The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-22
coLoRED DrMoCRAr1c DELpGATIoS.

CoLORED DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION.
A delegation Of fifteen colored mer
from yarions precincts in the 0uachita
parishes called on the visiting Demo
csats &C tie St. Charles Hotel to-day,
Theyihad'all been members Of the Re
publican party. Several Of them were
recently Presidents Of Republican clubs
and gave the reasons why they had
changed and led their followers 10 ,the
polls TO vote the Democratic ticket.
spAFroRD PRorEsTs AeArSsr ExIcyrtyz
SESSIONS. sGss;l
Judge H. M.Spafford, counsel for Ger.
tain Democratic candidates, has filed q
protest against being excluded from the
roomduring the canvass Of the returns
and against the executive and secret ses.
sions Of the Board. The counsel for the
United States Supervisors OF Election
has filed q protest against the exclusion
of Supervisors during the canvass and
compilation Of the vote. The following
is The ground Of protest:
That under the 9th Section Of
The .Act Of Congress Of February
18th, 1871, they are to be aud
remain where the ballot boxes are kept
at all times after the polls are open till
each and every vote east at said time and
place shall becounted, andlthe canvass OF
all the votes polled to be wholly compile.
ted and the proper and requisite certifi-
cato, on the, returns made; whether said
certificate or returns -beirequired under
any law OF the United States, or any
State, territorial or municipal law; that
under said law U. s. District Attorney ].
r. Beckwith, under date OF October 80,
1872, gave his written official opinion for
'th6gnidance of The persons holding the
Office. now held by 'protestants, wherein
said United States District Attorney said
that "tit cannot be. doubted that the duty
OF the Supervisors extends TO the inspec.
tion Of the entire election from It's COM
mencement tilltheidecision Of It's results.
1.-THE United States statutes were less ex.
rlicit there still could be no doubt Of the
duty and authority fths Supervisors TO
inspect and canvass every vote cast for
each and every candidate, State, paroch.
ial and Federal, and the law OF the State
neithesProvides fors nor all6ws any sep
aSadon iot the election for! REPRESENTA-
tiyes in Congress, etc, from the election
OF State and parish officers. The elec.
tion Is in law a single election; and the
power Of inspection vested by law in the
supervisors appointed by the court ex-
tends 10 the entire election, o full knowl-
edge Of which may be necessary to defeat
fraud"
On which opinion the Attorney Gen.
eral Of the State Of Louisiana coinclded,
whereupon the protestants claim admit.
tance to all sessions OF the Returning
Board, and proIsSs against their exclu.
sion as unwarranted BY Law, as informed
by their attorneys, and IS has been done
and Is contemplated to be done hereafter
in said proceedings Of said Board. pl.
Protests were also fled by The counsel
of the candidatesjf for Office against secret
sessions, DC, The counsel fol. the Demo-
cratic candidate also protest, on behalf
Of the Democratic Electors, against the
counting in Of Eve Repableal Electors
not named on the tickets used. Ia the
Fourteenth Senatorial Distfict the tickets
contained the names Of ". P. KELLOGG, ].
II. Burch, Oscar Jaffrione and = number
Of others. The counsel protested against !:
i. The counting Of said ballots which
have not been cast in favor oi said Jo-
seph and others named for any other
electors except those specially named
upon said tickets or ballots. II
2. The permitting Of the returns from
said parishes 70 stand, especially Of
Iberia and st. Martini, showing al such
ballots 70 have been cast for Joseph and
others, they being in said respect false or
fraudulent or TO be considered before
this body aud said votes counted for any
electors except said Kellogg, Birch and
Jafirione whose names are on said ballots.
The protest is based on grounds as fol.
loEs: saJ S4tlt aAll-its 70 'S7'-FFF''
That the title 70 the position Of elsc.or
can be derived only from thevote Of the
people, and no vote can be given or