Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-12-06
The Louisiana Returning
Officers Decide in Favor
Of the Hayes Electors.
The Situation in South Carolina
Getting Interesting.
The Vote for Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor Canvassed
by the Legislature.
Chamberlain Declared Elected
Governor.
Wade Hampton Drops the Peace
Policy and Declares He will be
Governor.
LOUISIANA.
The state for Aaxas.

Governor.
LOUISIANA.
The State for Hayes.
New ORLEANS, Dec. b.-The decla.
ration of the returning board gives
the lowest Hayes clector 3,437 major.
ity, and the highest 1867. 1t is un.
derstood that the entire republican
state ticket is declared elected by B..
500 majority, and good majority in
the legislature. estate of Louisiana
office of the Secretary of State, New
Orleans, Dec. 5, lS76.-I,J p. G. Des.
londe, Secretary of the State of Lou.
isiana, do hereby certify that the re.
turning officers of the election held
in said State on the It'll day of No.
vcmber, A. d., 1876, have returned to
me, as Sccl etary of State, according
to law, the following persons as duly
elected electors Of President and
\ Nice-President of the United States
for the State of Louisiana at such
election, to-wit: For the state a,
large, VIM. p. Kellogg and j. Henry
Burch; for districts-first Peter 10.
seph; second, Lionel II. Sheldon
third, Morris Marks; fourth, Aaron
b. Levissee; fifth, II. Brewster
sixth, Oscar Jefferson.
\ (Signed) up. G. DEsLoNDE.
| Accompanying this certificate was
a statement of the aggregate vote fol
presidential electors as certified to the
Secretary of State as follows: Off.
cial compiled returns of an election
held in State of Louisiana on the 9TH
day ofNovember, A. d., 1876, order.
ing the same, and pursuant to the
provisions of act No. 9S, to regulate
conduct and to maintain the freedom
and purity Of elections; to prescribe
the mode of making returns thereof
to provide for the election of return
ing officers and determine their pow
ers and duties to prescribe the mode
OF entering on the rolls of the Senate
and House of Representatives and to
enforce article l03 of the constitution,
approved November 90, A. d., 1872
to-wit: total votes cast for electors OF
President and Vice-President of the
United States: VIM. p. Kellogg, al
large, 1915; j. Henry Burch, al
large, 75,l25: Peter Joseph, first con-
gressional district, 1904; Lionel A..
Sheldon, second congressional dis
trict, 1902; Morris Marks, third con-
eressional district, 74,4lS; Aaron B.
Levissce, fourth congressional dis
trict, 74,0l3; Orlando II. Brewster,
fifth congressional district 74,0l7
Oscar Jefferson, sixth congressional
district, 74,736; John McEnery, at
large, 70,05S; Robert C. McKliflc, at
i large, 70,509: Louis st. Martin, first
congressional district, 7O,553; Felix
=. Roche, second congressional dis
trict, 7O,3s5 Alirbiade Defiance, Sd
congressional district, 1886; w. A.
Lcay, 18th congressional district, TO-
$40; II. G. Cobb, 9Th congressional
district, 70,423; X. A. Ross, 9th con-
gressional district, 70,55G.
CERTIFICATES.
We, the undersigned returning Of
iicers, pursuant to the authority vest
ed in us by act No. 9S, approved No.
vcmber 20, A. ID. 1872, do hereby GER
tify that the foregoing is true and
corrcc. compilation of the vote cast
at the election for electors tor Presi.
dent and President of the Unit
ed States, held on the It'll day of No.
vcmbcr, A. ID. 1876, under writ of
election promulgated September 16
1876, ordering the same, and we here
by declare that the following persons
were duly and lawfully elected, to.
wit: VIM. 7. kellogg, j. Henri
Burch, Peter Joseph, Lionel A. Shell
don, Morris Marks, Aaron b. Lewis
see, Orlando III. Brewster. Oscar JEFF
ferson. (Signed) j. Madison Wells
Thomas G.. Anderson, G. Casanayc
Louis M. Kenner. New Orleans.
The vote for governor and lieuten.
ant governor was also returp ed to the
secretary Of state, the total being fol
governor, s. b. Packard, 1864 Fran.
els T. Nichols, II, 1893. For lieutenant
governor, G. G. Antoine, 1869; L.
A. Wilt, H,093. The clerks of the
returning officers had not, up to mid
night, completed duplicate copies OF
the returns for PRONUNCIATION in the
official journal. 1t is understood
however, that four republican con-
gresham, viz, Darrell in the third
| district, Smith in the fourth, Leonard
in the fifth and Nash in the sixth
have been returned elected, and Glib.
son (dem.) in the first and Ellis
(dem.) in the second.
The subjoined statement of grounds
acted upon has been obtained from
the counsel of the returning officers
The returning officers of the state OF
Louisiana claim, first, that under the
| provisions of the law they are return.
ing officers of all elections held in
said state; that there are i'm law and
in fact no returns ofany election held
in the state, until first examined, can
vasscd and compiled by them: that
statements furnished by the commits
sioners of election are simply state
ments of votes purportcd to have
been cast and that until the
fairness and legality Of voting
at poll or precinct have been passed
upon by the returning officers, no
validity attaches to any such state
mcnt.
In strict compliance with the laws
of the United States and OF
this state, the returning officers of
the state OF Louisiana have proceeded
to examine, canvass and compile the
statement Of votes purporting to have
been cast in this state, Mt the general
election for president and vice pres
ident, held on the seventh day of No
vember last. The votes purporting to
have been cast in the parishes of East
/ Feliciana and Grant have been entire
ly ignored in the official canvass. In
Grant parish not one form Of law was
observed. There were no legal SUI
pervisors or commissioners of elec-
ton, and the vote taken was as in
formal as votes taken on railroad
train. In East Feliciana tie return
ing officers were unable to find one
poll at which, from the evidence
they could certify that n full,
free and fair election was had. In the
parish Of East Baton Rouge, the re-
turning officers canvassed and COM
piled the votes of three polls, situated
in the city of Baton Rogue, where
there was military protection afford
cd, and also three other polls which
were situated Immediately on the
river, where there was comparative
immunity from intimidation. The
evidence as to intimidation by muir
der, hanging, whipping, and other
outragcs, as affecting the vote al other
polls, was so conclusive that the re-
turning officers unanimously rejected
the votes stated to have been cast at
those polls. In the adjoining parish
of West Fcliciana the votes cast at six
polls were rejected on similar con-
elusive evidence. In the parish of
Ouachita, eight polls were rejected,
whilst in the city of Monroe, the par
ish scat Of that parish, the statements
OF votes cast were accepted because
the voters there were measurably
protected from violence by the pres
ence of United States troops. The
United States deputy marshals In
charge Of tho ballot box at one Of the
rejected polls was shot, and through
out the whole parish there prevnijed