The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-15
AN HONEST COUNT ASKED FOR
An Appeal to Grants Com
mittee
By Distinguished Men from
the North,
In the Intsre sts of Peace and Honest
Elections.
An Answer Promised.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. A.
To AHon. Stanley Matthews, James A. Garfield,
John A. Logan, Vim. D. Kelley, John A. Kasson,
j. Irwin Ditte, John II. Shenberger, VIM. NJ.
Eyarts, E. W. Stoughton, John A. Dix, and
others.
The undersigned arrived here yester-
day. They came in answer to a telegram
from Hon. Abraham S. Hewitt, Char
man of the National Democratic Com
mittee, dated at New York Nov. 10 1875,
as fullows:
1.-The citizens of New Orleans urgently request that
delegation of prominent gentlemen come there al
once to counsel peace and fair and Ih0nest returns
YOu are earnestly requested to be one of ten or
fifteen gentlemen. all widely known, to meet at the
Louisville Gait House on Saturday evening, pro-
proceeding 5direCtly south. If more convenient
meeting at the ST. Charles Hotel New Orleans, on
Monday morning. Your prompt accepta ce hy
telegraph is requested, This emergency appeals
to your patriotism"
The undersigned are informed that you
have come here at the request of the
president Of the United States to see that
| the Board of Canvassers make a fair
count of the vote actually cast While
| in the late canvass you gave your sup
port to Hayes and Wheeler as candidates
for President and President, and the
undersigned gave their support to Tilden
and Hendricks for these offices, and they feel
assured that all good citizens of all parties
regard an honest count and true returns
of the vote actually cast of greater mo-
ment than the success OF any candidate
for office. and are ready to do all that
honorable men should do to secure such
return of the vote cast at the late election
in Louisiana, which assumes, more than
ever before, national Importance, and
upon which in this crisis may depend the
very existence of constitutional govern
l-ment.
The undersigned, therefore, in view of
the unhappy controversies which have
heretofore arisen from the action OF the
Returning Board OF this State, where its
action could not in any event change the
, result of a Presidential election, and in
view of the desire of all good men that ef
feet should be given to the will of the ma
jority as lawful expressed, respectfully ask
. you, or such of you as are present, t. NEE
and confer with them personally or through
cou mittees, as may be deemed most wise,
/ in order that such influence as we pos
sess may be exerted in behalf of sucl
, canvass of the vote actually cast, as by
its fairness and impartiality shall command
the respect and acquiescence of the Am eri
can people of all parties.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN NJ. PALMER, Illinois.
LYMAN TRUMBuLL,
VIM. K. MORRISON,
j. E. MCDONALD, Indiana.
GRO. W. JULIAN. ="
NJ d. MANSON,
re JOHN LOVE, Z"
j. r. DooLITTLE, Wisconsin.
= GEO b. SMITH,
j. B. STALLo, Ohio
q LOUIS V. BoGY, Missouri.
j. o. BRoADHEAD,
C. GIBSON, "
Il HENRY WATTERsoN, Kentack!
j. w. STEVENSON. -
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! JOHN LEE CARROLL, Marylant
! WIN. +. HAMILTON, .
l. A. j. CURTIE, Pennsy ylvania.
Q VIM. BIGLER,
SAML. j. RANDALL, :"
OSWALD OTTENDoRFER, N
w. 5. SUMNER, Connecticut