Year: 1874

The Returning Board Developing Its


Intentions-A Republican Legislature


To He Counted In-Retribution Threat


ened-A Sporting Proposition from


Kellogg i'm Settlements or tho Guber-


Material Question.


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. s, 1874


There is great excitement and indignation to-
day over the action OF the Returning Board yes
terday in refusing to count De Soto parish. The
law provides that the returns shall be maze out In
triplicates-one to be sent by mail ana one hyl
messenger to the Secretary OF State, the other to
be deposited with the Clerk OF the District Court.
Bean the Supervisor OF this parish, refuses to
supply the returns tnat should be left with the
Secretary OF State for the Returning Board, and
has left for Washington. The conservatives, In
this emergency, produced before the Board, the
triplicate left with the Court. 1t is the
only legal return in the State yet the
Board refused 10 count it, in the face
OF precedent they set In the parish OF Orleans
canvass. This action Is positive attempt to de-
feat the election, as the parish went conservative
viii defeat the electlon Elan, democratic Sena-
tor, ana this Is evidently the object. 1t ID under
stood that the Commit OF Seventy will cal! an
Indignation meeting early next week. McEnery
declares that the people have now quietly sub
mirted until the Board has developed Its


INTENTION TO DEFRAUD


them out Of their rights as voters, ana now the
meeting to be held should tell the Board that
they must count the whole vote and that quickly
too. McEnery declares tnat the design Is evidently
to put In protests Ill all these parishes where con-
servatives have carried the House and Senate,
declare the results Ia ali where republicans are
elected. get majority in the Legislature, and
then refer the parishes under protests to the re-
publican Legislature for manipulation These
conservative parishes have not been put under
protest. as the law Directs a. the time Tue Super
viS0rs make reports. put by Ray, the attorney for
the republican party. 1t IS evident IRON the NUT
teringS OF the masses that this illegal attempt
against the rights oil the people VIII soon meet
with summary retrlDuJi0n unless stopped.


AN ADMISSION FROM KELLOGG.


Kellogg admits hat ne has asked hts friends in
Congress to order committee to come down here
and canvass the returns and examine the evidence
now before the Returning Board. and he expresses
the belief that the committee will De sent. He la
cetiOusy remarks that he ana McEnery could
settle the LOUISIANA question easily by o iOot race
from Tyoi Circle TO the state House, the one
coming IN first " have the seat and he cares
little about it he would gave away the race and let
McEnery win. II this does not meet with McEn-
erys approval he will settle 1t by game OF poker
or seven up. This illustrates keliO4gs disgust
He is heartily sick, and would willingly settle the
trouble even in THIS novel way to be rid OF the
dangers thai environ HIM on every side. lew days
ago he sought counsel Of Warm0th, who candidly
advised him to abdlcate, al Ge was looked upon as
a usurper; but he evidently wants at the request
OF Packard and other leaders to see what Congress
will do.