The Republican journal., 1888-04-26
The Louisiana Election.

10000. 10000. 50. 000-anything. in fat. The
Democrats see tit to make ii. Voters ~ not
needed under their system of carrying cleo
tion>. IL is only Necessary To PRINT enough
votes and place them in the ballot boxes before
or after the count begins. and then to let liei:l-
ocrat> do the counting. EN-Goy. armouth.
the Republican candidate for Governor. hi>
filled the Gubcrnatoria cG&fr Il LOUISIANA.
has long hetn Il resident Of the state. closely
identified with its business interests A. well as
it, politics. aud certainly ought 10 he familiar
with the situation and the people. lie thought
before the election that. through Democratic
d,sen>ions ais! disgust with thu free trade
policy Of the administration. there was an even
chance for Republican victory. Ih- oiimon
was shared by others, including a portion Il
the Democratic press, both in and out Of the
Sta:r. For example, The Capital. Of Washing
ton. ID. c.. a personal organ Of the fre>iient
said in its issue of April 18th:
ON TUESDAY next an election occurs in LOUIS
lana that viii have Il considerable influence
uron the feelings Of politicians Inc result
NAV also have an important bearing upon me
fate of candidates for President in November
next. The result Of a presidential election
once hung upon the decision of Louisiana
electors. 1t may do 50 a@lii. terlaihI! The
democratic party cannot afford to lose Il el@iil
votes: and Yet the best aAvcas from keen oh
server, are to the effect that Yarmouth. the
Republican candidate for governor. SfdntS q"
4ff4lleat chu3tce far Hectio.t. The election
machinery i, all in the hands OF hrH.ntry. the
present governor. who was defeated Tor re-
nomination in the Democratic convention ny
General Nichols. Ii is quite evident TO those
ln b., che
state that the Democrats fear trearhery. Many
persons expect that Yarmouth will hc counted
in as governor Willie ali the Democratic stale
ticket except governor will lee elected. Other
we-informed people, e'PTH I" >"f u'r FH'!~
PepuLIicGn tirAct Nfcted. such break IN
the solid south woui mean a great deal to
Republican politicians and somewhat 10 The
Democrats.
Yet the keen Observers" and the wei III
formed people are shown by the result 10
have been gricvou>ly at fault il their rredIe-
tion.. Why: We shall The pres II
Governor. McEnerv. is said to have X ri open
vacancy on the Supreme 'ehrii OF the state
to be filed by himself i'll the event of the cleo
ton OF Nichols. y Republican victory would
have given TIE appointment to Yarmouth.
Hence the menatin@ tone of speech mace at
Shreveport before the election. III which Me
Emery said: white propose no aggression
against the right Of any man. yet bci.r" this
government shall pass again under li:e doihl!i'-
ton Of ignorance and vice | would wrap tii>
state in revolution from the Arkansas ire 10
the Gulf" Tie Boston Journal well says mat.
This i an extraordinary threat 10 enal'ate
from the chief magistrate of a state on the exc
of All excitin. election But the Democrats
,lld not stop at threats 1'Eeir tir-t step WAS to
appoint ali the Commissioners Of Elections III
New Orleans from til" Democratic ranks. "hd
among them We're III least eleven lhen WI"
had been indicted for >ulling lhe ballot h"N">
at previous election. This attempted Nioia-
ton of law was fragrant that tie H'l'uA!i-
cans We're able to apps LEGAL remedy n
New Orleans the Young Mcn'- DenIociailG
Association had a ticket in the held agaii>; te
ring Democracy. and elected their candidate
for Mavor, and Il full ticket. hv from GOO /"
5000 majority. On election day squads Of TIE
y. NJ ID. Association, twenty or thirty strong.
armed with Winchester rifles assembled within
two blocks of the polling places. determined to
see fair play. The law allows one deputy
sheriff at each poll. but the '.rins' had scores
appointed. At many polls. or near th4 polls.
the ring strikers and hoodium> congregated.
and the prospects for a bloody riot were 'ecie-
edIy favorable. There was sonlc shooting AMI
one man was slightly wounded. Having eject
ed their ticket the Association had to use eN-
traordinary precautions to prevent lis beng
counted out and in this they We're also success
4, ", n,.I. Is
notorious that the ring hal several thousand
fraudulent registration paper and several hun
,lred rclcatcrs to Use them, but few. ii any.
fraudulent votes were cast, and the election il
this civ was absolutely free and fair
OF the result in the State New Orleans de>-
patch SAYS "From the country districts come tie
most .tupendous and incredible of Democratic
maiorities. The report that the southern portion
Of the State WAS Going Republican frightened
the election officers there and they piled up MA
ioritic> by baot-hoN >tu!liny that were ini'G--
eihIe. The returns show lJ02jn votes for
Nichols and a Democratic majority of G1.loo.
The conservative Democrats freely admit that
in the northern portion of the State the Demo-
cratic majoritie> returned in a number OF par
lSllcS are larger IMAM tHcN couu HhucNtis nave
been. and that oveT-zcalou- men have been gull
ty Of classifying the returns In Rapi,es parish
the contest was regarded As close up to Il few
days ago. The parish reports to-day ,.o9o ma
jority for the Democratic state ticket. 1t has a
population of but 1000 people, and such 4 vote
and such a majority is inconeeivable. The feel
Ing in New Orleans and in the southern portion
of the State is strongly against this hailot-boX
stutfing, even among the Democrats, and il is
not improbable that some steps may bc taken
to expose the election frauds
The Legislature chosen will elect two United
States Senators. Senator Gibson it is thought
will be reelected and eX-Judse Edward ID.
White will probably be chosen to succeed Mr.
Eustis. They will hold their seats in the Sen
ate by virtue of bulIiosing. ballot-bYX stuhn@
and fraudulent counting.