The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-11-25
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*a The Situation in Louisa y,
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pd Washington, Nov. ia,-Tho n
w. alds Ne" Orleans dispatch s,vs g,
ne curtin has informed Your corr r" W.
Is ocht that among the official rct I,,
ne ',' by the Returning Boa.% Ill.,
: those of FIVE parishes in u focal
y. INTIMIDATION is alIcdges'y the name
81 W which, by a mis- largo and the
y as politt appear upon the
e W" W. '1e Two 7eaving the balance of
!, tG;""ttn'ru..6iican electors running be-
tiI tie ticket some 1900 votes. All
these parishes are Republican by a
large majority; and it is known that
other similar errors exist winch Will
increase the discrepancy to nearly
1000 votes.
Mr.. Wells. OF the Returning Board,
has addressed letter to Senator
Trumbull and others, providing for a
committee of five Of each party t" be
present during the counting OF The
votes.
The Times New Orleans dispatch
iytimates that the Chairman of the
Democratic Louisiana State Central
Committee will be allowed t" h"mi
nate a person for the vacant place on
the Board.
Washington, Nov. 16.-Chano|c'
received dispatch from Congress-
man H"gc, Of South Carolina, saying
the Board of Canvassers have finish.
ed the count. Hays and Wheeler
majority is 600. This is official.
THE LATEST.
Washington, Nov. la.-Latcst a1.
vices from South Carolina, FLORIDA
and Louisiana show no material
change in the situation.
(NorE.-Elow the press reporter
reconciliates this to other statements
| he makes in the same dispatches puz
zlcs US to understand Ed. Times. !
Two More Ineligible Electors.
! New Orleans, Nov. 17..-The Even.
ing Democrat says two Of the Re-
publican electors in Louisiana had
Offices of profit and trust under the
United States at the time they were
voted for and are therefore ineligible
0. II. Brewster was United States
Surveyor General for Louisiana and
official documents signed by him dn-
ring the canvass are in existence. The
day after election he sent on his re-
signation and it is believed anteda
ted it to cure his ineligibility.
Judge A. B. Levisce, another Hayes
c|ector, is, we are Informed, Il United
States commissioner, an Office Of profit
and trust, and he is therefore ineli.
CHILE.
The five Radical electors will ran
further behind the Radical ticket III
the Fourteenth Senatorial District
than was at first expected. Almost
all of the tickets of the Wakefield
Radical faction were printed with the
names Of only three electors, the two
at large, Kellogg and Burch, and the
elector for that District, Jotfrion.
The consequence is that the other
five electors are behind G75 il West
Baton Rouge, 400 in Iberville and
considerably behind also in st. Mar
tin and iberia. 1t is impossible to
say just now how great this dcfcicn-
cy is, bat it is certainly over 1000 and
may he rs great rs 20W.
New Orleans, Nov. Is 1t is stated
that FIVE Republican electors are
Federal office holders.
New Orleans, Nov. l8.-At twelve
O'Clock there was quite Il gathering at
the room Of the Returning Board
Mcssrs. Cassanave and Wells, mem
bers of the Board, were there, ais,
Judge Trumbull. Judge Sta|lo. Gov.
Palmer and ex-Gov. Mckinney Of the
Northern Democrats and the Demo.
cratic Committee, which has charge
of the evidence to be presented on
the part Of the Democrats. Also
members of tho Northern Republican
delegation present. The Board met
ut 1880 and authorized Sergeant
Adams to procure a room for the
meeting Of the Board. A resolution
was offered by Gen. Anderson invi'
ting the presence Of five gentlemen
from each party of Northern Demo.
Gratis and Republicans in the city
Adopted. Col. Zacharie filed a plea
to tho jurisdiction of the Board
which thereafter went into executive
session.
Especial to the N. 0. Times.
Desperate Game Of the Radicals
New Orleans, Nov. 10, 197G.-Kel.
logg and Radical leaders held a eau.
Gus after the reception Of the South
Carolina news and appointed a com.
mittee of Noyes, of Ohio ; Lew Wal.
lance, of Indiana; and Kasson, Of
Iowa, to 60 immediately to Florida
and have that State counted fol
Hayes. They left on the early train
this morning and will be followed
by Stanley Mathews this afternoon
Northern Radicals asserted last night
that they would have South Carolina
and this morning their dispatches say