Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-22
ELECTION SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN CUT
LAST NIGHTS DIsPATCHEs.
LOUISIANA.


thrown open to the press. About twenty per-
sons only were in the room, including MEM
beers Of the board, representatives OF two COM
mittees, stenographers, clerks, etc. Messrs.
Wells, Casanave, and Kenner were already
present. Mr. Anderson arrived few min
utes after, at about $780, when the board was
called to order. Governor Wells was anxious
to open the door and admit the crowd outside.
This was done, and the democratic committee
on elections was admitted behind the bar,
followed by fifteen persons who happened to
be in attendance. Mr.. Zacharie then filed
protest that he had given notice of on Mon
day, on behalf of the democratic candidates
for Congress. The board conferred some five
or ten minutes, when Mr.. Wells moved that
the board now go into executive session. This
was at once done and the hall cleared.
THE COMMITTEE OF NORTHERN REPUBLI-
CANS
to attend the sessions of the board has been
changed since Mondays meeting, and now
consists Of Beariley, of Illinois; Eugene
S:ough;On, of New York, and Garfield, of
Ohio. The board sits on all parish returns i'm
executive session. During the executive ses-
sion the only persons present were the two
committees of gentlemen from the north.
The action during this executive session was
as bollows:-Returns of a parish are taken
up, placed on the table where the chairmen
OF the two committees, republican and demo-
cratic, are seated by side of members; these
gentlemen are then invited to examine them
and see whether they have been disturbed or
tempered WITH the returns are then opened
and the consolidated vote of the parish for
each electOr called off; the returns are then
handed To the clerks, who verify additions
made by the commissioners of the election.
If these prove correct, members of the board
sign and approve them.
MORE DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS
Judge III. NJ. SpOffOrd, counsel for certain
democratic candidates filed "a protest against
being excluded from the room during the
canvass OF returns, and against the executive
and secret session of the board. Counsel for
the United States supervisors of election filed
protest against the exclusion of supervisors
during the canvass and compilation of the
vote. The following is the ground of protest:
That under the fifth section of the COnstitu-
ton of the United States, act of February 2S,
1871 they are to be and remain where the bal
are open until each and every vote cast at
said time and place shall be counted and the
canvass Of all votes pOled, to be wholly
completed, and the proper and requisite GER
uhcate or returns made, whether said certif-
cate or returns be required under any law of
the United states, or any state, territorial or
municipal law: That under the said law
United States District Attorney j. X. Beck
with, under date of October 80, 1872, gave his
written official opinion for the construction
and guidance of persons holding the offices
now held by the prOtesants, wherein the said
United States District Attorney said: 1t can
not be doubted that the duties of
the supervisors extend to the inspection
of the entire election, from its COM
mencement until the decision of its results.
II the United States statutes were less expli-
cit there still could be no doubt of the duty
and canvass every vote cast for each and
every candidate, state, parOchial and federal,
as the law of the state neither provides nor
allows any separation of the election for rep
resentatives in Congress. &c, from the cleo
ton OF state and parish officers. The election
is i'm law a single election, and the power of
inspection vested by law in the supervisors
appointed by the court extends to the entire
election, a full knowledge of which may we'll
become necessary to defeat fraud, in which
opinion the Attorney &c Ieral of the state of
niSi0 1R6 Whnr .la
testants claim admittance to all sessions of
the returning board, and protest against
their exclusion as unwarranted by law.
Protests were also filed by the counsel o.
candidates for office against secret sessions,
etc.
The counsel for the democratic candidates
also protested on behalf of the democratic
electors against counting in five republican
electors not named on the tickets used.
In the 18th senatorial district the tickets con-
tanned the names of w: p. Kellogg, ]. II.
Burch, Oscar Jeffrion and no others. Coun-
sci protested against-frst, the counting of
said ballots which have not been cast i'm
favor of said Joseph and others named for
any other electors, except thope specially
named upon the said tickets or ballots Sec
Ond, the permitting of returns from said par
lshes to stand, especially of Iberia and Saint
Martins, showing all such ballots to have
been cast for said Joseph and Others they
being in said respect false and fraudulent, or
to be considered before this body, and said
votes 70 be counted for any electors except
liz
names only are on said ballots. The protest
10 based upon grounds as follows That title
TO position OF electOr can be derived only
from the vote OF the people, and no vote can
be given or cyunted except when placed in
the ballot box; that electors were chosen
under the election laws Of the state, which re-
office shall be accurately specified on tickets.
The committee asked an investigation of
facts.
A similar protest was filed against counting
"a n 81 in rSha of <rIi
and NatchitOches for any electors except
those named on the ticket: Kellogg, Burch
and Brewster. The parishes i'm the 18th sena-
tOrial district are Iberia, st. Martin, Iberyille
and West Baton Rouge.
THE BOARD WAS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
about three hours, and In this time examined
returns in number of parishes, laying those
aside in which there were contests or protests
for action after the uncOntested parishes are
examined. II Is found that there are contests
in nearly all parishes. The parishes can
vassed by the returning board show the fol-
lowing result: Ascension-Tilden, 200;
Hayes, 2,M4 AssumptiOn-Tilden, $50;
Hayes, l;es2 Avoyelles : Tilden, l,47i;
COLoRED DEMOCRATS.
A delegation, consisting of fifteen colored
men from various precincts in Ouachita
parish, La, called on the visiting democrats
at the st. Charles Hotel yesterday. They had
all been members of the republican party,
and several of them had recently been presi
dents of republican clubs. They gave the
reasons why they had changed and led their
respective followers to the polls to vote the
democratic ticket.
FLORIDA.
THE CONTEST IN THE COURTS.
The attorneys of the democratic managers
in Florida yesterday applied to Judge White,
OF the circuit court, for two orders, one re-
straining the governor from canvassing the
.urns of the electoral vote of issuing his
certificate to any electOr or electors unless by
order of the regular appointed board of can
vassers; another in shape of mandamus to the
returning board, ordering them TO proceed at
once to the canvass OF the votes. The judge
granted the injunction prayed for tempora-
rily, and ordered the governor TO show cause
on Thursday next why the injunction should
not issue permanently. He also issued an or
der commanding the members OF the state re-
turning board to show cause on next Thurs
day why this mandamus ordering to proceed
TO canvass at once should not be issued. The
papers were served last evening. There Is an
appeal from the circuit judge to the supreme
court, subject, however to this possible DIM
Guilty. The supreme court is not now In ses-
sion, and will not convene in regular session
until next January, IL it does not OF its own
volition convene an extra session before the
tth of December, when the electors certif-
Gates are obliged to issue. There can be no
appeal from Judge Whites decision, as there