The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-06
THE RETURNING BOARD.

Tho Board vas called to order at 1l:45 o'clock
aust three quarters Of an hour after the appoint
I'D time.
The minutes were read and approved.
Mr.. Arroyo said:
Ny attention has been called to the report o
;1hc proceedings Of the Board in the I.epubsca,
IF this morning. ard although am satisfied tia
the reporter en,crtaics tho kindliest feelings
coward mo, ha has done me an injustice in hi
rekort OF my remarks in allusiOn to the BULLE
TIN. have been made 10 say something that
'ttk1 not give expression to.
What l meant to say. il l did not, was that
whether or not tie BULLETIN was the exponent
OF tie cmocratic party, was not. by praise OF
condemnation or y:hing 1t said. to be deferred
an my course on the board. l never meant any
.iisrespect to the BULLETIN or any other paper.
De mocratic or Republican, and have been mis-
repre 'ented am confident, unn .cntionally.
After Wells had expressed the opinion that
the editor OF the Republican would make the
necessary CORE ;tion, the board proceeded to
business, and tool. up the parish o: Natc!i-
Eochcs.
Wells said that as apportainins to the returns
from this parish, he would like to have an opin-
ION Of the Attorney General read, and as there
we're no objections, it was read as follows
New Orleans Dec q 1874
Hon. J. Madison Wells, Chairman Beard Of Re-
turning Officers:
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt Of
your communication of yesterday the lst inst. J.,
askns my. opisio1 upon the matter Of the returns
of an election for Judge AID District Attorney for
the Seventh judicial District, composed OF the
parishes OF Natchitoches, Sabine, De Soto and
Red River. You call my attention to the fact,
that the Governor. in his proclamation for the
yene,al election, did not order an election for
these Offices.
There Is authority for the opinion that where
Tho Constitution likes the year Tor election of ju
t'icisl officers. say every fourth year, 20 judge
can be voted for except IT that time. l presume
the Governor acting upon this opinion, omitted
advisedy to include in his call the election for
Judge and District Attorney aforesaid.
1t would seem to me, however. that the board
should canvass the votes cast for the officers so
voted for, with the view OF transmitting such
record to the Execu i've.
No official PRONUNCIATION, however, should be
made, unless upoA judicial authority.
Respectfully, HENRY G. DIBBLE.
ACHING Attorney General.
The document was received and filed.
Lowell sought information as to the contest in
Carroll parish, and was informed that the case
would close at o'clock to-day. at which hour all
evidence must be in.
The canvass OF the returns was then com.
nenced. A protest was entered by MI. Cavanac
against the canvass of Poll No. Q, on the grounds
that full expression of the people had been
prevented by the closing of the poll before the
hour fixed by law.
After the parish was disposed of the Board
adjourned until P. ".
THE EVENING SESSION
opened at about 6:45 o'clock AID the parish of
~Ouachlta was taken under consideration and
passed upon.
During the canvass, Mr.. Csvanac called the at
tention of the board to the action of Kellogg in
issuing commission to the Republican candi-
date for the Office of Sheriff Of the parish of De-
Soto. He said Of course the board was not re-
spensible for the action Of Kellogg. but he
thought it proper that he should notify them of
the fact, because if il was done in one case it
might be done in others.
Wells took the matter cody, agreeing with
Mr.. Cavanac that "Gov." Kellogg could not be
held responsible by the board, and that settled
The matter.
The parish Of Point Coupee came next in order,
aud was disposed Of, and the board adjourned
until IL o'clock Monday.