Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-25
COUNTING THE EcTES.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
SOrTH f.ARnIINA.

neSday, United states DlStrict Attorney Cor
bin, counsel for the board, introduced an af-
/ fdavit asking for further time. The request
was refused.
The counsel for the REALTORS were Instructed
10 draw the order, but, IS a recitation of all
the proceedings were required as n preface
To the order To commit tie board for CON
tempt, they requested until this morning TO
file It,
The court said that they hoped the boari
would in the morning obey its mandate and
purge the contempt, If they DO no. they Will
be committed 70 Jail.
The counsel for the rcla<ors then moved
that peremptOry mandamus be issued 10 II
r.. Payne. SECRETARY OF state. and to issue Ger
t.fCates 10 all the members of the general as
sembly, including the counties OF Fdgctield
and LaurcnS, in accordance with the order
OF the court of Wednesdays session. ASso-
ciate Justice Willard said that the relatOrs
ought not TO pray iilS at this stage 81 pro
ceedings, as Mr.. Payne was now i'm con
tempt. ard the court had no assurance that
he would obey, as he had disObeyed the.T
mandate already in Intjmating that the cOun-
sci ought To await the suit of the rule before
moving THIS order. Judge Willard said:
Here We have just made a solemn decision,
in which II. f.. Payne is a party. as a MEM
Der of the board of state canvaSSeTS. and as
secretary of state. Ii the order in that case.
an order directed to him well as To TIE
others OH the board, had been obeyed, this
question would nOt have arisen. As the case
now stands, an incident has occurred
rare in the history of civilized society.
Men clothed with civil authority of limited
character. subject to the courts of the land
have placed themselves i'm defiance of The
highest court in the state of South Carolina
and now are jeOparliZing the security of iuS-
tlcc and the security Of peace. They are in
an attitude of defiance not only against al
Stract law hut against its embodiment i'm this
court. They have brought political death for
n moment upon the state and upon the nation.
They hold i'm their hands q fire-bTand. and
they have applied il to the whole structure
thai covers us. While they are thus standing
defy ing the power of this court we are now
gray ely conSi dcTing of issuing another man
date 10 another OF his board. l cannot be-
iieVe that when these gentlemen come to coil
slider when they come tonight To ask the
favor and protection of their God; when they
recall the sanctity of their oaihs Of office. do
rot believe they Will longer resist the power al
this court. This court is clothed with ma ic~ty.
We do rot speak the voice of men. we speak in
iudgment-and judgment is the voice OF God.
Every legal power will be exhausted by the
court TO compel from them what their cor
science does not yield and whatever loyalty.
fcalty and justice there is in the community
Will be CNeTtcd to compel by force what con
science does not yield. What are we doing?
What reason have we for believing that This
ORDER will be Obcyed any more than the
others? What reason have we To believe that
This defiance VIII cease? We should take into
COnsiderat ion the bearings of this question
The action of this board, i'm my opinion. viii
do more to call up q generous spirit in the
people, and. forgetful Of craftsmanship, 10
cause them 10 unite upon The high ground OF
Justice and truth than anything that has been
done IN The history OF the country since the
licve that its process will be re>pacteI?"
The court meets at 10 a IN. to-day.
CONMENDATORY.
Hon. Abram Hewitt. chairman of the Ne
tiOnal Democratic Committee, has written a
letter 10 Wade Hampton commencing The
1oThearancc and SelG-cOntrol of the people OF
South Carolina.
LOUISIANA
WORK or THE RETURNING BOARD YES
TERDAY.
The returning board met in New Orleans
YESTERDAY morning, all the members presen.
For the DEMOCRATS there appeared MessrS
Palmer. Trumbull. G.. B. Smith and Julian
and for the republicans MeSSrS. Stoughton
Hale. Van Allen. Gen White and w
McGrcw. Gov. Wells stated that after the
adjournment he had received a cOmmunic3t-
ION from the supervisor of NatchitocheS
stating that the names Of no electors had
been left of the tickets. \ report from the
supervisor was read, in which it was stated
t,iat in the nth ward the vote for the HAYES
electors was BIZ and for the Tilden electors
49, that IL was thought only necessary To
count The vote for electors at large and the
clectOr for the eth congressional district. The
report was from the United States super
visor.
Col. Zacharie asked if the ballots would be
| sent for. Gov. Wells said they would teIc-
| graph for them, but thats they would not de
lay the consideration OF the case when Ii
came up.
GOV. Wells instructed the clerk to read an
| article from the Nashville -f5tercan of No
vember 10 rejecting upon the board. The
same was special TO the Cincinnati Enquirer
of the 18Th from New Orleans He said i'm
view of this fact he could not allow the pres
| ence of correspondents.
Col Zacharie read communication from
Col Brush pressing the election of DR.. Hugh
Kennedy To fill the vacancy OIL the board.
Gov. Wells said a similar request was
made on Thursday, but that he had decided
the clerical force was full. but if there was
need to increase il the democratic recon-
mendatiOnS would be considered, but the
board had not determined TO appoint DR.. IL.
Kennedy.
On motion of Judge Spofford, the board di-
rected an officer to go in search of the rest of
the returns from MoOrehouse. The board
thereafter went into executive session.
The Chicago Jo,ar'al's New Orleans special
says the returning officers have finished all
the uncontested parishes, in which the re-
publicans have majority of 9,2,4.
East Baton Rouge has fourteen polling
places, but the returns when opened, were
from only seven. The law requires the com
missioners at each polling place, within
twenty-fOur hours after the close of the polls
to make return of the votes cast to the super
visor of registration of the parish, who within
twenty-four hours after the receipt of returns
from polling places is required to consolidate
such returns, TO be certified as correct by the
clerk of the district court. and forward the
consolidated returns, with originals received
by him, by mail to the state returning board.
Statements of violence or intimidation at
any poll, when alleged, are required 10 be
attached to and forwarded with the con-
solidated returns. East Baton Rouge is
twelve hours distant from New Orleans
Returns from that parish were not sent by
mail, and were not filed with the returning
board until November % Many of the aft
davits accompanying The same charging in
timidatton We're sworn To in New Orleans
some OF them as late as November ..
The total vote of the parish, as ascertained
from the returns of the commissioners at
polling places, was 2,23S for Tildtn and GIG
for Hayes, but the supervisor of registration
by consolidating the returns from only seven
polling places, leaving out the other seven
and emitting to send up original returns from
some, makes return of only l,f02 votes for
Tilden and l Az for Hayes. Affidavits have
been filed stating that the supervisor in this
parish, and in every other parish IN the STATE
is republican; that the returns from four
teen parishes are still missing. that several OF
the missing returns were and had been in the
city of New Orleans for days in the hands of
persons who were not supervisors. Till the
returns from East Baton Rouge were opened
Ii was not known to the democrats what poll
ing places were rejected. The democrats com
plain bitterly of the action of the board and
the supervisors in regard to this parish. After
much discussion the returns OF East Baton
Rouge were laid aside.
The only parish finished Yesterday was ST
Martin; Tilden, ,o23; Hayes, 1907.
FLORIDA.