National Republican., 1884-11-29
COUNTED OUT.
A story OF How Hon. w. p. Kellogg
Has Been Cheated Ont OF His Elec-
finn In Cnnurnsa.

Has Been Cheated Out OF His Elec-
tion to Congress.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 2S.-Evi-
dcnce has been obtained that on election
night, after it was tclographod from New
York that Cleveland had positively car
ried New York, New Jersey, and Con-
necticut. instructions were sent to return
ing officers to count Kellogg out and the
fact that two boxes were used-one for
the presidential vote, the other for the
congressional vote afforded special IA
ciity for doing this. This plot very
nearly mscarried, ns Kellogg polled q
much larger vote than the opposition ex-
pected. kellogg received nearly 5000
more votes this year than in 1889, nearly
all the large planters in the Teche country
voting for him. The returns we're held
back from Iberia parish, where the mas
sacre occurred just before election, result
ing in the killing, wounding, or impris-
onment Of most of the white and colored
republican leaders When it was discov-
cred tho next day that Kellogg was still
ahead by the returns from other parishes,
the returning officer of Iberia pariah, an
appointee of the governor, as are all re-
turning officers of this state, held back
the returns for two days, and then omitted
to return three large republican polls, and
included poll giving the democratic
ticket 2I0 votes and the republican ticket
no votes. This was a poll whore the re-
publicans have always had q majority.
The Iberia returns showed a majority
against Kellogg of nearly 600. This
parish Kellogg carried by over 700 ma
jority, and is the only parish in the dis.
trfn fnt xui har h,,f Ga al
to poll nearly 90 per cent. larger vote than
he did in 1882. Iberia is the parish whore
Fontelieu, the district judge, was declared
defeated last April by 4 box at Pigeon
bayou, sent two days after election to the
returning officer, containing l,4O0 votes
for his opponent and not one for him,
though at that poll there were not over
sixty voters, white and colored In
lberville parish SO votes for Kellogg
wero thrown out at one poll, where IL
was alleged that tho tickets were not
printed on water-lined paper, although
oil tickets were furnished by the secre-
tary of state. Over 800 votes were not
returned from other polls in the district
on similar grounds, and nearly 800 votes
at different polls in the district were not
returned because thoy were put in the
presidential box by mistake or otherwise.
luCluuiuR buo lDerlA TeCurnb rs naue, nov
including votes not returned for the
reasons above given, the face of the
returns showed u majority against kel-
logg of but little over 600. The state
canvassers hold that the face of the
returns can alone be considered, and
have refused to pay any attention to
the reports of the United States
supervisors. The tally sheets of eleven
out Of twenty polls in Calcasieu, a large
democratic parish next to the Texas line,
were not sworn to by the commissioners,
and in five of the polls the names Of COM
missoners were written in the same hand
writing. All these were included in the
returns Of that parish by the returning
officer. Two years ago the state anvass
Drs went behind the returns and threw
out, on technical grounds, nearly 5000 OF
Kellogg's votes. The universal belief on
all sides here is that Kellogg was shame.
fully counted out, and some of the demo
cratic managers openly admit and de-
nounce the outrage. No one believes
that if Blaine had been elected they would
have dared to have done this. The state
election officers here think they have per.
feet immunity from any prosecution fol
whstever they do, since the democratic
president is elected. Republican leaders
seem to be collecting evidence in order tc
perpetuate in some definite shape fol
future use o record of how the election
was carried here.