Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-22


still could be- no doubi Of The duty and AUTHORITY
the supervisors 10 Inspect and canvass eyery vOt
cast for each and every candidate State Jrarochia
and Federal as the law OF the ctate neither prC
yldes nor allows any siuratlon OF the election "a
ItpreSehti..--s m Congress- etc, from Ee eiecfiO
W ~ste aIld parish 2iIre- TIE election Is in law
SnEie elel3hn, -'a the power of inspection veste
IN 'sU Vi The supervisors appointed by the court el
/ tends 70 the entire election, full knowledge q
I which may well become necessary 10 defeat frauds
In which opinion the attorney general OF the stat
OF Louisiana concided; wlleIpupOn the protestant
claim adnlitatce to all sessions AZ the reluFnln
board and protest against Their esrlusdn IA unWal
ranted by law 2s they are informed by their attOl
neys has been done and Is contemplated to be don
| hereafter In said proceedings OF said kdafd
Protests were also Fled ,fy the counsel 0
: the candidates FOR office against secret seS
/ si5hS, etc. The counsel for the Democrati
candidates also protested, ii behalf of tn
Denocracic c,elrors, against the counting il
| Of Ihe i've Republican electors not named OF
the tickets used, The fourteenth se.iatOria
district tickets eontpirea tiie names of w. P
! kellaSgj J. ii. Burch and Oscar JOffrion. anC
I no others. The counsel protested against
First-The counting Of said ballots which
have not been cast in favor Of said Joseph
and Others named, for any other elections t.x
cept those specially named upon said ticket,
/ or ballots.
Second--The permitting of returns from
said parishes to stand, especially those of Ibe
ma and st. Martin, showing all such ballots
/ to have been cast for said Joseph and others
/ they being In said respect false and fraudu,
lent, or to be considered before this body, anC
said votes ia. be counted for any electors ex.
cept said Kellogg, Birth and Johrioh, whose
names only are on said ballots.
The protest is based upon grounds as fol-
lows That title to the position of electOr car
. ha u i IL a. r
and no vote cen be siyen Or counted except
when placed in the ballot box; that electors
were chosen Under the election laws of the
State, which require that the names of the
PERSONS voted for and the office shall be
accurately specified on the ticket"
The committee asked an investigation OF
the facts. A similar protest was fled against
the counting of two thousand two hundred
ballots cast in the parishes of Concordia and
NatchltOches for any electors except those
named on the ticket-Kellogg, Burch and
Brewster. The parishes in the fourteenth
senatorial district are IBERIA, st. Martin,
lbelyille and West Baton Rouge.
1he board was IN executive session about
three hours, and in this time examined re-
turns IN a anumber of parishes, laying those
aside in which there were contests or pro-
tests for action after the uncontested parishes
are examined. 1t is found that there are
contests in nearly all the parishes.
ColOred Democrats Explaining the
Causes OF their Change from Repub-
Iicanfsm.
New ORLEANS, November 2l.-A delega-
ton consisting of fifteen colored men from
various precincts III 0uRchita parish called
on the visiting Democrats, at the St. Charles
hotel, to-day. They had all been members of
presidents Of Republican clubs, and gave
reasons why they had changed and led their
respective followers to the polls to vote the
Democratic ticket.
Parishes CanvRssed.
NEW ORLEANS, November 2l-The par
ishps canyassed by the returning b ard are:
Ascension, Tildcn 1900, Hayes 2074; Assump-
ton, Tilden 1850, Hayes 1892; Avoyellcs,
Tildet l471; Hayes 1905; Calcasieu, Tilden
1897, Hayes 81; Cameron; Tilden 245, Hayes
%, Point Coupee, TIlden 1880, Hayes 1887;
St. Bernard, Tilden 1876, Hayes 69l; st.
James, 1ilden 952, Hayes 1887: st. John
Baptist, Tilden 743, Hayes 1887. These fig
ures do not differ, materially from duplicate
poll lists in the hands of the Democratic COM
nnttee. OF the nine parishes canvassed only
two gave Democratic majorities, showing that
most of the protests are by Republicans in
Democratic parishes.
Indications. RumOrs, Etc.
The New Orleans Times is authority for
the statement that the best indications prove
that the political situation is hourly becom-
ing more critical. While the Democracy re-
mains quiescent, a schism appears to have
sprung up in Republican ranks that is signif-
cant, to say the least. Close observers first
declared that that political organization had
Il ma 10, l,,4
more careful scrutiny develops a disposition
TO oppose Mr.. Packard, while the same IN
dividuals insist upon Mr. Hayes being
counted In. A strenuous attempt IT is said.
will be made to induce the returning board to
declare that General Nichols and the Con-
servatiYe State ticket has been elected, and
at the same time proclaim that Mr.. Hayes
has il majority of the electoral votes. This,
it Is believed, would give to Pinchback and
friends the Federal patronage of this State,
and at the same time leave the Packard party
IN the vocative. With this object, it is al
legged, most of the Republican speeches by
the clique were made either in Indiana or
Ohio. under the immediate eyes of Mr.. HAYES,
IN the hopes of their attracting some atten-
ion. The warfare has not yet ended,
md it is probable the controversy
nay assume greater proportions before it
inally terminates The fact ttIat owing to
IN omission Of their names from the tickets
i've Republican electors are nineteen hundred
behind, seems to be very generally admitted,
md the method to escape this additional ma
Or1ty against them appears to have puzzled
more than one. 1t is reported that Governor
Kellogg and Judge Ludeling have assumed
hat the sentence For President. r. 3.
Hayes, printed at the head of all the Re-
lublicm tickets was sufficient indication of
he intention in the vote, and the returning
BOARD would be forced to construe it into
vote for the Republican electors.
This, we are assured, Is not the case. A
yell-known lawyer states tina. the State
aw, which is nothing more than transcript
# the revised statutes of the United States, !
contains, also, provision that the names of |
he eight Presidential electors must be print |
d on all the tickets, and that each must OBJ |
ain majority of the votes cast. He contends |
hat in this case the electors Of neither party |
sill obtain majority of the votes, and that |
his Will entail a selection of electors the same
IS if vacancy occurred. The law SAYS that |
whenever by death, resignation refusal to act, |
u otherwise a vacancy occurs among Presi- |
iential electors, those who remain shall |
III IT, But it is difficult TO see |
low the fact can be construed other |
yise than to give a majority to FIVE |
Democratic electors at all events. There is |
considerable feeling among Republicans about |
he alleged omission to place the names of |
I've of tue Hayes and Wheeler electors on
he ticket in the fourteenth senatorial dis
riet. Some of the Republicans claim that
bis omission was not the result of careless
ess or Ignorance. They say that the names
we're left off purposely, and they
re inclined to believe that Senator
Illain Is responsible for the omission.
mere was some gossip concerning Messrs. |
.evisse and Brewster, of this State, the two |
republican electors who, it is claimed, were |
FEDERAL ofice-holders at the time of the cleo
ion. For Mr.. Brewster it is said that he re-
igned his office before the election. The Re-
ublicans, however, claim that if the return
lg board returns the Republican electors as
lected, those concerning whose eligibility
here is no question have the power, under
be law of this State, to fill any vacancy ex-
sting when the electors meet. A vacancy, it
! said, may be caused by an elector remain
lg away from the place of meeting. 1t Is
laimed, therefore, that if Messrs. Brewster
nd Levisse are disqualified, they have only
D remain away and allow the other electors
D FIJI their places. The law referred to by
republicans is section 2S30, R. S., which is
S follows:
II any one or more Of the electors chosen by the
eOplc shall fFil. from any cause whatever, TO at
md ~ the appointed place q! the hour Of four