The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02
WHAT THE VOTE SHOWS.

JoiitJ, ioE Tue Puip VI SHOWING
that the Democratic losses are moi
attributed to the negroes. The
States say that the "result is shame
full enough at best, but we mus
take Issue with our morning con
temporary in its claim that the de
lection of the white vote is entirely
responsible for it," and truthfuliy
| says:
Take first of all the vote in the
parish Of Orleans. There was a
registration of nearly fourteen thous-
and negroes, and it Is safe to say
ten thousand of that number partici.
pated in the election. 1t will be
conceded even by the Republicans,
that few, if any of these votes went
for Foster. In some of the wards,
notably the Third and Tenth, some
negro votes were cast for the Regu-
lars on the city ticket, but it Is
doubtful if in the entire. city there
were hundred negroes who voted
the Democratic State ticket. The
negro vote was massed and cast sol
IDLY for Capt. Pharr. Gov. Foster
got in round figures $4,000 votes,
these with extremely few exceptions
being white. Capt. Pharr polled
in round figures 10000. 1t the
negro vote is taken from Capt.
Pharr's white strength is shown to
have been 10, in the city, which
would give Foster majority Of
the white votes of New Orleans.
In the parish of Ascension, where
the negroes voted freely and where
the majority for Gov. Foster was
about fifty, the greater proportion
of the negro vote went to Pharr,
and Gov. Foster polled the greater
portion of the white votes.
In the parish Of Assumption,
where, according to the United
States census, there are 2ll9 negro
voters, the bulk of the Pharr vote
was composed of negroes and Capt.
Pharr's majority of 1912 votes is a
negro majority.
In the parish of Bienyille, where
there are over one thousand negroes
able to vote and where Gov. Foster
got majority of 200, the bulk of
the Pharr vote was negroes.
In the parish of Caldwell, where,
according to the census returns,
there are $50 negroes and $50 white
voters, and where Capt. Pharr got
a majority of 400, the negroes voted
to man for the combine ticket.
In the parish of Catahoula, where
there are 94e- negro voters and in
which Capt. Pharr got q majority
of $50, it was the negroes and the
Populists who enabled him to carry
the parish.
In the parish of Claiborne, where
there are 1885 voters and where
Capt. Pharr got 800 majority, and
where the negroes did vote, the ma
ior 6ortion OF the vote cast for the
combine was that which the negroes
furnished.
In the parish of East Baton
Rouge, where there are 4l5i negro
voters as against 1900 whites, Capt.
Pharr's majority of $500 is repre-
sented by the negroes, who voted
for HIM almost without exception.
In the parish of Grant, where
Capt. Pbarr got majority of near
iy 1000 votes and where there are
642 negro males over 81 as against
99s whites, the solid negro vote was
cast for the combine.
In Jackson every one of The 439
negroes who voted at all voted for
Capt. Pharr and helped to give him
his majority.
In the parish of Lincoln, where
there are 1851 negro votes to l743
Whites, and where Cat. Pharr polled
a majority, the bases of his majority
was the negro vote, which was
polled to a man for him.
In the parish of Natchitoches, if
Capt. Pharr has been successful, it
is due to the fact that the combine
broke their agreement and voted
negroes for him.
Ia the parish of ST. Landry, where
there are 42l2 blacks. 1851 whites,
and where Capt. Pbarr has small
of two, Capt. PharJ owes
his victory to 1900 negroes who
were voted for him In Washington,
Opelousas and other towns. Every
vote cast for Gov. Foster was white.
In the parish of st. Mary where
there are 2040 whites of voting age
and 3424 negroes, Capt. Pharr's.
majority of $500 is made up exclu-.
sively of negroes, and it is unques-
toned that Gov. Foster had ma
lority of the white votes in the par
ish.
In the parish of st. Tammany,
where, ont of the 1900 white adults,
there was large majority for Gov.