The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-30
The Returning Board.


The Returning Board.
New Orleans, November 20.-At the State
House, the Senate Chamber and its sur
roundings betoken the approaching session
of the Returning Board. In the middle oil
the apartment were arranged three tables
i'm a row; one for the Returning Board, and |
cratic committees. The corridors surround |
ing the rotunda were closed by barricades |
guarded by the SergeantatArms. A squad |
of police was stationed near the vicinity |
of the Senate Chamber in order to be on |
hand in case of any disturbance. Toward |
noon the Republican and Democratic Com |
mittees entered the room. Representing |
the Republicans were Messrs. futile, Gar,
field, Sherman, Hall, and Stoughton, and
for the Democrats appeared Messrs. Trum-
bull, Palmer, Bigler, c. b. smith, Geo. w.
Julian, and Watson.
The Returning Board has determined to
exclude, during executive session, all per-
sons except members Of the National
Committees. Counsel will only be called
in where contests are raised-that is, where
a contest has been filed or accom-
panies the returns. Counsel will not be
allowed to examine the returns when
opened, but merely to witness the unsealing
of packages. The Democratic Committee on
Returns will have room in the neighbOr-
hood of the Hall of Representatives, in
order to be within reach OF the Senate
Chamber. Each of the National Committees
are accompanied by phonographer, who
will report all proceedings for their respec-
tive commissions. When the Board goes
into executive session, members Of the press
will be excluded. The sessions of the Board
will continue from day to day from 10 a. M.
until p. IN. Clerks of the Board were
posted in room back of the Senate Chamber.
Local Commissioners representing Demo.
Gratis and Republicans were present at the
executive session.
A number Of rules for the government OF
the Board were adopted.
Xacaarie, Chairman of the Democratic
Committee on Returns, entered protest
| against the Board proceeding to canvass the
| vote before the vacancy had been hiled,
| there being no Democrat on the Board. The
United States Supervisors were not allowed
to be present, or the representatives OF the
local press.
the vote, taking up the undisputed parishes
| in alphabetical order. The three parishes,
Ascension, Assumption, and Avoyelles, were
disposed of, giving about the same vote a.
shown in the tables made heretofore from
the duplicate poll lists.
Hon. George w. Julian, who at first de
clined to serve Oh the committee Of which
Governor Palmer is chairman, because b,
then expected to return home, has cOnsentes
to be added to that committee, and will re
main here until the pending investigation
is concluded.
New Orleans, Nov. 2l.--The doors wer'
thrown open to the press. About twent.
persons were in the room, including tn
members of the Board, representatives o
the two committees, stenographers, clerks
, etc. Messrs. Wells, Cassanave, and Kennei
II. I,, nd a
, rived few minutes after, at about 11:3C
when the Board was called to order. Gov
ernor Wells was anxious to open the door
, and admit the crowd outside. This wa
done. and the Democratic Committee o.
; Elections was admitted behind the ba'
2 followed by fifteen persons, who happene
: to be in attendance, not hoping for such
. | concession.
: MIR. Zacharie then filed the protest that b
: had given notice of on Monday, on beha
!; of the Democratic candidates for Congress
. The Board conferred some five or ten mil
= utes, and Mr.. Wells then moved that tn
: Board now go into executive session. Tn
= was at once done and the halt cleared.
: The committee of Northern Republican
to attend the sessions of the Board has bee
. changed since Mondays meeting, and NJ
= Hale, of Maine, Vanallen and Stoughton,
y :. New York, and Garfield, oil Ohio.
: The Board sits OH all parish returns
y executive session. During this session Il
: only persons present are the two committee
:, of gentlemen from the North.
:. The Board was in executive session abo,
y three hours, and in this time examined u
. returns in a number Of parishes, layir
7" those aside in which there were contests
y parishes are examined. 1t is found til
there are contests in nearly all the parisbe
The parishes SO far cauvassed by the X
D. turning Board are Ascension, Tilden, &c
Vt Hayes, 2,O74; Assumption, Tilden, 1,6S
,r Hayes, 1902; Avoyeles, Tilden, 1,47
al Hayes, 1876; Calcassien, Tilden, 1,29
ct Hayes, S4; Cameron, Tllden, 245; Hay'
as 1887; st. Bernard, Tilden, 1856 Hayes, GO
al st. James, Tilden, 952; Hayes, 1887 st Jol
S, the Baptist, Tilden, 743; Hayes, 1,2'
/: These figures do not differ materially fro
al the duplicate poll list in the hands Of t
at Democratic Committee. OF the nj
IN parishes canvassed, only two gave DEN
n cratic majorities, showing that most of t
a. protests are by the Republicans in Den
b. cratic pgrishes.
:. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23-Immediats
-. after the meeting OF the Board at 1880
n. M, the Counsel Of the Democratic Comm
or tee on Returns fled motion for copies
k, the protests and contests entered on the l
re publican side. The motion was taken und
ed advisement. A protest against the ru
err adopted by the Board was filed by the Den
ic cratic Counsel, when the Board went il
,r- executive session. Gov. Il. &. Wickli
as elected at large on the Democratic tick
,g was excluded from the room, notwithstal
IS. ing he had the day before received n
ed from the President of the Board inviting
e, attendance. President Wells said that e.
nd Wickliffe could only be present in case
tn a contest. The latter gave notice that
lis would file protest. The Board went il
,rt executive session about noon. The follow
named gentlemen, composing the Del
nv cratic and Republican Visiting Committe
y remaining in the room: Democratic &c
N, mittee, Messrs. Palmer, Trumbull, JUL
at q. b. Smith, and Bigler; Republican &c
re- mittee, Messrs. Sherman, Hale, Stought
re Garfield, aud Kelley. The clerk repor
-. that the returns from fourteen parishes
81. not yet been received. The following \
ed ishes were canvassed to-day, in execut
ISL session.
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