The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-31

before the election The Inhabitants appealed TO him
TO resume bis duties, but he .ciused They asked the
Governor to appoint another bet the new appointee
refused qualify Hence registration OF voters
could % made. and the law requires shat every
shall previously and In the year have been regis
tered. After CONSULTATION IL was determined 10 open
the polls and TO accept the OF all who had regis
ing an amdavit that he had SO rexistercd The com.
mtssioners inspectors ana County judge did their
duty The county Is strongly democratic and the dem
ocrats claim that they lost between 200 800
by The encouragement Of their voters and the impos-
sibilty 10 register new voters However that may be,
By these operations the State was counted only
for Hayes bot also for Stearus the republican Gov
crnor candidate for recollection But Drew the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor appealed 10 the Su
preme Court; and the Court the evidence before u,
and which u above briefly recited and was not dis
puted ordered tho Returning Board to recanvass the
whole State, mentioning particularly four counties
The Board complied literally with the order of the
Court; but when they came TO Baker county they
cepted the returns which before they had rejected
false, and they flung out the whole Clay, to which
on tho first count they had made no objection and
where no fraud was charged. Thus they gave the
State the second count to Drew and the democratic
State ofncers, but still maintained II for Hayes
THE LOUISIANA MArTER-A BAD LOOK FOR THE
REPus1IcANs-ErrEcr OF THE TESTIMONY
OF LrrrLEFIELp, CLERK OF THE RETURNING
BOARD.
The Louisiana matter looks bad for tho republicans.
Ltlehed, the clerk to the Returning Board confessed
to-day that he altered the figures Of the Vernon
precinct returns At the bidding Of Wells, the
chairman OF the Board. This has produced
disagreeable impression among tho republicans,
and the IL has become known
that Littlefcld Is not more ignorant and
characteress person. but graduate OF Yale College IL
Is not. known whether the committee have possession
OF any other Of the original returns, but, OF course
this proof Of fraud and forgery casts just suspicious
upon all returns which Wells and the other members
rthe Board have SO desperately concealed
Tho slippery character OF Wells is not in
his favor 1t Is remembered that in 1874
be caused tho Returning Board to hing
out the parish In which he lived affidavit Of his
that there had been intimidation, but during the
investigation Of the Foster Hoar committee the legal
certificate OF wols' produced, who swore, as
supervisor of elections that the election had been FULL
free and peaceable, whereupon Wells himself being
questioned forced TO confess that he not In
the parish election day for some time before,
and that he know mono OF the things to be true to
which he had sworn In his afldavit General Grant
wrote in Novomber:-
No man worthy office of President should be will
ing TO hold II, II counted in placed there by fraud
Either party can aford TO be disappointed in the result
but the country afford have result
by the suspicion OF illegal or false returns.
And these words remembered here to-day by
many people Who do not believe that the Electoral
Commission will overlook disgraceful incident as
this confessed alteration OF returns in Louisiana.
It is reported tonight, what seems good
authority, that the Electoral Commission will not
hear counsel because they have time TO listen to
long arguments Tho republican democratic cases
will be submitted in briefs to the commission and NO
doubt all the facts in every disputed State will be
brought out by each side.