The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07

| There were present before the LOuisian,
Returning Board ON the 26th, for the Repub
licans, Messrs. Stoughton, Van Allen, Viii
cox, Kelly and Harker, and for the Demo
Gratis, Messrs. Palmer, Trumbull, G. B
Smith, Bigler and Julian. After some othel
7 proceedings, The votes In the contested par
ishes of De Soto, Ouachita, Lincoln, Eas
and West Feliciana, Richland, Caddo ant
Sabine were announced from consolidated
statements, the totals being {, 7s7 for Hayes
and 1O,755 for Tilden. The votes of three
parishes were not counted, there being con
tests fixed for hearing the following week
The following account of the subsequent
proceedings before the Board is given by the
Associated Press:
"When the returns from the parishes
marked contested were opened, the Demo
cratic counserwere allowed to be present
The returns from De Soto Parish were
sealed with wax. When the seals were
broken by members of the Board there
| were found inside the consolidated votes OF
the Commissioners, statements, and tally.
sheets. Attached to the returns were a
large number of protests and affidavits
| The Secretary of the Board said the
| package had been received on the
| book, and the returns, he said, had come by
| mail. In the course of inspection it was
discovered that one of the ,ro ests of the
Supervisor CHARGING general intimidation,
was dated Nov. Is, and sworn to in this city
before the Commissioner of the Circuit
protest dated on the 25th l. St., to-day, could
get into sealed registered package re.
ceived by mail on the 18th inst, the Secre.
tary said he had received two packages.
Z" He was detected by one of the Demo:
era ic counsel present in the act of maxi. z
another entry on his book of two packages
received
"Af er some delay another package was
produced, and found to contain eonsoli-
dated statement of votes and Commission
ers' returns, but no protests or affidavits.
1.-THE members of the Board we're unable
to explain the matter, and Senator Sherman,
of the Republican Visiting Commit ee. re-
the fact that the returns had been opened
and protests inserted after the package of
returns had been received.
The affair ere tied quite sensation
among members of the Committee present
The members of the Democratic Committee
were very outspoken in the OPT ion that d
fraud had been perpetrated, and the Repub-
licans did not deny that the affair had a very
peculiar aspect Democ attic counsel say
tina: a similar thing has occurred in the case
of other parishes, but as they were not ad-
mitted until to-day there was no opportu-
nifty to discover the frauds"
The South Carolina State Supreme Court
on the 25th, entered a judgment of 81, 500
fine each and commitment Of all the Board of
Canvassers to jail until released by order of
the Court. United States District-Attorney
Corbin, counsel for the State Board of Can
vassers, disclaimed any intention of con-
tempt, and asked and was grant
ed until the 9th to satisfy the
Court. The Court declined to
issue an order giving certificates to members
of the Legislature from Edgetield and Leu
rens Counties, refused by the Board, but
stated that such members could obtain a
copy of the record from the Clerk of the
Court, which would be equivalent to GER
titicate. The five members of the Board of
Canvassers who had been constructively ar
rested, reported at the Jail in the evening,
and were confined therein. Their names are:
F. L. Cardoza, Treasurer; T. C. Dunn, Comp
troiler; Gen. William Stone, Attorney Cen
eral; H. E. Payne, Secretary of State, and H.
W. Purvis, ex-Adjutant and Inspector-Gen-
eral. 1t is stated that the Secretary of State
claims that the Board had not disobeyed any
order of the Court, and that the law was on
their side.
Secretary of War Cameron received the
following order from the President on the
Goth:
SIR: d. H. Chamberlain is now Governor of the
State Of South Carolina beyond any controversy.
and remains so until the new Governor shall
be duly and legally inaugurated under the
Constitution. The Government has been called
upon to all with the militia and naval forces of
OF Government in the State against resistance too
formidable 0 be overcome by the State authori-
ties. on are directed. therefore. to sustain Gov
Chamberlain in his authority against domestic viO-
lence until otherwise direc ed
The Seer tary of War telegraphed the above
order to Gen. Kruger, at Columbia, s G., and
instructed him to advise with the Governor
and dispose his troops in such manner as
may be deemed best in order to carry out the
spirit of the order.
The Florida Board of Canvassers received
notification from the Secretary of State,
who is er-o6acio member of the Board, and
charged with calling it together, that they
must meet at twelve o'clock noon on
the 9th, to canvass the vote Of
the State. It is stated that the
Board could admit a committee of five from
each of the political parties and the Chair
men of the two State Committees to its ses-
sions. The official returns were all in. Tie
result will hardly be reached before the 9th
of December.
RRONu w A &RNUNGTAN