Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
LOUISIANA

There were present before the Louisiana
Returning Board on the 18th, for the Repub-
leans Messrs. stoughton, Van Allen, vii.
cox, Kelly and Iarker, and for the Demo.
Gratis, Mcssrs. Palmer, Trumbull, G. b.
smith, Bigler aud Julian. After some other
proceedings, the votes In the contested par
ishes of De Soto Ouachita, Lincoln, East
and West Feliciana, Richland, Caddo aud
Sabine were announced from consolidated
statements, the totals being ., 7s1 for Hayes
aud 10, 155 for Tildcn. The votes of thrso
parishes were not canTasscd, there being
contests fixed for hearing the following
week. The following account Of the subsc-
qucnt proceedings before the Board is given
10y the Associated Press:
when the returns from the parishes
marked contested were opened, the Demo
cratic counsel were allowed to be present
The returns from De Soto Parish were
brought in and contained in one package
sealed with wax. When the seals were broken
by members of the Board there were found
inside the consolidated votes of the Com
missioners, statements and tally sheets
Attached 10 the returns were a large mum
Der OF protests and ailidayits. The
Secretary Of the Board said the pack
age had been received on the lSlh
inst, and was entered In his receipt
book, and the returns, he SAID, had come by
discovered that one OF the protests of the
Supervisor charging general Intimidation
was dated Nov -, and sworn To In this city
before the Commissi ncr of the Circuit
Court, When called upon to explain how n
protest dated on the 18th inst, to-day,
could get into a scaled, registered package
received 10y mail on the 18th inst, the Sec
rotary said he had received two packages,
I" He was detected by one OF the Demo
cratic counsel present In the act of making
another entry on his book of two packages
received
After some delay another package was
produced, and found to contain consoli.
dated statement of votes and Commission
crs returns, but no protests or aildaylts
The members OF the Board were unable
10 explain the matter, and senator sherman,
of the Republican Visiting Committee, re
marked that there was no use 90 disguise
the fact that the returns had been opened
and protests inserted after the package Of
returns had been received
\ spaSial dispatch TO the Cincinnati Ga
sstte explains AS follows the question relative
TO the De Soto returns before the Louisiana
Board:
The returns were receiptcd for hv the
Clerk OF the Board as having been made on
the 18th inst Sealed and In the same pack
age WAS contained the affidavit of the SUI
perNlSor OF the parish, made in Orleans
Parish, charging fraud and intimidation.
The question naturally arose how an atlida.
Wit Of the 2hth inst got into D package.
which was sealed with wax and received
on The 18th, seven days before, The clerk
promptly explained that he hta received a
package purportlug To be the ne.
turns from De soto on the 18th
inst, The package wss brought hc.
fore the BOARD and opened, sud was found
10 contain the returns " tho Supervisor.
but not accompanied by the additional ari.
dayiis. The package which had been opcuvd
Was received yesterday, having been mailed
20 the Board on that DAY, aud as having
been retained by the Supervisors for the
purpose of attaching the affidavit The re
suits rs given 10y the return 2t the l.. n tai
lied exactly with the result in the second re-
turn, aud showed no tampcring WITH the re
turns, and all the Republican delegation are
satisfied that there is nothing wrong in the
transaction"
After some preliminary proceedings on
the 2Sth, the Parish of OuaVhita MAS taken
up, and four negro witnesses were intro.
duced in behalf of the Republicans, and
we're examined by the Board. Their test
moty was IS 10 al eyed intimidation and
outrages. One of the witnesses, named Eliza
pinksiou. told a fearful tale Of cruelty. She
recitcd that her husband aud one child had
been murdered aud little girl seven
years old was ;aken from the house
At the same time and had not beer seen since.