New-York tribune., 1876-11-25
p O SITS G r p T.
$3.50 a. m.
LATEST ELECTION NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

REQUEST or THE NEWSPAPER MEN-lhb fAN''
ABOUT EAST BATON ROUGE-APPEAL FOR DEMo-
CRATIC CLERKS.
Nrw-ORLEANs, Nov. 24.-On the presentation OF
the appeal of the newspaper correspondents u ',0
Returning Board today the following remarks
were made:
Mr. Durant Daponte-Mr. Chairman, on behalf OF the
journalists I'm the City OF NewOreans representing the
interests Of different newspapers In the United states
have been depued TO present to you communication
embodying the proceedings of meeting oil those Joi
naiss which held last night would state Ior 'o
information Of the board that the action whch "u'
taken by that meeting. under instructions rom
the head gentlemen present, who acted IN the dscna
NJ their duty With your permission would Ike To reau
the communications which Is very short INF Dapoh''
read the communication MAY ask, Mr. President
that some action be taken at an early day J.
Gov weIls-At once we violated our rules through
courtesy to the gentlemen on the Democratic suo-
Gen. Anderson-Republican also.
GOV Wells-And granted them the privilege OF having
another reporter present whom they had selected Iha
violation has brought upon us very scurrilous cnse
by gentleman admitted as one OF the correspondents
For that reason, aud many others, we must oJee' W
violating rules We will have to read that article 10
which have reference. =,
The clerk then read the article from The Cincinnati
Fnouirer of Nov is, headed "The Scoundrels of the
Returning Board.D During the reading Gen. Ander-
son denounced the author.
Mr. Daponte-May / ask the board for informationi
Was the gentleman at the meeting OF the board "hen
this article was writen We have no disposition 10
enter into an argument in relation to TINS mattor
merely thought suggesting that the representations
might have been gathered outside The article which
has been read evidently written outside by tue gen
eman representing the paper in which II nrst appeod
The application was refused Returns from three
contested parishes East Baton Rogue, st. 1ammany
| and Iberia were then taken up. East Baton Rouge
has II polling places, but when the returns were
opened it was found they were only from Z. Inc
law requires the commissioners Mt each
Mailing place within 2l hours after the
close Of the polls, to make a return Oh
the votes cast TO the supervisor oi regisua'loh
of the parish who within q hours after the receipt
of the returns from the polling places, required 10
consolidate such returns, 10 he certified Us coIrocV
by the Clerk Of the District Court, and forward the
consolidated returns with the originals received oy
him by mail to the State Returning Board. State
mants of violence or intimidation at any poll when
alleged. are required to be attached to and for
warded with the consolidated returns.
East Baton Ronge is twelve hours distant from
New-Oreans Returns from that parish were not
sent by mail and were not fled with the Returning
BOARD until Nov. %. Many of the aidaylts accom-
panyng the same charging intimidation were sworn
10 in New-Orleans, Of them as late AZ Nov. ~
The total vote of the parish a. asceraned IRON the
returns of the Commissioners at the poliing-paces
was 223S for Tiden and ,62G for Hayes; but the
Supervisor of Registration by consolidating the re-
turns from only seven poilng-paces leaving out the
other seven, and OmIttng to send up the original
returns from some makes return Of only Luz
votes for Tdcn and ,i7i for Hayes.
AGidavits have bccu filed stating that the super
visor in this parish and in every other parish in the
4 Il alls.
are still mssinx and that several of the missing re-
turns were and had been in the City of New
Orleans for days in the hands of persons who were
| not Supervisors Until the returns from East Baton
Rouge were opened it was not known to Democrats
what aifidavits accompanied them, or from when
pollingplaces returns were rejected The Democrats
complain bitterly Of the action of the board ana
supervisors in regard TO this parish. After much
discussion the returns Of last Baton Rouge were
laid aside.
The only parish finished to-day was st. Martin:
Tilden, 1923 Hayes, 1907.
The petition Of the counsel for the appointment Of
| clerks by the board follows:
The undersigned acting counsel Tor the various can
dlaes upon the Democratic Conservative ticket STATE,
National and municipal, with respect show that the re
etIrns from the polls and parishes are inspected
| by this board, aud the vote announced by II is
| merely that for Governor and electors; that the
tabuaOn OF all other votes Is turned over 10 corp. ni
clerks to be done outside OF the presence of this board
that all of said clerks Republicans and the Demo
cratic Conservative candidates have check upon them
and to detect expose fraudulent tabu
| laton. or to call the attention OF this board to
! any such wrong II any exist; that by this
system the fate Of all other candidates but
Governor aud electors Is placed n the hands OF a
body OF Republican ccras with 10 check against crro-
neous or dishonest action their part that fair play
requires that check should De placed upon SAID
clerks protection be afforded to the saId candi-
dates against dishonest the part of
said clerks.
Wherefore they respectfully ask that they be per
mitted three respectable persons, ANA that TO
such parties be accorded the privilege OF being present
| in the room or rooms where said tabulaton s pro
crossing; and OF inspecting the tabulaon and com
pairing the with the returns and Of fully inspecting
the previous to the adoption by this board Of
said tabuatioD, with view to satisfy all parties that
there has been ampering unfair practice
| ncctOn herewith.
| The Board adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow
PROBABLE MURDER on Long ISLAND.