The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-12-08
THE NATIONAL ELECTION.
Progress of the Count in South Caro-
lima, Florida and Louisiana.
Address OF the Northern Democrats in New
Orleans.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

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Y. ). troops took possession of the State
house. Admission was refused to the
delegation from Edgefeld and Laurens,
as their certificates were decided in
valid by the door-keeper, whereupon
the entire Democratic delegation with
drew to the front steps where protest
was publicly read. The Republicans
Immediately proceeded to organize and
elected Mr.. E. M. Mackey (colored)
speaker, having received 81 out of SO
votes, no Democratic members having
yet come into the house. After the Of
Ulcers were elected the Democrats re-
turned and found Mr.. Mackey in the
chair.
In explanation of these proceedings,
1t must be remembered that the House,
when full, consists of 124 members. and
slxty-three being a majority, are q
quorum for transaction of business.
The Democrats including the nine dis
puted members from Edgefeld and
Laurens, have sixty-four members, and
the Republicans only sixty when all
their members are present. The Dem
ocrats claim that sixty-three is the law
full quorum, while the Republicans
claim that majority of the members
admitted by the canvassers to be elect
ed, viz: 115, is quorum, and with
their ffty-nine have gone to work.
A dispatch from Columbia, dated
Nov. 30th, says the Democratic House
took peaceable possession of the State
Legislature hall at their regular hour of
converting, IL o'clock. The Republican
House entered the hall at noon, the
regular hour of meeting. Both speak
ers We're on the stand. Wallace, Dem
ocrat, was in the.chair, and Marley, Re
publican, at the clerks desk. Debate
was progressing. Republican members
Hamilton and Meyers denounced the &C
ton of the Republican House as illegal
and unconstitutional. Everything was
peaceable, and good temper prevailed.
Columbia advices Of the 18th inst. re-
ports the situation unchanged. Both
Houses still in session.
FLORIDA.
The board of canvassers met at Tai
! lahasse, Nov. %. The result of the
electoral vote, as read from the face
of the returns, shows d majority of 10
for the Republican electors, with Dade
county yet to be heard from. There
is some trouble about the returns from
Baker county. They had a regularly
certified copy of the returns from that
county, giving Democratic majority
Of 81. This return was regular, and
it was thought final. But new re-
turn was produced, signed by the judge
and sheriff, but not the county clerk,
which by the throwing out of several
Democratic precincts give Republi-
can majority of Al, making differ
ence of 1876 votes. With the first re-
turn admitted, Tllden has lis MAORI
ty, but both returns are held sub
ject to future decision. Democrats
have two electors by five majority, one
by three majority, and the Republicans
have one elector by one majority.
LOUISIANA.
On the LIST inst, the Returning
Board was still receiving testimony in
the contested cases. Gov. Wells said
the testimony must all be in by
o'clock on the I'd, when the Board
wonld go into executive session.
Returns from Lafayette, Grant and
Tangiphoa were brought in during the
day. Two polls in Lafayette parish,
giving $50 Democratic majority, were
not found on the consolidated returns;
but the vote was obtained from accom-
panying tally-sheets. There was pro-
test with the returns dated the 2Sth.
The vote of the poll in Tangipahoa
Parish was missing; and tally-sheets
also were absent. Returns of Grant
parish received. The United States
supervisor after appointing a
commissioner of election, left the
parish before the election, notwith-
standing the protest of both Republi-
cans and Democrats. The election
was held, however, under the auspices
of Democratic and Republican United
States Supervisors with the following
result: Hayes, 305; Tilden, SIS.
Statements from all the parishes are
now in; and the Democratic Committee
has obtained official figures of every
parish. Returns from Vernon,
Franklin and Livingstone par
ishes were opened and laid over.
They vary only a few hundred, due to
throwing out of polls.
On the LIST inst the Republican visi-
tors sent q request to the Democrats
asking for copies of the dispositions in
favor Of the Democratic electors, in or
der to submit all the evidence to the
President. The Democrats refused on
the grounds that they had no assurance
that the whole evidence wonld be laid
before the people of the country.
The Democratic committee have is-
sued the following address: