The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-11-30

Eogene Hale, Gen. White, Courtlandt Parker
E. w. Stoughton and Judge Kelley will fur
nish the Moth will startle the whole country"
Yesterdays Session Of the Board.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 29.-In the returning
board after considerable discussion on the re-
testimony in the contested cases must be closed
by Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Gov. Wells said that the board would then
go into executive session. He said that the
Democrats could present two witnesses in the
case of Ouachta, but only one could be in the
room at time
COL Zacharie said the other side was allowed
three witnesses and he thought he should have
the same privileges. Others OF the Democratic
counsel pressed the same point, but Gov. Wells
allowed oUly two witnesses.
Upon going into executive session zen. A n
derson read a report from Sergeant Channel of
the Metropolitan police, to the effect that 815
d. M Tuesday, Messrs. Hugh Jennings, Sam
Young and Joseph Swain had gone to the resi-
dence of Eliza Pnkst0n and propounded cues.
tions in regard to the killing OF her husband,
whether he had been killed by whites or ne
groes, etc. The report went on to say that one
of the men put his hand on his pistol and that
Eliza Pinkston had fled from them.
Mr.. GauthreuX, Col Zacharle and others of
the Democratic counsel called upon the board
to allow them to produce witness to prove
that the charge was false.
Gen. Anderson said it would not go into the
record.
Mr.. Gauthreux said 1t had been sent to the
board and read to produce an effect on the
visitors and he thought the accused should be
heard.
By request of Gov. Wicklff, Mr.. Staibbs, a
lawyer of Ouachits, was heard. He said that
two of the persons named in the cOmmunica-
ton Swain and Young) were in the same
room with him at 1870 Canal street with about
20 other persons the whole evening and up to 1
o'clock at night
Mr.. McGlyn said there were 20 other person rs
who could swear to the same thing.
Chas. Tidwell and j. T. Swan were called to
the stand to testify on behalf of the Democrats
and questioned according to interrogatories
propounded, the Republican counsel being al
lowed to examine them orally. They gave re-
butting testimony to that given by the woman,
Eliza Pnkston, on Tuesday in the Ouachita
case.
The returns from Lafayette, Grant and Tan
gipahoa were brought in during the day, two
polls in Lafayette parish giving $50 Democratic
majority were not found in the consolidated re-
turns, but the vote was obtained from an &C.
companying tally sheet. There was protest
with the returns dated on the 18th. The vote
of one poll in Taugipahoa parish was missing,
and the tally sheets also were absent.
The returns of Grant parish were received
from the U. S. supervisor The state supervis-
or, after appointing commissioners of election,
left the parish before the election, notwith-
standing the protest of both Republicans and
Democrats. The election was held, however,
under the auspices of the Democrats and a Re-
publican U. S. supervisor, with the following
result: Hayes 1876, Tilden SIS.
The returns from Vernon, Franklin and Liv,
ipgston parishes were opened and laid over.
Statements from all the parishes are now in,
and the Democratic committee has obtained
official figures of every parish They vary only
few hundred (due to the throwing out OF
polls) from figures heretofore telegraphed
The board will dispose of East Baton Rouge
on Thursday.