The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-15
w ade 40 the President.
Special Message by Ilse Pres
IdemI.

OpecAnI MesAa&e by uhe Pres
IdenI.
Washington, d. c., December 6.
The following is the message which
the President sent to Congress to-
day:
To the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives
have the honor to transmit here
with . letter, accompanied by testi-
rnony, addressed TO me by Hon.
John Sherman and other distin-
Euished citizens, in regard TO the
canvass ofthe vote for Electors in
the State of Louisiana.
(Signed) u. s. GRANT.
Executive Mansion, December 6,
1876.
sHERMAN's LETTER.
The letter transmitted by the
President is as fellows:
To the President of the United
States:
In Pursuance of your request that
several Of the undersigned should
proceed to New Orleans aud there
witness the canvass by the Return
Ing Board of the State Of Louisiana,
OF the votes cast in the State for
Electors of President and Vice Pres
ident of the United States, we have
performed that duty, and now most
respectfully report that on our ar
rival In that city We found sever
al gentlemen, who came represent
ing Republican State organizations,
who have throughout co-Operated
with those who went at your re-
quest, and whose names are also ap-
pended to this communication. Be
tween the gentlemen representing
the Democratic party and ourselves
q correspondence in writing ensued;
Q copy OF which IL appended hereto.
Reference to il will disclose that q
conference with these gentlemen
for the purpose of exercising an
influence upon the Returning Board,
was declined upon the ground that
the emily duty devolviDg on us was
TO attend before the Board, CAREFUL
~ note its proceedings, and finally
to report q faithful history thereof,
with such opinions concerning the
same as truth and justice should
demand. Such report we are now
able TO present, and we take pleas
ure in stating that our ability 10 do
so Is due to the exercise of the cour-
tesy and kindness of the Returning
Board, which entitle it's members
not only to our thanEs, but that con-
fidence which just public extends
toward every tribunal which de-
sires that all its proceedings should
be duly presented to public scrutI-
ny. It was our earnest wish that
this publicity would be attained,
but we should have felt q delicacy
In requesting any privilege not in
harmony with the usage of tho
Board. We were, however, reliey-
ed from all embarrassment by the
receipt of its formal invitation here
TO annexed, delivered to us aud to
the gentlemen who attended at the
request OF the Chairman of the DEM
OeFAtic Committee, inviting six
gentlemen from each delegation as
spectators and witnesses of the pro-
ceedings OF the Board, aud this in
Vitatlon was accompanied with an
offer to furnish. stenograpic repor-
ters selected by each committee to
DO present and make a full report
Ofs.l proceedings and testimony,
and to secure daily qualifications
thereof by the press. The under
signed made arrangements for that
purpose with the proprietors OF
one daily newspaper printed in
New Orleans. and others, perhaps,
there aud elsewhere have been en-
abled to give such proceedings and
testimony the widest circulation.
In iRstice to the board IL should be
also stated that this privilege was
freely accorded by its members
without solicitation, and that they
cordially united with us in the de-