Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-29

THE ELECTION
The Louisiana Boarlls Receive
NumerOussP Protests.

The Louisiana Boarals Receiv
NumerOusfIsrO
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2l.-The RI
turning Board met at l l :35 this morn
.. ing.
Governor Wells advocated the ad
mittancc of the crowd, which wa
done.
Col. Zacharic filed the protes
which he foreshadowed Monday. o
behalf, of the democratic candidate
for Congress.
After a brief conference the Boar
went into executive session, and tn
hall was cleared. =
The Northern Republican Commit
tee now consists Of Beardsley, Ill.
Eugene Hale, Me. Van Allen, N. T.
and Garfield, of Ohio.
i During executive session parish re
turns are placed on the table wher
sit the republican and democrats
committees, and they are invited I,
examine and see whether or no the,
have been disturbed or, tamperei
| with. The returns are then opened
and the consolidated vote for eacl
clector called off. The clerks thef
verify the additions made by thu
commissioners. If these are correc,
the members OF the Board sign and
approve them.
| Judge Spofiord, in behalfo certain
candidates, filed a protest against be.
ing excluded from the room during
the canvass of the returns and against
secret sessions.
Counsel for the United States SUI
pervisors filed protest against the
exclusion OF Supervisors, basing their
protest on the act of Congress direct.
ing them to remain where the ballots
are from the close of the polls until
the ballots are counted. They also
quoted from an opinion of United
States District Attorney Beckwith of
October 30th, 1872. in support of their
position. l
Ii the United States statutes were
still less explicit, there still could be
no doubt of the duty and authority
OF the Supervisors to inspect and can
vass every vote cast for each and ev-
cry candidate, state parochial and
federal, as the law of the state neither
provides nor allows any separation of
election for Representatives in Con-
gress, &c, from the election of State
and parish officers. The election is in
law a single election, and the power
of inspection vested in the law to Su-
pervisors appointed by the court ex-
tends to the entire election, full
knowledge of which may well be-
come necessary to defeat fraud, in
which opinion the Attorney General
of the State of Louisiana coincided,
whercupon the protestants claim ad-
mittauce TO all sessions Of the Re-
turning Board, and protest against
their exclusion as unwarranted, as
informed by their attorneys, has been
done, and is contemplated to be done
hereafter in said proceedings of said
Board.
Protests were also filed by counsel
of candidates for office. The demo-
cratic candidates also protested on
behalf of the democratic electors
against the counting in of the five
Republican electors not named on the
tickets used in the Fourteenth Scna-
torial District. The tickets contained
the names of w. p. Kellogg, J.H.
Burch, Oscar Joflreion and two 9th.
crs. Counsel protested against: lst.
The counting of said ballots which
have not been cast in favor of said
Joseph and others named, for any
other electors except those specially
named upon said tickets or ballots.
I'd. The permitting of returns from
said parishes to stand, especially of
Iberia and st. Martins. showing all
such ballots to have been cast for
said Joseph and others. they being
in said respect false and fraudulent.
not to be considered before this body,
and said votes TO be counted for any
electors except Kellogg, Burch and
Jeffreion, whose names only are on
said ballots. The protest is based up-
on the following grounds: That title
to the position of elector can be de.
rived only by vote of the people.
and no vote can be given and counted
except when placed in the ballot-box !;
that electors are chosen under the
election laws OF the State, which re-
qnires the names of the persons voted
for and the office shall be accurately
specified on the tickets. The Com
mission asked an investigation of the
facts.
A similar protest was filed against
the counting of 2,2OO ballots cast by
the parishes of Concordia and Mach
itaches for any electors except those
named on the ticket, Kellogg, Burch
and Brewster. The parishes Of the
Fourteenth Senatorial district are
Iberia, st. Martins, IberyilIe and
West Baton Rouge.
The Board was i'll executive session
about three hours, and in this time
examined returns in a number of par
ishcs, laying those aside in which
there were contests or protests, for
action after the rncontested parishes
are examined. Itis found that there
are contests in nearly all parishes.
The parishes canvassed by the Re-
turning board show Ascension,
Tilden 1900; Hayes 2.074. Assump-
ton, Tilden l,6SO; Hayes 1852. Ayo-
yclles, Tiiden 1 All Hayes l,5O5. Cal
casien, Tilden 1898: Hayess 81 Cam
eron, Tilden 90: Hayes 90. Point
Coupee, I'ilden. l,0S6 Hayes 1887.
st. Bernard, Tilden 336; Hayes 69I.
ST. James, Tiiden 952; Hayes 1887.
st. John Baptist, Tilden 743: HAYES
1,oS7. These figures do not differ
materially from the duplicate poll
lists in the hands of the democratic
committee. OF the nine marshes can.