New-York tribune., 1876-12-30
SOUTH CARoLINAs VOTE AGAIN COUNTED


HAYES CARRIED THE sTATE-THE RESULT Ac-
coRpISG TO THE PRECINCT RE1URNs-CoMPAR-
1sON OF THE OFFICIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL
COUNTS.
COLUMBIA. s. c., Dec. 29.-Messrs. Sayler,
Abbott and Lawrence the Congressional sub-Commi'-
tee completed their work here to-day. Ihclr report
from the returns submitted gives the state 10 hhye"
and Wheeler by about 700 majority, but shows that
Hampton aud the entire Democratic State ticket have
been elected by much larger majority This committee
leaves for Charleston tonight TO join the subcommittee
there and will probably leave for Washington on MoE
day.
In obedience to the order of the Supreme
Court Of the state the Board OF state Canvassers OF
South Carolina Nov II and 49, counted the vote OF
every county for Presidential electors. The board
began its work By tabulating the precinct returns from
the first six counties OF the Stae-Abbcvle' Aiken
Anderson Barnwell, Beaufort, and Charleston "heh
the aforementioned county complied the chairman
Of the board again moved that the tabuation be made
according 70 the County Commissioners returns
This was agreed TO without objecticn' ana inc vote
OF the entire STATE complied from the returns "I 'he
County Commissioners In the six counties named above
the county commissioners larger than the
corrected precinct returns by 174 Republican ana Ooo
Democratic votes The face Of the precinct returns
boweyer were 2,O42 Republican and 1.l32 Democratic
votes behind the commissioners returns This large u-
ference between the face OF the precinct returns he
oorrectcd nrecuct returns and the commissioners re-
tprns led the Democrats believe that the tabaon OF
the prpcinct returns would have given the State % III
dan and Hendricks by several thousand majority Ihat
this yas great mistake is now shown by the result
~ the investigations made by the House Con-
rnittee AT Columbia The committee has taDulated the
racinct returns making corrections ana inc result
"a that every one of the Hayes electors has clear major
m On the face OF the Some Of the corrections
made by the committee II reported give several th0u
aida huf mol
Than to the Democrats. Owing TO clerical "hlssons'
three Republcan candidates QIurey Cook, and Nashl
apparently behind heir ticket The testimony peore
Tho committee has shown that this due 70 clerical
entitled to have been added, in accordance
,gnb the evidence. The result Is that there
ia little difference between the highest and lowest vote
f the candidates on both tickets 1t appears that only
two precincts we're thrown out by the House Committee
I'm Abbev,e County one precinct (Abbcvile. No p was
thrown out ON the ground Of the negaly OF the vote
returned According the precinct returns the vote at
that rolI WAS 432 for Hayes and 10 for Tden one le
boan elector received only 43l votes and one Demo
cratic elector received IL votes The vote OF Robbins
Precinct Barnwel County, was thrown out
ga fraudulent The vote Of that precinct was
not forwarded by the County Comrnis-
oncrs INT was handed in TO the State Board by one
f the commissioners after official return had been
roooivoa and after the County Commissioners had ad
inod The vote credited TO this precinct by the docn
ot Tins handed in, but not included In the Official
cornt was 1917 for Hayes and none for Tiiden. the
rcstts of the count made by the State Board IN NO
,e,ohar and by the House Committee a few DAYS ago.
sra oi,,sn below. The November count was made IrOm
the County COmmlssiOnefs returns, anu '"' A'''''
the precinct fetuIhS'