The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-11

OIcAu- NfiNI lnt .-ps-A
These figures as stated are Official, or quasi
of1cia. the result Of the actual official count AT
the pOils. telegraphed TINS committee by teliA-
BILE parties. 1hey arr. IN fact, teiegral. hic re-
ports Of the actual votes tasi and counted. The
following parishes have been heard from by
semi iihcil inform i'lun, winch Is considered
trustworthy aud shows the following ma jOrI-
ties.
.De9oeraticoEa;t Baton R9ase. SQO ,cataAOula
- Republican West Baton Rouge 400 Bossler 900 ;
400 81. Martins. $50 jenersou 800. Total. 1850
These figures giyo the Republicans I'm all
probability 700 more than they eau possibly ex
pect. They show our majority a. 4645, leaving
I'VE parishes to hear from, when gave Demo-
1+0; Cameron, lJ0 Lafuui che. ~; Livingston,
go; St. Landra,, l.sse- total 2,sij Ihis added
parishes last mentioned may be quite 70 soma
bly, expected to do better for us Than IN 1874.
information from many hands. The figures
given throughout ara the frat possible for us,
fear the Republicans contemplate fraud, be-
cause, first the returning boards notOriOusly
defrauded us In lo,2 and in 1874, as may 10 seen
BY the Wheeler Investigation. The present
board Is composed, "a u was In 1874, one
member being a defeated candidate for
the senate at this election, another a
Custom House Officer who wss appointed Sur
veyor immediately after the Returning Board
frauds Of 1874, and the two other colOred men
and pronounced rartisans, there being one va
cancy. lhrd, nr. Kellogg has openly said that
the frauds Of East and West Indiana, Easton,
Baton Rouge, Mofehouse, and OnHchlta should
be thrown out; and Is also reported ia the public
prints to have said that tho President OF the
United states hiss determined that they shall
not be counted. Fourth, We learn from all sides
oil attempts to Change tue Teault at the polls by
chiCanerS, by refusal ot delay 10 count, and
other tricks ; by their Commissioner absenIing
Themselves from the polls, by the supervisors
OF reglstr .tiun, whose Cuty IL 10 to receive
the Toturas within twenty-four hours after
The close OF tho election abseutiug themselves
from their oflccs to avoid delivery within
the time nIed bS law and by the Secretary
of State, doing the same things all with
the view of Illegally rejecting leGaI and honest
while returns from Republican polls have been
received at I'll hours. 3. B0asts being openly
made that Packard will he Governor whether
elected or not, and during the canvass
such claims have been made, md Wagers
laid by Republicans TO that effect. lele-
Landry state the Democratic majority at 2,OO0.
Sixth-Tho law requlrcs Two returns 10 DC made
by the Commissioners Of Election, one TO be
delivered to tho Supervisor OF hsgi otratiou
and the other to the secretary Of State.
In view OF the frauds lTdctised Ia 1872 and 1874,
the IT to Central Committee instructed their
Commissioners on Election 70 IN &c out and re.
checking changes and alterations, particularly
In the parish OF New Orleans.
This tHlllcate, though an exact copy OF the
othrT twV ana aCknO Nledgcd TO be correct ny
the Commissioners, the Republican ComIus-
sionsis almost invariably refused TO sign.
Inderd the reasons might be multiplied In
DEFINITELY, which Leave US to believe tnat plans
nation of the honest result OF our election. but
we have placed oeiore yoI oulY the most salient
polnts. r. w. PATTON,
President Democratic state Comml. tee.