Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-15
The Board Get up a Scare as an
Excuse for AdjOurning.
Attempt to Enforce Civil Rights
on White Girls I'm the
High School.

| CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-The Post and Mai
has a New Orleans special signed by Gov
kellogg. dated at noon, in which he say.
the members Of the Returning Board are il
session at the State-hOuse, making theil
final completion. In the streets there i:
much subdued excitement. The Bulletin
and the Picag1ue, rival organs Of tn
White League, vie with each other in max
ing sensational statements to keep up and
| increase the excitement. The Picdy1le
this morning says Gov. Kellogg has instruct
| ed Capt. LaWler, the officer in charge Of the
| defence of the State-hOuse, that if he can
hold against an attack for 20 minutes, the
streets will run with blood. Gov. Kellogg
authorizes the statement that he has never
| made such an assertion to Capt. Lawler or
any one else. A grand conelaye Of the
White League is cOnvoked for tomorrow
night. II is not probable any move will
be made until after that meeting.
Omefal Relations OF RaseaIity.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.-Before the
Returning Board to-day, John d. Davis,
Superintendent of Registration, and six
commissioners Of election, Of st. Helena
parish, made afiidayits that the election re-
turns from that parish now in the hands Of
the Returning Board, have been tampered
with, and changes and alterations made in
them, since they were delivered to the Sec
retary Of the Board. Mr.. ArTayo offered
the following.
Whereas. according to the sworn state
ment of the Supervisor Of Registration, of
parish st. Helena, it is charged that the re-
turns fled by him have been tampered
with since said returns have been filed with
this board,
Resolved, that this board shall, before
acting upon said Supervisors returns, in
veStigate the charges made in the above
statement in order that the guilty parties
be dealt with according to law.
This was adopted and tomorrow inves-
tigatiOn will be made.
APrOpOsIfIOn 10 Lump the Frauds.
Gov. Wells proposed that the Democratic
counsel submit all evidence and examine
all affidavits relating to the contested par
ishes, 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 informed. They requested that
while the protested parishes are under con-
as each case is taken, they may
may be notified, so as to inspect the papers
in each case, and see that none of the
proof offered by them, has been distracted |
or suppressed, nor that any new proof has |
been filed unknown to them, so that all |
legal proof and none other may be before |
the Board for its consideration. This re-
quest was acquieseed in and the Carroll |
parish returns were taken up.
Mad. Wells Gets scared.
Before anything had been done, mes
senger came in and whispered something
10 the President, Gov. Wells, who at once |
arose and stated that he had just been Off
cially informed that armed White Leaguers
were stationed in an adjacent building, /
ready at any moment to disturb the pro
,eedings Of the Board. He, therefore,
moved an adjournment until IL o'clock
o-morrow.
T. Morris Chester, a colored member of
he Republican committee, suggested that
IN adjournment would not improve, but
would rather tend to increase the excite
nent.
Mr.. Sloanaker suggested that if the Pres
dent had any fears Of violence he should
all for United States troops to protect the
Board; that he (Mr. S.) had been informed
hat troops would be furnished at once if
lesired.
Gov. Wells said he did not wish to can
ASS the returns under the protection of
United States troops; that he did not in
end TO be intimidated.
Gov. Wells insisting upon il, the Board
until IL o'clock tomorrow.
The military here are on the qui vive, by
riders from Washington.
Mixed High Schools.
An effort was made this morning to in
roduce five or six colored girls as pupils
nto the girls upper high school, which re-
ulted in the withdrawal Of over fifty Of the
class. This IS the first attempt
hat has been made TO place negroes in the