The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-30

At one poll in Natchitoches, the Board
threw out 542 votes for three Republican
Electors, and 173 votes for three Democratic
Electors, on account of informalities. The
vote for five Republican Electors in Natchi-
toches was 1853. In Iberia five Republican
Electors received only 1,S4S votes, instead
of 2,297, owing to the omission of their
names on the ballots.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 25.-The Returning
Board met at 11:30. Present for the Repub-
licans, Messrs. Stoughton, Van Allen, VIII
son, Kelly, and Parker; for the Democrats,
Messrs. Palmer, Trumbull, G.B Smith, Big
Ter, and Julian.
In executive session the Board called for
the returns and announced the vote from
the consolidated statements:
DeSoto: Hayes, sos; Tilden, 1905.
Ouachita: Hayes, 1893; Tilden, 1860.
Lincoln: Hayes, 331 Tilden, 1,064.
East Feliciana: Hayes, O.; Tilden, 1,737.
West Feliciana: Hayes, IT'S; Tilden,
1,249.
Richland: Hayes, 277; Tilden, $40.
Caddo: Hayes, 277; Tilden, 1854.
Sabine: Hayes, %; Tilden, 9O6.
The votes of these parishes were not can
yassed, there being contests fixed for hear
ing next week. When the returns from
parishes. marked contested were opened,
Democratic counsel were allowed to be
present.
The returns from De Soto Parish were
brought in, and contained in one package,
sealed with wax. When the seals were
broken by the members of the Board, there
was found inside the consolidated statement
of the votes, the Commissioners statements
and tally sheets. Attached to the returns
were a large number of protests and aft.
davits.
The Secretary of the Board said that the
package had been received on the 18th inst,
and such was the entry in his receipt book.
The returns, he said, had come by mail. In
the course of inspection it was disc vered
that one of the protests of the Supervisor,
charging general intimidation, was dated
November %, and sworn to in this city be-
fore a Commissioner of the Circuit Court.
When called upon to explain how a protest,
dated on the 25th instant (to-dayl could
get into a sealed and registered package
received by mail on the 18th inst, the Sec
rotary said he had received two packages.
He was detected by one of the Democratic
counsel present in the act of making an
other entry in his book of the two packages
received.
After some delay another package was
produced, and found to contain a CONSOLE
dated statement Of the votes and the Com
missioner returns, but no protests or affida-
Wits. The members of the Board were una
BILE to explain the matter, and Senator
Sherman, of the Republican Visiting Com
mittee, remarked that there was no use to
disguise the fact that the returns had been
opened, and the protests inserted after the
package of returns had been received.
The affair created quite a sensation among
the members of the committee present.
The members. of the Democratic Commit
tee were very outspoken in the opinion that
a fraud had been perpetrated, and the Re.
publicans did not deny that the affair had a
very peculiar aspect.
The Democratic counsel say that a similar
thing had occurred in the case of other par.
ishes, but that as they were not admitted
until to-day there was no opportunity to
discover the frauds.