New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-02-11

THE OTHER QUESTIONS REFERRED TO THEN
ADDENDA BY SENATOR'S MORTON AND TRUM-
BULL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. iO.--The following is the re-
port of the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections in regard 10 1.-THE electoral vote of Lou
isana:
On the It'll Of january 1873 the Senate adopted the
following resolution:
Esorcf That the Committee Privilege, and Elections is d.
s @ aIs s y y tos P,si S s, b s eaco IN The
and w Of n, n.5 states ana hs iaws Of SAID States and what
Of sail States, are neessaI to provide
suTd se,lusi ssi asiern,Be Ike contests and TIE
purpose q speedily executing 's TsoHuon the said Committee shall
ss 5SsS 's sH h own members to either
. sad state, WITH aabor to take testimony, ana TIE esa. o.
De dsn crested and pllc ID po3s not resident s'Sss OF I'm In
States With ant ouN - take slco Ieumoay ~ nv al ctoTs
"a ,l,ssr 81 .sd States
In obedience to the instruction contained in the fore
going resolution the Committee Privileges and Eiec-
have had under consideration so much OF the roso
luton relates to the election OF electors 10 inc So
~ Louisiana and beg leave submit tie following pro
lminary report:
The act OF the Legislature OF Louisiana Of March 1870
for the regulation Of elections in that State provides
among other things that the Governor shall have the
power to appoint officers known Supervisors OF Reg
sration in parish in the State and that these s
rervisors Of Registration shall have authority 10 Sp
poipt Commissioners OF Election (who in other STATES
are called Inspectors and Judges under whose oifeo
lion and authority the voting SHAH actuahy
take place that Supervisors of Registration snal
also control and direct the registration Of the voters IN
each parish fixing the places for registration and The
places for voting; that after the election has taken
,llce the Commissioners of Election shall bring tho
boxes containing the votes 10 certain point IN the par
i,h where, under the supervision and direction Of tne
supervisor Of Registration, the votes shall be counted
and whom that accomplished, the Supervisor OF Regis
trop shall make out statement of the result Of the
election at the various voting places In the parlsh OF
which trpicate copies shall be made aud also trphcate
copies Of the tay-sbeet and statement Of the vote at
zach poll in tho parish to be signed by
The Commissioner OF Election. and the Supervisor
~ REGISTRATION shall seal up one copy OF all
these papers, and inc0se it TO the Governor
OF Tie by mail hon seal up another copy and send
90 20 The Governor BY the next most speedy mode OF
conveyance and shall himself retain the third copy The
law then provides that the Governor LieutenantGOv
cruor Secretary Of state. and John Lynch and G. An
Gcrson hy name shall constitute the Returning or Can
wasting Board that tho Governor OF the State shall,
within 10 days after the election, open the sealed pack
from the various parishes sent TO him 10y the super
vors REGISTRATION in the presence OF tho other mem
nc % the Board and the shall then be counted by
the Board Og Presidential electors, State officers, and
members OF the Legislature. and the result ascertaned
that one copy of the result finding OF the Board shall
be filed IN the oiiae OF the Secretary OF State, aud
another snail be published in the official journal OF the
state.
TIE RETURNING BOARD DIFFICULTIES.
GOV Warmoth, Lieut.-GOv. Piuchbsck and f. J. Her
ron acting Secretary OF State members Of this Re
turning Board. eroDfcto. and majority of members
convened within ten days IN the City Of NeWOrleanS
80 enter upon the duty Of counting the votes Messrs
PluchbacE ana Anderson having been candidates for
Congress by another provision Of the Law made in
eligible and were declared by resolution 10 be longer
members Of the Board and controversy arose in re-
gard filing their places. 1t Is not necessary 20 enter
into the details Of this controversy further than
20 state that Gov. warmoth attempted TO con-
troll the vacancies thus created in this Board
by removing f. ]. Heron, acting Secretary Of
State and pacug m his stead Jack " Wharton, aud
after he had done So claimed thaI ne anu oy
TO MI the vacancies OF Pnchbaek and Anderson; WINE
the other hand was claimed that Lynch ana Heron
fVhe yet acting ~ secretary of satel haa eected james
IOngSreet and Jacob Hawkins 20 MI these vacancies
IN proceeding commenced IN Jng tHcalt COnI i VI
the United States for the Dlstrct OF louisiana
an tie 18Th OF November, Judge Durell granted "a
preliminary Injunction restraining the wharton Board
IRON opening the official returns and counting the votes
from acting Returning Board. making any returns
proclamation Of dy hnGlng uut the IuIther Oruer Oh
Court which continued in force uutn the decision Of
the case December The election for Presidential
electors, members OF Congress, State officers and mem
hers OF the Legislature held in Louisiana the Attn
of November, ana tie returns or the eec0n IN me Na
parishes sent TO the Governor by the super
Ni,OTs OF Registration, required by law. The Gov
rnor refused with the board known as the Lynch
I
turns OF the election from the various parishes
hut opened them and prepared TO MAKE the
count Before what is known as the Wharton Board
which was then eUjoned from further proceedings by
Judge DUen The official returns, which hdd peeh sent
10 the Governor we're by him withheld from the Lyneh
Returning Board and never at any time came INTO pos
session or under examination OF the Board Inc Legs
lture Louisiana, ts session IN the WINTER OF lot2
passed an aDOlishing the Returning or Cdnyass!pk
Board created by the act OF 1870 ana the
state senate TO elect Returning Board 10 nave the
came mowers the former, and MAKING OLner changes
o., be of conducting the elections; and the Goth
act but kept IN Dt possession 99lDg lAe pthuJnc VI
these proceedings IA ne Circuit court o. Tue Uhi,Uu
ncnced In the Win District Court OF the state signed
the bIIl aud Published II as law % inc zlsI Iay o. W
MEMBER ls75 Gov. WarmOth, assuming that the Lyhch
Board had been abolished 10y the act whlch ne had
signed the 10Th Of November ana clalniI5 'bq au
f61rity to appoint Returning Board, under me Clause
OF the Constuton which gave hun power 70 MI Yacdh
ces, proceeded 10 appoint dc feIrGt anu osheIs 90
returns OF the election be by them counted TO ascer
fsin and declare who were elected State officers
furn were thus placed the hands OF that Board they
mad been opened by the Governor, and examined by a
I1nntv serretarV of state named Woodward, acting
under lack Wharton who az that time assumed 10 DC
secretary OF state under the appointment OF Gov war
moth when he removed f. j. Heron as before stated
aud by o. A. BragdOn, the Governors PIVae Seef6Lhy'
who had been elected Assistant Secretary OF the Mhaf-
ION BOARD Messrs Woodward and Bragdon, according
~ ta' had been elected electors for President
- Vice President. and made statement to
the Governor OF the result OF their examination
Der the dsy fixed by OF Congress when the elect
0rs M the States shall meet and cast heT votes
f.ued paper ia which he declared that T. c. Manning,
a A Weed A. s. Heron, Ii. j. Campbell, l.. BUSH, A.
Thomas A. H. Leonard, aud l.. " Reeves han Deeh
elected electors and placed copy OF the Sala atot
tbe possession Of each Of said persons ana Oh
te ame day they assembled IN the City or NeWOfl9ahs'
and a. electors voted for President ana NceFTeSueh
.-,,g ELECTORAL VOTE NOT EXAMINED ~ COMPETENT
AUTHORITY.
It clearly appears from the testimony that the ocial
returns OF tine state never examined and counted
for Presidential electors by persons except Messrs
Woodward and Bragdon and up 70 this time never have
been examined and counted by the Lynch Board or any
person having any authority whatever 70 make such an
examination and count While we have no doubt mat
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