The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-06
LOUISIANA.
The Last Act of the Farce.
The State Given to Hayes.
Declaration Of the Returning Beard

Declaration OF the Returning Board.
NEw ORLEANS, December 5-Ths
declaration OF the Returning Board givcs
the lowest Hayes elector 3,4i7 majority.
and the highest 1867. Ii is undertoOd
that the entire Republican State ;ioke, ia
elected by $500 majority, and good
msjority in the legislature.
NEw ORLEANS, December j.-At6:SO
=. NJ to-day the Secretary at State per-
sonsily served on Gov. Kellogg the foh
lowing notification.
NEW ORLEANS, December 5, 1876
LIP. 6. Deslonde, Secretary Of State
for the State of Louisiana, do hereby
certify that the returning officers 81
the election held IN said State on the ith
DAY Of November, 1876, have returned 10
me n Secretary Of State, sc.
cording to law, the following persons
as duly elected Electors Of Prosident and
Vice President OF the United States FOR
the State OF Louisiana, st such election,
to-wit For the State ~ large. WIN. L.
Kellogg, J. Henry Burch; FOR Gislricts--
First district, Peter Joscphs; Second ji..
trict, Lineal Sheldon; Third district.
Morris Marks, Fourth district, Aaron
h. Leyisee; Fifth district, Orlando II.
Brewster; Sixth district Oscar Jetrisn.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
signed my name and caused the seal vi
tho State to be attached, this llfIh day Vi
December. 4. d. 1876, and Of the iDdr-
pendence OF the United States the lOlst.
lSignedI I. q. DEsLASDE
Secretary Of State.
Accompany tins certificate was
statement oi the aggregate votes cast
for the Presidential electors - certified
to by the Secretary Of State, ~ follows,
Official compiled returns of sn clec.
ton held in the State OF LoulsiAus, On
the 7th day OF November, Va. d.. 1876.
under writ OF election, dated Sep
,ember lG.h, A. D., 1876, ordering tho
same, and pursuant 10 the provisions
of Act No ~, 10 regulate the conduct
and TO maintain the freedom and purity
of elections. % prescribe the mode of
making returns thereof; 10 perscribe for
election OF the returning officers, aud de-
timing their powers and dutIes; - pre-
scribe the mode of entering on the rolb
of the Senate and House Of Representa-
t.yes, and TO enforce article l08 oil the
Constitution, approved November ~,
1872, to wit The total number OF votes
cas-, TOR olector. for President and Vice
President of the United Stat.s VIM. y
Kellogg. delegate st large, 7j,l35:
J. Henry Burch, delegate nj
large 1927; Peter J"-ephs, fir't
district, 74,Ols; l.. a, Sheldon. Ser-
ond district, 74,027i Morris Mark
Third district, 74,3ls; haron Is Leysee,
Fourth district, 74,0l3; Orlando n
Brewster, Fifth district, H.0l7; Oscar
Joifrianc, Sixth district, 1875; John
McEnery, r large 7Oj08; Robert &.
Wicklide, Al large, 7O,jO9; Louis ~.
Martin. First district, 70,653; + J..
Pockez. Second district, 70,83b; Alclb,ade
Deblune. Third district, 70.53G; w. A.
Seay, Fourth district, 7O,425; RW. Cobb,
Fith district, 7O,423; \. C. Ros', Sixth
district, 1856.
The vote for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor was also returned 70 the Secrc-
,ary Of State, the total being, for Cover.
nor. ;. b Packard, 1924; Francu 7
Nichols. Il 1853; ,for Lieutenant Cover
ror, Z. Z. Antoine, 7i.663i J.. a wiz,
y ,092