Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-03
LOUISIANA.
Conclusion Of the Lab0rs OF the
Returning Board.
The Presidential vote will be
Announced Tuesday.
The Distinguished Visitors Com
ing Home.
LOUISIANA.
TIE RETURNING BOARD.

THE RETURNING BOARD.
New Orleans, Dec, The return
ing board met ut | l u. IN. The DEM
ocratic committee Was ia the room.
But few republicans arp ared, with
Senator Sherman. A great quantity
OF written eEdence OF witnesses IN
coaspgledycssse was filed BY the dem
ocrstiS and rcpublicAs counsel. The
democratic counsel also entered I pro.
test in regard to the manner in which
the committee had been treated in the
matter Of opening the returns; also
An objection aYsinst receiving any
protest except those accompanying
the supervisors returns, IN matter and
form provided for BY law.
Col. Z4cherie, of the democratic
counsel called the attention Of the
boad 10 The. following facts: Tha,
wheal tke returns lf6n Ouichits pa
ishl~eresopesied by the board'it was
announced by the secretary that they
had been received on the 24,b,. the
day before they were opened; swhen
turned over to the democratic counsel
for inspection there WIS found in the
sealed package, said to have been
4 received on the Gath, the following
letter:
New Orleans Nov 23.-To e. S.
s Abell, Esq. secretary returning board /:
SlR:-Enclosed please find affidavit
& Of Eliza Pinks,on which i received
too late TO file with my returns.
I Please see that its brought in with
the other sfhlavits fled with my re.
1 turns. Respectfully.
NJ. J. GRAnF.
Supervisor Of Ouchita.
Gol, Z.ehrie- sAid that Two facts
were established. :. First, the state
ment Of the secretaly that the papers
were only 6lsd'thr24th was untrue
: because the letter found in the sealed
package shows that the returns had
been filed with the secretary before
the 23d and it shows, second: Tha
as tins letter and ! nfidayit of Ellza
Pinksson wcre both found IN the,seal
ed tpsckxge, II ID shown that lhe sec
retary Of the board had complied viii
the request Of the supervisor and tha'
he had opened the package and pu,
into u ihe : affidavit, aud by mistak
the letter Of the supervisor also.
The matter was referred 70 consid
Grafton Of the board. Judge Dibble
filed sflAfge sInount testimony on b.
hall Of the, republican party. The
box of the poll in the parish Of Tan
giphoa tho vote ofwhich had beer
omitted ia the supervisors r~turni
which had been sent for on appliea
ton Of the democrstic council wa
] brought in and opened. The state
ment of the poll Edcf rersAtaken out
received by the board aud orderedste
be complied. The vote stood Tildci
electors 81, and Hayes electors IL i
The hnefd then, adjourned subiee
to. the cal OF the president.
The clerks are now compiling tn
returns Of election.
The electoral vote, At least, will b
promulgated on FuesdAy .g
The republican visiting committe
departed homeward I his afternoon.
n ANOTHER pEMocRATIc FIGURE co,
& 1--we
: New Orleans Dec. 2-Major e. 1
Bufke, shsfrnsns Of tho democrat
sSs reg)6sfa1idh md elsction committe
vii Tomorrow publish = sta,eme,
si giving the result of the recent ele
ton made up from the official 6gur
2@ 2@ before the returning board. II
statement agrees substantially vi
that ofthe visiting committee tel
III graphed last night.