Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-18

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IRE RETURNING BOARD AT WORK.
The supreme court having sumed troll
or the board of canvassers, Senator Ran
6olph, Hon. Montgomery Blair and Hon. q.
V. Fox returned Forth from Colum bia yes
te1day. No hnal decision was made by the
tuprt me court In the matter of the writs of
mandsmus and prohibition against the Gao
vassing board, but the court granted an
Intermediary order authorizing the can
vassers to aggregate the statements OF the
county election commissioners, ascertain
who have received the greatest number of
votes, and certify the result TO the court.
This is entirely in the line OF the wits asked
for. Under this order the board was at work
yesterday, a committee of democrats and
republicans being present Tney first can
vass the vote for Presidential electors.
A dispatch from Columbia last night says:
the hoard OF canvasseTs, proceeding under
the order OF the supreme court TO aggregate
the vote of the state fer Presidential electors,
governor and lieutenant governor, have can
Vassed Inc vote OF i've counties for the former
and ten for the latter, without announcing
The result. A large namber OF protests are
being filed by both parties, and irregularities
existing in several counties have been dis
covered. The order of the court does not
decide thepOwers or functions of the board.
petition Tor writ OF prohibition against
the exercise OF the judicial powers Is held
under advisement anu tue board required to
certify the count of the vote to the court.
The board held session with closed doors
and refused members of the press admission
were allowed 10 be present.
LOUISIANA.
A WAR OF AFFLDAVITS.
The democratic cOmmIttee nave received
several hundred afffdavits from heroes and
some republican officials from Ouacaita
ard other bull -dOZed parishes showing q
peaceable and quiet election, and also In ;.
Limitation OF negroes who desired to vote
the democratic ticket, bGt did not do so for
fear OF violence from republicans of their
Own color. Republican officials have count
er affidavits In many cases showing violence
and intimidation where the democrats have
sworn nothing OF the kind existed. 1t is
stalled Oh good authority that the returning
board when II meets to-day will reply to the
application OF the democratic committee al
lowing i've members from each party to be
present during the cangasslng OF the returns
THE FIGHT ON ELECToRS.
TIE New Orleans Evening Democrat SAYS
thai two or the republican electors in Lou
1s1aDa hello offices of profit and trust under
the UDfted states at the time they were
voted for, and are therefore ineligible. D. Fl.
Brewster was United States surveyor gene
raj for Louisiana, and official documents
k1gred by him during the canvass are In ex-
istepce. The day after the election he sent
In bis resignation, and 1t Is believed ante
dated lt To cure his iDeligttility. Judge A.
Levisee, another Hayes elector, is we are
informed, United ,ates commissioner, an
Cftce OF profit and trust, aud he Is therefore
Ineligible. The five radical electors will run
furtner behind the radical ticket In the 14th
Senatorial district than was at first expect
ed. Almost all of the tickets OF the Wake
Held (radtcsD faction were printed with tue
names Ga only three electOrs-the two at
large Kellogg and Burch) and the elector for
that district. The consequence Is that the
other five electors are behind 635 In West
Baton Rouge, 400 In Iberville, and consider
ably behind. also, In ST. Martin and IBERIA.
IL is 1mpOs sible 10 say just now how great
this deficiency is, but IL is certainly over
j 800, and NAV be great 600 -