The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-12-01

Alter lully organizing, message was sent
to the Senate, informing them that the House
was ready for business A committee was
appointed to wait on the Secretary of State
and demand that he deliver TO the House tie
statements of votes for Governor and Lieu.
tenant Governor.
FLORIDA.
The stirring events in South Carolina have
| withdrawn public attention for moment
from Florida. The same desperate game APP
pears to be in progress there, to defeat the
will of the people and give them President
they have not chosen. The canvassing board
met on Monday, and an effort was made
| through protest from the Republican cleo
tors, TO turn out Attorney General Cooke a
member Of the board because he had tele-
graphed to Baltimore that "tEe Democrats
had certainly carried the State and that the
Republicans could not cheat them out of it,
The protest was read and the Board proceed
ed to count the returns. These had been
well cooked up during the long interval since
the election, and were made to show a ma
jorty of AZ fer Hayes, with one county to
hear from, where the majority was said to
be not 20 either way. The Democrats gave
notice Of protest to the returns of q number
of counties,
The Democrats claim 90 votes in one
county, which were not added in the general
result. They also had regularly certified
copy of the returns from Baker county,
which gave Democratic majority of 95.-
A new return was made, in which by throw
ing out several Democratic precincts, it was
made TO appear to have gone for Hayes by
Al majority. The Democrats insisted that Il
paper antcdating the one read, regularly
sworn TO as required by law, showing ma
jority of 95 for Tiden, had been received by
the board, and after some hesitation it was
produced. With this return admitted the
Democrats have 1876 majority. If both re.
turns are thrown out the Democrats have,
by small majorities, three electors and the
Republicans one.
| 1t is stated that the meeting OF the lie
turning Board took the Republicans by sur
prise. They wshedto stave it off altogether,
but one of the members, Comptroller Cow
gill, after hearing the mandamus case, united
with General Cooke, another member, and
called the board together.
LOUISIANA.
The work of throwing out Democratic and
substituting Republican majorites goes brave
ly on by the Returning Board of Louisiana
Every obstacle is thrown in the way of the
Democrats, in their efforts to induce the
board to act with even show of justice
Tcchnicalilies of every sort are availed of by
the Board and when these are powerles s
they boldly set aside even their own rules
to carry their point.
The proceedings of this band of conspira-
tors would be amusing if they were not the
open expression of disregard for all deccncy
law and order, and enacted with firm rcli-
ance upon the bayonets of Grants soldiers 10
carry out by force what they enact by fraud.
not forthcoming, and the members of the
board declared their ignorance of their
whereabouts. A member of the Democratic
committee, however, asserted that they were
at the express office addressed to member
of the board The member named declined
10 pay the express charges and take them
out, as there was no public fund ont of which
the amount could properly be paid. This
regard for economy excited nothing but
rdicule, however, when the board was in
formed that the charge was only - cents
This amount Democrat present handed
out, and the board had no frrthcr excuse for
not getting the returns.
1t is by such triiing and unworthy means
that the Republican Returning Board seek
to give an excuse for the stupendous fraud
they mean to commit in Louisiana
THE LATEST.
The Baltimore daily papers failed to reach
Bel Air yesterday, but special dispatch to
Tile 4Agis says that the Democrats intended
to go in q body to the State House and de
mard admittance, General Ruger having i'm
formed them that the soldiers would not
interfere. Seven Republicans will act with
the Democrats, which leaves the Bayonet
Legislature only SO members, or 10 less than