Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-02

ally tlC alIl Nh.S' hOJ ~ 49, y
u full UNDERSTANDING of all M questions that
relate 10 the e!ectieu for Presidential Eco
tors 10 thi. State.
lo view Of your prop lSltiOo and the lmpnr
tauoe Of a proper understanding of all tae
tacIs by the country, we U,ust express Cur
regrrls that you declined co operative actI2u
proposed bv u, 10 The beginning.
Very respectfully . e,o,
JOHN NJ palmer.
The committee of visiting democrats have
issued the following address:
New ORLEANS, December /.
10 the People II the tinted StuteS:
o. our airiv4i here III castlug about Tor
approaches TO the officials who %coutroi the
elections 10 this State, we discovered that
they were ali Of one political party; thar the
Governor mad appointed none but republican
supervisors OF elections, aud that the return
lo2 officers constituting the State Board were
Of the Same p0lltlcai school. Influenced oy
,Eesc lUauSpiclou5 surroundings, our thoughts
aud hopes were turned toWard the eminent geo.
tl.men who have been selected by the Presi
dcut 10 De present aud see that the Board OF
Canvassers made a fair count Of the votes &C
tually cast, aod 90 the l4tn o. November we iu-
vited these gentlemen 20 meet auu coulter with
US. This co operation vas declined, but We
nevertheless have reason to believe that to this
correspondence may be attributed ihe Invitation
20 us on the 18th ult. by the Returuing Board
to attend aOd be prescott at It's meetings IS spec
tators aud witnesses OF its proceedings. Through
bis courtesy and the services OF a competent
stsnOgrapDer We became possessed OF all the
essential facts developed on the face OF the of.
fetal papers. We have been turoishrd @ilh II
certified copy of the duplicate stateuebts Of
votes made by the Commissioners of Election
at each place Of voting in The State. From ID, Sc
statements II appears that the Tilden electors
received the ioluw'ng votes, to wit: MeEuery.
SO, III; WycklIt', o3 $50; ST.. Martin. SO Go;
Pocie, 80. 529; D. BlaDc. SO 967; Seay, 1882;
Cobb, SO, $40; Cross, 80 652 aud the Hayes
electors received the t~pIlowlng votes, to VI !:
Kellogg, II, l62; Bu:ch, II, IA; Joseph, "a. S89;
sheldon, 1854, Marks, IS 227; L:vlsSe,
1870; Brewster, IS. 457; Jedrioa, 1857. The
result Of the vote Tor Presidential electors, as
disclosed on the face OF the returns opeoed By
the Returniug Board 10 our presence: For the
Ti!d4n electors, McEoery, 81. 223; Wyck'itfe,
81 326; st. Martiu, 81, l29; Poone, 81, O36; ID.
blauc. 81, Cos; Seay, 81 242; Cobb, 81 $50;
Lro<s. 81 lVU. F,r the Hayes electors Kellogg,
dpu, IA 67S; Marks. 1881; Lcv.ssc, 81, ISL;
Brewster. IS 27O; j tirion, IS, 800. lu most
case, The returns opened ny the Returning
Board corresponded precisely with the certified
copies oil statements OF Commissioners If
Election turn,sned US. The most mater
lal difference arose from failure of the
Suuervisors OF East Baton Rouge, rauglpahon
and Of OrleaGs to forward statements OF votes
from all vo'lug lac-s 10 Their respc ctlYe par
ishes. In IS Out o. the 80 States IN the UulOn
| these figures would be conclusive. No one
would claim that TlIden ana Hendricks were
not entItl d tn the electoral cote Of the State,
but 10 Louisiana a tribunal has been set up
which on former OCCASIONS had oVerthroTn the
viii of the people as expressed at The polls, and
for which the power Is now claimed IN its DIS
ore ION TO chang the result of the popular vote
at The recent clectlou. 10 view, however, of
the retur -, and the Law and facts nlcb should
couttoi the returning board, wlth which We
lave made ourselves familiar, We have 10 hes
| i;aiiun 10 saying that the result shoTu by votes
actually cast oauuot be changed Wlthoui a pal
| patle abuse OF the letter, aud spirit oil the law
| suvaruIug The returning board auI a manifest
o rverslou of the facts before 1t. Irregularities
| have teen comultted 10 sumo distances by OH.
c IS conducting Il ctlons aud making returD-,
bu, they arc abju; as much 90 Que sid. as the
other; aud as ~ intimidation aud violence or
other illegal ACTS prev. ntiUg "a flee AMI far
election. t:ler. is tvid nee of 10th sides, but
not Of such a character a. to ef ~. the genera
result. L. most Instances act, If v!uleuce pro.
ceeded from mrrr laWlessness, as 10 the case OF
Henry aud Eliza Pipkstou, and had u copnec
ZION With por,ucs. Ii is a significant isct that
10 D ,ri-he- VI .cr" il Is alleged that voters were
Kept from ne polls by illumination the total
vote OF sucb parishes vas as large as a, any
time heretofore, aud 10 the Whole State is 500
above any vote heretofore cast. An hcLest
and tair canvass OF returus eVeu uuder the
L. uisiana law cannot materially reduce Tilden'S
uaiorl'y, as shown 90 The face of the returns.