Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-11-30
Florida.

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slightly higher temperature.
| Florida.
THE RRsULT-A MAJORITY FOR HAYES OF
| THE FACE OF THE RETURNS.
NEW DIRK, Nov. 90.
The Times has the following special
RooMs OF STATE CANvAssINa BOARD,
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. %.
thereby certify that the returns from
all the counties in the State except
Dade county, were opened by the board
of State cauvassers, and the vote for
electors aG officially announced from the
face of the returns in detail, aggregates
as follows: HUMPHREYS received "a, 1928;
Pearce, "a, 324 Long, 24,323; Holden,
"a, 1928; Young, 24,284; Call, 24,285 ;
Hilton, "a, 2s3; Bullock, 1889. The
first four names are the Republican and
the last four the Democratic candidates.
(Signed) w. LEE APTHoRr,
Clerk of the Board.
CALLING THE COUNTIES.
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 80
The board met at 10 o'clock, and Ala
aehua county was called. The demo-
Gratis introduced objections TO the Arch
er precinct in Alachua, reciting that the
returns from that precinct had been
raised 219 votes over the true poll cast.
They supported their claim by
aff1davits from Mr. Fleming who
swore he had stood at the
door and took the name of every
voter as it was called, and that only 31s
votes were cast, whereas the returns
sent up claimed that 528 were cast of
Mr.. Tucker, who swore that he was re-
quested by the inspectors to assist in
summoning up the vote, and that only
319 were cast of two of the
three inspectors who swore that
only 319 votes were cast, and
that the returns purporting to show
538 was fraudulent. OF another men,
Der of the county board, who swore that
he knew fraud had been committed, but
felt bound to sign the return, that it
might go to the State board for final ac-
ton. OF a circuit judge, that he saw
the Archer ballot box opened by the
proper officials and counted and only
$40 votes were found therein.
AFFIDAvITs AND COUNTER AFFIDAyTTs.
There were number of other
sffldavits sustaining the board to prove
new but minor points of fraud. The
two inspectors made aff1davits and the
two members of the canvassing board
are Republicans and are q majority of
each body. In the afternoon the Re-
publicans introduced counter affidavits
from Moore and Dukes, the two
inspectors, and Bolton and Webster |
the two members Of the board referred
to swearing that their former sffidavits |
were made under ouTess, fear or nisap- |
prehension, and were false. The DEM
ocrats introduced third affidavit from
Bolton, who swore that if he gave any
seeoAd sffldaYit he was not Ieapoh.
sihte or in Bis true. mind wh,ea /
he did so, This was backed by
a2yil.a Eeiitigsnssaf = ~ afaE& during
the whole day on which the second af-
fdayit was delivered and was in the
hands of the Republicans, in q state Of
He reafirms in the third
affidavit the assertions made in the first
one. The Democrats cannot under
stand the counter affldayis OF
Moore, Dukes and Webster and
will bring them before the board
in person tomorrow or next day. In
Clay county the democrats called atten-
ton to the omission of 90 democratic
votes through q technical objection
which they removed by papers fled be-
fore the board. There will hardly be
any contest over these votes. Ia Baker
county the democrats produced an sfids-
Wit from the court certifying that
the return which gives the Democrats
9J majority majority was true and the
only return from the county of Baxter
that it was the only one that he had
been called upon to certify to, or that
was filed in his Office that he Lad no
knowledge of any other canvass having
been made {; that he had never been no
tilted that another canvass was going TO
be held, or asked TO participate in it, as
the law requires that no return has
been handed TO him with the request
that he forward it to the Secretary of
State as the law requires he shall do.
They presented further certified copies
of each of the precinct returns in Baker
county, regularly signed by the precinct
inspectors, which footed up precisely
the result that was recited in the true
return. The board then adjourned un-
til tomorrow morning at 0 o'clock.