The New York herald., 1876-11-18

some consultation tnen cnsued and at the suggestion
OF the Chief Justice th following orlcr was prepared
and issued:-
The State OF South Carolina, Tho State sx rsl
X. N. Sims ct al ys. H. 1. Hayne ct Alt II
ordered In the above entitled case that ths
Board Of state Canvasssrs do forthwith procees
TO aggregate the statements furnished t. tncu
by the Boards OF County canvassers and ascertain ths
persons who havo recaived the greatest
number OF votes FOR the Offices for which
they were candidates respectively at tho gen.
cral election held in the State ON tho nth
inst and certify their action in the premises undcI
this order TO the This order 10 apply all ON
voted for at said general election except tho oc
OF Governor and Lieutenant Governor which are NO.
In question BY the pleading
lsisnedl r. J. MOSES, Chief Justice.
4 coLoRED JUDGE DIssRxrs
To this order Associate Justice Wright (colored) dis
seued in so far as 1t required the Board Of state Can.
yasscrs to certify their action the premises TO the
RRPuBL,cAs CANDIDATES OPINION
r. B Elliott tcolored), republican candidate for Al.
torney General and counsel for the Board, Was
asked by tho Chief Justice II he had
any suggestions to make. Ho replied that
he had not, that tho order Of the Court inter.
mediate and auxiliary, AMI he would say nothing 10 iI
THR ORDER.
This order ISSUED merely facilitate the count.
ing OF The votes and TO savo tme Meantime the ques.
ton OF prohibiting tho Board from hearing protests
and contests Is held under advisemenI The order re-
tains tho matter IN the court until decision Is made
and does Indicate that the Court has taken upon
itself the judicial functions OF hearing and deciding
protests ana contests claimed by the Board.
THINK.
Tho construction put upon IL here Is that
It allows the Board to proceed with the
or the returns and restrains IL
from acting otherwise than in strictly
ministerial capacity and that tho order to certify the
Of the returns TO the court is TO hold the
Board check until powers and duties are defined
The adjourned.
ACTION OF THE BOARD OF cANvAssERs.
In accordance with their resolution the Board OF Can.
met at O'Clock p NJ. and agreed to admit
eight persons Of each OF tho parties to witness the
count
PARTY REPRESENTATION THE coUS-.
Tho democrats principally represented by
counsel and two clerks. Senator Gordon was also
present Tho republicans represented by JUS
uce Cartier OF the District OF Columbia, and few
local politicians, among them c. G. Bowen, sheriff Of
Charleston cxCongressmau Elliott, colored candidate
for Attorney General
The session hold In tho ofico OF the Secretary o.
State, ana the doors were locked.
THE PRESS EXCLUDED
Repeated applications by mbcrs Of the press fGs
admitnnce refused. No outsiders had any idea
Of what transpirng the other side Of two
locked and botcd doors.
PROTEST NJ The HERALD CORRESPONDENT.
Your correspondent presented himself and demanded
admission the representative Of the HgRALD
aud was also refused admittanco. then addressed
to OF the counsel, who
present, asking him to present my protest to
the Board against the exclusion OF tho presa
while SO vital matter q canvass Of the
OF the State for President being made claim
ing tho right inspect the Of tho Office and
have it during the transaction Of public bus-
This was read 10 the Board, and the Secretary
perceived tho and that the
press would be admitted
sRcREf SESSION.
This was about seven r NJ, and tho Board had then
been session for several hours What trans.
pred during that time is known only TO those who
present The proceedings were, to say the least
OF 1t, very irregular.
METHOD COUNTING
The method adopted by the Board is to group the
returns Of the respective county boards and to verify
these by reference by the precinct
managers TO the County Board.
PROGRESS
Tho counties Of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barn.
we'll and Beaufort have been canvassed thus far
DISCOVERED.
Tho canvass has already developed several irrcgu.
laritics chiefly IN boxes giving republican majortcs.
The County Board of Abbcvle included their
turn the box OF nnety.six precincts which contains
400 republican votes and none dcmocratic The pre-
cinct return signed by only one Of the three
managers.
A DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
The democrats protest against tho admission Of this
box because managers failed appear the day
OF election and the polls were not opened at the
proper timo
FAILURE THE POLLS.
The democrats, alter waiting several hours went
elsewhere 10 vote. The manager present opened
the polls noon, and 400 republican votes
returned from this precinct The
State Board noted the protest, but included
tho vote. The same discussion had the
turns from Barnwell county, which gave democratic
majority Of 300
ouKER ELECTION
It appears that on the day Of election some person
fred shot from a distance into o house
at Robbins whero tho polls were held
The managers stampedcd, taking tho ballet box with
them. and all parties present went to . neighborinf
precinct ana voted there.
ANOTHER DISPUTED RETURN.
After tho County Board met and canvassed the re.
turns and forwarded them the Secretary Of State
supplemental return offered, giving rapub-
lcan majority OF 1877 from the Robbins
precinct. This return is irregular in every way and
bears unmistakablc marks OF fraud II did not pas
through tho County Board, but presented by thu
deleatod republican candidate for senator, G. p Les
lio, a notoriously corrupt politician.
EQUAL OCCASION.
TIE story goes that after tho managers put
10 fight Leslie manufactured box which he took
into the woods, and then deposited 1877
publican votes, not being democratic This
democrats allcgc that nothing was heard
OF tho existence OF this until ave days after tho
election when II was so announced that Hamptoni
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