Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-04
THE CONTESTED STATES.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
LOUISIANA

At the meeting of the returning board Sat
urday Colonel /acharie called its attention
10 the following facts: When the returns
from ouachita parish were opened by the
board II was announced by the secretary
thai they had been received on the 34th. the
day before they were opened. When they
We're turned over 10 the democratic counsel
for inspection there was found in the sealed
package, said 10 have been received on the
q. saying: Enclosed please find affidavit Of
Eliza Pinkston, which ] received too late To
file with my returns. Please see that il is
brought i'm with other attidavits filed with
my returns. Respectfully.
W. }. GRADY, Supervisor of Onachita.
Colonel Iacharie stated that two facts were
established: First, thai the statement of the
secretary that the papers Were only filed ON
the 18th was untrue. because the letter found
in the sealed package showed that the re-
turns had been fled by the secretary before
the I'd. and IL shows. second. that "a letter
and affidavit Of Eliza Pinkston were found
IN the sealed package 10 il shown that the
secretary of the board had compiled with the
request of the supervisor. and that he had
opened the package and put il into the afii-
daNit. and by mistake The letter of the super
visor also. The matter was referred TO the
board.
The board adjourned. subject to the caU of
The president. Clerks are now compiling re
turns OF the election. The electoral vote al
least viii be promulgated Tuesday.
The republican visiting committee de
parted homeward saturday afternoon.
FLORIDA
Saturday was consumed i'm the technical
Introduction OF testimony to the board. IL
being the last day allowed for this work.
Each side filed specifications of contest in
several counties and made replication 10
charges on certain other counties. There was
only one new or notable point raised, that in
the county of Manatee. The clerk OF this
county, who is by law the registering officer,
resigned a week or so before the election. The
governor accepted his resignation. 10 take
effect at once. The county was thus left with
"A a. nj 10 nj tod
to register with the deputy clerk. He de
clined TO take their names and a new clerk
was appointed by telegraph, but for reasons
stated differently by each side did not qualify
before the election was over. The election
was held. however. the registry list OF last
year being used. Each voter took the usual
registry oath before q justice of the peace.
who Officiated i'm the lack OF the clerk. The
republicans ask that the county be thrown
Out. az the election was irregular. and as the
voters in the county. not believing that the
election would be held without a clerk did
not go to the polls To vote. The democrats
asked that II be counted, as these voters eN
HauSted their resources in trying to vote law
fully. and recited that hundreds of voters
were kept from voting. as only those on the
registry lists of former years felt il right 10
vote: The county is almost wholly demo-
cratic.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Myers and Hamilton. two of the republican
members. have gone over to the democracy.
Mackey, the republican speaker in the house
Saturday evening, told Wallace. the demo
cratic speaker, he intended 10 remove the
EdGcfield men with the state constable
Wallace said the house was the only CON
ScrVatOr of its own order. and could not
legally be intcrfered with by coustables or
any outside force. and he would resist them
with ali the power a. lis command. and not
yield except To the United States troops under
the command OF Gen. Ruger. Matters are
now approaching q crisis II General Ruger
SuStainS Mackcy. The democrats will be eX-
PEELED III he declines TO do So they will re
Ia .la,
-four more meEubCrS from Abbeville county
without hearing protests or contests. while
The democratic members were in the hall
holding certificates from the board of can
yaS~Crs. No militia or cOnStahulary have
We; madc their appearance ~ the state house
The crisis j. past until Monday.