The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-07-11
STATE CANVASSING BOARD.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
VOTE NOT TO nE GANyAssED
or MOMuLsaA FED.

THE GONsrIrUTrONAL AMENDMENT
vOTE NOT TO nE CANyAssED
Or pMOMuIaiAr FED.
Altered, Doetercd ana Forged Returns tins
Only Guide the hoard Hail.
The state Board Of Canvsssers met yesterday
IL the state House for The purpose OF capvassne
the vote Of the State cast at the last eleotion foi
and against Tho adoption Of
rup eossrtTurfonAI AMENDMENTS
and for tho purpose Of eanvassins The votes o
Tho marshes OF ~. Martin aud Ht. Landry. In
order that the election OF paroohial officers might
be promulgated
There were present Speaker Bush aud Senators
Robertson, 1acbarie and Allaln. and absent, the
Lieutenant Governor.
The frst business In order was The considers
Zion Of tho vote Of The State upon the question oi
the constitutional amendments.
speaker bush stated that there was question.
under the existing laws, whether the board had
the power 10 promulgate the vote. as the law
which submitted tho question 10 the people
stated thai The vote must be osDvassed and pro-
mnlgated by the Governor and Secretary Of State.
The secretary reported thai In the case Of
nearly every parish The returns were 30 mixed up
thai II WAS nest 10 impossible W arrive alta
pHrtstrE dosabuslos
.ns fesu,. ,a,au.a' ne SAIL .ns
only, while in others the packages had no iaily
sheets, and again. there were those Ia which the
commssioners' rsturns were missing.
IL was also shown, he said, that there had
been scores Of alterations Of figures.
Speaker BuHh thought the question one or too
great importance for the beard 10 consider and
pass upon by the evidence before them. There
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~ useu ~ NV nv sney nam peen mtea he was no.
aftar ha = .nars H. hse, .,ann axas s ~ the
snn. .wails itoinrnin llnard AMI sug n ~
sctinn whatsvar ha ssLea '""''f's0'''' '"''"'
Henatnr Tohinson thanpbt that under tbe dir.
sumsta,,caa I'M hoard coula farm nn onrraot ,daa
A to the nntual vote oast. and supneated thst
action In the matter be isfsrred.
tlenAtor gachatje snipoided in that yiaw. and
moyed that the board do not canvass Tho votes
caat for ar aaainst
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.an !. oossi',o.,oSnh ,. -, n"nNu"ssis. ,
asassi Assa,.,.l. .,a. u ,ia,s ssso .., e sa,.a,,
N might be necessary. The molten beinr oarriad
by unanimous vote
The question AZ to the vote of 1t. Landry WAS
considered, when ii wss ascertained thai oon-
piate rpturns were rot "a be had,
Senator fsobertsol remarked that the only
question At issue In The parish named was the
vote FOR Justices OF the peace, that in some H.
peace IN one particular ward had been cast Ia ali
VI sn' waros ,xa a,
sa'ehs
tne law psinR construed by some that the ehtire
parish was an election precinet.
On mouon then y was decided that as there
vs. no. complete returns the board pass the re-
tufns without compilation, osnvsssing or promul-
gamon, carried.
. AAe next question cons,uereu was the returns
from ,son, w., .he parish o. s. MARLIN, ne compilation
som she aoeumehts on mana showing that
THERE wAa A rim worm
far pa,ish tuava.
Ia wss ahnwns almost oone,, ,,va,v ,,., In u,a
oriv,rsI rniyrns srn,e ,nis 'a,,sh % sna. - ~ sne
ms,a. / q aaa,, ,,..". .s r.a wy s'vssest
from S,f,arant wa,Sa ar nil ,n,ias sn.yy, ;sa
caled nlainiy that thav had baan :, sas hv ,hn
ssn,e parsoo and tLe totais IN Ma ssr., s,,h
pencil. left no doubt ia tho mlnds of asoh man
bar az the heard but that The taliv sbeats ana
eomm,ssioner,a u ra,urna had baan n,aaa sstor aha
supervisor'a eonaoiidated stntament had baan
completed and had been made
no rtr ruAr arArEmrsr
ar TO oorrespond with n. 1ha neno;i f,ot,ng.
made pf tha tellien wara shown In hava hnan
erased and other footings m ade ia ink. and even
after that had been done alterations appear upon
the face of several Of Ina sheeia ef''
1A,e hoard had Information aiao tha, tbaro wa. |
documentary evidence 10 sbow that the rainrns
had been made ont In this CITY and Than sant Io |
the parish snbseuuonty being roturnea Ia
rux WELLS nrruus,ro mann
which Ian M aonht IN tha ,o,ra. =, arv ~ A.,
membarn but that Tho returns had bsan isms
paraa wIth. ,rhev vera critioaIiv orsmin.S =,
md AiIain. and after somc further discussion Tho
!, hesottsas Ihat the poaru INFORM the Governor
s,ncaa yssa"sssi oea"ss ~ " I VINO were