River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07

opening contested returns, and reading them,
without making any decisions. The Board
however announced that they would hear no
new motions or protests, whatever.
The 2Sth was occupied in hearing testimony
relative to intimidation in East Baton Bouge
On the 29th, the Board was chiefly occupied
in hearing the story of Eliza Pinkston, coll
ored woman, who alleges her husband and
babe were killed and her own person repeat
eddy violated by white men as a means of po-
litical intimidation. Per contra, the other
side say the outrage was non-p0litical and
perpetrated by negroes
LITTLE CORRESPONDENCE.
New Orleans, La, Nov. 80, IS66.-DEAR
SIR 1T is our purpose to communicate to the
President copies of the testimony of witnesses
taken under order of the board of returning
officers before commissioner, but we have
no means OF getting copies OF the dispositions
taken in behalf of the Democratic candidates
for electors. Ifyou will secure us copies OF
such dispositions we will with pleasure trans
nit them, with copies of the dispositions
taken by the Republican candidates, so that
if printed hereafter the whole body of testi-
mony may be read and considered together
No doubts request by you OF the gentlemen
taking dispositions will enable you to comply
with our wish for a copy of them.
Very respectfully yours,
To Hon. John NJ. Palmer, chairman
New Orleans, Dec /, lS76-HoN JOIN
SHERMAN, DEAR SIR Your note ofyesterday's
date was received this morning, and at once
laid before the gentlemen with whom | am
associated, and they instruct me to answer
that they are extremely anxious that all OF
the facts relating to the election OF Presiden-
tial electors in Louisiana shall be known TO
the people ofthe United States, but that your
note containing no assurance that the evidence
collected here will be laid before the country
Between the representatives of the President
and the citizens, who claim to have been
chosen by the people of Louisiana at the late
election as Presidential electors, they would
as Presidential electors gladly unite and CO.
operate with you and your associates in col
lecting and collecting for publication such re-
turns, protests, petitions, exceptions and evil
dence taken by all parties, with any other
parties which may be necessary to full
understanding of all the questions that relate
TO the election OF Presidential electors in this
State. In view of your proposition and the
value of proper understanding Of all the facts
by the country we must express our regrets
that you declined the cooperative action pro-
posed by usin the beginning.
Very respectfully, &c,
JOHN NJ. PALMER.
ADDRESS OF THE VISITING DEMOCRATS.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. /, 1S76.-To the people
of the United States On our arrival here, in
casting about for approaches to the officials
who control the elections in this State, we
discovered that they were all OF one political
party that the governor had appointed none
but Republicans supervisors of elections, and
that the returning officers constituting the
State board were OF the same political school.
Influenced by these inauspic Gus surround
ings, our thoughts and hopes were turned to-
ward the eminent gentlemen who had been
selected by the President to be present and
sec that the board OF canvassers make a fair
count of the votes actually cast, and ON the
l4th OF November we invited these gentlemen
TO meet and confer with US. This cooper
alton was declined, but we nevertheless have
reason to believe that to this correspondence
may be attributed the invitation to us on the
18th ultimo by the returning board to attend
and be present at its meetings, as spectators
and witnesses of its proceedings. Through
the courtesy and the services of competent
stenographer we became possessed OF all the
essential facts delivered In the face Of the Of
fetal papers we have been furnished with
certified copy of the duplicate statements of
votes made by the commissioners of election
at each place of voting in the State. From
these statements we obtain the following re-
suits: