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STATE ELECTION.DEMOCRATIC VICTORYConstitution Adopted! •MANY RADICAL PARISHES CJOKE DEMOCRATIC-[ .*'/*/»ial to the . I jar /hurl J New Orleans. Dec. 3,1S79.• lieturu* show (hut the enliie Democinlic State ticket had In-* n elected, ami (lie new • onsliturlou adtpted by a large majority. a Many hi (her to Radical parishes ’ have gone Democratic ; .S’. II**' • iiauDiy uvei one thousand uia« jority, Madison two t! ouaand. a ml estimated Liu com one ihirtipjiid Natchitoches fonr hundred, Ou% chita two thousand, Teona* one thousand. Richland lourteen huu-dred, Webber Ofteen hundred, New Oricaua regular Deuiociatio parochial ticket elected.J. Y. G.In Itioria parish the election came ofl quietly, and although the excitement wan intense,everybody vm peaceable,and no trouble of any kind took place. The lie* publicans no doubt, were thoroughly prepared and organised to secure iu this district; moMtot the colored votet hie, ol course, gave them a majority. The parish returns made up Iasi evening, gar® the following majorities : Deattie, Governor. 477; Riard, Senate, 339j C. Young. Repinsentutive, 450; T. Footelieu, Difltlict Judge, 9Cs5; Mmchant, District Attorney, 1073.The vote is about solid for the
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The Louisiana Cotton Boll
Lafayette, Louisiana, US
Thu, Dec 04, 1879
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