Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-03
LOUISIANA.
Address of tho Democratic Com.
mittee to the People of the
United States.
THE TILDEN ELECTORS CARRY
THE STATE BY OVER 5000
VOTES ON A FULL CAN.
VASS.

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VASS.
NEw ORLEANS, Dec. /.
Tho Returning Board met as usual;
little was done and the board ad-
jouined till Tomorrow.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. l..
The committee Of visiting Demo-
Gratis issue the followi ng address:
New ORLE ANS, Dec. /.
To the people of the United States:
On our arrival here, in casting a out
for approaches 10 the officers who
control tho elections in this State, we
discovered that they were all Of one
political party; that the Governor hao
appointed none but Republican Super
visors OF Elections, and that the Re.
turning officers constituting the State
Board were of the anne political school.
Influenced by these inauSpicious sur
roundings, our thoughts and hopes
were turned toward the eminent gen.
tlemen who had been selected by the
President to he present and SEQ that
the Board of ConvasserS made a fair
count of tho votes actually cast, and
VII III lHtu va ANoSCiiIOCt "O IiNlcd
these gentlemen to meet and confer
with Us. This co operation was de-
clined, hut nevertheless we have rea-
son to believe that to this correspond
ence ia be attributed the invitation
TO as on the 18th ult., by the Return.
ing Board, to attend and DO present at
its meetings ~ spectators and witness
sss Of its proceedings. Through this
courtesy and the services OF "a
competent stenographer. we became
possessed of ell thS essential papers
and we have been furnished with q
certified copy Of the duplicate state.
ments Of votes made by the Commits
-ioners OF Election at each place Of
voting in the State, aud from these
statements it appears that tho Tilden
electors received the following votes,
viz:
McEnery, s3,7l2; wickilf, $3.50;
st. Martin, 1866; Poche, $3.50; De.
blanc, S3,667: seay, o3,o42; Cobb, 49,.
$40; Cross, S3,652.
The Hayes electors received the fol
lowing votes, to wit:
Kellogg, 77,l52; Burch, TIA; 10
seph, 74,SS9; Sheldon. 1884; Marks,
1921; Lesis.ee. 1870; Brewster, 49,.
457; Jefferson, 1886.
The result OF the vote for Presiden
tial Electors an disclosed on the faca
Of the returns opened by the Return
ing Board in our presence tor the Til
den electors: McEnry, S2.223; St. Mar
tin. 81. l29; lJsblanc, S2,65: Cobb, 81.
959; Wickliff, S2,3t6; Poche, o2,O36;
Seay, 81 ,242; Cross, 50, l09.
For the Hayes electors: Kellogg,
u .023; Joseph, 1852; Marks. 73,Os7;
RraxvSfor ~ ON. pfrrch IL QSS. 2bal-
don, 74,678; Levissoe, 1851; Jefferson,
1880.
In most cases the returns opened hy
the Returning Board correspond pre-.
cisely with the certified copies OF The
statements Of tho Commissioners oi
Elections furnished US. The most ma
terial difference arose from the failure
of the Supervisors OF East Baton
Rouge, Tanaipzbae and Orleans 10
forward the statements Of votes from
all h voting places in ihoir re-pec.
tive parishes. In tbirty.tive out OF
the thir,y-eight States in the Union
these figures would be conclusive evi.
dence and no one would claim that
Tilden aud hendricks were not entitled
to the electoral vote Of the State, but
in Louisiana a tribunal has been let
up which on former occasions has
0verthrown the will OF the people ~
ex pressed at the polls. for which tho
power 10 now claimed in its discretion
TO change the result of the POPULAR vote
AZ the recent election. In view, how
ever. Of the returns and tho law and
facts which should control the return
ing Board, with which We have made
ourselves familiar, we have no hesIta-
ton in saying that the result shown by
the votes actually cast cannot b~
el Anged without a palpable abuse OF
the letter and spirit of the law govern
ing the returning Board and manifest
p%erversion of tho facts before It. Ir
Irregularities have been committed In
some instances by officers conducting
the elections In making tho returns,
hut they are about ~ much ON one
side Is the other. As to intimidations,
violence Or other illegal moans pre-
venting . free and fair election, there
Is evidence on both sideS, but not Of
such . character ~ to Affect the gem
eral result. In most instances acts OF
violence proceeded from mere lawloss-
PInkston, and had no connection with
politics.
1t il . significant fact that In tho par.
shes wkers IL Is alleged that tn vo.ers
we're kept from the polls by intimiia-
ton the total vote Of such parishes
was as large As at any time heretofore,
and the whole State Is 800 above ANY
vote heretofore cast, and an honest and
fair anvas Of the return oven under
Louisiana law can not materially 70.
duce Tildsn's majority as shown on
The face OF tho returns. Signed by
Jno. NJ. Palmer, Lyman Trunibull,
WIN. Bigler, Geo. B. Smith, Geo. w.
Julian, Z. II. Watson.
A Tribune n. o. special ways no one
In Now Orleans seems TO W. changed
his opinion in the last two weeks In
regard tn what the report Of tho board
will be. Republicans and Democrats
alike expect returns for Hayes and
Packard, the only question being the
size OF The msjorities aud whieh polls
shall be rejected in order to bring
about this result. The Republicans
think that the evidence OF intimida
ton IL ample tn exclude every poll In
five bulldOsed parishes and some In
others, hat 1t Is probable that those in
the large towns OF these parishes
whore United States troops were sta.