The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-26

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son, said that be did not remember Ger
tain conversation, TO which Anderson re
piled "lt you don't then there ID no uss
in my recallingiL:
Secretary ShermAn-WbAt did yor
talk with me about in that interview
Anderson-I told yon had come L
Washington 10 seek for 3 place. You
told me you had no place in the
Department for me. I told you ]
didn't care for 4 place in your Depart.
ment. / came for 4 place in the State
Department and you told me to go K
Mr.. Eyarts. told you that I had beer
10 EvArts and wanted your endorsement
and you said you would not give i e
me. That was the end Of it. Mr.. Well
came In and left.
In reply TO question the Secretary
said that while in New Orleans be wrote
letter TO General Hayes, As follows
q STATE OF LOUISIANA, Ex. DEP'r, |
NEw ORLEANS, Nov. q, 70. !
Ny DEAH sfR-I have not written you
sooner for the progress Of our inyestiga'
ton will be known 10 you through the
papers sooner than from my letters, and
The telegraph Office here il more public
than shetifF's sale. We sometimes hear
Of private kilograms before they are de-
Iivered. The action ot the Returning
Board has thus far been open and fair and
only confirms the general result known
before. We are now approaching the
contested parishes. In Eve OF them, viz
Baton Rouge, East and West FeliciEnE,
Norehouse and OuAchitA, the evidence oi
naturalization isso we'll made out on paper
that no man can doubt as TO the Just ex-
clusion OF their vote. 10 these parishes
alone we ought to have 4 msjority oi
seven thousand; but under the law the
entire return must be excluded In all
election dlsiricts where Intimidation has
affected or changed the result II this Is
done, the result will give Hayes electors
mTjorfties aggregating 24,lll, and Til
deus electors msjorities aggregating 22,-
6SS. But in most every parish the
official returns vary somewhat from the
stated maioritiea, thus far slightly
reducing the Republican majority. The
vote Of each disputed Parish has thus
far been laid aside, and among them are
two Parishes where the most foolish
bIuuder or something worse was made IN
emitting from the Republican tickets the
names Of all the electors. The Demo-
crats claim that this will lose over 1000
votes, but our friends whose information
we have generally found confirmed say il
will lose ! 1893. The Law seems conclu'
siye that defective ballots can't be count
ed for any electors bot thoseou the ticket,
though II ia conclusively shown that the
electors were omitted by reason
OF mistaken idea that that district could
only vote for one elector. The whole
trouble has grown ont Of the fact that in
these two parishes . candidate for Dis
,rict Judge was not named on the ticket
printed BY the State Committee. We
undertook to correct this by printing new
tickets which were voted in those par
ishes. The result Of this blundes will
leave the poll so close As 10 render II
probable that one or more Of the Tilden
electors would have 8 majority. There
are other parishes where anorganiLed in
,imidation vas not 20 general as in the
parishes named, though in single elec'
lion precincts itwas effective. Those
parishes where formal protests have been
filed are Bunyille, Bossier, Caldwell
Franklin, GrAnt, Iberia, Lincoln, Rich
mond and Sabine. Co.
How far the proof in these parishes
will sustain the protests we cannot judge
until the evidence is heard before the
Returning Board. We are now collect,
ing the testimony So to the bulidozed par;
is6e.. Isseems more like the history oi
hell than Of civilized and christian COM
munities. The means adopted are Almos,
incredible, bot were ieartnlly effective
upon the ignorant and superstitious peo-
pie. That You would have received At a
lair election, the average majority in
Louisinia, no honest man can question:
tbs, you did not receive = majority, il
eousily clear, bot that intimidations oil
eyery kind and nature provided agsirst
by the Louisinia law, did enter into and
control The election in more election
polls than would change the result and
give you the vote, believe as
firmly, as I write this. The
dif6enlty Of gathering this testimony and
putting it in legal form, has been very
great bot I believe has been fully met.
The whole case rests upon the action OF
the Returning Board. / have carefully
observed them and have formed high
opinion OF Governor Wells and Colonel
Anderson. They are firm, judicious and
a. far as / can iudge thoroughly honest
and conscientious. They are personally
familiar with the nature and degree Of
the Intimidation iu Louisiana. They can
see that intimidation, a. organized, vas
with a view Of throwing out the Repub.
lican parishes rather than endangering
the Democratic parishes. Our little
rarty are now dividing out the disputed
parishes with the view ota careful exam
instion Of every paper and detail,
and many are impatient Of delay,
and some have gone home. We will
probably be able 10 keep about ten here.
We have incurred some abilities for re-
portinr, printing. &C., bat We hope that
The Republican National Committee will
make this good, it not we must provide
fOf II OuTEelNeds we arc III boOA hSIS
and spirit-not wishing the return in
YOUR favor unlsss it IL clear that ii ought
% Be- 20, and not willing 10 be cheated out
Of il or 10 be bulldoIsd or intimidated.
The truth is palpsble that you ought
10 hsye the vote Of Louisiana, and We
believe that you will have it by honest
and fair return according 10 the letter
and spirit OF The Law OF Loaisians. d,
-! Very truly yours,
aas'ss s.s- JONI SHERMAN.
To this Gen. Hayes responded as fol-
CoIuxBUs, O., Nov. %, 1876.
Ny DEAR sR:-I Em greatly obliged
for YOUR letter Of the 23d. You feel, / au
sure, as do about this whole business
A fair election would have given US about
forty electoral yotss at the South, atleasi
thai many, bot We are not to allow our
friends 70 deIeGt one outrage and fraud
by another. There ,must be nothing
crooked on our part, Let Mr.. Tilden
haze the place By yiolenee, intimidation
and fraud rather than undertake TO pre-
vent it by means thEt will not bear the
seyere.t scrutiny. l appreciate the work
doing by the Republicans who have gone
Sou,h and am especially proud 70 ae-
Knowledge the honorable conduct ol those
t,orn Ohio. The Democrats made q mis-