Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-06

ment of the aggregate votes FOR Presidential
electors as certified to the secretary of State.
as follows: "0fficial-Compiled returns Of an
election held IN the State Of Louisiana on the
seventh day Of November, A.D. ls76. "
Under writ of election. under date OF Sep
tember Is, A. D. 1876, ordering the same,
and pursuant to the provisions Of act No. %.
to regulate. conduct and maintain the free
dom and purity Of elections to prescribe the
mode OF making returns thereof; to provide
for the election OF returning officers and la-
lining their powers and duties; to prescribe
the mOde Of entering On the rolls of the
senate and house of representatives; and 10
/ enforce article lO3 Of the constitution. aE-
I proved November 20, 1872, t0-wit; Total
votes cast for electors Of President and Vice
President Of the United States: William p
/ Kellogg, at large, -, l3j; J. Henri Burch, at
large. -, l2I; Peter Joseph, first cOugression-
al district, 14,Ol4; Lionel A. Sheldon. second
congressional district, 14.02I; Morris Marks,
/ third congressional district T4.4IS:
/ Aaron B. Leyisee, fourth congression-
al district, 74,013; Orlando II. Brewster.
fifth congressional district, 74,0l7; Oscar Jot-
rion, sixth congressional district, a, 736;
/ John NJ Emery, at large, 70,5OS; Robert c.
! Wicklitfe, at large, 70,509; Louis St. Martin,
/ first congressional district, 70,553: Felix Z.
! POche, second congressional district, 70.3}j;
| Alcibiade Deblanc, third congressional dis
trict, &c, ,525; r. e. Cobb, fifth congressional
district. 70,423; X. A. Cross, sixth congress
! sional district, 70,j56. We, the undersigned
returning officers, pursuant to authority
vested In Us by act No. 20, approved NOvem-
| Der 20, A. D. 1872, do hereby certify that the
/ foregoing is a true and correct compilation Of
! the statement of the votes cast at an election
for electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, held on the seventh day
of November, 4. D., 1876, under Il writ of
election promulgated September Is, A. D.,
1876, ordering the same; and we hereby de-
clare that the following persons were duly
and lawfully elected tO-wit: William
?. Kellogg, J. Henri Burch, Peter Jc-
scph, Lionel a. Sheldon, Morris Marks.
Aaron b. Lcvisee, Orlando H. Brewster and
Oscar Jotfrion. The vote for governor and
lieutenant governor We're also returned to
the secretary of state, the total being for gov
ernor-T. B. Packard, 74,G24; Francis I.
Nichols, II 1913; for lieutenant governor, c.
c. Antoine 74,669; L. A. Wilt, II ,093
The clerks Of returning officers had
not, up to midnight, completed their dupli-
cate copies of the returns for PRONUNCIATION
IN the official journal. 1t is understood
however, that four Republican congressman,
namely: Darrell, in the third district; Smith,
in the fourth; Leonard, in the fifth, and Nash
in the sixth, have been retured elected. and
Gibson, Democrat, in the first, and Ellis,
Democrat, in the second. The returns for
all these officers, State and congressional,
will be promulgated tomorrow.
& The subjOined statement Of the grounds acted
upon has been obtained from the counsel of the
ly,, 1y,F
State of Louisiana claim, first, that under the
provisions of the law they are the returning
officers of all the elections held in said State:
that there are, in law and III fact, no returns
Of any election held in said State until first
examined, Canvassed and compiled by them;
that the statements furnished by the COM
missioners of election are simply statements
of votes purpOrted to have been cast, and
that until the fairness or legality of the voting
at that poll or precinct have been passed
upon by the returning officers, no validity at
taches to any such statement. In
strict compliance with the laws Of the
United States and of this State, the returning
officers Of the State of Louisiana have pro-
Ceeded to examine the canvass and compile
the statements OF votes purpOrted to have been
cast in this State at the general election for
President and Vice President Of the United
last The votes purported to have been cast
IN the parishes of Grant and East Fcliciana
have been ignored entirely III the official can
vaSs. In Grant parish not one form Of law was
observed There were no legal supervisors
or commissioners of election, and the vote
taken was informal. The votes were taken on
railroad train in East FcliCiana. and the return
ing officers were unable 10 find one poll. at
which from evidence before them, they could
certify that full, free and fair election was
had. In the parish Of East Baton Rouge the
the votes Of three polls situated in the city
of Baton Rouge, where there was military
protection afforded; also three other polls
situated Immediately on the river, where there
was comparative immunity from intimida-
ton. The evidence as to intimidation by
murder, hanging, whipping, and other out
RACES, affecting the vote ut other polls, was
so conclusive, that the returning officers unan-
imously rejected the votes stated TO have
been cast at those polls. In the adjoining
parish of West Fcliciana, the statements OF
the votes cast at six polls were re-
jccted on similar conclusive evi-
dence. In the parish of Ouachita
eight polls were rejected, while IN the city OF
Monroe, the parish seat of that parish, the
statements Of votes cast were accepted be-
CluSc Juc NOltIS IncEc were lutilSuIdDlS pro-
tected from violence by the presence of
United States troops. The United States
deputy marshal in charge of the ballot-bOx
at one Of the rejected polls was shot, and
threw out the whole parish. There prevailed
systematic intimidation, murder and vio-
lence toward one class of voters,
white as well as black, OF such
character as to have scarcely a parallel in the
history of this State. In the adjoining par
ish of Morehouse statements of the votes re-
ported to be cast at six polls were rejected on
similar evidence. Polls were also rejected IN
the parishes of DeSoto, Bossier Franklin,
Claiborne and Calcasieu, upon clear evidence
of fraud not rebutted by evidence offered be-
fore the returning officers.
The Casting of the Vote,
The Republican electoral college meets to-
morrow. The Democratic electors will also
meet and cast their votes They will, it is
stated, obtain certificates from NJ Emery, de
jue governor. The Democrats claim that
two of the Republican electors are ineligible,
A. B. Levize being at the time Of the cleo
ton United States commissioner, and j. H.
Brewster being commissioner Of the land
office.