New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-21

NEW ORLEANS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2l 1876.

bEK III. 1910.
Oaacbita-Polls rejected, Nos. l, 2, 3, 6
10, 10, II and l2. Csuse-Assassinat
whipping. shooting hssssins' driving driving Pee pee
voters BY bodies of armed men known .
Richlsnd-Polls rejected, Nes. l, 3. 4, S
Cause-General intimidation.
st. Charles-P0lls rejected, Nos. and 8
Csuse-P0ll No. Vas opened at IN i'm
proper hour and without authority. Pol
No. 8, reduced the Republican vote II
sevsnty-one and Dsmoorstio vote 70 s.enty
three, there being too me- votes in the hox
St. Landry-POl1 rejected, No. 9. Gen
eral intimidation and voters driven from
the polls.
Tsneipahoa-Pollre rejected, No. 8 Csuss-
General intimidation.
Websrer-Polls rejected, Nos l. and S
Cause Poll No. tally sheets were not made
out At the polling place, but ct Minden
twenty miles away, by unautherlzed per
| not authorized by law; decision rendered in
accordance with the decision of Congress
| in the case of Spencer W. MOrey.
Direct-This statement is in the hand
writing If q clerk; made my memoran-
dums in pencil, and then told the clerk to
copy them for me; we did not always re.
| gard certified copies as coming before us in
proper form; my memorandums do not
show how many votes the polls thrown
out will amount to, but the consolidated
statement shows; my memorandum is but
an index; can not say whether Democrats
or Republicans were in majority in the
polls thrown out.
MIR. Morrison here served the same kind
of demand for documents ON Mr.. Anderson
as was served on Mr.. Casanave.
Mr.. Anderson then read statement for
the board, q kind of protest, which he
asked to be filed. He also stated that this
committee had come here to investigate the
acts of the Returning Board, as it is gen
eraliy reported that the boards conduct
has been bad. This investigatiop, he said.
was not only State question, but 10 ma
tioual one, and therefore this committee
can not understand why the board should
ments ~ this committee desires.
Mr.. Morrison once more made demand
for tho documents.
Mr. Anderson informed him that sixteen
clerks were actively engaged in making
COPIES of all the papers for the com mittee,
but this did not quite satisfy M. Morrison,
who spoke of the delay caused BY copying
the documents; he wanted the original
papers. ~. 60. ...+
~
former Congressional committees had taken
papers from the board and never returned
them. The board now proposes to guard
its property, and can do 90 BY furnishing
the committee with copies.
Mr.. Morrison asked Mr.. Anderson who 1T
was that knew the result Of the recent cleo
tion before it was actually known to the
public, at the same time ssasicg tnas % Sens =
tor Sherman had announced the resalt IN
T.or;.;ora onita sa soon "A the fact was
known in.Louisiana.
MI. Anderson replied that he knew moth
ihe committee adjourned soon after three
O'Clock last evening, to meet again ct slx
o'clock, at which hour was called
Louis N. Kenner-1 have resided IN New
Orleans oil my lifetime; keep billiard
room At No. 20 St. Louis street; am . MEM
ber Of the hay board; am member OF the
Returnlue Board and have been since 1873;
there has been vacancy In the board
about two years; the subject has been men
toned in the board several timee; the board
has received returns from the hands OF in
dividuals and through the mails; when re.
turns were incomplete We did not send out
for them; returns were opened Dy tne ooaro
in the presence of Witnesses; cant say
which set of electors had q mejority before
the polls were thrown oct; can't say
what number of votes were thrown ont;
had private memorandum which showed
what parishes and polls were not counted;
| am not aware that poll No. in the sec.
ond ward, parish OF Orleans. was left out
because of the uncertainty Of figure; the
board excluded nothing in the parish OF Os-
eleventh ward, of this city: had NO conver-
sation with Packard. Kellogg, Pitkin,
Blanchard, or any body else, concerning the
electoral vote or State vote; know OF no go
between bet ween the board and Governor
Kellogg.
To Mr.. Hurlbut-The records of the
hoard will chow what parishes Or polls were
thrown ont or excluded By the board; 10
was eight or ten days ago that was snb.
penaed, and have not considered the demand
Of the committee for the papers called for;
can not say what l will do ABOUT II until
consult the board.
T.C. Anderson, recalled by Mr.. Hurl
butt was On the Confederate side during
| the war; own considerable real estate in
Louisiana. in St. Landry parish, TO the ex-
| tent Of $100, 200; have taken an interest In
| the boards proceedings since 1873; was
| candidate for tho State Senate at the last
election, there fore did not take part in the
boards proceedings when my parishes were
under consideration; by evidence produced
| I understood that there was intimidation
/ S~SSs
| in addition to the supervisors evidence,
thero was much more; may say about the
same thing for the other parishes and polls
thrown out or excluded, as per my memo
| randum already given to this committee
| opportupities were given both parties to
produce evidence; application was made
for extension of time and it was granted IN
few instances, but We were finally com
pelled to close, as the time was drawing
l 6o afQfAmAnf9
Direct-Do not know whether the Dem
ocra ic counsel had an opportunity or mo-
to examine the East Baton Rouge protest
we disfranchised East Fellciana because
there was sufficient evidence before us to 81
act: that condemned the guilty and the in
nocent-they all went down in the ship to
gether; the innocent were unfortunate II
being in bad company; we considered VI
had abundant proof to show that there hat
been no free and fair election in East Fe
licians parish; had We granted oil the tim
asked for to produce witnesses We wOul'
| not have got through in . year; do not CON
| slider that . portion Of the people of Eas
b. sten Rouge were unduly disfranchised
the board did not throw out seven polls
that parish; the supervisor did not send then
to ne; the board is not waiting until tn
Legislsture meets to promulgate the x
turns of Judges and clerks of cdofts for tn
nsrish Of Otleans; the work is now goiuI
on, and win be ready in . few days; v
are not waiting for the Legislature to meet
on the day before the board was compelle
to close it's labors tho Democratic counst
rendered mass of evidence, and then
was too late to be considered as it shOul
have been.
Direct-I am not aware that there is
Judgment in the hands of L. e. Simonds Q
ANYBODY else against me; if there is
Judgment am. abundantly able to take