The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-26

/ F''N' ''"''uIVHtS NhtIt NllVS hkletu
ana where they did not agree with tn,
ally sheet We Il, Quoted votes, Al
tppll alton was made for us to send
,or the COnGordia boxes. MIR Harris,
Republican,, made tho application,
tie WAS formerly "A Unittd StaIes sen
atlr 1t was alleged that sOme OF the
leetorS' votes had not been east that
ls, some were omitted. The omission
1t these votes were upon the suptrvl.
s'r's statement We sent for the
uoxes 10 the clrrk of court; think he
Drought lheuA The Increase was for
lie Republican electors. Think the
East Baton Il iugr boxes acre rejected
y the board We opened the returns
~ th' presence ut the INV tied wit
,rsses Oar Conclusions were made ia
secret session.
John Ray,
Our attorney, was called In OCCASION.
,lly. Sometimes | chilled on him. We
construed the law Ourselves, taking
MS advice IA to Applicability 0f the
estimouy, Haven't made an esti
uate OF the aggregate number Of the
votes thrown out Have furnished
he sue committees with documents
lowing every vote thrown OUT Can't
I-ll, cut by reference, how IN my w "a
we're thrown ont, ns cast by either
party. Don't remember that the total
tmOunt thrown out Was IL, 900, never
taxed my menlry on that. We re.
used 10 receive East Fsiiciant and
Grant parish returns. Have rot
brought with me the original returns;
nave said that would refuse Ia fur.
fish them; have no control Of thu
1rlginals; they belong u the State;
IN president Of the Returning Board.
tuese papers are AT the State House,
une Ia the vault OF the Aud tor, aud
are yet in our control
II Mr. jerks d. TUT cmlt Grant
arIsh, because they didn't come To us
90 riding to
eur Interpretation or the Law.
The law 60 npels the returns To he
eat 10y mail We couutei returns thai
nme 10y private hands We didu't
nmplete Grant, as the returns didn't
nme property from the Supervisor.
Generally the cOnsulid tted s,ate nent
Mould bu accompanied 10y the tally
meets, etc, ANA we were guided 10y
hem We are governed commercially
iLn the commissioner returns aud
ne suprlvls T; we received not. ing
nat dldu't come direct from the super.
1907; the Cuncutdia boxes didn't come
nrOugh the hands Of the supervisor;
80 md refuse to receive the returns
rom Grant, because they did not come
hrouyn the hands Of the snpervls n.
Dnn't know that the Lafayette re-
,ras came by other means; The book
IN snow, aud YIN can have u copy vi
uut or the book itself. Ii the super.
5lour was nave enough to exclude polls
Ee ol ~ nave u rlght To consult those
tturns. The law (See p does not
Jmpell the board 10 cJniiue itself to
,LptrvisOI's ~ temeut ia It's CANVASS.
we Had No,Lins 40 DO
Nlth the ulslrancIlsing UI The people.
Il the Supervisor did 80 ne Is amen
,Dle to the law aid the courts can
uulsh him. Tne East Baton II iuge
SUPERVISORS statement SAID he had
nruvn out Ills there. We could not
upply the omission IA We had no data
supply 1t from. In the Concordin
inrlsh We had The data, the tickets
uemseives, IN that case We had un as.
crtiun from parlles inteteste IA mat
plsp. IL Was not Iur the reason that IL
as Republican parish We may
ave refused rimliAr nj plIcuii ms IN
,ther cases. Thluk there were other
'aSes --oue IN the Jas OF Feliclaua: H.
hr0u Ing Out pods We considered the
violence SHOWN. Dou'J remember
nat We threw out n. single poll except
nose giving Democrats majorlties
We didD't throw out Graut; We didn'l
receive II.
10 Mr. jerks Mr.. Abel WAS Oul
secretary; | mean the clerk; Mr.. Ken
uei /, SECRETARY aud Was. Dou'l
Know what author y Abel Dad 10 sigu
himself ~ secretary He has Kept the
minutes; n. il u Republican,; did not
attend our private deliberations. Kept
| the minutes then ourselves, aud hand.
Cd our melnuranIn 10 The clerk who
enters 10 ina uUok afterwards, after
the private session. l Is MT the duty
Of any menper Of the board t keep
these minute-; can send iOr that
book now aud viii do 81.
Witness ~ Ms. Morri on Don't
know that have u strong political
oias. am. however, u partisan,
though that blas did not influence m,
Ia my oilitial u II n. Ii We no pecu
mary interest that would influence my
action IN any way.
Has u TIA ,n q, over $500. 200 .gains
tn. sosrrnm mt.
Havoa claim " over 500, % whi"l
ia st,Il ppndi,g, and which ] hardl,
ever txl.ct 4, get Think II ha,
been warp d at MI, II would have heel
10 the other sile. US believe woul,