The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-29

Tho NJ alun alocion failiDs mnle IN tho Conn
oil
Youl rommitteo. Ia submitting thls report.
dnnm IT, nnnnranrg o statn RpoolHrnlIy certain
facts connected with The returns from many
towns. cllea and plantations. which have
materially aiInctrd tho RESULT of counting the
vntca returned Iharo nro nnuY returns,
which owing lp fntni drro0ta. Hnunpt bn
! cpnntaI. bui wa shall specify only 'heRo
which hnvn aroetd tho RESULT. Article 4,
pnri t. aretlua . II the opnatltntinn trgunirG
the mapto, of elnrtlnE Hnuaiois and i'nrr..
srniativce 10 tho lrrgtslntnlr. hni nlen tho
t,ocnRt nF transmitting To tho Governor aud
Council Tho evidences by which thNy mo 10
determines who hnya b0nn HlsrtaI. lhiE e0G-
iipn provides TINT in tho cniGuf towns HHl
Plantations. tho munepnI oftlnnle shall, IN
open town AMI plantation meNling, nj tho
rIpse 81 election day. sort. count nn'l declare
tho votes Gust, aud fatm u is 81 nll iinisong
thus voted F"f oild nftH tho nam" "f
outh pni4un thus voted for Hhnll write
Tho number ~ vnta roeoivsl by him.
This llRt ahal lbs recorded IN open tno"fing by
II clerk. and copy ~ tha tccntnNl list Eltnll
ha Signed rs Tho EelGctman nilti niteaird hY
Tho rlrl Il md srnled NJ In open meeilng
This copy Of ihn recorded ltst. thus ntinatntl.
Il IL hn deposited In i4ob bllea pf the SECRETARY
Of Atntn Within thtitY days thereafter.
section If tho it.viaetl Statutes requires Tint
In addition to III" Tor g"Ing Apnelfie nni man
hiriV libElSlbtff+ 'ht me tfl'f ~
ttnifs nhaIl state Tho wliel" nlrVhnl "f ballots
Cani al tho cIecIIon IHn sumo Ertzttut ri ttrt7
constitution requires that tho ttnNainoi and
th0 Council shall Open md compare tho 10
tulus thus trhnsnitinl. md ffoin lhalu de-
lrI unu who pppear4 To hn eart0d attl Tho
Governor a to Issue IT, such person ~. np-
pear to hn rlcCtefl. summons tp tRI" seats IN
tho IeHielnttito. The llrat requirement t. tlht
tho u turns nhal bo nmfn md Rfutlati III
open town md plantation mpeIing. W0
III lil - tlt :
cinotoia may bn ~ aarIlt nnd @Hn ttlnt in'utnG
nin innds In ntruitInnc" with facts nild Wa
nrs ~ the opinion tliai returns not nndN m
In open Iueetiug nto not lrEa retutnH md
cannot hn rpuntnd hna wa hnvn acted upon
this hrlef In innkin9 or tnhnlnttorle. Say
crnl protests. accompanied with nflidnVi'R to
support them, ngainst the counting ~ the
returns epnel"i therein. hnva bHeu ephEil-
cred by HG Ihrga ptutGnta hllegn that said
rrtulns shonld not bc counted. because they
wer" not unfIe up IN open tow meeting. but
wato ntndH up attor til" mHning CLOSED. In
potnn prtRnta pflinn nt Htoro. Wllar" 10 ono
but portion If the municipal oilicsrs
weIn pioscnt and IN s,fun eases only
TIM cIolk. This condition or thlugg IN
nrvrtal has brN'n ptov'n to
uar .ntiro eatiaraetion nnd wo have rn-
jectcd rrilirnn thus hel"ctivn In our tnnfln-
tl,l,s In he cnHr If tho town Of Stpunhhvcn.
nn affidavit aigned I,y two sol rtrnrn "stnb
lsh"H tho fntt thH4 ttI0Y Signed returns In
blink nnd tho town clerk took thnm hoin"
and lII"ti them NJ. aud iii" eol,st'nnn haNtNnp
knpwlodnN of wilnt tn" iattlln contains. lOr
thH foregoing I'Hf,inI W1 hay" rejected IN or |
Representatives returns from Tho
tosvti of .iay HtpHeFhVeu. Lisbon. Webster |
md EatmIngton. lhn irtufu from the town
of ScaIepprL al has brNH rejected haCnusn !
H. vns not eraiel up Ia open meeting. EY
innniIa o. these tsj"t irIF n low peiEonE Will T
frGriva Ernttt IN tho IgEiglntilrs who would I
not thus bD RHntea had the l"ttIlus from tho
TOWNS boon mad" MP nH Tho eunsti- I
tuition requires. 1hrh" nre las q. White I
ur JAY Dintiii i.ptIty Voter of Harrington +
District. N Etadbnry. uf Stunnhnven bis /
'tlrt Ioshtm q. Jpt'lhn. al Sehtspnt DIS /
itict. and !. y, En4li, pt tho bnnrhrl Dis
irtrt.
Tha Supreme Court hn4 held TINT nrnlpI-
pBl officers Ghnll sign tho returns with ihsll I
own huude OF make their mHtta. otherwie
Tho t"turna cnnnpt bn counted. We have
Iollnh several returns fully dcfrctlve IN this
particular. nnd have accordingly rejected
Ih"m Ey lhls lul". lald down hy tho court.
Ihr New Sharon return Inns hHnn by MS f"-
Iect"l. Ihis rejection offsets tho election III
pno Representative. W. found several re-
,urnB intall y tlnFn 'tiv" brCHus50 they were not
tttesled by the town clHlIs. he Supreme
.ttuIf hnA hrid iilni such ara moi lcgni rs-
utne, and We hnv"lr' J"etHl them. lucy arc
luitn humorous, but We Ehnll specify only
such ~ nit,'ct tbs errsnlt pf the eloCtton9. HI"
t"t'itn from the town Of IHb-
lnon Is ono of thetn. It's rejection affects
-.
stephen d. lord. VnueRpolo and Albany arc
Ike cnHea. nuI the r"jeGtlon or the retufGa
ron these towns nlfnrtai tho election 81 two
Representatives. The Representatives dietrict9,
In most casctt, Hfo composed of several towns.
In Rolno of the ,Wns thGfull Christian nAfurB
II the candiIateR HHtn 10 have boon usah.
IN others only Initials. mnd We hrailhted ns to
whether we could count the Initial names
with full nntnrH, On Hn examination of The
INV we find tho Supreme Court, vol iG. page
~ I,,I I,,t nal II,,t,i nd
must count them a9 distinct and separate
personH by adopting this rul" laid down
~ this court, the election Of liv' lsapreHenta-
Ives seetna to tn hflrGted, viz: q. w. Hlll of
Ex"ter, Aaron II. Wpodcock, oi Danforth
District, James II. Ca'k of New Castle,
John H. Brown. Of iIcdgerton District,
James W. Leghton Of district. Re-
yiscd Statutes requiring that in case OF
In addition To the forms required
~ towns. u Iist Of voters Of plantations Bhnll
int tho returns from plantations
,hnll not bo counted We found re-
Hrng from several plantations Irregular In
his particular, md WG hnVe HpeCiiicd them
N our tabutalion. 1T Will then appear tnat
.he rejection Of theSe returns affect the eieC-
ion or two Representatives; the statute re-
Iirement Of setting forth In the returns the
whole number OF ballots In many cases was
not complied with. We have found that 1t
ms been the practice Of the Governor and
Council for many years torejeet such returns,
md we have not deemed 1t safe 10 deyiRts
rom the long established custom Of this law,
% fully recognized by our predecessors, aud
II making our tabulation we have omitted all
such returns. l. will be perceived that the
objections affect the election Of several Repre-
5entatives in the county Of Washington.
)no candidate for tho Senate seems to have
1een voted for In some Of the towns In his
county by the name Of john i. Wallace, Jr,
md In others by the name Of John I. Wal
ace, but wa have tabuated such votes as
yhese for two different men, as we have no
ega knowledge that the same person Is
meant. Two sets Of returns were sent 10 to
.he Secretary Of State from the town Of Fair ,
ield each Of which contradicted the other, .
md it was impossible, from the contradictory