Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-12-21
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The s. {. Legislature Soon TO Ad-
jOlTlG Sine Die.
The TAX AND ApPROPRIA-
TON BILL PASSED.
Ais Quiet in Florida.
INV ESTEGATIONS
IN LOUISE AZ :.
They Find Nothing Against
The Returning Board.
FLORIDA.

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New YORK, December 20. F. {. Humphreys
| OF Pensacola, Florida prints his resignation as
T. $ shipping commissioner, which wa. accepted
| 10y [. ;. Judge Woods, Octobor ,, to Prove his
eligibility as presidential elector.
The llerald's Tallahassee despatch SAYS the
democrats are to request Gen. Barlow to return
a. ssn to Fl oIida and satisfy himself on the Ham
ilton county matter.
The democrat. elected her mayor of Tallahas-
| see yesterday, by majority OF twelve; being the
| fist Time since the war that they have carried an
| election.
SOUTH CAROLIN..
! NEW YORK, December 20. Columbia cor
respondent OF the lines says Speaker Mackey is
soon to publish detailed statement of the or
ganilatiOn OF his legislature, to- ether with evI-
dence in which the vote of Edgoted and Laure Us
counties were thrown out.
The legislature will adjourn sine die, Friday
The senate to-day decided by suict party vote
to adjourn with the republican house, sine die, on
the 22d inst.
The tax and appropriation bill passed second
reading in the senate.
LOUISIANA.
New ORLEANS, December 20. Before the
house committee to-day, Geo. A. Branslorph (col,
oied) testified that he voted the democratic tick
ct; was afterwards knocked down and beaten and
then arrested and sent To the parish prison for ten
! days. They beat hun because he voted the dem
ocratic ticket He named the parties who attack
| hllu- lie uhtc u 10 tue ponce nut
they refuse to protect him. lie was threatened
before the election. Women went around telling
coored men they would be returned TO slavery If
| the democrats succeeded.
| Cross examined-Was not troubled during the
| election. Reiterated that be had been attacked
Detailed circumstances of attacks.
Charles Casenove, OF the returning board, testi-
| fed Was born in New Orleans; am recorder
of births, deaths and marriages. Have been a
member of the returning board since 1872. All
/ he mi NH N he r, halp mad 81.
! lcan party. They were recommended to fiji the
vacancy, but the board couldn't agree. Mr.. Ken
nedy was proposed. Witness refused to answer
whether or not he favored electing Kennedy as a
member of the board. Some returns of SUPER
visors were returned direct TO the board and 9TH
ers to the secretary of state. Returns were open
ed IN the presence of representatives of both par
ties. All final decisions were made in private ses-
,ions Of board. Made up returns from consoli-
dated statements OF supervisors. Never allowed
any additions 10 be made by supervisors after the
statements were received by the board. In few
cases they sent for boxes but don't remember of
what p..rlsh.
Threw out East Feliciana because of general
intimidation before and during election. Don't
remember having acted on any charge made of
intimidation previous to the last registration
| When asked if he intended TO bring for inspection
of the committee the org inal returns of the su.
pervisors he sand had not brought the papers and
could not bring them without the consent of
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the board and bring them if they consented.
Don't know whether Tilden or Hayes ecectors
had majority OF votes cast according to the SUI
peIvisors statements. Never heard any member
say who had the msjority. Knows they threw
out two parishes and several polls in other parish
cs. Thinks the votes thrown out aggregated
several thousand Couldn't say how mapy
Thinks probably 1000 or 5000. Don't recolect the
number of parishes in which votes were thrown
out. Thinks IA or 10.
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| The statement of the votes rejected in each
parish and at what polls rejected, was received
! from the returning board.
| Senator Mcdonald made a motion that sub.
p9na duces tecum issuing to the returning board
tor all protests and atiiia9its ACCOMPANYING con-
sodated statements of tue supervisors, also for
the returns of the commissioners of each poll in
each parish.
Senator Howe (chairman) said that he could
not understand what figure The protests aud aft
'NNs which lormed the basis OF the action of the
returning board could cut IN this investigation,
unless the committee proposed to review the &C
ton OF the board in an appellate capacity.
Senator Mcdonald .ai that it was not the
province of the committee to determine anything.
The committee wanted only facts for the intoTma-
ton of the body from which the committee de-
! iiyes lis authority. The committee ought to
know the facts upon which the board rejected the
votes which by their statement was received.
They admit that they did reject the question of
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board discussed by the committee.
Casenove gave testimony similar to that of Gen.
Anderson last night, regarding the unquestioned
! polls in Orleans parish and most of the other
matters to the action of the board.
| Thomas {. Anderson was recalled. He handed
statement to the committee, say ing that 1t was
| the original statement signed by all the members
of The returning board, showing the vote for pres
| iden,Ial electors in the state.
The statement contained the aggregate vote,
not the vote by parishes.
lie stated that he ordered the CLERK TO make ont
a complete statement Of the vote by parishes to
be flied before the secretary of state, but don t
know whether that was done. As we got through
a parish we sent 1t to the clerk and had it COM
piled, 10 be Immediately ended on the list. When
the p Ills were rel cited these polls were marked
rejected, and sent to the clerk. We could not
make compiled list Of the vote by parishes in
time to promu gate according to law, but ordered
the clerk TO do il afterwards when he was absent.
When three parishes were being completed by
the board the clerk made the addition OF the votes
/ leaving out the polls re jeCted.
! 1t was evident that the figures and letters had
been changed which was explained by Gen. An
derson saying that some of the parishes bad then
! been misplaced by the clerk, but that he did not
| reme mber very we'll how the mistake occurred.
That the cleIk had satisfactorily explained it at the
| time.
! No one was present in the room where the board
was at work on the night before the PRONUNCIATION
except the members of the board and the coun, Il
when brought in to give legal advice.
The wituess produced a memorandum of the
po.ls rejected by the returning board, with rca-
sons therefor The list shows that thirty four
polls in twenty parishes were thrown out, and the
parishes of Grant and East Fehcana.
| Ben Jones, coored testified that he gave evil
dence before the returning board Nov. 2Sth. lie
resides in Ouachita parish. Was constable in that
parish for two years, and an United States deputy
marshal AT the time of the election. On Nov. 9Th
at o'clock in the afternoon, he started from Mon
roe for Laytown poll about twelve miles distant,
with the ballot box. About two miles from the
city he was halted by party of white men, who
asked him where he was going, and that subse-
qnenty he was taken by of the men to a
dwelling house, where about a hundred men were
gathered around a fire, some of them armed with
guns. After a short parey, witness was ordered
to 90 down the roof with of them.
lie broke away from his keeper and ran through
the woods. Several shots were fired after him.
aud he was wounded in the arm. lie took ref
uge in a ditch but was discovered and again fred
upon by OF his pursuers the ball grazing his
back. lie was not further injured and succeeded
in reaching the residence of planter in the
neghborhood by whom he was cared for and in
3 structed to make affidavit against the parties
who han done the shooting.