New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-23

pliou, ana le0V0 space there Tor our de
cision; if We should agree to throw it on
| space will be left there, and We will pu
| it in.
General Andersen This is going to bt
rather an important question. Here is 9
vote that does not correspond. For IN
stance, they give Packard twenty three
| and Hayes twenty three, but give tht
| electors none; they give Ti!den and Hen
bricks eighty-two, McEnery ninety six and
| SO on.
Governor Pslmer-Is the uestioa wheth
er you will count the votes cast for preai
dental electors.
President Wel.s-The question is as to
1ormality.
General Anderson-Is does not entirely
conform to the requirements, and the con
solidated return does not correspond ex
actly with the returns.
Governor Smith-I1 corresponds with the
figures.
General Anderson-No, sir.
Mr.. Stough.On-That return is not count.
ed. suppose, at presents
General AEdeIson-Not at present. We
will leave it for our consideration hereafter
Governor Smith-Leaving poll No. to
be considered, give US the aggregate vote
without it.
General Anderson-Three hundred and
sixty -four fer the McEnery electors and
twenty three for Kellogg. Democratic cleo.
tors have all 463 votes excepting McEnery.
The returns of this parish were laid over
for further consideration, and the returns
from LafOurche were brought in.
General Anderson-There is nothing on
the wrapper of the returns from Lafonrche
but the seal-no address and 10 signature.
President Wells-What is the number of
polls there.
Mr.. Casanave-There ere twenty.
Genera! AndersOn-Tho consolidated re-.
turns call for twenty-five.
The remarks on the consolidated returns
are as follows;
Poll No. 4-Seven affidavits that many Re-
publicaus were prevented FROM voting bg
the Democratic commissioners Poll No. l.
No votes pOlled. Poll No. 9, received No
vember 9. at ten o'clock-Protested against
by s. r. Snaer and Charles L. Nichols,
Republican United States supervisors of
election. Poll No. l0-No returns received;
boxes delivered by Democratic commits
siOner Of election, K. o. Sullivan, in q
drunken state. who demanded in q violent
manner that the supervisors receive them.
signed by NJ. Ledet, supervisor, and sworn
to before H. Franklin, clerk of court for
Lafourche parish. on the ninth of Novem-
Der, 1876.
President Wells-Are there any protests
separately tiledf
General Anderson-I see nothing here
except the statement that there is y pro-
teet. The supervisor says the protest was
entered by Snssr and Nichols, bat they
don't say SO themselves. Poll No. is left
ont of the consolidated returns, aud no
votes were polled at poll No. l. That is
often the case.
Governor Smith-We have the returns
here of poll No. 10, of III for the Demo.
cratic ticket, and forty four for the Rspub-
lican.
The board went through the canvass of
the polls of the parish regularly. 1t ap-
peared that at poll No. 5 there was no lis
of voters; that among the papers of poll
poll No. 81.
Judge Trumbull-It appears that at poll
seventeen there were only three electors on
the Republican side voted for; they were
Kellogg. Marks and Burch.
General Anderson-That is all on the list,
bat we see here he has returned them all.
Judge Trumbull-But he has returned
none Of the Democrats.
General Anderson-No, sir.
Governor Smith-We may find it in some
Of the polls.
General Anderson-The electors are all
put on, but the names are omitted.
General Sheldon, one of the Republican
electors, appeared in the room at this time
and stated to President Wells in an in
formal manner that he had constitutional
question to present to the board when the
parish of Orleans was called up.
The canvass in the remaining polls in the
parish of LafOurche was then proceeded
with.
Judge Trumbull drew the attention of the
board to the fact that in poll No. % there
were none of the usual papers accompany
ing the return excepting the tally sheets.
He also stated there we're but three electors
voted for at that poll, and that they re-
ceived seventeen votes, and that there was
nothing for the Democratic electors.
Governor Paimer-rhey don't need any.
Judge Trumbull-No, the other eide hsv-
ing none thev don't need but few.
Governor Palmer stated informally to the
president that a number Of afidavits bear
ing upon the contested parishes had been
sent him to bring before the board, but he
had returned them to the parties who mad
sent them. He supposed that they would
be delivered in the morning
General Anderson made the announce
ment that the board had examined every
thing then before them. There was pro.
the decision as to that protest was re served
He announced that the highest Republican
vote in LafOurche parish was 1865 and the
lowest 1864; the highest Democratic vote
was 1894, and the lowest 1890. Considering
poll No 2, poll No. 10 not being returned,
it would only make q difference of thirty
eight in favor of Tllden.
Adjourned until ii A. NJ. tomorrow