The Louisiana Returning Board Sees Extended Canvass Drama
New Orleans November meetings reveal protest by Democratic candidates and US supervisors over access to canvassing, with executive sessions and fights over admissibility of electors. Officers present include Wells and Anderson, as deliberations on parishes like Iberia and St Martin proceed amid protests and affidavits.
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New Orleans
Messrs
Palmer
Bigler
Trumbus
Julian
G. K. Smith
Stoughton
Stevenson
Parker
Clarke
Farwell
Spafford
Congress
Quachita
Lafayette
East Baton Rouge
Red River
Franklin
Anderson
St. Liandry
Enid
Maj. Grandy
Onichitta
J. A. Veasey
I. A. Clover
C. Roughe
W. H. McKay
George S. Smith
D. J
Parte Os
Wells
Haat Baton Rouge
Returning Board
Senate
John Lynch
Gen
Longaireet
Kelalogg
McEnry
Warmouth
Board of Returning Officers
Gen. Anderson
Wella
Longstreet
Cassanave
Louis M. Kenner
Spofford
Gov. Wells
Supreme court rulings reshape electors and state officers race
Report to the supreme court from the board of canvassers aims to limit decisions to congressmen and legislators, setting up a governor’s outcome. A mandamus later forced certifying certificates for Senate and House, yielding 18 Republicans to 15 Democrats in the Senate and 60 to 64 in the House, with contests to be addressed separately. The board notes irregularities affecting several Republican candidates and calls for corrections, as Laurens and Edgefield counties’ results favored Democrats.
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Columbia
Board of Canvassers
Supreme Court
United States
Ackerman
Corbin and Elliott
Republicana
Board of State
Canvansers
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Aod
Laurens
Edgefield
Court orders certificates for election results in South Carolina
The South Carolina canvassing board, amid fraud and intimidation claims, issued certificates to Republican electors and state officers based on the board’s report, excluding Laurens and Edgefield counties which flipped control to Republicans. Governor Chamberlain defended the board’s 10 day mandate while opposition denounced the action as unlawful, prompting court bids and ongoing legal contest.
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Laurens
Laurena
Hampton
Chamberlain
Haven
Wheeler
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Board of
Supre Court
Supreme Court
New York
Times’ Columbia Dispatch
Herald
Laurens County
Yeas
Gov. Chamberlain
Hayes
Govenor
United States
Bond
Congress
State Supreme Court
United States Court
Governor Assesses Federal Interference in Canvass Dispute
The governor declined to predict Tuesday's outcome, fearing federal intervention as in prior cases. Gen Hampton remains calm, trusting the supreme court to enforce a fair count while the board of canvassers faces contempt orders. In Columbia, frustration grows as Republicans deem the board's action final, Democrats dispute it, and mandamus proceeds as the supreme court convenes to hear the board's return. Adjutant Purvis resigns from the canvassing board.
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Hampton
Board of Canvassera
Supreme Court
Board of Canvassers
Columbia
Board of State
H. W. Purvis
Board of
Canvanaers
Florida canvass battle over electors in Florida and injunctions
Tallahassee reports show Democratic managers seeking injunctions to stop the governor and returning board from canvassing Florida's electoral vote pending orders. Judge White grants a temporary injunction and set hearings for next Thursday with possible permanent rulings. Additional dispatches from New York detail the state canvass rules and Republican control claims regarding county and state officers amid tensions over electors and Deadlines.
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Tallahassee
White
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
New York
Atty. Geo. Cocke
Florida
Herald
State Board of Canvassery
Gov. Stearns
State Board of Canvassere
Secretary of State
State Board of Canvassies
Rush of Emigrants to Texas Records Large Numbers
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a huge Texas emigrant influx via the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway gate at Denison. Over three years 1874 1875 and eight months of 1876 tally 51040 passengers plus 97110 people and 16185 wagons crossing Red River from Colbert's ferry totaling 148150 joined by rail and ferry totals.
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Sepada
Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Denison
Jas. D. Brown
Colbert
Colbert's
Red River
M. K
Public Opinion Stance on Hayes Election Dominates Springfield Report
Springfield Republicans note that a returning board is expected to tally a Hayes majority, but some Republicans fear the moral burden on the party and Hayes administration. Florida claims a majority for Republicans, yet evidence suggests otherwise. South Carolina's court coordination with returns may trigger official declarations for Hayes president and Hampton governor, while Washington mood grows cooler on Hayes counting.
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Springfield
Mass
New Orleans
Tinues
Hampton
Washington
Hayes
Silent divisions in party over Louisiana vote dispute
Private information suggests Grant and Forney doubt Tilden’s win while Chandler asserts Hayes victory. Northern conservatives hesitate on Louisiana proceedings as Woolsey, Lowell, Clarke, Bryant, Schurz, Cox and allies consider protest. Rapid events pressure leaders to speak up or risk discarding or casting uncast votes.
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Grant
Col. Forney
Tilden
Zach Chandler
Hayes
Louisiana
Republican Party
Sach
Theodora Woolsey
James Russell Lowell
James Freeman Clarke
William C. Bryant
Carl Schurz
Jacob D. Cox
Eye-Opener on Louisiana Voter Changes From 1874 to 1876
Cincinnati Enquirer reports Bayou Sara mayor E W Whiteman offers explanation for shifts in East and West Feliciana and other parishes. He argues Republicans failed to mount a campaign, Democrats mobilized many black voters while suppressing Republican turnout, and claims intimidation is unfounded. The Chicago Tribune notes parishes likely swung elections. debate centers on counting versus discarding these votes and the impact on national results.
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Bayou Sara
The
Enquirer
East
West Feliciana
Whiteman
Kellogg
Radicala
Clinton
Mast Feliciana
St. Franciaville
Tilden
Pariahea
Bancomb
Negro Voters, Censuses, and Carpetbaggers Debate
Republican writers claim higher votes due to a larger negro population, but the negro does not vote uniformly Republican. The Freedmen's Savings Bank collapse and tax seizures by carpetbaggers have swayed black voters toward Democrats. Wade Hampton’s election and a Democratic Florida win signal shifts, with Louisiana long Democratic. Census data from six years ago misleads modern voting patterns.
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South
South Carolina
Wade Hampton
Tilden
Florida
Louisiana
Political debate over Hayes Tilden era and fraud claims
The piece attacks Republicans for southern policy, argues Hayes’ and Tilden’s fortunes are linked to alleged fraud and political manipulation. It questions old loyalties, warns of dark schemes to seat Hayes, and portrays a tense struggle between reform and entrenched power.
Republicans Lose Louisiana Again Warned by Tribune
The Louisiana correspondent of the New York Tribune says Republicans admit most polled votes oppose them but claim parishes carried by Democrats through intimidation and violence can be rejected by law. If so Hayen and Packard would win Louisiana. this echoes 1872 and 1874 frauds. Northern states vow to prevent such nullification and the Kendallville council appeals Ninde case to the supreme court as Kendalville’s mayor defends his action.
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Returning Board Committee
Wells
Democratic Committee On Elections
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Hale
Maine
van Allen
Qachita Parishes
St. Charlee
Polla
H. M. Spoffard
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United States
J. R. Beckwith
Ita Resulta
Louisiana
Returning Board
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Iberia
St. Martins
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Natchitoches
Brewster
Kepi
St. Martina
Iberville
West Baton Rouge
Acton
Ashorn
Tilden
Hayes
Assumption
Tildan
Avoylles
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Wickliffe
Dem
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Garfield
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Washington
Lafourche
J. H. Beadle
Cincinnati Gazette
Carolina
New York
Hindoostan
Gaines
South Carolina
North Carolina
Hanson
Est Felicians
West Feliciana
East Baton
Morehouse
Ouachita
Issersceessmran Sneeen
Ase
East Feliciana
Leas
Bis
Sand
Lion
New York Tribune
Hayen
Packard
North
Matt Carpenter
Senate
Chandler
Blaine
Mr. Tilden
Great Northern
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Indiana
Connecticut
New Jersey
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Supreme Court
Kendalville
Philadelphia
Landinville
Vineland
Arles
Solon Robinson
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Rounney Fos
Centaur Liniment Claims Broad Healing Power
An advertisement extols Centaur Liniment as a universal remedy for a range of ailments including rheumatism neuralgia sprains burns and bites It cites testimonials from Josiah Westake and C H Bennett among others and asserts cures for horses including ringbone and galled states urging liverymen farmers and stage proprietors to keep it on hand
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Castoria for grownups and children alike in trusted formula
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