New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-25
ma against the course adopted by the

re- urns to the clerks 70 be compiled outside
of the presence OF the board. The clerks
weFe al Republicans, and the Democrats
had no means of detecting fraudulent tabu-
lation.
Mr.. McGloiu-What action will your
honorable board take on that application
President Wells-Have you anything fur
therf
| Mr.. McGloin-Nothing, except that We
| ask for the admission Of three reputable
| persons to represent our candidates in the
| room In which thia tsbulati0n is progressing.
| President Wells-We have sufficient force
| there to attend to it.
Judge Spoford-May ask the board to
! FIX day for taking up East Baton R,uge.
President Wells-We will fix upon Mon
day 70. the hearing of Baton Rouge, taking
| up sonei hing between now and then.
| Judge Spoford-But preliminary to that
| is the opening of the returns in our absence.
President Wells-Yes, sir.
Governor Wickli6e-Are there any re-
| turns from Lafayette ing l understand that
| they are not. Will you take take some
| means to compel them to be madeq
President Wells-Will the gentleman
point out what ought to be our aetions We
have no law in relation to the subject. We
| can not enforce q man who ls instructed to
make his returns here. We must abide
his own discretion IN the N after.
| u0v0E0OE w lCklu6-lI occAS w AA0 tuo
| discretionary power in this board to per
! form its duty, will compel the board to
| compel the supervisor to make his return.
He is here.
President Wells-If he is here, we will
| notify him to bring his returns in.
Governor WickIiffe-By means of the
| courts it can be done, and under the act OF
Congress it can be done.
Judge SpOffOrd-Otherwise, 1t will be IN
the power Of the supervisors to defeat the
| will of the people.
General Anders0n-I can etate that the
| gentleman from Lafayette has no intention
| Of Withholding the returns. He has gone
| up the river He has been telegraphed for
and is expected here this evening. told
him that would be glad to send him the
| returns from that parish, a. 1t u in my dis
trict. know that am defeated; but If
l were returned BY the board would have
| the seat.
| Governor Wickliffe-l hope the honor
| able gentleman does not attribute to me the
intention of meaning anything Of that sort.
| General Andersen-Se Several gentlemen
have told me that in the parish OF lafayette
| there were frauds committed and lntimlda.
| ton, and that some forty or fifty men who
wished to vote for me did not dare to do so.
| Mr.. McGloin-There is q solution of the
| difficulty to be found in the second section
| of the STATUTE, which provides for the bring
| ing OF persons and papers before you.
therefore move you that you exercise that
power.
| is u O. nteetf
| Nj. McGloin-There is q full authorize
| ton in all cases to send for papers. l ask
YOU to examine the section, and if you find
that they have appeared, to send for the
papers, that you will send for them to bs
present tomorrow morning.
NJ XUo ~xv,lH 4 Ia
order. -
MorehOuse inv
Mr.. Green-They have not been received.
Judge Spoford-Will the board take &C.
ton to have them brought int
President Wells-At Cnce.
Judge Spofford-Will you assign person
| to 20 tor them nOwt
Presid ent Wells-Yes. cir.
Judge Spofford-I desire to know whether
there are any contests in the parishes Of
Sabine and Winn9
General Anderson-I see list of the par
ishes in which there are conteste, and
Winn and Sabine are not in it.
Judge Spotord-Have the papers been
openede
General Auderson-No, sir.
Mr.. McGloin-Will you give copy of the
parishes to us9
General Anderson-I will have that made
MI. Barksdale-I would ask whether the
/ returns from Lincoln and Claiborne par
isbes are int
General Anderson-The parish of Lincoln
il here.
Mr.. Barksdale-Are there any contests as
to those parishess
General Anderson-I don't see any notice
from Claiborne, but there was contest In
| Lincoln.
Colonel Zacharie-I am asked by q can
didate whether the board will allow super
visors scontumatiOusly to refuse to make their
| returnsf If we are enabled to point ont to
| the board where those returns are, will the
board send an officer or some other person
from this board with . party whom We may
1 select to point out to hip where they are in
| order that We may get theml
President Wells-Why, sir, there might
| be returns at places where you are informed
the returns are that are not genuine. We
can take no notice of anything not returned
here. 49,.
Colonel Zacharie-If the supervisors con.
| tumaci0usly refuee to make returns here
| will the board admit certified copies OF du-
plicates which have been fled with the
| clerk Of the district.
President Wells-We can take nothing
except from the supervisors, The law pro-
vides especially that they shall make these
| returns
Colonel z Zacharie-The law provides. also,
for the lod lying of these duplicates with the
\ clerks of the court of the districts, for the
very purpose of providing for the loss or
destruction of the returns. Now, when q
supervisor cOntumaciously refuses, are the
people of that parish to lose the whole re-
suit Of the election, or will the board take
the result from the clerk Of the courts
President Wells-rhe criminal should be
brought before the court, think. and
punished for d,sobedience.
General Anderson-I would suggest that
We send an officer for the returns.
President Wells-We will do that. We
have already said that We would do that.
Dispatch an officer for those parties; but
as to taking copies, We can no. 90 taas. a. !.
copies should be received, but the dupli-
cate registry made at the time the boxes
were signed by the commissioners that
signed the returns.
President Wells-We will take them nm.
der consideration. We will now 60 into
executive session.
The retarns from the parish OF st. Mar
| tin, consisting of consolidated statements
of votes and tally sheets, were then brought
In, signed by o. Delahoussaye. supervisor
of registration, and opened by General An.
dersOn.
President Wells-How many polling
places are there in the parishs
General Anderson-1 will tell you in q
minute.
General Smith, see there are seven
bundles there.
General lAnderson-There are NO remarks
Sworn to by O. Delahoussaye, Jr., super
visor OF registration, before Acee Veazie
clerk of the Fourth Judicial District, o1
St. Martin. Did understand you to say
Mr.. President, that there was protest.
President Wells-No, sir. If there was il