The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-11-14

The board of canvassers heard the argument
this afternoon of Leroy f. Yeomsns in behalf
of the Democratic citizens. He maintained
that the board had no power under the Consti-
tuition to alter the result of the county canvas
sers and the state board had no power to change
the returns and could merely consolidate and
announce the result.
At the conclusion of the argument the board
adjourned until tomorrow morning, when r.
B. Elliot (colored) will address the board on
behalf of the Republicans. He will insist that
the board has ministerial and judicial functions
and that 1T has the right to canvass and throw
out votes in any county where there has been
either fraud or intimidation,
Democratic Claims.
The state board of canvassers decline to fur
nish any information tonight concerning the
election, They say not more than tw0-thirdS
of the counties have been heard from officially.
The Democrats have their figures from a repre-
sentative on each board of the county mana
gers They have no doubt Of the election of
the Democratic state ticket and Tilden's cleo
ton is claimed by smaller majority
Danger of Bloody Work.
Especial despatch to the Boston Journal)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-The following pri-
vate dispatches have been received here:
Columbia, S. C,-rbe rifle clubs from all
portions of the state threaten raid on this
city next Thursday, with view OF lntimidat-
ing the board of state canvassers Governor
lions of the state, threatening him with MUIR
der if he does not declare Hampton and Tilden
elected. We have carried South Carolina for
Hayes, but TildeD's Ku Klux friends threaten
to change the result at the point of the assas
SINS pistol. We cannot escape serious trouble
unless the President protects us, as he has the
Flordans and Lousianians.
Charleston, S. c., N0u 13.-Let no attention
be paid to the Associated Press dispatches
which are sent from this city in the interest of
Tilden and Hampton They are written by one
f. A, Dawson the Centennial liar, who boasts
that his lies are more potential than truths.
We have saved South Carolina to honest gov
eminent, and despite the shot guns of the reb-
els the state will give Chamberlain and Hayes
5000 majority. The rebels are organizing
all over the state and declare that they will
murder the returning board at Columbia next
Thursday when the electionsresults are declar-
ed. We look to the President for protection
against this last effort of the Ku,Klux Democ-
racy.
Frauds Alleged by the Democrats.
ITO the Associated Press.l
CHARLESTON, Nov. 13-The Democrats to-
day filed protest az ainst the late election in
Charleston county. They allege that the whole
OF the county was controlled by Intimidation
and terrorism, and that no opportunity to vote
was given the qualified voters; also that large
numbers who decided to do so were prevented
from voting the Democratic ticket; also that
the legal number of polls were not opened.
Gov. Chamberlain Confident.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13-Gov Chamberlain of
South Carolina telegraphed the following to the
Herald last night:
The counties officially reported since last
night increase the Hayes vote over all former
reports or estimates. No doubt is now felt by
| the Republicans and think, by the Democrats,
| that Hayes has carried the state. The chances
also favor the success of the Republican state
ticket. Reports of violence sufficient to invali-
date the majority already reported by the Dem
| ocrats, increase in plumber and defniteness. If
these fully establishey, the result will raise
| the majority to many thousand.