mar
tins parish, and caused some commOtiOn
and great deal of talk throughout both
parishes. Who the incendiary was, and
what his object in firing the court house
was, are unknown. Very little damage
was done. These rumOrs have greatly
damaged business in New Iberia. Coun-
try people are afraid to come to town.
They think that war is going on among
u.s."
TROOPS TO START TO-DAY.
NEW ORLEANS, May "a, II 80 P. M
A hundred men of the Washington Ar
tillery start tomorrow morning at II
O'Clock with one field piece and small
arms with orders to report at New Iberia
TO Judge Gates. Other troops are ordered
to be in readiness. Dispatches tonight
from New Iberia and st. Martins report
''absolute quiet' at these places. Com
munication by wire with Baton Rouge is
of fO r,ierhf