The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-21

Iktlofh tu " VI !"
Statements Of 3,0UO Negroes Who
voted for Tilden from CbOice-Fig-
ures ON the Democratic Majority.
Special To the Cincinnati Enquirer.
NEW ORLEANS, November l9 The
politicians took II respite IRON their labors
to-day, and amused themselves by taking
in the city and visiting the churches.
The belief that Tilden was traded of
in South Carolina for Hayes grows al.
most general, and there is much NUT
tering therea
Republican papers have backed con-
siderably on the statement that the negro
vote, OF this State WAS so much larger
than the white that il was impossible that
the Democrats could carry it at fair
election The census of 1870 shows that
the white vote was then 67,066 and the
black s69l3, or l5S white majority.
Now MS the Democratic State Central
Committee has in its possession the
sworn atfidavits of over three thousand
colored men who voted for Tilden, and
AS it is well known fact that the negro
vote of the State has not increased since
1874, the fallscy of the claim is at once
The election law of Louisians prescrI-
bes that the commissioners of election,
whose status is analogous to that of the
Judges OF election in Ohio, shall, within
twenty .our hours alter the closing OF the
polls, make out and deposit with the clerk
OF the District Court OF the parish copy
OF. the vote for each candidate on the
various tickets received. The Demo-
cratic State Central Committee here
received from the clerks of the District
Courts Of forty eight parishes duly certi.
fed ard sworn copies OF the returns made
them by the commissioners OF election
in those parishes. These returns show
that five Of the Tilden electors received
9,249 majority, and three Of them 1903
majority. The difference in majorities
WAS caused by the fact that in the Iber-
vile district, by strange mistake. the
names of av5 electors were omitted from
the Republican tickets. The Republi-
cans were runningtw tickets for Senate
n the district, and one of the tickets only
contained the names of the electors for
the State.at large, and for the lberville
di.trict.
To show the the barreness of the
claim OF the Republicans that the negroes
were inundated and kept from voting
at the last election ! will compare the
total vote o: 1874 with that of 1876. In
1874 the vote Tor State Treasurer was,
Democratic and Conservative, 1898;
Republican, 1882; total 477O5. The
last vote WAS, IIien, 1859; Hayes, TO-
ll2; total 100 332 Nichols, S4,202;
Packard, 1912; .tctal, 100 224. This
shows that the increase of the vote over
that of 1874 was l2,G72 and the Republi
can increase 1910. There is little room
for bull doing stories in this statement,
which Will be found correct in every
particular.
AS the law creating the returning
board requires them to count the votes as
returned by the commissioners and not
the supervisors OF elections. and AS in the
ten parishes - s-lear from Hayes will not
h4vo more than 1000 majority, it is evil
dent that the meMbers OF the returning
board will have to be guilty of the greatest
outra .,e Of modern times To count Tilden
out. Never heless. believe they will
do it.
G.. K. Case, who was sent to Missis-
sippi during the Amps troub.cs t. heIp
that delectable gentleman Cres'c war
there to call for FEDERAL interference, is
mere carrying the money Zach. Chandler
has sent to carry the State for Hayes.
II anv supervisor or commissioner who
has rot compiled with the law wishes to
feather his nest. here Is his chance.
Proceedings of the Returning Board.
New ORLEANS, November 2O.-Judge
Spatiard of the counsel for the Demo
crats. fer Secretary OF State and other
asked for the adoption of
motion tothe following effect: That all
tho proceedings OF the returning board
be had in open session, with leave TO
interested candidates 10 be present
bv themselves or counsel and that rea-
sOaanlc number Ct pres reporters for
each political party be permitted to Mt
tend at all times. Judge spatisrd urged
the adoption OF the motion in short
: peecb, OF which the following are eX-
t -acts: Addressing the President OF the
Board, he said You, Mr.. President
remarked the other day that your
furc.lun, were partly ministerial and
psr,lv judicial. The ministerial duties
are Jew and simple they &C. sist only in
the stlilion and tsbulstion Of votes
There is no call tor privacy in
applying the rules Of arithmetic
In performing al. the rest OF your duties
publicity Is Imperatively demanded. 1t
i essential al every stage OF the Investl-
ya;ion in order TO insure just argument.
Aau7t hi. order so that every whisper in
your chamber may be heard - the utter
most extremity OF the union. Thus and
thu: only. IN my humble judgment will
il fc possible Tor YOU to reassure II per-
turbed ard anxious country, and TO es-
tabnsh through sll generations the
ol your IuterlOcutary ruI-
ing and insl.award.
President Wells oyer-rulei the motion
and the board also over-ruled the pro-
tAs; made by the Democratic committee
on returns On saturday sgalrst the con-
st;ltiunality OF the board aud its legal
authority - count the electoral vote.
The election - fl the vacancy * the
board wss postponed, ana the recon-
menda.ion submitted by the Deslocrstjc
comul,ttes aid over. Colonel Zsehsrie.
Chsirrnsn ot the Democratic Sta Com
mite in return filled protest against
the Boards proceeding 10 canvas the
vote. before the vacancy had been filled,
there being 10 Democrats on the
Board. The United otstes supervisors
were not allowed to be present nor any
representatives of the loc4i press.
EThe bcs-d commenced their canvass OF
votes, 10, siog up the undisputed parishes
in alphabetical order. Three par
ishes, Ascension, Assumption and
Avoy el,es, were disposed OF, giving about
the same vo!e ss shown in the tables made
heretofore from duplicate poll lists
Hon. George ". Julian, who a. first