The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-07
THE PRESIDENCY.
Counting the Votes of the Disputed South
ern States.
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD

turning Board, all the members, the Republi-
| cans and Democrats. and the counsel were
| present.
Judge Spo9ord suggested that the board
| should give al order to compel the Supervis-
ors of the following parishes to hand in their
returns. viz: Franklin, Grant, Livingston,
Lafayette and Tangephoa.
/ Gov. Wells replied that he would give the
order for the returns if they were not pro-
duced by Wednesday.
/ The board then went into executive session.
/ Returns were inspected from the remaining
wards in this city, and from three parishes.
! ALI of these were laid over for future action,
| and the parish Of Ouachita was taken up. -Four
| negroes were introduced as witnesses on the
| Republican behalf, and were examined fully by
the board according to the interrogatorles
| The Democrats will introduce rebuCtlng testl-
mony tomorrow, when the consideration OF
| the Ouachita case viii be resumed.
| New ORLEANS, Nov. 29.-In the Returning
Board, after considerable discussion as to re-.
turns rot received, Gov. Wells stated that the
| testimony in the contested cases must be closed
| by Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Gov Wells said the board would then go into
executive session. He said the Democrats
could present two witnesses in the case of
Ouachita, and only one could be in the room at
time.
Returns from Lafayette, Grant, and Tanga-
phoa were brought in during the day. Two
polls in Lafayette parish giving 800 Democratic
majority, were not found On the consolidated
returns, but the vote was obtained from the
accompanying tally-sheets. There was pro-
test with the returns dated the 28th inst. The
| vote of one poll in Tangaphoa parish was miss
| ing, and the tally-sheets also were absent.
The returns Of Grant parish were received
| from the United States Supervisor. The State
| Supervisor, after appointing Commissioner
Of Election left the parish before the election,
notwithstanding the protest Of both Repub-
| icans and Democrats. The election was held,
| however, under the auspices OF Democratic
and Republican United States Supervisors,
with the following result: Hayes 395; Ill
| den. 518
Returns from Vernon, FRANKLIN, and Livings-
| ton parishes were opened and laid over.
| Statements from all the parishes are now In,
ard the official figures OF every parish have
been obtained. They vary only few hun
| bred, due to the throwing out Of polls, from
figures heretofore telegraphed.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 3O.-The board met at
1870 q. M, all the members present. The
minutes having been read and approved. re-
quest for the recount Of the vote of New Or
leans, signed by all the Republican candidates
| for city and parish offices in the parish OF Or
| leans, was read under direction Of Mr.. Wells.
| Counsel was heard on the question, which WIS
| taken under advisement.
| The East Baton Rouge case was called up
| The boxes from seven polls in which the Com
missioners' returns and tally-sheets had been
locked ND were brought before the board, that
| they might be opened to obtain the result Of
| the election at those polls, the Parish super
| visor having ommitted any mention OF them IN
| his consolidated statement. The board de-
| cided not to open the boxes. Similar action
| was taken in the case of Tangipahoa. By this
| action the Democrats lose l, 1856 votes in East
Baton Rouge.
New ORLEANS Dec. lat the Returning
/ Board there was the usual attendance except
/ the Republican committee, who were absent.
Two boxes of the East Baton Rouge parish were r
| opened, showing for the Tilden electors 437 /;
| Hayes, 10. But little was done, when the
board adjourned till tomorrow.
| Some correspondence took place between the
committees of visiting Republicans and Demo-
/ Gratis relative to the collection and publication
of affidavits and testimony in relation to the
| election in Louisiana, the Republicans asking
| for the Democratic evidence from the gentle
| men composing the committee of that party,
and receiving refusal of the request on the
| ground that they were apprehensive OF the sup
preston Of part OF the evidence, and for other
reasons not stated.
The Democratic committee then issued an
address to the people of the United States,
| claiming that the figures printed by the Demo
| Gratis shortly after the election are borne out
by the result as canvassed, and that there is no
doubt Of Tilden carrying the State on anything
| like fair count.
| New ORLEANS, Dec. 2.-The Returning Board
| met at IL a. NJ, all the members present. The
Democratic committee was in the roorn but for
| the Republicans appeared only Senator Sher-
man. great quantity of written evidence of
| witnesses in contested cases was filed by the
Democrats and Republicans
The box of poll in the parish of Tangipa-
hoa the vote of which had been omitted in the
| Supervisors returns, which had been sent for
| on application of the Democratic counsel, was
| brought in and opened The statement of the
| polls, ETC., was taken out, received by the
| board, and ordered to be compiled. The vote
| stood: Tilden electors GA, and Hayes electors
IL.
The board adjourned subject to the call OF
the President Clerks are now compiling the
| returns of the election. The electoral vote a!
| least will be promulgated on Tuesday
The Republican visiting committee departed
homeward this afternoon.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 5.-The Returning
Board to-day promulgated the result of the
canvass of the votes for President and State
officers. The net result is the return OF the
Hayes electors, the entire Republican State
ticket a majority OF Republicans in the Legis
lature, and of four Republican and two Demo
cratic Congressman. Appended are the figures
on Presidential electors
/ Hayes Electors. 1Ttden Electors
Kellogg. 75, 195 McEnery. 5O
Burch 70, vi W1ckl1He. 1U5U
Joseph 4,Ol4 st. Martin. So
4 Sheldon ..,.. 74,O27lPoche ............7 70, SO
| Marks. ........ 4418I De Blanc. ....... 20, SO
Levlssee IA ,OO3I Seay................70,5 So
Brewster, OFT Cobb. ............ 10 40
Jeffrion "a 736l Gross. ....... ,56
The majority of the lowest Hayes electol
over the highest Tildel, elector is 8. 437.
The following is the vote as returned OF
State oficers: Governor, Packard, Republican
"a 624; Nichols, Democrat, u, 1913; Packard
majority, 8 426; Lieutenant Governor, An
i toine,. Republican, IA, $685. Witt Democrat
II O93; Antoine's majority, 3 576; Attorne.
General, Hunt Republican,, 1906; Ogden
Democrat, TO- 1856; Hunts mai ority, 4, 1850; Au
ditor of Public Accounts, Johnson, Republican
IS, $685.. Jumel, Democrat, 70,391; Johnson
majority, 1854; Superintendent of Public Ed
ucation, Brown, Republican IA 446; Lasher
Democrat, II. 100; Browns majority, 1887
, Secretary Of State, Honore, Republican, "a, 855