New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-23

| General Andereon-A letter accompanies
tie consolidated statement of votes
Mr.. Smith-How many polls were there
| in that parish7
General Anderson-Nine. The returns ar.
| sworn to by w. NJ. Hanchette, before L.
| Br0ussard: clerk of the Sixteenth District
Court Of Vermilion. The supervisor cer,i
fies the same to be correct, except the scat
tering votes and the votes given for tbs
ward officers outside the wards wherein the
candidates reside. He further certifies that
aa regards the police jury candidates. those
reported in this return received majority
Of the votes for eaid offices according to the
! returns in said parish. He continues az
| fulows:
Il have the honor to transmit the consol.
idated statement of votes for the parish OF
Vermilion. Also the following, namely:
One poll list, tally sheets. statements OF
votes, and list of voters. From poll No.
there arc no returns"
suppose no election was held in it.
Mr.. Kenper-Poll No. 9 has list of voters.
General Anderson-POll No. /; what is
thstS
Mr.. Casanave--There is a list of voters
and tally sheet. Poll No. l, 103 votes for
ths Democratic ticket, and nothing for the
Republican.
General Anderson-Poll No. .; is it all in
fOcm2
Mr. Kenner--Yes, sir.
General Arderson-There is no poll list,
but there is q list of voters. That is all
right. All the Republican electcrs have
fifteen votes, and the Democratic have l04.
Put it aside; it is all right.
General Anderson-What does he say
about No. 81
President Wells-It has everything. It is
no: necessary 60 open it.
General Anderson-kellCgg has 22l vote g,
McEuery 345 and Wickiitfe $50
Governor Smith-What is the difference
between poll list and list of vOtersi
An explanation was made to the effect
that q list OF voters is list of persons vot-
ing at any one poll, and q poll list the
names OF all persons entitled to vote in any
ono parish.
General Auderson-In poll No. 4 the votes
were all one way: eighty-s six for the McEn-
cry ticket. In poll No. 5 there is list Of
voters, but no poll list. There are ninety
three voters Or the list.
too poll lie. should come here; it goes into
the box and goes to the county eeat and re-
mains there.
Governor Palmer-I suppose it is the diff
ference between the polls and registration.
General Anderson-POll No. S gives 81 for
McEaery and 90 for all the others on the
Democratic side. There are no votes on
the Republican side.
In poll No. 6 there is no lise of voters and
no poll list There were Al votes, OF which
were for the Hayes electors and 33 for the
Tilden electors. The commissioner has not
sworn to the statement OF votes. What do
you propose to do about that!
President Wells-Let Us examine it.
Mr.. kenner-It is sworn to, 1t is all cor
sect.
General Anderson-In poll No. Tilden
has 81 votes, but they have left Oft the Nc
Eurry votes.
Governor Palmer-Is there a poll list
tterel
General Anderton-No, cir. There is no
vote for the Republican electors; it is sll
for the MoEaery electors.
Governor Palmer-It is the McEnery
electors With McEnery left out.
General Auderson-We had better leave
this out.
President Wslls-We had better lay it
aside. As fact it is signed, but not sworn
General Anderson-There is no return
from poll No. g. suppose they had no
election at that poll
President Wells-Let US take, then, No 9.
General Anderson-There are tally sheets
aud lists of voters, but no poll list in it..
There il one man lett OF. This is all sworn
to. There are 33 votes for the Hayes cleo
tors and 1903 for the Tilden electors. What
shall we do with thisl
President Weils-We had better lay it
aside. and consult over the missing list in
No 7.
Governor Palner-Is that matter regular,
except IN regard to No. ~
General Anderson-I presume it is all
right. There are some Irregularities that
we don't regard, however.
Governor PAlmer-Have you the aggre-
gate votes
General Audorson-Yes,s sir; it is as fol-
lows:
Kellogg. 277; Burch, 30; Joseph, 272;
Sheldon, 272; Marks, 272; Levisee, 272;
Brewster, 272; Joffroin, 272.
There were 9O2 votes for McEnery, less
81 which are not here on the consolidated
return. It will make 81 votes less for them
all if not counted. McEnery's vote would
be S65, and all the others 872. McEnery
having lost votes in poll No. 3, where he
got 345, and the others $50.
General Anderson-This matter will have
to be investigated.
President Wells-Lay it aside.
The returns Of Washington parish were
then canvassed.
General Anderson-The returns were re-
ceived by mail and post marked November
10. There a-e no remarks on the consol-
idated statement Of votes of the parish. 1t
is tigned by w. II. Ord, supervisor of reg
istratiOp.
Governor Smith-How many polls were
there in that parish!
General. l.AndersOn-There were five. The
consolidated statement is sworn to before
j. n. Simmons, clerk of the Sixth Judicial
Court of the parish Of Washington, on the
ninth of November. Everything appears