The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-08
DEaz0CaATrC ADDREss

'Ehe Visiting Democratic S,OE,s-
aniIIee s1E New Orleans
CiaEzn s.ossEstssHss
for Glider.
The Democratic Committe which
attended the meetings of the Louis
lana returning board, 10 see how
the vote of that State was counted,
issued the following address before
the board had rendered it's final de-
cisiOn:
New ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-The COM
mittee OF visiting Democrats issued
the following address i'm New Or
leans on Dec. 1st. to the people of
the United States:
On our arrival here, in casting
about for approaches to The officials
| Wh0 control the election of this
State, we discovered that they were
all of one political party, and that the
Governor had appointed none bat
Republican supervisors of eleciiona,
and that the returning officers con-
stiGutiDg the State board were of
the same political school. Influ-
enced by these insuspicious sur
roundings, our thoughts and hopes
were turned toward the eminent
gentlem IN who had been selected
by the President to be present and
see that the Board of Canyassers
made fair count of votes actually
cast, and on the l4th of Novemb Der
we invited these gentlemen to meet
and confer with US. This co-opera-
tion was declined, but we neverthe-
less have reason to believe that to
this correspondence may be attrib-
uted the invitation to us on the 18th
ult., by the returning board, to at
tend and De present at its meeting
as spectators and witnesses of its
proceedings. Though this courtesy
and The services of q competent
stenographer, we became possessed
of all the essential facts developed
on the face of the official papers.
We have been furnished with a GER
titled copy of the duplicate state
ments of votes made by the COM
missOners of election at each place
of meeting in the State. from
these statements it appears that the
Tilden electors receive the follow
ing votes, to-wit: McEnry, SO, 7I2;
Wickliffe, $3.50; st. Martin, 83, 676
Pache, S3,539 Deblanc.S3, 667 Seay
1882; Cobb, $3.50; Cross. SO, $50
and the Hayes electors received the
following votes, to-wit: Kellogg,
N,152; Burch, 77.l44; Joseph. a.
$50; Sheldon, a. 44; Marks, "a, 22I
LeVissee, 1880; Brewster, 70 ,457;
Jefferson, 1884,. The result OF
the vote for Presidential electors, as
disclosed on the face of the returns
opened by the returning board in
our presence, for the Tilden cleo
tore: McEnery, 1929; WicklifFe,
S2,329; st. Martin. S2,l29; Pache,
81, OBS; Deblanc, S2,065; Seay, 49,
242; Cobb, Sl,956; Cross, 81, 109
For the Hayes electors: Kellogg,
1903; Burch, 76'9S3; Joseph, IA
642; Sheldon, 74,678; Marks, 49,
OS7; Levisee, "a, 157; Brewster, 75,-
27O; Jefferson, 1880. In most
cases the returns opened by the re-
turning board corresponded pre-
ciseiy with the certified copies of
the statements of the commissioners
OF election furnished, as the most
material difference arose from the
foilurs of the Supervisors of East
Baton Rouge, Tangepapoa and New
Orleans to forward the statements
of votes from all the voting places
in their respective parishes. In 35
out OF So States in the Union these
figures would be conclusive. Mol
one would claim that Tilden and
Hendricks were not entitled to the
vote of the State, but in
Louisiana a tribunal has been set cp
which on former occasions has over
thrown the will of the people as ex-
pressed at the polls, and for which
the power is now claimed in it's
to change the result of
the popular vote at the recent cleo
ton. In view, however, of the re-
turns, and the law, and the facts
which should control the returning
board, with which we have made |
ourselves familiar, we have no hes
itation in saying that the result |
shown by the Votes actually cast |
cannot be changed without the pal
pable abuse of the letter and spirit |
Of the law governing the returning |
board, and manifest perversion Of |
The facts before it. Irregularities |
have been committed in some in
stances on the officers conducting |
elections and in making returns |
but they are about as much on one |
side as another. And as to intimi-
dation, violence or other illegal acts |
free and fair election,
there is evidence on both sides, but
not of such a character as to affect
the general result. In most instanc-
es the acts of violence from mere
Iswlessness, as in the case of Henry
and Elisa Pinkston, and has no CON-
nection with politics. 1t is a signif-
Icant fact that the parishes where it
10 alleged that votes were kept from
he polls by intimidation, the whole
vote Of such persons were not az
arge at any time heretofore, and in
he whole States it is 1900 above
my vote heretofore cast. An hon.
EST and fair canvass of the returns
1nder the law cannot materially re-
luce Tilden's majority as shown on
he the face of the returns.
lSignedl JNo. NJ. PALMER
LYMAN TRUMBULL,