, 1876-11-19

Governor On Dec. 6. Interviews With member.
Of the Board indicate an: apparent certainty
TINT the Board will refuse to commence
the canvass as requested, but will >post
pone it till 1t will be too late for the
Democrats to secure full hearing. This has
put them to looking into the authority under
which the Board is acting. It is quite probable
that judicial proceedings will be commenced
promptly, to see II the Board cannot be forced
to commence canyassipg, or whether It cannot
be restrained BY an Injunction from exercising
any judicial functions at. all. Comptroller
Cowgirl, member of the Board, quoted the law
to the reporter, which says: The Board shall
| meet on the thi1ty-ffth day after the cleo
tton, or sooner, If the returns arc all
in He said be should be bound by
that Law, and added: The returns
are not all in.' Judge Cooke, another
member OF the Board, said that he should &C
cede to the request Of the Committee, and gave
it as his opinion that the law admitted the right
to make a seriatim canvass OF the returns as
they came In. Mr. ". E. Chandler says: 1T
! appears as If the whole white population OF
Florida we're police board, detective force, and
afldavit-workers for the Democrats, while we
only have witness scattered about here aud
there Ol1icfal returns from four counties
we're received yesterday. Walton shows Dem
ocratic loss Of q from the Committees .esti-
mate, and Marion. Republican loss Of 10 from
the same estimate. The others agree exactly
with what Was claimed"
DEMOCRATIC FIGURES. '..
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 16.-Both parties still
claim the State on the Presidential as well as
Gubcrnatorial ticket. The Democratic Commit
tee arranged to have sworn duplicates made Of
official returns from each county and forwarded.
They have received these from all save five
counties, all Democratic. Their estimates, based
on these unofficial copies Of official returns, give
Drew and Tnden both clear majority. The
Republicans will furnish no figures, stat
ing they will await the official re-.
turns. 1t is claimed that Tildcn will
have 4 majority Of some 800 or 400 on the
returns as made officially By the county call
vassers. The Republicans claim that, even ad-
rntttine this, they will be able By proving frauds
to overcome this prima facia majority, and es-
tablish the State for Hayes.
TIE FIGHT BEFORE TIE STATE BOARD
will be very bitter. The Democrats, besides
defending their minority for Tilden, will attack
the returns In Jefferson Alachua, aud Leon |
Counties, which are Republican strongholds. !
!ncy c'alln 10 nave discovered glar1ng frauds in
Alacnua' "nere 1ne fetnfns OF election inspect
40 "e!e 4snseo -" 'otes' anu thelr names J
1osseu " nc" leturhs.
tne ooa1uo u sta1e canVassers tn1s morning
[ep''eu 10 Inc appncat1oh Of the Democratic
oo'nln'11ee' .....
DECLINING TO COMMENCE TIE CANVASS
~ present, Cocae, democrat, voting aye, and
NlcA'n anu cowgirl, Republicans, voting nay.
lhe hepuollcans declined on the ground that
the law reads, ton the thirty-tifth day after
election, OF sooner II all returns are in, the can
Vass Of the vote shall be begun" aud that us
That time has not yet expired, and all the re-
turns are not yet in, they cannot legally begin
work. The Democrats claim that there is clause
allowing canvass to begin at any time, and can
'ass such returns arrive, not closing the can-
'ass to the exclusion OF any county for non-ar-
7eaf until the thtrty-filth day has come. Steps
I'LL probably be taken to sec if there is not in
lie Supreme Court some power to force the eau
'assers to begin work.
HE LAST HOPE or THE DEMOCRATS SWEPT
AWAf:
TAr1Au4ssrT F1o Nnr * TN. no,..z
e F1,r;do -. ,c,. ,,1:.., -.
7eek they have completely mastered the some
that difficult game Of brae. taurht hv ttcir
eader, ''sam u Tilden, and by his order they
r. no" giving oa1lS exhibitions OF their skill.
:hey Know that they have been. defeated at the
olls Ill tnls otate; they cannot tall to see that
lie Republicans have majority OF the votes
ast at Tue last election; they must know that
Ills 1aet WILL appear as soon as the State Re- ,,
Qlnlnt bOafd meets. and yet they continue