The daily gazette., 1876-11-17
The, Doubtful States.
LOUISIANA.

HepWOfcun flltJTllQuC1On--NOT
Republican Visitors Decline To- Coop
crate With the Democrats to Secure a
Fair Count.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE N. Y. HERALD.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10 1875.
Everything here is quiet and o.derly.
At twelve o'clock Messrs. Cazeneve, Ken
ner, Anderson and Wells, of the Return
ing Board, filed into the office of the Su-
perior Criminal Court, where Judge Shaw
was awaiting them, After written blanks
had been prepared they were all sworn to
render true and just return of the votes
they were to canvass. They then with
drew to the State House, in the third story
of which their room is.
SESSIONS TO BE WITH CLOSED DOORS.
Ex-Governor Wells stated to your cor
Respondent that the sessions of the Board
would be in secret, except when it should
be deemed necessary to admit outsiders
for the purpose of getting information. He
said they had no intention of letting in
the State officers, as they were entirely in
dependent of them.
FILLING THE VACANCY IN THE BOARD.
In republican circles it is current that
the vacancy now existing in the Board
will be filled on Monday next. The po-
sition will be offered to conservative,
but they expect that this offer will not be
accepted, for one conservative would be
absolutely powerless with majority of
four working against him,
FORMAL OPENING OF THE SESSION.
At one o'clock the Returning Board
met. Present, Messrs. Anderson, Wells,
Kenner and and Cazenove. As soon as
they were seated the doors were closed
and the preliminaries Of organization
were entered into. At twenty minutes
past one committee of the conservative
democratic party entered, when Colonel
F. G. Zacharie and Judge Spofford made
few remarks. claiming representation
during the session of the Board. Cover
nor Wells responded, stating that the
organization had not beenyet completed.
Senator Trumbull with several friends
then entered and remained short time,
but took no part in the Convention.
The Board subsequently adjourned un-
til Monday.
As yet not the slightest disposition is
manifest to accede to any of the demo-
Gratis requests.
REPUBLICAN INTIMIDATION.
They stated that there was large ma :
jority ofnegroes in the State who would
vote against the republican ticket if force
and intimidation were not used to keep
them in line. As it now is negro, .the
/ moment it is made known that he has
deserted the republican ranks, his life is
| in danger and the negroes who were in
the room all testified that they had to
organize Tor self defence. The interview,
which lasted some time, produced great
impression upon all who were present.
Most of the negroes were from the city,
but had made speeches in country parish
es.
The following letter was handed to
your correspondent
CERTIFICATE OF CoLoRED DEMOCRATS.
To the Editor of the Herald
We, the Undersigned colored citizens of
the State of Louisiana, hereby certify that
we canvassed the State in the last election
that we spoke on the stump in the interest
of Samu'l j. Tilden, for President of the
United States, and General Francis T..
Nichols for Governor of Louisiana. We
each and every one of us voted the straight
democratic ticket, State and national.
JOS. A. CRAIG, barber, 131 Common
street.
r. POINDEXTER, ex-State Senator.
STANEY JONES.
JOSEPH LEWIS, 131 Common street.
ADOLPHUS REID, carpenter.
GEO. BRINST ORFK, cooper.
THOS. BROWN, Baptis minister.
A. NALASC, steward.
LEWIS HENDERSON, labor agent.
DEMOCRATS CLAIM THE BOARD CANNOT
ACT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
A New Orleans dispatch to the New
York Herald says Senator Stevenson, o.
Kentucky, and ex-Gov. Bigler, of Penn.
sylvania, after close examination of tht
law, have arrived at the opinion that the
returning board have no right to act upoI
the presidential election. The law give
the board power to act in all election!
'not otherwise provided for" while tn,
presidential election is otherwise provid
ed for. Senator Trrrmbull has also re
Gently assented to this view, and stron,
fight will be made upon it.
lwHAT GOV. HAYES Is REPORTED I,
| HAVE SAID.
Ex-Governor Noyes, of Ohio, according
to the ''Cincinnati Commercials specia
from New Orleans, is reported to hav
said that he had authority for saying tina
Governor Hayes said he did not intend t.
ipermit any unfairness, and rather than G
into office under the slightest suspicion G
wrong he would publicly decline to go il
at all.
During to-day parlor L of the 81
Charles Hotel, where the headquarters c
the visiting democratic Senators and dis
tinguished men has been established, wa
crowded with large delegation of ne
groes, who desired to make known thei
grievances and to testify to the fact that
large portion of their race was agains
radical rule. They stated to Governo
Curtin, Senator Doolittle, and other
that they had acted hitherto with the II
publican party in Louisiana, as represer
ing their race, but in this campaign the
had become satisfied that such was no
the case. The republicans had promise
them everything and had given thel
nothing their children had not been ed,