The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-11

2,9O4. The Democrats claim the state %
absolutely certain by not less than 5000,
after making a liberal allowance for con.
tingencies.
IA Democratic roOrbask fereted out and At at
rest.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l0-Midnight.
A report was current on the streets
here to-day that private telegram had
been received from Senator Conoyer con.
ceding Florida 10 the Democrats by 4
majority variously stated from 1000 to
l,200 or 1000. Diligent inquiry failed
to discover any responsible authority for
the story; but It was tonight revived In
the shape Of a specific statement that
Senator Conoyer had telegraphed to that
effect to the National Republican Com.
mittee in New York city. Inquiries I'D.
dressed TO that Committee authorize a
denial Of the existence Of such dispatch.
(Asa matter Of coursc.)
NEW York, Nov. 10-Midnight.
A dispatch from T. W. Patton, Presi.
dent Of the State Democratic Committee
OF louisiana, was received at the Demo-
cratic headquarters in this city tonight
saying that the State will give Tilden
not less than 5000 or 5000 majority. He
bases his statement on the returns re.
ceived by letter and telegram and the
estimates Of the Committee. @ IL
tAugu,ta dIspatch)
AUGUSTA, GA, November 10.
A dispatch from Lake City at 11:3O
P. NJ. says the corrected returns Of twenty
eight counties place the Democratic ma.
jority at 700. Hillsboro county, accord.
Ing to information from reliable sources,
gives Ga Democratic majority, which,
with the estimated returns for the re.
manning ten counties, would give the
State to the Democrats by over ], 500 ma.
jority.
(SIOre guess work.
@ SAVANNAH, GA, Nov. 10.
Advices tonight from reliable sources,
say that Tilden, Drew, for Congress, and
a Democratic Legislature, are elected in
Florida. The s counties Of Duval, Alac.
hua, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison,
and Mason give an aggregate Republican
majority OF G,534. Returns from IS
counties, viz: Baker, Bradford, Clay,
Columbia, Hamilton, Jackson, Levy,
Monroe, Orange, Park, Putnam, St
Johns and Pawnee, give an aggregate
Democratic majority OF 1920. The
remaining eighteen counties in 1874
gave a Democratic majority aggre-
eating 3,206. This, without any increase,
would give total Democratic majority
OF G,S26, and elect the Democratic ticket
by a majority of 292. The 1S counties
to hear from, however, will probably in.
crease the majority OF 1874 by from 1900
TO to 1900 votes, and the entire ticket
will be elected by majority ranging
from 1000 to 1900.
Another dispatch says that both par.
ties still claim the State. Great excite.
ment prevails. Drew is certainly elected
by at least ! 200.
"a statement from Gov. Kellogg-lIe is glad that
Northern men are cotning.l
New ORLEANS, Nov. 10.-Midnight.
Gov. Kellogg iurnis hes the following
statement to the Associated Press, re.
garding the election: Very few official
returns have been received outside Of the
city, by the Secretary Of State, the
proper custodian. Unofficial statements
have been received and published here Of
10 Republican and 8 Democratic parishes.
Besides the city, % out Of 81 parishes may
bO called tolerably reliable. The other
parishes are estimated by each side. The
State is claimed according to each esti.
gate, by both sides. The Democrats only
claim the State by estimating the Repub.
lican parishes of East and West Felici.
ana, East Baton Rouge, Monroe, House
and ouachisa, as having given them,
aS they now claim, nearly 1900
majority. No one disputes that these
parishes were overrun and intimidated
by armed bands OF white leaguers before
and on the day Of the election. These
parishes have always been largely Re-
publican. The. registration in these
parishes is, white S,G9S, black s,7O9; they
gave 5000 majority in 1872, by the re.
turns Of the fusion Democratic Board,
and they gave the Republican candidate
5000 majority in 1874, as conceded by
the Democratic State Committee. In
ouachita Deputy U. s. Marshal was
killed on election day, the polls taken
possession Of and run by the white
leaguers in East Feliciana. Not single
Republican vote was allowed to be poll
ed-the Republicans were not allowed to
run a ticket. This parish is next to the
Mississippi line, and has been turbulent,
more or less, since the Democrats got pos.
session Of Mississippi. In this
parish I got over 900 majority in 1872,
and in 1874 the Republicans carried the
parish by more than 1000 majority. The
vote claimed by the Democrats in these
parishes was procured by intimidation,
violence and assassination, and the proof
Of this is overwhelming and perfectly
conclusiye. Notwithstanding the claimed
vote OF these parishes, we confidently be.
lieve we have carried the State. The
Democrats claimed to have carried the
State by about 1900 in 1874, not count
Ing Carroll parish, which gave US over
1890 majority, but where they always
alleged frauds and refused to concede
but about 900 Of this majority tous. We
have gained in the city alone {, 400 votes,
over the vote Of 1874, which they con.
cede. They further admit that we
have carried the parishes of Iberia,
81. Martin, Assumption, Rapides, Caddo,
Webster and La Fourche, already heard
from, which they carried in 1874. They
admit we have increased our majorities
in BoSSier, Madison, Texas, Concordia,
Natchitoches, ..Plaquemine and St,
Charles. OF course none OF these are
official. There are only about twenty
parishes accessible by rail and telegraph,
and the official vote Of several Of the re.
mote parishes can't be had for five or six
days. The result will be close, counting
the vote in the Bull.nosed parishes, as
the Democrats claim II. Not counting
these purisheS, while the Republicans
will be deprived, Of alegi.imate majority
ofnearly 1000, in no contingency can the
Democrats have carried the State. Il