The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-15
TILE LATE Ell LECTION.
THE SKIES cLEAHrSa AWAY.

THE LATE ELECTION.
THE SKIES CLEAlRrNGAwAY.
ALL DOUBTS REGARDING THE RESULT Dis
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FRICTION WELL
NIGH GER TELE-
GRAMS FROM LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, AND
SOUTH CARoLrNA-THE SOUTH CAROLINA
RETURNING BOARD BEFORE THE sU-
PREME COURT-THE REPUBLICANS CON
cEDE HAMPToN's ELECTROMAGNETIC
i OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE COM
MfTTEElN NEW ORL EAis-PRELDnNARY
STEPS TOWARDS CANvAssING THE RE-
TURNS. &C. $500 4: z :.
At half pastt2 o'clock this morning, hay
ing looked over-the several telegraphic dis
patches received from our own correspond
ents and by the Associated Press, we find
| that Louisiana and F florida can no longer be
fairly considered doubtful; and there is
reason to believe that South Carolina is en-
titled to place in our table Of States whose
electoral vote has been cast for Mr.. Tilden.
tBut tits deemed best to class South Caro-
Iina--for the present, at least-wlth the
doubtful States. The tele grams concerning
the State Board of Canyassers are full OF in
terest, and the decision Of The Supreme
Court on Friday will be looked forward to
with great anxiety.
Mr.. William Archer Cooke, now a resi-
dent of Tallahassee, Fla, and Attorney
General for that State, telegraphed to one of
the Baltimore papers TIVE days ago that
Florida had gone Democratic by at least
1900 mai ority, and that it would be next to
impossible for the Radicals to cheat the hon
est people Of the State out OF the election.
Mr.. Cooke, who was at one time resident
OF Richmond, is member Of the Board OF
CanYassers for the State OF Florida.
Governor Randolph's telegram seems to
confirm the opinion that he expressed while
in Richmond on Sunday, that Florida and
Louisiana had both given Democratic ma
iorities.
It will be seen by an Associated Press
dispatch from Columbia that the Republic
cans concedc Hampton's election as Gov
ernor. . :,
In Louisiana the members of the Demo-
cratic conference have addressed commu-
nication to Mr.. Garfield and other Republic
can members OF the Grant party to see that
" fair count is had" announcing their ar
rival in New Orleans, and their readiness to
proceed with the business with which they
are charged. The full text of the letter is
published elsewhere.
The skies are clearing and Frightening,
but as vet there are no returns from Ore
gon. We may, however, now look Tor
speedy settlement of the presidential con-
test. -...& 3. .s...
We publish below all the dispatches con-
corning the election received up to the hour
of going to press, together with our table
OF the electoral vote as it stands to-day:
Daylight i'm South Carolina.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.]
COLUMBIA, S., c., November 14.-The
Board of State Canvassers met this morning
of 10 O'Clock, but before transacting any
business it was served with notice to ap.
pear before the Supreme Court, upon Pc
| tition OF counsel for the Democratic can.
didates for. writs OF privilege and cnaR.
da1nus. The Board at once adjourned
The Supreme Court met ut II A
.-Chief-Justice Moses in the CHAIR
with Associate Justices Williams ant
Wright, composing a full bench. The
courtroom was packed. Besides the array
of eminent Democratic counsel there were
present large number Of distinguished
visitors-among them Senators Randolph
of New Jersey; Gordon, Of Georgia; Hon
Montgomery Blair, Captain j. V. Fox
former secretary Of President Lincoln
Hon. a. H. 81. Stuart of Virginia, ane
others.
The initiatory proceedings began will
argument among the lawyers as to th'
pleadings, in which Democratic lawyer
were in the main successful. The Cour
was-to use the expression of an eminen
LAWYER of the Democratic stripe-in mos
excellent temper. The case was taken VI
on two processes-frst, a prohibition to pro
hibit the State Board of Canvassers iron
hearing and deciding any protest or contes
and to contne it strictly to the ministerial
duty OF summing up the votes as counted
by the county managers of elections; sc
cond, anandanaUs to compel the Board
after such summing up by it, to GER
tify the election OF those having the
highest number of votes. 1t was alst
commended that the Board, under the Con
stitution Of the State, can only act minis
terially, not iudiclally, to hear protests ano
determine contests. The Democrats say
that if the Board is allowed to hear and de
eide, three of them being candidates for re
election, they will decide every Democratic
protest against the protestants and every
Republican protest in their favor, so that
they may make the vote OF anything they
please. Under the proceedings the Board Of
Canvassers were made respondents, and the
court passed rule in. each case requiring
themto. appear and answer by 1890 O'Clock
on Thursday next, when the arguments
will begin. In the mean time with the ser
vice Of the rule the Board is enioined, ant
can do nothing. It is believed that TIT