The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-19

Urged, as it.was said, by the general publ
excitement growing out of the arrests of Il
commissioners of the parish of St. jaime
and the curiosity to know how the retur,
stood, the Board of Returning Officers yeste
day took up the statements from the parish
show, as it was not said, but which was plain
evident, that they were all right. But the a
complishment of this laudable object of IL
Board lamentably failed, as will be seen fro,
the following statement
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Everything was serene until poll No. wa
reached, when it was found that the stateme1
OF votes, and the totals on the tally sheet an
in the combined statement of votes, gave Dr.
buclet, DibbIe, Bovee, jackson, Thompson
Siskson and Tureaud, all Republican cand
dates, just 100 votes more than the returns bel
by the Conservative Democratic State Centra
Committee from the Democratic Supervisor
gave them credit for. The returns before tn
Board were: Dubuclet 2O6, Dibble 2O6, Bove
lO9, jackson 1O6, Thompson los, Siskson los
Tureaud los, and those received by the Dem
ocratic Conservative, Committee were: Dubu
clet LOG, Dibble LOG, Bovee 8, Jackson 6
Thompson 5, Siskson 9, Tureaud D.
On these facts being ascertained, Mr.. Ia
| Charlie, of the COnservative-De Democratic Com
mittee, Immediately entered protest against
the returns from the poll being considered il
| the canvass of the vote of the parish. H,
thought the committee would be able to show
the Board that the returns had been in pos
session of the commissioners since they were
turned over to the Board; that they had beer
withdrawn from the Office of the Secretary o.
State, and had been tempered with by the
State Supervisor and the Clerk of the Parish
Court. The return on its face, he said
showed fraud, for the State officers had re-
ceived exactly one hundred more votes than
the parish officers. The committee claimed
that there were but 1872 votes cast, while the
return showed 252.
Hunsaker, who is also candidate on the
Republican ticket in the parish, looked at the
returns and listened to the remarks of Mr..
Zacharie in a dazed kind of condition. He
could not understand it, The committee
announced that the recorded vote for him
tailed with their account
Wells said tina: the returns seemed proper
that they bore the seal of the court.
Mr.. Whitaker said that was not to be dispu-
ted; that the seal was nov in this city; that
he had himself seen it, and it was an easy
matter to use it.
Wells wanted to know if Mr.. Zacharie in
tended his statement as charge. Zacharie
intended nothing else.
Lowell, of the Republican Committee, in
sisted on the charge being made in writing,
as it was not only charge against the Super
visor, but against the Secretary Of State. He
was the counsel of that gentleman, and he
wanted documents.
Mr. Zacharie was accommodating, and ex-
pressed his willingness to put his averments
on paper. He at the same time, while ex-
pressly disclaiming any intention Of accusing
Mr.. Deslonde, assured Mr.. Lowell that the
committee was perfectly responsible for its
actions.
During this talk Mr.. Arroyo had been look
and with peculiar kind of smile he
presented it to Anderson, with the
remark: "You know that handwrit-
ing, whose is it?" Anderson gazed on it and
Mr.. Arroyo said, "Cook at the capital Els :"
Anderson, with peculiar kind of smile, said,
Yes, know, l see." Hunsaker broke in, 81
know it too that is
BovEE's HANDWRITING,
that is his" All the members smiled in Pc
culiar way.
gentleman, name unknown, who was evil
IDENTIFY one of the benefited candidates, stand
ing by Hunsaker, said it was not, and intima-
tated that it was the 6 fist !" of talented son
of the talented Bovee, who was one of the
at the poll. On looking at the
names appended to the affidavit Of correct
ness attached, it was found that that Of b.
wees son was not there.
Lowell never looked at the document, and
yet unblushingly asserted that the scrawl twas
not Bowels.
The two Els to which Mr.. Arroyo referred
to, appeared in the name of Bovee, as it was
placed among other candidates on the state
ment of votes, and also on the tally sheet,
showed they were written by one
and the same PERSON. They were both capt.
tails, and it is known by every one who is ia
miliar with Bovee's signature. that they are
one of its distinguishing characteristics.
The final in Moncure and Dibble we're
both in ordinary small letters.
The charges of the Democratic Conservative
Committee were filed, and the Board was
about to proceed with the canvass of the par
Ssh when, in overhauling some of the papers,
! tally-sheet was found unaccompanied by the
necessary statement of votes. It was spread
open, and Hunsaker got a look at it and ex-
claimed "That is
THE CORRECT TALLY
or poll Z. took it myself"
There was some little talk and the totals on
he newly found sheet were compared with
hose held by the Democratic Conservative
Committee and found to correspond.
The Board after consideration threw out the
loctored tally and statement and accepted
hat made by Hunsaker.
Bovee played sharp game, he got in his
eturns, but did not get the other out.
MI. Zacharie withdrew his protest.
The action of the Board threw Lowell into
he greatest CONSERVATION. He wanted to
now if they proposed to consider an unsigned
document in preference to one that was
worn to. It took some time to make him
understand that the Board, doubling the cor
ectness of the affirmed statement, proposed
o act just that way. He filed protest and
he canvass proceeded.
STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov lS.-The Brussels in