The New York herald., 1876-12-12

OF Intimidation. acts Of violence or other cause men
toned In the statute unless the foundation for such
inquiry aud rejection Is laid at the time and In the
manner provided by the statute.
/ DUTY SUPERVISORS
! In no case did tho supervisor OF Registration de-
liver The clerk os the OF his parish, re-
j quired by section 20. duplicate Statement maoo
| ana sworn to by the Commissioners Of Election,
| and corroborated by three czcns OF any riot, IT,
mult acts OF violence, intimidation and disturbance.
bribery corrupt influences and OF the facts relating
thereto, occurring on the day oi election, nor
amy like s,atemen. Of his own that any such
the revision registration When the returns
opened by the Returning Board such statements were
found among the papers IN few instances, but not in
relation the parishes Of ouachita Moehouse,
East Baton Rouge East or West Fcliciana; and such
tho manifest efforts the part OF tho officers OF
election 10 conceal their acts and confuse and misead
persons Interested proper investigation of
the facts relating TO the election, that u was mpos
sIbIe TO dctermn whether any such statements had
been made by the Commissioners OF Election or the
Supervisor OF Registration, and attached to the returns
OF the supervisor IN any parish in The State at the time
and IN The manner required by sections 20 and 43.
This fact leaves the Returning Board without jurs
diction TO inquire into OF violence, &c NJ tho
election or during registration, and with no o,her
duty TO pcrf)rm except to canvass and compile Tho
votes returned MS the returning officers OF any other
State would do: and the opened by them
show majority FOR The Tiden electors IL ought to be
an end OF all controversy on the subject Bat as the
Board In the lace OF these lacts has come to the
traordinary conclusion TO declare that the Hayes ccc
tors have majority II is proper to look further into
It's action.
ACTION OF THE BOARD
The FIRST meeting oi the Board attended by
OF the candidates the democratic conservative
ticket that all the proceedings OF the Board should be
public and that interest cd candidates should have leave
10 be present. by themselves or counsel al the opening
OF the returns, with tho Tish. TO inspect the same.
refused, aud certain rules were adopted against several
Of which protests were ned and particularly against
rule y, which declared that
80 No parte aidavi,s or statements shall be re-
ceived in evidence except ms basis TO show that such
fraud, Intimidation ur other Illegal practcc had ut
some poll requires investigation; but tho returns and
liidavits authorized by made by officers election
W,
shall be received IN evidence as prin,a taeie y
Under this rule several hundrc.i paris afliIavits
prepared and sworn in New Orleans, charging
intimidation and other Illegal distant parishes
were then pul into the envelopes enclosing the SUPER
vsors consolidated returns, which had been brought to
the city OF New Orleans and kept Tor the purpose
THIS done TO support statements Q! Intimidation
other Illegal acts ntcrpoatcd by Supervisors long after
their consolidated returns had made out aud
correct aud been filed with the proper
district clerk without any protest or allegation OF
timidation or other acts Of violence
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The proceedings OF the Board In executive session,
10 which we were admitted, consisted IN opening The
from each parish and examining the votes
Preside ntal electors 4 no protest or ooJecton APP
pcared among the papers, ant. there was no outside
protest from any one, thc returns were sent
10 private room TO be tabulatcd by the
clerks, nf OF whom were republicans, wbo kept
their action secret. II any protest WAS found among
the papers or from outside parties, the returns
laid asidc TO be aerward considered by The Board In
secret. In the few cases In which there were charges
OF iraud intimidation other illegal acts, the can
ddates or their attorneys wcrc permitted to take
copies Of the charges and testimony taken on writ
len nterrogatories was submitted in regard to such
parishes.
December ., after all tho returns had been opened
tho Board into secret session. and VIC were not
permitted to see the compilation Of returns already
made. to know what rules the Board adopted In
passing upon contested cases, Tho processes by
which It arrived atresuts
TUE RETURNS
We have been furnished tripcate, or a certified
copy the duplicate statement OF the Commissioners
Of Election NJ each voting plaza la the State, from
which bus been compiled consolidated statement OF
the entire OF the State Tor Presidential electors
From this statement which we believe to be accurate,
the majority for the highest Tilden elcctor the
10 Hayes eiector is 957 tho majority Tor
lowest fden eecior the highest Hayes clector
$780, The returns in our possession correspond pre-
clscly in most with those opcrcd by the Return
ing Board. The difference IN tho aggregate arises
mainly from the fact tLas the Board CID tot have all
the returns before It, The SUPERVISORS, all OF whom
republicans, many OF them employees in Tho
Custom House IN New Orleans no,i-rcs.dents OF
the State, aud OF them under Indictment MUIR
der, withheld The statements OF the Commis.
o aarae
III tho aggregate TO about 500 votes rho Returning
Board refused receive certified copies Of the dupi
Gates OF these missing returns filed IN the Offices OF
Secretary of State and the clerks OF the district COURTS
TO take any elective measures to procure the orig
inas
The Returning Board, In proclaming the rcsul: OF
the vote Tor electors makes statement Of the votes
the several parishes, but simply the
aggregate vote for each elccior in the State giving
the Hayes electors major.ties varying from 4626 TO
4,7l2.
HOW 1T WAS DONE
To accomplish which they disranchsed IL, $50 DEM
ocratc and 2,042 republican voters. This announce
men s made in the lace O, the fact that the stale.
menis made by the Comm OF Election showed
majority ranging from 300 10 9o7 for tho Tilden
electors No attempt IS made to give reason for this
arbitrary action ol the Board Is there any state
ment to show what votes were counted and what re.
jecied As VOL might the officers canvassing the re-
the election for Presidential electors Ohio
Massachusetts declare the Tildcn electors those
States elected in the aco OF the the
showed majority Tor the Hayes electora We have
shown that II is questionable whether tho Legislature
OF louisiana has made provision for tho appointment
OF electors at all that II II has made snch provision
u has vested the Returning Board with authority
canvass the returns OF the cast such occrs
and that II IL were possible to construc the statute
conierring such authority on the Returning Board
then the same statute limits the authority oil the
Board 10 tho canvass and compilation of "the
statements OF votes made by the Commissioners
OF Election" without authority to reject any
account OF Intimidation other acts OF violence
unless the foundation therefor be FIRST laid pro-
vlded in the statute; that tho evidence does net
| disclose thnt such foundation WAS laid 10 any
stance There Is however evidence OF attempts sur
repttsousy TO lay such foundation after the consol
idatcd returns were completed, and that the Super
vsors OF Election IN many instances unlawiuily with
among them pdrfe afldavits, taEen New
Orleans, before United Stetes Commissioner, which
the Board has no jurisdiction 10 consider
Many OF such were brought to the notice OF
the Board by er pare afidav's without regard 70 tho
time OF Their occurrence, and whom they did have
the slightest connection with the recent election.
ASSUMPTION TIM REPUBLICANS.
Another assumption OF the republicans ~ that all
the colofed men III tho state are necessarily rcpuo-
licans. Thsis by means true. We were visited
by large number OF coiored persons IRON different
pats OF the STATE including the alleged disturbed
ircis, who made speeches and took active part in
tnc canvass favor OF the democratic ticket, ana
who gave, among other reasons for doing.
that tnev had bcen deceived by republican
officials, who had proved dishonest and
corrupt had robbed them of their school
money and burdened them with unnecessary taxes,
and that they believed 1t for the interest OF the color cd
race unite their fortunes with the whites, whose
interests like their own where Identified with tho
| State.
It's certain that thousands OF colored voun-
The OF the state, ut the recent election
about l5 600 grcucr than before aud even In the
parishes Intimidation is charged II exceeds, IN
the aggregate any previous vote. The Congressional
Commttee which, IL is understood viii soon visit tho
State armed with authority to send ior persous and
papers, inquire INTO a the iacts connected with
tho election and the action Of the Returning
Board, will greater facilities for arriving
truth than possess but with the law such facts
halnr hnvn hrali hN hn Of