The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-18
GRANTS IMPARTIAL WITNESSES.
Acting ms ATTORNEYS TO Uphold Kellogg g. Co.
In theIr CONTEMPLATED Frauds.

Acting ms Attorneys TO phold Kellogg d Co.
In their Contemplated Frauds.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1.-THE Returning
Board reorganized yesterday. They reelected J.
Madison Wells President. and practically reaf-
nrmed their intention OF counting out TideDs
majority. Then they adjourned until Saturday,
apparently to give the political conspirstors here
further time to arrange their plots Matthews,
Noyes, Sher,nan, Garfield, Kasson, Hale, and
others throw of the mask Of impartial witn-sses
and act as committee OF attorneys to uph old
the Returning Board In Its contemplated frauds.
They arc constantly closeted with kellogg and
Other Republican manage rs, and are endeavor-
ing TO comfort the Louisiana law to mike II
sanction the broadcast limits Of political coTrup-
tion. Our citizens are astonshed at the
course OF the noted Republican visit
ors. The fixed conviction universally
prevalent Ia that they came not In the
Interest of an impartial count and Of Justice,
but 10 directly encourage the Returning Board
70 carry out us corrupt DESIGNS me fict Is,
PROPOSES to throw out i've strong Democratic
parishes aud suficient majoritles In other local
tiles TO return the Hayes electors. The hepub-
hoan ricisls openly ayow their fraudulent IN
tention.
eleven hundred afidavits from Ouachita negroes
TO the effect that they voted the Democratic
from East telciAna TO the same effect, aud thou
sands Of Others swearing to the same
Ksass Charges ar sV of % Voters. "Dia IN
all these parishes within one week the
Democratic committees viii baye an am
to the effect that he voted according TO his own
choice. The greater part OF these have been
procured already, but II is settled conviction
here that the Republicans have got their orders,
and not DOUBT remains but that the bo lrd will
declare, without the shadow OF a ptetcIt, that
Tho Democrats are not entitled to tneir major
ity, ana that the Hayes electors, with their en-
tire state and legislative ticket, are elected.
residence, There Is intense excitement here
but It is suppressed. The returns from West
Baton Rouge show that nve Hayes electors were
| lett on the Republican ticket, thus giving Til
den gam oi b'e votes In that parish. Ia Iber-
aud In IBERIA and st. Martin a like mistake lost
% %nsyes over 800 votes. Thus hve Illdsn len
votes and have 900 majority over nve Hayes
electors Ihe remaining three lilden electors
sors and Candidates declare under oath that the
| election was fair and law fu IN Morehouse and
East Fehciina. Every charge so far made by
| fal-e.
! Tue Democratic Committee has received up
to date hundreds II afhdavlts from colored men
| who testify That they were Threatened, beaten,
! and compellcd by nOsi outrageous violence to
! vote ihe he, ~.oiic ticket against their will.
/ Inc lection Committee has received fun oh-
! cial returns IRON forty-twO parishes. Returns
from the remaining nfteen parishes IRE ON me
! way 10 the city. lhcse show gam Tor lllden
! on the unonciaI e:aTrs hsfetoiore received and
| inrW acded 10 the North.
Ia, reiurns from Cono9rdia psIlsh shoW tnat
nNe Hal es electors were =. ioss of b2O votes
| lcket IN that parish, GausluGa
| TO H,yes. ~
u hese omissions amount to gain In all orl.s
Yolts Tor nye lldcn electors, placing their ma
Jpiltf over nve Hayes electors at $500.
ihc Republicans here are terribly ex tied M
lhls discovery, aud have called on the Infamous
JustceLudelln2 to get them out OF The scrape hy
uct.Mlns that the lntentiOG OF the voters was to
NOie Tor the hve electors whose names were
"mlitd' they have called q caucus and dis
.ussfu we matter and appealed to the North
'In committee TO show them the way out.
l., IL Is stated thAt these have shown that there
IL no remedy Tor the error, henCe the Itouubli.
cans are greatly depressed.
- inc ID mocratic committee have sugsos,od
George Dupro and Hugh Kennedy TO the lie.
oancy. "'''"k '"o va
me Board proposed AZ nrt to hold seoret
meetings, but II Ia now understood that an
aH,toih eht ls being made by which a colnmittae
oi h'e Democrats and i've Hepubli0ans viii he