The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-12-07

of Louisiana, have made declaration |
of the results Of an election, held n O.
vember 4, 1872, and have declared cer-
tain persons elected to the Senate and !
House Of Representative Of the State
of Louisiana, as will appear from the
returns herewith attached, and made
part of this proclamation; and where
as such returns are compiled from the
official returns of the commissioners
of election and supervisor; OF registra-
tion, on file in this Office, and are in
fact and in form, accurate and correct,
and made in accordance with law.
Now, therefore, I, Henry Clay War
moth, Governor OF the State Of Louisi-
ana, do issue this my proclamation
making known the result Of said cleo
ton aforesaid, ANA command :tiI CT
tlcers and persons Within tho State OF
Louisiana to take notice and respect
the same. (Signadl
Fl. {. WAisMor11.
An extra session OF tho Legislature
meets on Monday.
10 the Governors proclamation this
morning is appended full returns show
ing the vote for each Representative
| and Senator iii every parish III the
State, certified By the Returning Board
! and Secretary OF stare.
| 1t having been asserted ti:at Is to 3d.
COO voters were denied registration, the
! following is given: Note Of 1870, Re
| publican GJ,532; Democratic ii ,0lo.
Total LOG, 5f2. Vote this year: Rcpubli-
! can GO,233; Democratic G9, 1G3. Total
12S, ,402. Increase since 1870, total 2l,-
SEQ. Comparative vote Of contested
parishes: vote OF 1870, CadGo 2532; Nat
| chitochcs 2093; Rapiies 1913. Vote this
| year, ,Ca0uo 1898; Matches 1900; Rapidcs
1929. The new parishes of Red river
and Vernon were III part since 1870
taken from Natchitnc!les, which viii
account for the decrease Of the vote Of
that parish. It is ass ertcl in keilogg's
bill that 1000 vct.Gs were refused
registration and the right to vote in
Repidc5 parish and five hundred in Cad
do. These parishes show an increase
since 1870, Caddo S6l, Jiapidos 5G.
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New ORLEANS, Dec. :}.-Tiie Eighth
District Court, in the case Of the Gus
tOmhousc Returning Board VS.. Hatch,
DaPonte and Wharl op OF tie Cover
nor's Returning Board, held that the
act of 1872, having repealed the act of
1870, which created the Returning
Board, there was TO Returning Board
IN existence, nor could there be untii
appointed By the proper autho critics,
and hence this suit was brought in the
interest OF OF parties having no legal
existence.
i In the case OF ucrroa <s. " ilnrtol.,
the Court referred to the decision OF
the Supreme Court il the Euycc-I{er-
ron case, and hold that Iierron rcye:
had been Secretary If State, and could
nave no standing in the suit at tho
bar.
Upon the reading oi these decisions
-'lr. thott, deicndaii'ij counsel, made :,
motion that the i1tjunctions in boil,
suits be dismissed, On the ground that
under the act of 1872, repeating the
act Of 1870 of the election law. there
! was no returning boar. and conscn,.e.1t-
~ the parties to the suits were LEGALLY
dead; that III the salt of Heron ".
Wharton tho Supreme Court had de-
clarcd, not only t!li" i,icrron never was
Secretary Of state, La that Boycc was
entitled to that o;icc, and therefore
tlcrron, tho claimant for ti.c position
had no standing i'll court. In;unctio:,z
dissolved and suits dismissed
The above dccis on was given in
: view Of the fact tha. in the case Of X cl-
logs vs.. Warmoth, one Of the iinpor-
taiit points sought BY plaintiff! is to
establish Z Returning Board, consisting
OF iicrron, Lynch, Longstrect ant!
tiaWkins. i.onSstcect and Hawkins
were made members of said Board by
Herron's vote. Regarding this Re
turning Board, Mr.. Billings, plaintiti7.s
counsel, III an argument to-day be-
fore Judge Durell, in the Nclicgg-
Nari1oth case, said, IN case cCt!iu aHo-
iltlon OF the C;lnvnsain- Board, il Woul;;
dcEciEc upon The state Senate To an
rotnta new board, Dut there cu,!id not
&c a senate until tlc Returning Buar,:
hau first canNaSScl the ballots, east for
candidates for the senate. iicucc lie
claimed that the theory advanced l,y-
defendants th2t The Returning Board
! had been abolished, WAS ul,tun";,ir.
Court adjourned I'll tomorrow.
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