The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-16
LOUISIANA.
PROBABILITIES in Favor OF Hayes.

FlOrluA saves lltuen, nls cHhuCeu uTe uhu
for Louisiana will almost certainly bt
counted for Hayes by the highest lega
authority-the Returning Board. After
thorough investigation and close obser
vance Of the drift Of matters, I am salts
6ed that the Board will give the State tc
Hayes by a majority Of not less thar
eleven hundred. They will throw oul
the five parishes where the blacks wert
SO thoroughly intimidated. They will
likely restore to those parishesth proper
Republican =majorities which they had
two years ago, OF something near it, Thesl
parishes In 1871 gave Republican ma.
jority Of 5000, and this year Democrat
ic majority Of 4, ,413, showing net Dem
ocratic gain Of fover 5000. This was &c.
complained by intimidation; by forcing
negroes to vote the Democratic ticket or
not vote at all. Restore to these parishes
the Republican majorities they would
have on d free election, and the Demo
cratic majority all melts away, aud Hayes
has the State. From the bestj ipforna.
'fon'f can get this will be done. Thou.
sands Of individual afiidayits from these
parishes, setting forth fully the facts ot
intimidation have already been filed.
The Board will consider them, and take
all the facts carefully into consideration.
They will also hear oral testimony, and
20 for the bottom facts. The black
registered vote Of Louisiana is more
than ten thousand in excess Of the white
registered vote. After making allallow.
ances for errors and black Democrats, il
is plain that the State is Republican on
fair vote. The Democrats only have
the majority because they reyolutionized
FIVE parishes by intimidation. This will
be so fully and conclusiyely set out DO.
fore the Returning Board that there eau
be no doubt Of the result. q The Board is
exclusively Republican, no Democrats
upon it, but the one existing vacancy may
be filed by a Democrat. The present mem.
bers are Wells, Anderson and two negroes.
Charges that Wells and Anderson are dis
qualified are freely made, but there seems
to be illegal way to remove them.
There il u grea, deal Of talk on the
streets to-day about large amounts Of
money being used to influence the Board.
The freedom with which 1t is discussed
shows the decentralization OF the times.
Each side Is very yigilant TO See, that
nothing OF this sort is attempted. It is
reported that the two colored members OF
the Board are closely guarded to protect
them from outside influences. Attempts
are made TO get them 70. resign, but with
out success. The black population are
unanimously Of the opinion that they
must have representation on the
Board in this extraordinary crisis.
Many. Of the Northern visitors
are astonished and discouraged at
the condition Of things. They find
here, for instance, in the Eve intimi-
dated parishes the number OF white regis.
tered voters is 5074 and black l2,904, or
more than double. Northern men shake
their heads gravely upon finding that five
thousand voters have run of with
thirteen thousand. They say it will be
hard to make this understood in the
North. It is likely that the Returning
Board will be many weeks wrestling with
the case, but their decisions,willE almost
certainly be that Hayes has the State.
The surface indications show that
plainly enough. In that event lead.
ing Democrats say the whole ,ques-
tion will be thrown into Congress,
and Congress will r not allow the
State to be counted for Hayes when the
election returns upon their faces are for
Tilden. Business men, who do not make
their living in politics, are much dis.
couraged, seeing no solution to the diff.
culties.. Privately they are satisfied to
have troops here, as without them there
would be great danger Of rioting and
bloodshed. Several companies are quar-
tered ia the Custom House and Mechanics
Institute. GhAgS
The Returning Board will have ample
protection during their deliberations
Looking over the ground carefully, am
perfectly we'll satisfied that the Returning
Board will give Hayes q majority ofnot
less than !, 100, and their decision Is fpals
90 far US the State Is concerned. Congress
and the Senate will worry with It next. !
H. V. REDPrElpsi
dispatch from tho editor Of the New orleanS'
Times (Dem.) I !.s.s-trr19 % q
New ORLEANS, November l4-12 NJ
30 far as known, the Democratic COM
mittee has not ye! determined upon, any
plan to present their case to the Return
Ing Board, nor will they do SO until, The
arrival Of all the gentlemen Of their
party expected from the. Northern States,
when . consultation will be held and a
plan agreed upon. All persons who
would have much weight upon the Con-
seryatiyesa will be- here .-to.day..The
prospects Of an immediate solution OF
the Louisiana muddle have not increased.
Both sides now appear to anticipate a
protraeted contest, In. which every fact
appertaining to the late canvass Willis
developed. Representatives Of the Con.
servatiye interests seem firm, repudiating
everything which looks like a compro.
mise. A large number Of negroes have
arrived from The parishes In the past
twenty.iour hours, and they were imme.
diateIy taken to the Custom House, where
they are quartered. 1t IL supposed that
they are witnesses to be used before the
Returning Board.
Dispatch from the ChairlAAn Of the Republican
Executive commitee) laq l-F bl11'liT
NEW ORLEANS, November II, II P
NJ Returns from twenty parishes are
not yet in. Republican prospects are
Frightening by the latestreturns. Lamar,
Wa.terson & Co. are busy In Democratic
councils. Lamar declared openly at the
st. Charles Hotel TO the Democrats that
they were fools not to have secured the
repeal last wiltsr-so the Returning
Board Laws as they are binding and con.
strain the Board TO take cogniEance Of