The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-15
NEW ORLEANS.
LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD.

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NEW ORLEANS, December 14.-The
Returning Board, John D. Davis, Super.
visor of Registration, and six Commits
sioners OF the election OF st. Helena par.
ish have made sffldsvits that the election
returns from that parish now in the hands
Of the Returning Board, have been tam.
.pered with and changes and alterations
made in them since they were delivered
to the Secretary of the Board.
Mr.. Arroys offered the following:
WHEREAS, According to the sworn
statement Of the Supervisor OF Registra.
ton oil the parish Of s.. Helena, it is
charged that the returns filed by him
have been tamperel with since said re.
turns have been filed with this Board,
ReSoIUed, That this Board shall, before
acting on said Supervisors returns inves.
tigatG the charges made in tho above
statement, in order that the guilty parties
may be dealt with according 10 law.
The resolution was adopted, and TO-
morrow the investigation will be made.
Governor Wells proposed that the
Democratic counsel submit all tho evi.
dence and examine all the ailldavits re-
lating 10 the contested parishes and then
submit the whole to the Board for their
action.
To this proposition the Conservatives
objected, for the reason, they stated, that
certain papers have been placed among
the records without their knowledge and
the contents Of which they are not in.
formed. They requested that, while the
protested parishes are under considerR-
lion, as each case Is taken up they may
be certified, so as 10 inspect the papers
In each case and SEQ that none OF the
proof offered by them has been abstracted
or suppressed, nor that any new con.
trsry proof has been fled unknown TO
them, so that all the legal proof and mono
other may be before the Board for its
consideration.
This request was aCquicscGd in and the
Carroll parish returns were taken up.
Before anything had been done, a
messenger came in and whispered some
thing TO the President, Gov. Wells, who
at once arose and stated that he had Just
been officially informed that armed White
Leaguers were stationed in an adjacent
building, ready at any moment to disturb
the proceedings Of tho Board. He there.
lore moved an adjournment until to-
morrow.
r. Morris Chester, colored member Of
the Republican committee, suggested that
an adjournment would not improve, but
would rather tend to increase the excite.
ment.
Mr. SIoanaker suggested that II the
President had any fears Of violence he
should call for U. s. troops TO protect the
Board. He had been informed that troops
would be furnished at once if desired,
Gov. Wells said he did not wish to can.
vass the returns under the protection Of
U. s. troops; that he did not intend 10
be intimidated. Gov. Wells insisting
upon it, the Board adjourned until II
o'clock tomorrow.
The military here are on the Qui cIre
by orders from Washington.
TROUBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
An effort was made this forenoon 10 in.
troduce five or six colored girls as pupils
into the Girls Upper High School, which
resulted In the wit hdrawal OF over fifty
OF the graduating class. This is the first
attempt that has been mado 10 place
negroes in this school.