The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-12
POLITICAL RASCALITY MUST
CEASE.

The recent primary held in the
Fourth Congressional District af1oros
food for serious reflection to the man
who is a lover of his party and couh-
try. This was a white primary, held
among Democrats to DECIDE VINO
should be the party nominee, anu
there is no reason in the world why
it should not have been honestly con
Quoted. A most causory examina-
ton of the vote of some OF the par
ishes-we do not think it worth while
to particularize-raises grave pre-
sumption as to its fairness, for the
heavy vote returned demands ina
everything on the poll book should
have voted. But on top Of MS
comes. a writer in the Alexandra
Town Talk, who openly charges that
fraud was committed in Rapides par
ish. He says:
"Now, Mr.. Editor, the Democrat
ic voters of Big Island were surprised
at the statement in the Town Ialk OIL
the 18th, in which it stated that on
the 5th Of Oct, the Hon. Phanor
Breazeale received 38 votes at the
democratic primary election at this
precinct, when it is a well known TACT
that no election was held on that day
at said precinct. We had neither poll
book, taIley sheets nor ballots. Now,
while we don't care for getting credlt
| for any thing but what is justly due
e us. we are at a loss to know who has
! voted us. By-the-by, they must
: have voted all the registered voters
on the Big Island poll book, Pop
a and all. for SO registered voters Il
about all that is on said poll book
TN answer to .Big Islander w
desire to state that the Town Tall
3 cot its information about the vote a
e BIG Island from the original returns
which were kindly shown US byJudg'
! Hunter. member of the Congress1on
al Committee. If we remember cor
rectly, the name of the writer OF tn
4 above letter was signed to the return
as one of the commissioners, 50
y seems that not only was tBig Island
lie er'so vote stolen but his name forge
K as well.-Editor.
,e This is pretty plain evidence. |
the first primary the Forest Hill 30
gave 1873 votes, all for one candidat
and Forest Hill is a piny woods cros
: roads village. Yet the vote thel
was close on the heels of that return
d ed from the city Of Alexandria. An
10 strange to relate these hustling su
Il fragans exhibited such a beautifl
il spectacle of unanimity!
When section 5 Of the new Coz
stitution practically eliminated Il
negro from politics in this state '
had hoped that the necessity or t
e pretext to steal in elections in th
state had also disappeared.
lg IL we are to credit the evidence b
"a fore us, we must believe that certa
people in the Red River valley a
" heartily in favor of stealing in Eclectic
sh and do not hesitate to rob and d
fraud their more honest brother Del
ocrats. OF course they would not
a thing to the Populists and Repub
er cans! Happily this sad state of {
n fairs cannot exist always. When t
people of Louisiana finally grew tir
of the rascality and theiyery Of t
Republicans under Kellog's regim
they rose up with the shot guns ant
hiring military fled to escape tn
d, wrath. In good time the honest pc
in pie of the Fourth Congressional d
trict will awaken from their lethars
5G' doze and smite these election swim
Nc lers hip and thigh. So mote it be!