The Portland daily press., 1876-11-27
LOUISIANA.
satur days Session Of the Returning
Board.

satur days Session of the Returning
Board.
| New ORLEANS, Nov. 25.-The returning
board met to-day at 11.3O. Present for the Re-
son, Kelley and Parker; for the Democrats,
| Messrs. Palmer, Trumbull, G. B. Smith, Big
| Ter and Julian. The minutes having been read
Judge Spofford suggested that the order for the
production OF the East Baton Rouge ballot
boxes was not in the minutes. Gov. Wells
| said the entry would be made in the minutes to
be adopted on Monday. Gov. Wells stated
that he must dispense with the reading of any
protests on motion before the board; that all
| the evidence must be 10 before the close of the
coming. week, or the board would not be able
| to get through with its deliberations.
Col Zacharie inquired whether the board
had determined to ill the vacancy, as it was
more necessary to have representative on the
board toward the close of its deliberations than
at any other time.
Gov. Wells said that the board had not taken
any action on the matter
Zacharie asked if the board passed upon any
of the applications.
Wells said there had only been one present.
ed, that relating to Kenner.
He intimated that the Democrats had lost
any claim to representation on the board by
Mr.. Arroyo's resignation. He said the board
would try to fill the vacancy if it could agree
on any man.
Mr.. Zacharie stated that the board on Fri
day had instructed an officer to go after the re-
turns OF Morehouse parish, now in the CITY,
but the officer had declined to do so on the
grounds of being so ordered by the board. Mr.
Wells replied that the board did not consider
that they had any right to take the papers
during the absence of the supervisor. Mr..
Zacharie said he could produce an affidavit to
the effect that the returns from Franklin par.
ish had been several days in the office of the
Southern Express Company. They were d.
rected to State Registrar Balm, but he declined
to take them on the ground that that he would
not pay the express charges.
Mr.. Zacharie asked if the board would take
steps to procure them.
Mr.. Wells said the board had no funds to pay
the charges. The legislature had failed to
make an appropriation. The members of the
board were unwilling to risk their own means
when their warrants were thirty cents on the
dollar.
Mr. Zacharie said the Democratic committee
would defray the expenses.
Mr.. Wickiffe remarked that the charges on
ly amounted to rs cents,
Mr.. Zacharie having offered to furnish the
clerk with the means to pay the expense, the
board consented to tha returns being taken out
of the express Office. Mr.. Zacharie asked if
the board had come to any conclusion in re.
gard to the certified copies OF duplicate returns
with the clerks of counties, in cases where the
Supervisors failed to make returns to the
board.
Mr.. Wells replied in the negative.
. Mr.. Zacharie suggested that that this ques-
tion came up In the Baton Rouge case then I'M
der consderatlon. and he thought some action
should be taken.
After considerable discussion, Mr.. Wells an.
nouDced that time would be given to get in this
testimony and cross interrogations. The board
then went into executive session and took IN
the parish of West Felciana.
In the executive session the returning board
called for the returns and announced the vote |
from the consolidated statement as follows:
Desoto-Hayes 1893. Tilden 1905
Disadvantages 1872, Tliden 1869.
Lincoln-Hayes 331, Tilden 1864.
East Feliciana-TIlden 1877. |
West Felclana-Hayes IT'S, Tiden 1919.
Richland-Hayes 277, Tilden $40.
Caddo-Hayes 1857, Tlden 1854
Sabne-Hayes %, Tilden 80.