The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-11
Greeley Electors Certified To by the Cover
nor, but the Official Returns
Not Legally Counted.
Grant Electors Not Certified To by the
Governor and the Lynch Board Ger
titles Without Official Returns.
No Report Yet on tho Legislative Government
or the Admission of senator-Addenda
by Messrs. Norton and Trumbull.

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tons is directed to inquire and report % the senate
Vice President has been conducted in tho States Of Lou
ana and Arkansas in aecordanee with the constitution
what y
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pers 70 take testimony, and at their discretion to
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diced persons resident in either OF such States with
psadias s out Of he sso
golev resolution the Committee Privileges and Eec
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The act as, March
n1gs that the shall hsys the
Ssys sSShc5i,y speSiast
TX ns S SPHs s
hs % ns has the places
tho Of ecsn Has i1 b1a the eoxe, con-
under the and Sfscon Of the Ct
accomplished the supervisor Of Registration shall make
A STATEMENT OF THE RESULT KLEcTIoN
ct the various voting places in the parish OF which trip
the tally sheet and statement Of the vote at each poll In
All these papers and enclose to the GoveIhor e hs
5 ~ he MODE nS Of
p n%sS E s9y
Governor Secretary Of state and John Lynch and T. c.
ddassss * h ssssqss as
ten S 20 a es e
ySors Of Registration IN the presence OF the other men,
PnEsIDENTIAL ELECTORS. STATE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
and the result that Of the result
Secretary Of state and another shall be published in the
Governor WaTmoth, Lieutenant Governor Pnchback
and and f. X. Acting Secretary Of state
15s
for sa By ~ Of the law made
members Of the Board, and controversy arose in Re.
na tho f s s It IS mot rRsr
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to fl, III these yacances In proceeding commenced
In U%tsS states %
the tas s SSss
from acting Returning Board making any returns or
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the case on Decembere The election for Presidential
S IN Sans snt e tn
the
TnE 70 ACT win the BOARD KNOWN As
election from the various parishes but opened them and
Sf Was there the
prSSceedngs by Judge Dgre IhSspicinl returns which
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1872 passed abolishing the Returning or Can.
bos
Sa or
the 2Oh Of November, 1872, the Governor, who
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state ssasS he Pm PuSiisSed law On Inc
sSs 5sS Ss isS
cnns tie aS 70 Board
under the clause Of the constitution which gave him
PRocEEDxD TO APPOINT DE yrRRrrr AND OTHERS As
and placed in their Sss returns of tho cleo
don to be by them counted, to ascertain and declare
statue Before The Sss return, we're thus p%sed "a
exsmnsd By Deputy ssereiary Of state
named ,; woodwasd acting under Jsck Wharton who At
Ponment Of G Govern wsr%oth, when he remcysdf
sstan Secretary of the Wharton Board. Messrs Wood
:sss saS ysi s11 sSS
N da .sS ~ s s. $sss ss
er os = T era he aeeares that
I. Bush A. Thomas. A. IT, Leonard and l. V. Reeves had
bcon -
snd 9cs s eSy of the said n the possession Of
tney assembled IN ne city Of New Orleans and as elect
iRe state were never examined and counted for Prss
NEVER nAvs BEEN ExAErsED COUNTED NJ THE LYNCH
hsyns make
doubt ha is M sent to SSvsrnor from
electors and whom shall dsssnats the Greeley
never been thoroughly ascertained by any competent
pended entirely upon "''''" u 'o'''"'' "''m0' u'-
rnn UNAUTHORIZED STATEMENTS OF Mrssns WOODWARD
Who A. th he. time had no right 70 look into The returns At
Ssf s 'S
hs section Of the act Of Congress Of 1872 declares
shall three lists Of the electors Of such
electors on or before the rs %eduesay in pece1 1
s sa 81 tho
Secretary Of state Is not required and the certificate Of
the only evidence contemplated by tho law of the cleo
ton Of electors and their right to the electoral vote
of the STATE Congress chooses to 60 behind the Cover
nor's certificate sed inquire who had been chosen
electors 10 not violating principle of the right OF
the states prescribe what shall be evidence OF The
election Of electors but II Is SIMPLY
GOING BEHIND EVIDENCE
prescribed BY an act Of Congress- and thus going
hind the certificate of the find that the off,
cia returns OF the election of electors rom the various
parishe Of Louisiana had never been counted by any.
body having authority TO count them.
Some two three days preceding tho 4th of Decem-
Der
THE LYNCH BOARD
ofnciay declared that r. Bronzano, j.. Lanabere, G.
II. Halstead, l.. O. Roudancz, A. II. johnson, Milton
Norris Taylor and John Ray, whom we shall desig,
the votes In the State for electors President and Vice
President and the Secretary Of State de jurs Mr. Bovee
possession OF the Office OF State
the state seal but who had been decided BY fhe supreme
lawful Secretary made certificate OF election to the
persons so declared chosen electors and on the 4 OF
December they and cast their votes for President
Vice President according the requirements Of the
Congress- They dad that day, however seal
up their vote kept IL open for several daysun Mr.
Bovee the Secretary of state got possession OF the State