The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-19
CITY AFFAIRS.
r,,,, uoAnp or CANvAssEHs.

scy, ,,w,z,ng tsc Returns ef the E'ee'''"
If November Last.
rbe board Of State oaavassers met YESTERDAY
=, t,s a,ste House; present. the bieutenshs gov
.s = ~. SPEAKER Of the House and Senators hoe'
...,..o,,. zschsrie and Allan.
m. ures;dept laid before tho board ~ had
,..sa nv the secretary the followsngi
ae'" - En-, MaRTmsvrIIEs ia,
April %, 1s7T. !
Han. L. A, Wits, President Returning Officers,
Htate Of louisiana
.. ws1. .aeurely sealed. containing the consoi.
S.ssa ysturns oil The parish OF be Martin for the
,.innt;an hsla November 7, l5Fs.
n \ ~ exact duplicate Of the original returns
made By me e ,ss po sss snd Ssss
ssturns. they have all been filed wsth that eoay
1nss reiurns from the commissioners have
been liled with the
,csnaE or rHH issTaier COURT,
and il they should be ssential to the promu,ga-
sn,, al ths returns copies OF same can be had by
snnlvins to that otIice. Very respectfully, your
ebediens servant q pELAHoussAYE, Ja.,
superv;sor Of Registration. Parish OF st. Martin.
Aonended TO this is q note stating by what
,na.ns tho sealed package Was sent.
.rhsvs WAS also laid before the board and had
rsaa nrolest from V. A. Fournet, United States
uupersipor, protesting against the reception OF
tha returns on account OF infurmelilies.
Hosne discussion was then had ne TO the teohni-
cal construction Of the provisions Of the law Gre
atina The beard=act No. OF 1877 and the ques.
tion was sgilated, whether or not the board ut
thia date could canvass returns. THE, however,
was decided by the adoption OF the following
resolution, offered by Senator Robertson, Senator
Allan only
yurtru IN THE NEGATIVE.
Resotued, That the powers Of this board. un-
der the act No. OF 1877, are limited to the cali-
vaas Apd making returns of the election held IN
Move mbsr. 1876, by the official returns received
by them, and 90 not extend 70 The Investigation,
III IN q truth or faacy thereof, or the manner OF
holdi M the election or registration.
The board then took recess until o'clock In
Tho afterpeou. TO permit the counsel for the va
rious -
in the parish Of Ut. Martin TO examine the re-
turns Of that parish. and prepare such objections
n they desired TO the consideration Of the re-
turns.
Atsp. m. the board was again called to order
by Senator Robertson, the Lieutenant Governor
having REFUSED himself on account Of distant re-
,atives being candidates in the parish, when, upon
motion, MIR. Barbon was elected 40 secretary Of
The board.
The counsel for claimants, three OF whom were
present, were then asked for their objections,
each one stating that they identified 40 correct
and genuine the signatures OF
THE COMMISSIONERS or ELEuTros,
the consolidated statements, the copy furnished
by the supervisor In the sealed package and that
on fIle Ia the office Of the Secretary OF State.
That delivered TO him by the Returning Board
was then compared, and Ii wac found that while
The totals written Ia ink agreed, there were totals
brought down In pencil In the copy canvaHsed by
the Wells-Anderson Returning Board that
pn NOT AGREE
with the duplicate copies furnished by the ex-
supervisor, the pencil marks showing that the
Returning Board pencil footings
HAD nAIsEp THE voTE
cast for the Hayes electors and the Packard
ticket, while at the same time the footipgs or
totals ia ink, as cast up by the supervisor, cor
responded exactly with the duplicates he now
presented.
This discovery created considerable stir
among the counsel, and even surprised the board,
but IL was passed over for the time being.
On motion, then, the board decided that any
scattering vote for candidates should be declared
in favor Of The actual candidate, whether his
name DO misepelled, ORD whether initial letters be
omitted, and that those who were known 10 nave
been actual candidates before the people should
receive the benefit Of suoh votes cast.
On motion the secretary was instructed to pre-
pare summarized statement,
SHOWING rim DISCREPANCIES
In tho ST. Martin returns aud to have IL ready for
presentation to-day. He was also instructed to
obtain from the Secretary OK State the original
returns from the parish Of 81 Landry, and also
those from the parrish of Orleans, IN order that
they might be examined.
The board then adjourned until o'clock this
afternoon.
The object In examining these returns now is
TO secure a PRONUNCIATION OF the vote in cases
where the board have not as yet been able to
reach the returns.
In some cases the clerks of district courts have
heretofore refused TO furnish certified copies OF
the returns, and as tho originals were either with
Honore, in Washington, or In tho close possession
of the ex. Returning Board, they were non-come-
atable for either examination or duplicates and
for that reason they are now canvassed, In order
that alegat PRONUNCIATION ma, be made.
Should the "peneit" footings Of the ex.Return-
ing Board chow as we'll In the future as they did
yesterday, tho Oanvassng Board may, without
Packards figures be able TO show that
rrIpEN CARRIED THE STATE
by the very returns that were canyaesed by Wells,
Anderson h Go.