The daily gazette., 1876-11-18
LOUISIANA.

olind-- Discovery ef D5ectice Repub-
Hcan Votes For Presidential Electors
Democratic Reply to the Republican
Dectinattonto Cooperate IN Proe,r-
hg. qR Honest Count Of the Votes,
[By rEfnGRAPH TO THE N. Y. HERALD
.-.- NEw ORIEANs, Nov. II, 1876.
The democrats have been very active ia
day procuring afiidavits and otherevidence
from Outachita, and the Felicians, testify.
ing to the perfect quiet with which the
election was conducted. In this they
have bean very successful, several repub-
lican officials testifying in their favor.
James E. Anderson, Kellogg's State
Supervisor Of East Feliciana, and United
States Custom House officer, says that
the election was peaceably and fairly con
daaed. He says that the large demo.
cratic gains made there were legitimate,
and that he signed the returns to that eff
tecs, because they were true. The negroes
were nes nlolested anywhere in balloting
and numbers Of them
vorGp rRE RkPURIICAN rICkKr.
slowing siaa, there was nothing to keep
.Ae eoscred men from the polls.
rxs SMITH cASoLINA covRr DECISION
TIE reception u despatch from Col
Erasza. 5. C., giving the decision Of the
S1p-ense Colrs. has creaieda great sensa-
ii0n- Ii IS regarded not only by the Wis
itors, but by the people here. as virtually
settling the question of the Presidency
and it is thought that the Returning
Boards contemplated action will be para
lyzed. Republicans claim that this de-
cision will only result in the election OF
Hampton. The vote being so close. they
are awaiting further advices very anxious
y.
Governor Curtin and Hon. Samuel J.
Randall are of the opinion that this decis-
ion, being that of a court of last resort,
must control the action of the boards in
all three States, and that whatever may
be the result in South Carolina it defines
the duties Of the Board here as purely
clerical, in which case
MR.. TILDES's SUCCESS Is ASSURED.
On the other hand, Senator Sherman
says:-"The decision can only apply to
State officers, and has no weight whatev-
er on the national question. The decis-
ion greatly
| STRENGTHENS THE REPUBLICAN CASE.
Governor Noyes says that 1.-THE returns
shows Hayes TO have run 600 ahead of
his ticket, and he consequently carries
the State. The decision does not bear on
the electoral vote. There is nothing in it
to ALARM
The general impression among others
varies in accordance with these adverse
opinions.
Senator Mcdonald is not yet perfectly
satisfied about the vote of South Carolina,
but if the news received tonight is cor
rect, Mr.. Tilden is undoubtedly elected.
But even in that event the Louisiana
question
| MUST BE SETTLED,
and very strong committee would still
be left here to conduct the case. HI
represented these opinions as indorsed b,
all democratic visitors here. They al
united in the opinion that il was of az
great and imminent importance as the
national issue.
GROWING EXCITEMENT AND ANXIETY
! The excitement in the rotlnda of the
| st. Charles Hotel exceeds that of any
other night during the campaign. Near.
ly all the prominent local men of botl
parties sare present. Among them General
George \. Sheridan. who gave it as his op.
inion that if the news from South Caro-
lima gives democratic victory the Re
turning Board here will certainly count il
Tilden and Nichols.
Mr. Wells, of the Returning Board
has adressed letter to Senator Trumbul
and others providing for committee O
five OF each party to be present during
counting Of the vote
Il DEFECTIVE ELECTORAL VOTE
Gov. Curtin has JUST informed your COZ
respondent that among the official re
turns received by the Returning Boar,
are those OF five parishes in which no in
, timidation Is alleged or charged, in whicl
by mistake of the local radical poIj
ticians, only the name of two electors-at
large and the one for the district appea
upon the ticket, thus leaving the balanc
of the republican electors running benin,
T the ticket some 900 votes
STUPID LOSS OF THREE THousASl
ii VOTES.
All these parishes are republican by
large majority, and it is known tha
, other similar errors exist which will iu
crease the discrepancy to nearly 300
a votes. This secures the State undoubtet
1 ly for Tilden, the Returning Board to tn
contrary notwithstanding.
! Some three days ago we knew tha
a some great blunder had been committe
, Violent alterations were heard in tn
u Marshals office and Custom House, bl
the secret was fonnd to be impenetrabl
1t was, no doubt, the discovery aboy
= alluded to. The parishes in which tI
detective republican ticket was vote
y are Concordia, West Baton Rouge, Ibe
/. vile, Iberia and st. Martin. 1t Is gene
- ally rumored that the Republicans al
e consulting upon the possibility of placir
, the defective names il the Electoral ca
q lege by substitutes, but on no nositiJ
e authority.
HOW TO REMEDY THE oNIssInS