The daily gazette., 1877-01-29
SECOND EDITION
The Last Ditch.
IF LOUISIANA is LOST THE PRESIDENCY
is LosT-THE BOTTOM DROP
ING OUT OF THE RE-
. TURNING BOARD.
Specialdispatch to the PhiIa Times.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S

Specialdispatch to the PhiIa Times.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.
The programme arranged for the ey-
animation of the colored members of the
Louisiana Returningboard was carried on.
yesterday morning, and these two worthless
were examined by David Dudley Field
before they had any opportunity of con-
ferring with their white brethern, Wells
and Anderson. They made sad work Of
their cause, as will be seen by the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches, owing to their
remembering something at least that
took place, and therein differed from the
'gemmen' on the board"
THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT.
The bottom of the Republican, case IL
Louisiana may now be fairly said tc
have dropped out. Said prominent Re-
publican journalist, who knows greatdeal
| about Louisiana affairs, to day: ''Asi1
Handy whether White is likely to disap-
prove of this indistinct reference to him.
| The remark was made apropos of the
damaging testimony given by Kenner, Of
the Louisiana Returning Board in Dudley
| Fields committee yesterday. The paper
shown Kenner, and about the erasures
OH which he was asked, was the original
supposed to lie in custody of the Secretary
of State. In one Of the precincts il
Vernon parish the Republicans had no
votes; Democrats, NINETY another
Republicans, none; Democrats, ,eighty-one.
A careful examination showed before the
committee that ninety-seven had been
erased and carried over to the Republi-
cans, and the same thing had been done
in the other case.
EVIDENCE ENOUGH TO ELECTN IcHoLLs
This made one hundred and seventy
eight votes taken from Democrats and
put on the Republicans, making diff
ference in the majority of three hundred
and eight votes. These changes were made
after the return received by the Returning
Board.
Now, then, all the returns from all the
parishes were opened in the presence Of
the two committees at the meeting of the
Board. By the report of the Sherman
committee, which was sent to Congress
by the President along with the message.
it appeared that when the retruns We're
opened the Republicans had just one
hundred and seventy-eight votes in Yer
non parish less than what the official re-
port of the Returning Board subsequently
| SlNCo W OhClli, dlii dloO IulO bhC 1(CAlN-
Gratis had one hundred and seventy-eight
more than the official return gives them.
This difference of one hundred and sew
enty.eight votes is first accounted for BY
these erasures, thus showing conclusively
that the erasures were made after they
came into Wells, Anderson & Co.'s hands.
1t is squarely claimed tonight by Demo-
Gratis in high circles that they have uE-
doubted evidence of enough changes
similar to these to elect Nichols and
elect three Democratic electors, and this,
too. after all the throwing out had been
: done by the Returning Board. This
state of things, is carried out logically.
will give Tilden the election if the High
, Commission take cognizance of this mat
ter at all; nor Wilt be necessary to prove
enough erasures to make out the number.
) but the rule of .fdlSus IN uno ,tdlsus III
omnibus will be invoked successfully BY
Hon. jeremiah S. Black, Lyman Trrm-
|, bull and Matt Carpenter, who have been
retained by the Democrats. Mr.. Trum-
bull came to the Arlington last night
Their legal antagonists will be William
NJ. Evarts and Stanley Mathews.