The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-11
TEE LOUISIANA NlUDDLE.
Report of the Senate Committee On
Privileges and Elections.
Greeley Electors Certified To by the Cover
nor, but the Official Returns
Not Legally Counted.
Grant Electors Not Certified To by tho
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 Horton and Trumbull.
WASHINGTON, Feb. TO- 1873.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and EIec.
lions issued their preliminary report to-day in re.
gard to the electoral vote OF Louisiana. The fol-
lowing is the report
On the 7h of January 1879 the Senate adopted the fol-
Resolved That the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
e 70 ana M f. a
Vice has been conducted in the States of Lou
5 ss sna the the s% 0 @
as asY s
ana what % are 70 proSyde
ssns ssq ssn
or r5s S and Vice That hs
committee shall have power to send and pa
70 on h W to citizen
s. Ws sHS take s ana the
appoint and employ suitable 1isnterested and unpre
authority to take such testimony may be material in
on sy IN sSar s ae out the
In TO the instruction contained In the fore.
lions had under consider so much Of the resoa
d ns Ss hs State
PRELIMINARY RTpoRr:-
for the ha
@ ss as o I
raon in each parish in the State and that these Super
as sPn ass ssPss s
and s s @ yons p'A''
tho Commissioner Of Election shall bring the boxes con-
ainiag the votes to certain point in the parish. where
Registration the votes shall be counted When that
accomplished the Supervisor OF Registration shall make
A STATEMENT OF THE RESULT OF THE ELEcrIoH
eae copies shall made also rIplcate copies
the to na By s a. Of
ana he Supervisor Of Ressraon shall seal up copy
State By seal Up another COPY and send Il
~ tins e SSs Of
The law then provides that the doyerior Lieutenant
Canyassns BOard that the Governor Of the state shall
% hs to o. pm BY the
THE VOTES SHALL rnEs BE COUNTED BY THE BOARD ron
finding oarS BE- es 'Gpy OH oce the
Secretary OF State and another shall be published in the
%a1oh lieutenant Governor pnehbach
ct Of
members convened within ten days in the city of New
S % sss a
az By Of % T
members Of the Board and controversy arose in re-
into the details this controversy further than to state
wARxorn ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE
tns in This Board By remGyg
Wharton, ana s,tsr as lad that he and
rant Dspone to mi The vacancies Of PnchbacR and An
derson while, the other hand i was ciamed that
sst sins 81
il the
Louisiana the 18Th Of November Judge Dure granted
from the and tSGnng votes
SS$ ss N sss
ssTs OF e of s STATE 81 and
Of November and the OF the eeeo in the ya
rious parishe. sent the Governor BY superv
GovEnSoR REFUSED ACT wITn THE BOARD KNOWN As
open and lay before that Board the return. of the
election from the various parishes but opened them and
.WhariGn Board which then enonsd rom fafther
Si% %il Gsia
S% the s1r ming and time
The LSu lSs he
zing ihe state Senate t. elect Returning Board, 10
and StH or
@ p Ss
@ sS +:
ns s w on ne
What % S beard HAD sSa
SS%n a. ssSss q bs
power to ali vacancies >'A'A1~''' "A''A s"'' MI"
PRocKSDED TO APPOINT AND OTHERS As A RE-
placed their hands the Official returns of the eec
and %sbers s o the s
ts Before the oca returns were thus il
Govern9g and examined BY Deputy Secretary Of State
BE- o At
PoiHntment Of Governor Wsrmoth, when be removedF
e &c
ward and Brssden according to the testimony looked
over the returns ascertain who had been elected
stateme Governor Of the result Of their cxamns
tie states shan meet and oss
SSiss erpS he aeeara nst
ELECTED ELECTORS,
S1 he s Sna S Ssw L
appears rom the testimony That the official returns Of
DENTAL electors ~ except %ssr WOODWARD
nsSs srss S4Asao AND COUNTED sr THE LYNCH
such and COUNT Wills we 10 sv %a NO
that s Sr s to n
upon their lace show that aforesaid persons named
received q votes that fact hss
ssen and ofS s Of Sy any
pended entirely upon
fus UNAUTHORIZED WOODWARD AND
BRAGpEN
who a. the time had no right TO look into the returns at
ALL In this matter there Is pretence that the
complied with, and the Lynch Board were any
thiid section Of the &C. of Congress of 1872 declares
ras OFFICIAL sv,pr,cs o, TN. Mrcrros or ELECTORS,
and provides that the executive authority OF each State
shall cause three lists OF the tho of such
State 70 be made and certified, to delivered TO the
electors on or before the nrs wednesday in December
Of the lists Of their votes The certificate Of the
Secretary Of State not required and the certificate OF
The only evidence by the law Of the cleo
Of the State. II Congress chooses to 20 behind the Cover
nors certificate and inquire who had been chosen az
electors IL 10 not violating any principle of right OF
The States TO prescribe what shall be the evidence Of the
election OF electors, but IL Is SIMPLY
GOING BEHIND
prescribed BY an Of Congress and Thus going be-