, 1876-11-18
important Meeting Of the Board
of Canvassers.
Arguments as to tie Acceptance or Re
jecticn Of Certain Precincts.
The Authorities Arc that The Board
Must Count All The Returns.
The County Clerk Intimatos Strong De-
sira to CAST the Defective 0ues Out.
Changes Which Viii 10 Aado Il They Are not
Counted.
MORNING SESSION.


MORNING SESSION.
THE DOUBTFUL PRECINCTS.
The Board Of County Canvasscrs mt ycster-
day morning for the purpose Of continuing tile
canvass, md also of tIstenlng TO arguments re-
EaruInE certain prccuets which had sent IN de-
fccttvc returns.
Several Judges came in md fixed up their re-
turns, while others wanted to, but were Informed
|, wa* Impossible, and one Of them got all In
timatton from Gen. Ltcb that tho Grand Jury
would attend 10 his case. After this had been
disposed OF llle arguments began.
MIR. SAITH
Raftl there WAS no dt.positton to take up The
time Of The Board unnecessarily. llc under.
stood TINT yrar by year tlo votes had 6ren
ui a tnlly-slcct t,nd been regarded rs no reason
for Rejecting tho vote of precinct. Mr.. Caut-
Held Ind scen scatctl IN Congress, and rightly,
do,e III the rnsc u MI. t!uck. the County
been uniform. lie presumed lbc truth was that
tho aailu defect had not occurred in numerous
in>talccs,- s,-pcrlaps, luwever, not ns numerous
us tIlIs year. tInlicr such circumstances, 1t hail
been suggested that II was not proper e Pre-,
arnt any argument unlcas Lhc board indicated
that thcJ desired 10 hear somo authorities oti
the subject,
blr. i.lr,s-Mr. Smith md 0ent!csncn: In
the namu ot the Board Of Canvvasscrs, l
That II we have for tic past
two years been rather Ink In enforcing
the letter Of The law strictly, II Is no reason why
we should adhere to the error, " 1t was Ill
error, especially as II is lie ease to-day that tho
public mind Is SO excited, ur rather may say
rxasrcrated, Upon this very subject 81 Return
ing uuarls. l would nsk Mr.. Smith whether
the following ls good law, Or whether It s a
good principle tn live by: at Is In our tudg.
lnent vital 10 The preservation nj constitutional
liberty that the habit Of obcdtcnec u thu forms
Of law should BE- ee.lulously Inculcaicd and cul.
tivatcd, md that resort to cxtfa-constituttonal
modes OF rctlress for even actual grievances
should b. nro!dc.l and condemned Us revolu-
tlonary, ltsorganizny, nnd Tending TO disorder
and nitarchy." Is that good principlea
Mr. snit!l-1t strikes INC SO, II under
stand It. .-. ~
Mr.. Ltcf-Wcll, Sir, ! have thnt from the
answer Of tic gentlemen Who were sent hy the
President III thu United Statcs to New Orleans
to oversuc the counting OF tho ballote tlcru, to
the Democratic gentlemen who went there fur
joint ronfc,cnte.
Mr.. SnIt--That may be. I am neither tue
Mr. Leb-1 mean whether It Ia good principle
or not,
Mr.. Smith, understand thcrc Is such place
as NGw Orleans. never was there.
& M sys tns II II ~, Gns eo,ps sSanry As
Euvl ~ th!S qngstio1i--
AR. Sm:th-Ycs.
aliIs umt,cr-whctl,rr tho forms of Inv hayc
b. en- inliuwctl Ia returns.
Mr. S1ntt,,-Tla. is oil right What 1 wanted
tn know i, wlr,Lrr YOU desired to hrar INV ur-
runcut.
ue,ermination. until iurthnr Iirbt il thrown
u,1ou tic subject, that ~ VIC understand thu
law. n return III bc
a ncTrny Mrsr CONTAIN ALL THE ngou,s,rxs
inti .,w., r., tr Law 'rh,t il. a iIst ~ vnt.rs
m,;. W. /" ~ ~ ,1I,,, "nrt;t.1 n. r.,r,, l., H.
r.,r r., Il, al" t.Ijvrs,,aet sith ,nijr"m.rss no ~
1r'.s,.ril"t ~ i,v law rhn.. thren ,mnGrs ~ tIcse
tI,rcs rru,,ir,,asuts. tmusi Sr fintye,l in tntu'
md lc ujtimcti ttn.rthrr i, ,,nt. clvrInc 10 b1,
49, n.,,,,,J,t,, rntn. :. ,,n ~ u",1,es,nnI sh lar.
w have received martial rcttlrui,-iucomprtu
,rturns.-nuI mil th. n.nr,,,,i rcntIrn,an r,.,,
s,w rs t,,,t ~. nr,. In.,rr,rt In ,u,r vfews MN
nt e'tm u, .naL ~ VIZ LNg! est ~ WI VIEWS W.
shs i, n., r,',y,ss nrv f,,rtnrr ~ rceav" t,rs,
rt,rn ~ HI rSt%r;,x ~ mn ,"o,1, J., he =.
NM nr,.n.,,ts ,,, H., s,c., rnn ,vs ~. ~ pain