Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-16
THE ELECTION.


fairly won clec;lou. al,d 10 declare Hayes the
President or rctam Grant IN Office, IS grad
| ually approaching, what Is feared, by many,
successful ISSUE, the end beng delayed iii order
that the outraged feelings Of the country may
be so Modified by tine that the fraud viii
be submitted 10 in preferences to public dls!ur-
bance.
| At Now Osleans the radical delegation from
the North yesterday held 4 meeting and con
| Guided not to accept the proposition al ne
democratic delegation TO count the v2;c 81
Louisiana as cast, rs they hold that uadcr Inc
law OF Louisiana the returning board Is vested
with judicial functions and has the power claim
ed by il to exclude all votes which It RESUMES
Ia be fraudulent. The democrats are IctermlD-
cd to explore the whole facts and are satisfied
that il fraud achieve another triumph in Louis
lana il will not prove substantial. The return
ing boards 10 New Orleans and Columbia meet
to-day, tut rs considerable time will doubtless
be taken in the settlement OF pending ,lueStl ions
no definite results can hc Immediately licked
Tor.
As there H. at least ni.a huuest uial otl The
Florida returning board. protest % fraud.
uIcnt return ty that board may be expected
provided the ballot boxes have Col already bees
| tau,poreu with.
Tho arrival OF Gen. Shc:i,lau at New Dr.
lcans ccmplicates The trouble, AT; II is a,roaIy
reported that with Kellogg aud Packard, the orly
pcrs ons, except the military. who are admitted
to his presence, he IS making arrangements Tor
aiding the success OF the radical scheme. The
radicals acknowledge that more votes were cast
for Iiden than for Hayes, ia Loulslana but
rely on the Intimidation cry to exclude enough
to declare the State Tor Hayes.
The democrats will secure several thousand
attidayits OF co!0red persons, who voted vo!un'
tari|y for TiJcu aud Nichols. Several letters
are published from colored men i'll St. Mary ;
parish denying Governor keIlogg's statement
that in every parish, except Ouachita. East
and West Felicana, the colorci vote has been
cast soIidly Tor the republican party.
Gen. Anderson and cx-Gov. Wells vito, 1t
has been determined, are still members O.! the
returning board, have arrived 10 New Orleans,
and with the two negroes will meet to-day.
At oac OF the New Orleans theatres last
night 4 negro 10 the peanut gallery accident
ally dropped bis pistol, which was discharged
with a loud report. The audience, among
whom were number Of army officers, sat Ell
tirely unmoved, continuing to gaze upou the
stage, but the players were tbrowp into com-
plete panic, and it wsS couple ci minutes te.
fore they recovered sufficiently to proceed with
their parts. Wholesale houses there report
business at . stands:ll!.
Mr.. Oswald Ottendnrter. Of New York, ;uie
graphing frcm New Drleaa= under date OF the
| 18th, says: The ma )Tity OF The election ~
turns Of the parish cOGlmlSs!oaels have armed
in this city the Ic3t arc Oh their way, but
their contents are koowa hy telegraph. From
these returns 1t appears that the democratic
ma ority in Louisiana is 5,039; nevertheless
The Returning Board will declare the repH5ii
can electors az elected alter throwing out che
entire vote Of severa! parishes: aui part OF the
votes Of others, aai all this under a pretonsc,
The absurdity of which would be rro7ea If "a
Investigation vera 10 DO had. Il looks Il Il
there we're no possibility CT preventing the RI
turning Board from doing tlis. Mt spprcach
able by reason or moral pressure, the members
of the Returning Board treat public option
With contempt. aud pclot at the result Of the
elections of the majority OF the lrthero States
rs proof OF the willingness, Of the majority OF
he people to sanction fraud aud u5urpatiol ct
The worst type Under su:Fl circumstance Il"
Northern gentlemen at present 10 this city viii
accomplish bit little; all they can DO Is to col
!ect material Tor an impartial report to tile
people. But considering how little the Amer
lean paop!e care for fairness ard justice, even
such Z result woull be nothing but IN obituary
10 the republic.
Montgomery Blair, who IS ~ Co;unbia, 5rs
terdAy lelegrsphed bis sou 10 Washington r:ty
CHAMPION Is certainly elected and Ttlten hiss
the State probab!y' The news from Florida
IS indefinite, aud 10 estimate can be made Of
the probabilities 10 that State.
4 dispatch from Salem. Oregon, says: 1t Is
announced by the democrats here TO day that
the following programme will BE- carried ont IN
reference 10 the case oil j. ". Waite, presiden,
t!al elector on the republican ticket, who was
postmaster Of Lafayette. The law Of Oregon
provides that the Secretary Of State, 10 pres
cuce Of the Governor, shall count the votes and
give to persons having the highest number pt
votes a certificate OF election. his gives the
Secretary 40 power except to count votes and
issue certificates, but it ia asserted that writ
will be served on the Secretary, to be issued
out of tho Supreme Court, eujn!uing the Iaso
alce OF certificate to Watts, and giving il to
the highest e!ector on the democratic ticket.
The following dispatch was sent from Jack
son, Mississippi, to General Garfield at New
Orleans The republicans OF Mississippi earn
costly invite you and your associates ol boil!
parties when you have completed your invest
cations n Louisiana to visit this State 10 make
like lnYestigatlon into frau Is ana Vloenc' "'fu
which the State has been carried.
tSigned) II. Il. WARE
Chm Eep State Executive COMMITTEES"
The New York News OF yesterday afternoon
says The people, Of course, would, above ali
thugs, desire that the frauds shall be climl
dated, whether that process result in the cleo
tou OF Hayes and Chamberlain, or Of Tilen
and Hampton. Eliminating the frauds, how
ever, 10 South Carolina CT Louisiana, or even
Florida, where the ballot boxes are now actu-
ally 10 the military possession OF 4 Federal Adj
ministration in.eut on carrying each Of those
States for its own party candidates, means just
what it meant when frauds underwent limlna-
ton by kcllogg's Returning Board in l4ousi.
ana while Sheridan a1d his bayoncts kept
guard at the Stale Capitol, and all the demo
cratic votes were discarded by republican canvas
sers, oDc.half Of whom were American c:tiZ us
of African descent, who had been born aud
| hrnueht I'D 10 slavery and had not alter eman