The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-24
Now Me RascaIs Of Louisiana 1re
q Wording.
RULE REvlGsfp.

wichlifIe, one OF these electors.
Their former ruling would admit all
candidates when the protests were being
considered, and seeing their error they
sitter consultation with federal officials
and candidates. reversed the decision.
John Sherman Of Ohio stated at Ioon
that this was an improper course, hit
they paid no attention to his remarks,
being bent only on the accomplishment
OF the one object. the election of Hayes
and Packard.
The Representatives Of ali the leading
northern journals excluded from the
meeting 80 far viii now make a formal
request 20 BE p7esen, AZ .ha cauvsssing
Of the vote, blt sxpec; only refusai.
The cRooKEpxEss BEGINS.
The ac;ion Of the returning board In
eiecting wieklise is conclusive evidence
;hss they have come 10 the point now in
.heir lsoors who're ihcir c-ooketress
commences.
80 fas heir revision Of The lists of par
ishss has rot changed the result Of the
vote 10 any extent, and in majority of
cases their returns and the Democratic
committees duplicates agree exactly.
which leaves no room for a doubt that
the latter duplicates are correct in every
instance. That the board by their de-
cision to-day, excluding wickhife. mean
to do the n manipulation with the returns
I there can te but little doubt.
i THs COMMITTEE or NORTHERN GISTLl.
MEN
/ Have bu, little knowledge of the manner
of the compilation of returns, snd not be.
/ ing directly Interested, fragrant frauds
might BE committed before their eyea
! ard yet escape 1eiectioD.
HOW THE RETCRSs ARE OPENED.
, The board, In the first place, have the
/ returns carried from the treasnrer's vault
| 10 the rooms In the rear OF the senate
chamber. occupied by Antoine and the
senate secretary, these being guarded BY
squad Of police. besides being barred.
preventing ingress, and from there the
! returns are carried into the senate cham
Der, where the farce OF opening BY break
ing the seals, ETC., is gone through with,
| these who placed the sesls on the pack
ages being OF course excluded. In some
cases the packages have not been sealed
at al! as the law provides, making il only
necessary TO nnwrap the cord which
binds them 10 get into them tor the puI.
pose OF changing the results, which their
henchmen do not deny that they will do
and in that way eradicate the Democratic
majorities.
| siGSiriCAST Refusal.
To carry this end they refuse persist.
emily TO permit the Democratic state com.
mittee TO examine any returns, until they
have been canvassed, thus preventing
them from Eebutting any statements or
afldsvits made under instructions BY
their supervisors and election officials.
and TO state the case plainly, they have
heretofore, and intend still, 10 resort to
every known means In their power.
whether right or wrong, TO cleo. Hayes
and Packard
FATAL MisTAKR.
| The lowest estimate OF the votes lost to
the Republican electoral ticket by the
omission Of names In senatorial district
10 1900. Even should the return.
ing board commit the outrage OF
throwing out the general Democratic
majority and substituting for 1t. as was
Intended. bare Republican majority,
they would find it difficult to advance
any plausible excuse TO overcome the
hgures growing out of this mistake, and
declaring those elected with their com.
panions.
COSJRcrCREs.
Inasnuch, however. as 1t ia not surely
the patent bat the avowed intention OF
returning eight electors for Hayes from
this state.it is expected that this lisadyan.
tage will be quietly overcome on much
the same principle as that by which the
other three will be declared elected
| HOW 1T WAS DISCOVERED.
In presenting the returns from the
parish OF Lafourche to-day the clerk read
the Packard consolidated vote so a. to
include the electoral vote at each poll
which would have given the eight cleo.
toral votes to Hayes. Judge Trumbull
saw the trick and suggested that the TO.
tai vote OF each poll be read
The board did not like thi.
but the five northern Republican
were before them and they hardly dare
refuse hatly to adopt the suggestion. II
was done finally, and it was then discov.
cred that but one poll In the parish ca,,
any Republican electoral votes, ana a,
that 50 votes only were east for three O,
the eight electors, the remaining five r..
ceiying no votes at all.
UNEXPECTED ExrosE.
1hls unexpected expose, sprung by the
snarp illinosian, though the session wa
secret, fell Ike thunder clan on ,he
members Of the board, and without
making any excuse, but ashamed al hay
ING been caught at their frauds, ,bey
; ordered the returns laid to one ,ide 10 b,
taken up again.