The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-02-24

The Convocation does its partisan
work and gires Louisiana to
Hayes and Wheeler.

lowing are the resolutions acted
upon by the commission
Mr.. Hoar subai ted tie follow
ing Orderded that the evidence
be not received.
Mr.. Abbott offered the follow
lug as a substitute
Resolred. That evidence be re-
ceived to show that so much of
the act Of Louisiana establishing
the Returning Board for that
State is unconstitutional, and the
acts of the said Returning Board
are void.
This was rejected by the follow
ing vote:
YEAs-Abbot, Bayard, Clifford
Field, Hunton, Payne and Thurs
man.
NAYEs--BIadley, Edmunds,
Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hour,
Miller, Morton and Strong.
MI. Abbot offered another sub
stitrte, as follow
Resolred. That evidence will
be received to show that the Re
turning board of Louisiana at
the time of canvassing and CON-
piling the vote Of that State, at
the last election in that State,
was not constituted under the
laws establishing, in this, that it
was composed of four persons of
one political party instead Of five
persons of different parties. Re-
jected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbot then offered another
substitute
Resolued, That the commission
will receive testimony on the
subject Of the frauds alleged in
the specification Of counsel for
the directors to certificates one
and three. Rejected by the same
vote.
Mr.. Abbot then offered another
substitute
Resolred, That testimony ten
ding to show that the 50 called
Returning Board of Louisiana
had no jurisdiction to canvass the
votes for electors for President
and Vice Presidents admissible.
i Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbot offered a fifth, which
was rejected by the same vote,
which was as follows:
J Resolped, That evidence is adj
4 miS>inle, that the statements and
r%attilavits purporting to have been
made aud forwarded to the said
Returning Board, in pursuance OF
the provisions OF section 26,of the
ELECTION law Of 1872, alleging riot.
tumult. Intimidation aud violence.
at or rear certain pails, and in
certain parishes We're false, aud
: fabricated, and forged by crrtai.
disreputable persons under the ii
> r-ctiou and knowledge OF the sal,
Returning Boa,d ; that said Re
turning Board. knowing'the sale
statements and af1idavits to b,
false aud forged, and that nont
of Snch statements and affidayiis
We're made in the manner or form
I or within the time required 10y
law, did knowingly, wiiltully and
8 frandulently fail, and refuse tt
6 canvass, or compile more than te,
thousand votes cast, as is shown
by the votes of the commissioner
of election.
: MIR. Hunton offered a sixth sui
. s:itute, ~ follows:
r ResOlrsd, That evidence be re,
ceived to prove that the vote.
cast and given at the said cleo
ton on the 7th of November last
as shown by the returns made b,
the commissioners of election fol
the said polls and voting places
: in SAID State, have never beef
compiled nur canvassed, and tina
8 the said Returning board neve
l even pretended to compile or cal
n vass the returns by said commits
sloners of election, but that sait
e Returning Board only pretended
# to canvass the returns made b,
If the State supervisors of registra
ton.
Rejected by the same vote.
!. A seventh substitute was offe
2 ell by Mr.. Bayard, as follows:
Resolred, That no person holt
ing an Office of trust or profit I'm.
n der the United States is eligible
to be appointed an elector, ant
8 that this commission will receiv,
# evidence tending to prove said ell
a gibility, as offered by counsel TO
DIRECTORS to certificates Nos.1 ant
# 8. Rejected by the same vote.
It Justice Field offered the eight
IL and last substitute, rs follows:
Resolved, That in the opinion
e. of the commission evidence is az
= missible upon the several matter
It which the counsel for DIRECTORS t,
t certificates Nos. I and 3, offer t.