Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 28, " WEDDING PRESENTS, WEDDING PRESENTS! W offor in 8torling Silver Goods, tho lsrgest and bost assortment in the West. Faunoy Pieces in beauti- ful casos, Spoons and Forks by tho dogzon, and in eases and trunks, of pattorna sold only by us in Chicago. All are invitod to inspect our stock, ond got prices. N, MATSON & (0, State & Monroe-sts., OPPOSITE TOE PALMER HOUSE. o e LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, We Want Money! HUST HAVE IT ! For the next 20 days we will sell our stock, consisting of LACES, EMBROIDERIES, Ladies’ and Gents’ UNDER- WEAR, HOSIERY, &c., at prices never before heard of. JLFOSTER&LD, 124 State-st. REAL ESTATE. FOR EALE. Fowr New Twn-Sm;y Cottags Honses HORGAN PARK, Prices from $1,800 to $6,000. ‘o dosirable partios will soll on10 annual m'.x;moms‘ iumpmut at 7 é"”' cent, Hydrant water in the housos, and raiirosd faro only 10¢ nride. Morgnn Parl is one of the plons- Antest snburba Jo ook Oounty, with fne railrond facilities, good school, and choios B ocioty. Freo rides to soe the property any day be- fore 12 m. Also, great bargains in lota, THE BLUE ISLAND LAND AND BUILDING 0. GEO. R. CLARKH, Agent. HOTEL, CLIFTON HOUSE, Qorner Wahash-av, and Monroe-st,, Opposite Exposition Bullding, Pris Rednced t $3 per Day For slngla rooms. Spoclal ratos to Excursioniats. The best $3 per day Holel, either East or West, TUINS & HOT, opriciors. CATARRH CURE, “CATARRH., Are you troublod with that HORRID complaint? 1t so, TOWNE'S UNIVERSAL CATARRH CURE, An Internal Remedy, ?nd Temoyes the causa. lone somn WONDE! Tt has d iR L. CUR WS, AND HUNDRIEDS O THEM whero it ¥ar usly by all Drusgists, CUTLERY. CUTLERY. A lot of Table Cutlery, Plated Bpoons and Forks, and a large stock o? Sholf Hardware, selling ofif at great bnrgzins. hus oo soid. ; i;g 'Lu.ke-sgf‘ff atairs. T FURS, BARGAINS IN LAD From Now York Tiandsomo S0t R o Do gt Bk Lt Ayt anid Gaod Miuk Muff and Colla: ‘Elogant Mink Sots fra P A oy ard s ifod rom 955 to (& Wartantod new and norfost. D eaidanga, HG Michigan-ay, BUSINESS CARDS. GRAND OPENING! On SATURDAY, Nov. 14, 1874, G. POTTGEISER, Nonm. 360 and 371 South Btate-st., be happy to sea all Li i and b 4 FRANK HARRINGTON'S SAMPLE IROOM, 140 DEARBORN.ST, GRAND _OPENING TIIS_EVENL £1 FRACTIONAL CURRENOCY, $5.00 Packages FRACTIONAL CURRENCY IN EXCHANGE FOR Bils of National Curconey, TRIBUNE OFFICE. COUNTING THE VOTES The Contest Between Messsrs. Farwell and Le Moyne. How the Canvassers Spent Their Time Yes- terday. They Decide They Are Competent to Pass on the Eligibil- ity of Judges." And Will Begin to Try the Question of Fact This Morning, Able Argoments by Mossrs. Sweit, Root, DBeckwith, and Trumhall, Prospect of a Bitter Contest in Louisiana. Apprehension of Bloodshed and Yiolence on the Part of the Democrats Alleged Frauds and Intimida- tion in the Colored Districts. Views of the lon. Luke P, Poland as io the Lato Elections Gossip and ltems. COOK COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS MORNING SESSION. FARWELL AND LE MOYNE, Tho Board of Canvasacrs devolod yostorday to heariug arguments with roferenco to the objec- tiona presonted by Judga Lrumbull, on bohalf of Mr. Lo Moyne, to the reception and counting of the votes polled in the Sccond Procinct of Evans- ton, tho Third Prectuce of the Lightaonth Ward, and the Firat Procinet of thoe Twentioth Ward, all of which gave o majority for Mr. Farwell, Both candidates were prosont, ns wore Judgo Trum- bull, ropresenting Mr. Le Moyne, and Judge Beckwith, Loonard Swett, Esq., and James D, Raot, wha attended to the interests of Mr. Far- woll. In nddition to tho * privileged for,” num- ‘Dering, however, about fifty, who wero sllowed insido tho railivg, tho lobby was packed full of people who wanted to learn how the contoot terminated. No partisan fecling was manifested ouring ecifher gession, and only once was there an attempt mado to appiand tho counsol. The full Board ‘were prosent, and they commonced proceedings promptly at 10 o'clock, going over the returng of two precincte which had not proviously beon canvaseed on account of informalitins. Theso woro tho Third of the Bixtcenth Ward, and the Second of Tnko Viow, the formor giving Mr. Farwell $26 votos and Mr, Le Moyno 464, and the Iattor Mr. Farwoll 112 sud Mr. Lo Moyne 81, ‘The County Olork thou enid the Doard was ready to procced further, but the canvassors do- sired soma light upon the question nu to WHETHER THEY SHOULD ENTERTAIN ANY OF THE onIECTIONS. Judgo Trumbnll supposed, bofore the objec- tions wore supported by argument, the roturns baa better bo opencd that thoy mirht bo seen, Mr. Root did not sca tho nocersity for that. 3Mr. Trumbull aekoll if hio objected to opening the returna. Mr. Root answered that that was not tho question, but whether tho Court would enter- tain the objections. Aftor consultation with Judgo Beckwith and Mr, Bwott, Mr. Root withdrew his objection to tho opening of tho returns, and Mr. Crumbull romarlked that it might bo on tho face of tho re- turng that o part of his objection waa based, The roturos wero then opendd by the Doard, and it was found that ono of the judges ot clection hiad not signed the roturn of the Third Trecinet of the Eighteonth Ward, Nothing waa snid about the others, though they were banded to_cattusol for oxaminatjon, Mr. Trumbnll fnquired if any objections bhad ‘been made by tho other side. Air. wott replicd in tho nogative, u'l:lr. Trumbutl asked if thote wore no afdavite eithr, Mr, Swett said tho only thing before the Board wos A 3IOTION TO EIECT cortain precinets for sitch causes shown, and ho was waiting to seo what tho goutleman proposed to do with that moticn, Mr. Prambull rojoined that ho had stated what tho reagons weto in \rrluufi and bad filod aflida- vits to sustain tho facts which ho dosirad to pro- sant: and o supposed, 1t tho ather side disput- od tho facts alloged, thoy should bo required to filo nflidavits, eise lio cotld not comment upou thom. Mr, Swott was not awnro that any afidavita had been flled, If thore had boon hie would like to 50 thom. ? T'he aflidavits wora handed to him. Mr. Trumbull proposed to goon and sustain the motion, sod give to tho Hourd the roasons why cortain precincts should ba oxcluded from the count, and to sustain tho facts which ho tad iveu the geutlemen. Ilo had told them what fiiu abjeotions wore, and if thoy had any afMda- vits to disputa tho focts alloged in the obfec~ tion, he wnnted to know what thoy wera, Mr, 8wott remarked that, beforo the Board passed on that, he should like to examine the afiidayits, When hluth“ld dona &0, ho would toll tuey proposed to do. e ey, Svit commencod tesding tha objoctions, whon Mr. Trambull intorruptod him, soying that he hold tho afliruative of tho argu- ot ¢ wott nndorataod that the gontloman (e, Prumbull] offered certaln afidavits in support of his motion, IR OMJECTED TO THE INTRODUCTION OF TnE AFFIDAVITS, ‘becanso an attempt was mado to go behind the roturns, and entor upon tho morits of tho eleo- tion, au though it waore boing contosted, and upon that objoction hio had the alirmativo, Mr, Trumbull #ald he did not proposc o go hack au if they were contosting an vlection, o did not think " the Board, cunstitutod a4 it wan, Lind any right to go bohiud tho roturna of the judgen for tho purposa of ascertainlng whetlior ihiey properly dischisrged thoir dutics in recoiy- ingg yotos whilch wore ilingal, or axcluding votos thiat were legul,—that it was & propor Loard be- icage Daily Tribm CHICAGO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1874. fore which to conteat an election, The amda« vits wero not furnishoed with that view, but with & viow of phowing that no returns could bo ro- coivod from cortmn praciuots, not beontso the fudgen rojoctod a voto which thnf ought to linva xrecoivod, or roooived » vote which thoy ought to lavo rojacted, but becauso ¢hofr actfon (tho tos- timony Would bo thora to ehow it) had Loon stich ua tended to make the election n fraud, and that tho roturns could not bo recoived at all. Thnt was ono pofnt of his objuction; tho otlior was, thot no propor Boardjoxisted to mako a roturn 3 that the Bonrd of ~Canvassors, whilo it was charged with ministorial, and not judicint, fuuc- tiona (tho latter could not be olatmod for' it), in the dischargo of its ministorial fupetions lind cortain favte to ascertninm. It must determino whother what purported to bo roturns from ndgon of clection woro such returns, or from por- Baua who could bo judgos of an election. Tureo perdous calling thomnaolves Judges, and two por- Bona calling thomeelves clorks, could make up o roturn on tho streot and gend it in with the other; in that cnse, tho Board would Lave to doterming which of the two was the proper return to bo counted. Tho aftidavits wore for tha yurposa of dofermining that quostion, and, whatover evidonco might be introduced {n counection with frandulont transactions of the judges, was not for the purpose of contost bo- tween the parties, but to detormiue whotlior thore wns any roturn that the Board could ro- ceive at all, All ho desirad was, {f thero waa any dispute as to tho facts prosonted, if not admitted, that the gontlomon would fot him know what they wora that o might ecomment upon. Mr. Bwolt eaid tho quoation way WHO KAD THE. ATFIRMATIVE ? Tho gontlgman [Mr. Trumbull] oluimed that, having medo objections, which "he proposed to sustain by proof, he, thoreforo, in discussing the question, bad tho afirmative. Tho proof, of courso, must bo gormauo tho objoo- tion, #nd, therefors, In passing upon tho uostlon, vrolimiuarily, they should soe what the poiuts made in the objoction wero, Thoy woro: Firat, that ono of tho judges and tho clork making tho roturny wero disqualitiod from scting ; second, that tha votes cast at tho proe cinct woro not counted snd the rosult publicly aunoauced without adjournment or reacas attar tho opauiag of tlio polls as raguirod by luw, but tho ballot-box contmning the votes was exposed subjoot to being tampered with for days; third, that the votes cast fu said presinet wore not esne vasaed nocording tolaw ; and, fonrth, that tho elaction was illegally and frandulontly conducted by tho judgos in excluding a challonger, in xnowingly receiviog iffogal voten, and in othor rospects. The gentloman [Mr. Trumbull}, as ho claimed, hnd aMidavils, which hoe proposed to offer to sustain his objectious—to prove that the judgos and clorks woradiqunlified; thatthe votes wore not countod, and the rosult aonownced before tho ballot-box was oxposed, aud that tho olection was illegatly and franduleutly conducted Dy oxclnding tho olinllengur and recoiving illogal votes. He ubjocted to tho introduction of tho teatimony, and in tho argument of that objection e hnd the aflirmative, It was exactly as though they wero trying a cnge and, upon proper papors, tho gentiemdn proposed to prove a cortain faot, sud hio (Swett) aroso snd objeoted to that avi- denco, and_said it wos not gormane, he would bave te afirmative. My, Trumbull said it would bo impossible for the Board to dutorinine tho admiesibility of ovi- dence uuless it was befora thom. Io thought the wholo question should come up at ono tine a8 to tho objoctions and tho afidavits filed in support of thom. If they wore sulliciont, ho would got the reltef sought for; if not, bo would not receivo it. : Mr. Swott obfacted to henring tho evidenco. Mr. Trambull askod him to put in bis plea. AMr. Swett snid thoy did not putiusny, He (Trumbull) had filod his objuctions, aud when ha (;smu} ot o lus side of the case, ie would bo honrd from. 1To insisted wpon ot tryivg bis side until it way reactied. s County Clork asled Mr, Swott if ho ob-« jected to tho preseutation of tho evidenco, or to tho proceoding, 1t scemed to him that the first point should bo pottled bofors the othor was, N, Swott augwered, *To the ovidenco,” and inquired if ho - hould give his roasons, I'he County Olerk did not tnk it necossary. _ My, Swott desired ta bo heard upon tho objee- tiou. Tho County Clerk said he could make hin ar- gunient, and atter Mr, Trumbull had answered, thio Bonrd would know what to do. MR, 00T then _opened for Mr, Furwell, Ho nnderstood thut My, Lrambull proposed to offer ailidavits to silow that there was Bomolhing back of {ho ro- turn of the Fiint Procinct of tha T'wenticth Ward, = other wordy, that the Board hud the right to go outmde of tho papor in ordor to detetmiue whether the luw had been complied with, Thero hod beon presouted to the Couuty Clork, in o senlod cnvolopo, a certain paper calld & poll- book of an cleeion beld at the louse of Mr. Rower, Nos. 61 and 63 North Dearborn stroet, in the Iiest Precinct of the T'wontiath Ward, on the 8d of November, 1874 On tho outside wero what purported to bo”tha onginnl signatures of threo Judgen nnd two clarks ; on the fuside, what pur- ported to be the altidavits of the judges and the clorks, tho first one being sworn to by Hermann Liob, County Cloyk, and thoe others by Willinm Chaplin, who was first quatified boforo him also a listof votors, their names, and 1esidences ; aud on the last pago the blank vasuen filled ont, stating that C. B, Farwell vocoived 4923 votos for Representative in Congress for the Thivd Dis- trict, and John V. Lo Mloyne received 251 for the #nmo oflico: nnd this was certified to by William Obaplin, W.F. O'Drien, aud G, Dlakely, and atiestaq by the two clerks. 1o understood that no objection was mado.to TILE FOUM OF THE RETURN, Bo far ns appeared upon ity faee, it was in strict and lileral complianco with tho atatute in nll re~ spocs, It cumo -boforo the Doard, thon, just as ali tho othiers hnd come, and was to bu eanrvassod unless the Bonrd should deeido that iz had au- thority to go back of a roturn which boto npon its faco the Il‘},'nnmmu of tho judges of the olee- tion, and ovidence that all tho formm of law liud been complied with, The quostion viny WHETHLI THE LOARD JIAD JURISDICTION of any motion wilek might ho mado to excludo thnt return upon auy protense whutever, it being upon its face in strict complianco with the Inw, The Board had repeatodly, siuco ity sesrion commoncod, seut out for the judges and clorks of othor procincty in ordor Lie thoy might corroct thoir roturns, to tho eud that tho vouars -of thosa precincts should not be dis- frauchised by rosson of any informality. And a8 suon as the judges porfocted tho returns, thoy wero canvassod, and tho clork put down tho reenlt, That wns not the case with this preeinct, hoswovor, Thore was no trouble with tho return upon its face ; it was porfect ; bup an uttempt was mndo to counvince the Board that thoy could tuquire iuto some irrogulurity which occurred prior to tho time that refurn wi brought u, Thnt, ho cluimed, was uot tho provines of the Doard, and auy evidouce that wight bo offered to cstablish auy objection 10 the roturn, or to iuvalldatest, was impropuc.” 1f & return was completo upon its face, the Board must aeeept it and eauvass tho rosnlt. 1i incom- pleto or iufornial, thero was only one way to cor- xoet it, and that was to sond for the judges snd lot them mnlkio the correction, It was thoir act,— not the act of tho Board, It mattered not whethor tho question raised was that illegal votos were raceived, bocause that would simply bo & violation of the iww, It mattared not whothor tho judges did womothing witly tho box that thoy ought nut to havo dono ; that waa imply & vio- tation of lnw. Tt mattored not what tho nct com- pluined of was, it it wne somothing dono prior to lhe tima that tho final return eamo 10,—it could not bo inquired into by the Doard of Can- vassord, My, Trambull bad uaid that ho did not olaim that the Board could inquire into tho quostion whothor cortain votes wers illogal or not, but ho (Trumbull) Inslstod that it had tho vight to in- quira into tho vulidity of cortaln sots of oflicers cunnoctod with the poll in the Fist Preciuct of thio Twontioth Ward, Tlo (the speakor) failed to #eo tho distiuctlon, It was n quostion of Iaw and of fact whothor tho provseding wos con- ducted imfimy' and thore woro vavious olo- monty which entered into it. Who objoot of the cloction in tho precinct was to dotormina tha will of the vaters botwoen iwo candidatos (or Cougross, It was not a oontost botween Mr, Farwoll and Mr, Lo Moyno ; it was o contest bo- twoon tho poople to dotermmine which of two mou shauld bo tholr Roprossutativo. Tho pooplo asked that tholr votos should be counted as thoy appearod. WERE THEY TO BE DISFRANCIINED Dy the Bourd? If this woro u proper court to Lioar tho quostions, tho law provided for the presonce of o perdon to roprasont tho people, wud proservo (hoir rights, Tho posltion assuimed by Judge Trumbull would mako the Board o court, M, Ttoot then wonk ou to shiow that the Doard was 1ot o court, saying that it was & woll- wottlod principlo that, whoro jurisdiction of a casa was conforred upou n court, the ides that 1t could be taken toln,v other place for adjudi- cation was excluded. The County Court alono bad juriadiction of contosted olections in Cook Counity, and ho claimed that no othor body ore- atod by tho Gonoral Assenibly bad pawor to. go back of tho roturns, aud lnquire into quostions involved in the right of tho mattor so long a8 tho County Court had jurisdiction. It was clear, from tho authoritios and princi- plo, . that tho Board s simply o Board of Canvaasors, and that it bad no Jurfe- diction over any quostions oxcept quostions ot arithmotio. Wlien thoy found tho roturns com- loto upon thoeir face, thoy had no right to go ack of thom. TIHE LAW PROVIDED A REMEDY whoro thore was a dilioulty of any kind, whothor it rolated to tho individual voter or the ofllcer who adminfstorad the Eleotion Iayw In tho pro- cluot ; oxeluding tho ides that thore could bo any othor remody applied; oxoluding the idea that the Board could bo a court to hoear and do- tormino tho quostion upon evidenco ; excludiny tho idea that any question which could be ad~ judieatod boforo tho County Court in n contested olection could bo raised Lhero. The Iaw settlod tho muttor, and, If anyone was dissatisfled wilth the resulb of the olection, and could | show tho County Court that thero had beon fraud in every preoinct in tho {district, that was tho propor tribunal to go to to got his rights. MIt, TIUMBULL 5 boped ho was not 8o unfortuuaio in belug undors atood by the Bonrd as Lo waa by the counsel who hiad fust presented hin viows, . 1o waa not thoro to try o contosted elaction. Ilo wus not' thero~and he triod to make himsolf under- stood—for tho purposo of, asking tho Board to reconsidor tho action of the judges of eloction in recolving or excluding votos with a view to' tho oleotion of Mr. Farwoll or Mr. Lo Moyne';: but hio was there for the single purpose of ob= Jecting to tho recoption of wuat purported to be, Toturus from cortain proowots. That was not an cloction canvaus ¢ LKM was not dotormining who had the most votea for any offlce, “Tho broad position was ssqumod by the gontio~ mon_that in no conceivable stats of ths:casa could n Bonrd of Canvassora, whoso duty he ad- mitted to bo ministerisl aud not fudicisl au s genoral proposition, inquire whotlior a papor which was brought to if, and was in duo form on its faco, was a return or not. The nflidavity wero not looked at. For aught the goutlomen koow, hoe could show thab tho roturn from tho flrat precinot of tho Soven- toonth Ward wna a forgery; that not one of tho. judgos avor sigued 1t; that not oue of ‘tho clorks over put his vamo to it: that not ono of: the men ever acted ns o judge at all; and yot ho was mat with tho objection that he could not show that, and that the Boanl could not gonnt tho vatos. Wns thav not & monstrous qrnposl- tion? Thoy did not know. but. that he had testimony to show that these porsous who mnde up the voturn wora Chinese. It was srid tho toard wero bound to oortify that so, ‘many votes wero cost for A, B, and O atllo aloc- tion because throo porsons had eigned’ a pnnor: snying that thoy wero judges of tho oloction. Ho was propared to attack that, but the gentle- mon unlgin no nossiblo easo could noy inquiry bo mada to show tho facty, Mr. Bwott fuquived i€ ha oxpectad fo show what ho biad alluded to. e (tho speakor) un- deretood they were arguing sn objection to tosti- many, and it was certamly propor and rolevant for the party iusisting upon Ine testimony boing recoived to stato what be oxpootad'to show, Mr. 'l'rumbull answorod, that tho.objection showed the impropriety of the position npanmed. Ifo camo and filed s obfection, fortitied with tostimony, nnd the gontlemon mot Lin in limine and said that no” testimony shounld bo aa- witted, no matter what it was. The Bourd did not know wiint was in the affday thoy Lind ot looked ab'thom; aund'it was argued by Mr. Root that the Hoard was bound to iake any: papor presented as a return if it was formally corract. Was that tho sort of ulection franchisa the American eivizon hnd ?° Was auybody to be, electod whom five men certiied was eloctou ? T'ho point wan, 3 WERE THE DOARD TO JUDGE WIAT WAS A RETUIN ? Would the geutionion show some authority ipon that poiut? Would thoy say that the Doard of- Canvasgors wore mero mathomaticiant to add up something? 'Thoy wore to add up tue reurns, ‘I'he return of an eloction, if a forgary, wes o return, 'Phe objection, presented in the shapo it was, wne promature. IHe had tho right to ask that what was not s :rolury be ioi. recoivod a8 such. No -,authurit to touched thut question ot all; but the ‘broad ground was assumed that, no watter what tho eyidence was, it could not bo recewved; the Board wore preciudod from iaiing any position thut would onablo them to ascertain whether it was & roturn or not. If Lwo roturns wore seut in, oue logal and the other fraudulont, if the Bonrd wero mere mathomaticians, sccording to Br, Root's idom, Loth would bavé to be added up, 1lg did not proposo to go.iuto the ovidoneo at thia stago of tho proceodingy, - io then wro- ceeded to show that Canvassing Boards did take cognizanco of such questions, that thoy . bad done 8o, nud thnt it was proper that they snonld do 80, quoting from uutborities to estublish thut returny signed by porsons who wera not resi-- donts of tho oloction district had been rojectod by Boards of Cauvassers. Mr., Svote asked whatber ha proposed to prove that the roturns in were not the rewuras of the judges of election, or WHAT TE DID PROPOSY TO PROVE. He dopiod that the ivsun was as (o whothor any- thing could be introduced ; . it was ax to whetlior avidence could bo 1ntroduced to sustain the pro- Lol vs filed, Mr. Trambnll replied tho objoction was to the ntroduotion of ovidenco at all, and ho did not propose to ga on and show what his ovidenca was, if ho could not introduco it. Ho insisted that he had a right to show that tha returns wero uot such roturns as tho Board could rocoive. wott nid tho protes: was definitely fixad, ITe (Prumbult) proponed to rojuct the roturns for cortain reasons given; sud he undersigod tho argumont to bo that, ovon if the pofl-list could not bo rejected for the reasons given, thoio woro possiblo somo rensons for which it eould bo rojccted, and, thorefore, bo (Trumbull) waked the Honrd to auswer an imaginary cado a8 to whother, under soma possible atate of faots, o poll-list might not bo rejoctad Ho donied that thot 'was tho quostion, It was not proper subjeot-matter for the Board to iquire into, and tnorofore auy ovidenco to suntain tho chargos ought mot to bo receivod. Ho tried to show the Board that ita duty was to tuka tho roturns from tho various prochucts, and oauvasy thom as tho lnw required; the goutlo- man (Trumbull) asled them to pormit him to prove that no olootion was held—that there wore 10 Toturns, . TUAT QUESTION WAS NOT NEFORE THI IOARD. Tho quention was whothor, for the reasous ns- slgned,—that tho judges and olorks woro disqual- ifld, tho votes wore nob Fmpufly counted, tho cauvasser_rojocted, and illogal votes received— the Bonrd would, upon proof submitted, roject the roturn. To prove that- tho Board ought to rejeat tho roturn, he (Trimbull) had cited sn muthority whero one waa rojected by a par- tioular * teibunnl contosting on eloction— Cougross. Two questions lore arose. First, assuming that it bo n sound proposition of law that u preeluct ought to ba rejoctod upon tho contest of au olection, did it follow, for thatsame roason, it ought not to be countod at nll? In other words, wa thero any differenco botwoen tha parties who canvass tho vote aud the court coutesting tho election ? And, provided it soutd Lo shiown that tho tribunal contosting tho oleo- tion would roject tho votss of & precinct, orn county, did it follow, for that ronson, thata Board of Ganvauyors would rojoot the samo pro- cinot or tho gamoa county ? In othor words, wos the furlediotion of a Iioard of Canvassers and & court trying o case of contosted olaction tho sume, and wmight tho canvassors, in voference to the vote, do anything which the Court might do? o thon wout on to show, from suthoritics, thnt THLE NOARD OUGHT NOT TO REJEOT THfE PHECINGTS for the reatons given in the protost, contouding that, whore the statuto had presoribed n mode in which judges of olaction may be appointed and dischargo tholr dutios, count tho voto, an- noimeo the rosuit, and mnke the roturny, the vates of praoinots wero not to be rejectod, pro- vided thoro was not an oxnot compliance with those rogulations, Tho atatute did not provide specinlly that tho judgos shiould bo residonts of tha election district, and especially did not pro- vide that, If they wero not, the votos should bo thrown out and thelr acts yoided. T'he roquiro~ ment way Simply that the Goun’y Doard sbouid ““appoint eapablo and discroot ofootors to ot ag judzzes of olestion in ench procinet.” Ife con- tendod that, oven if thoro was o plain rouiro- mont that & judgo should live in the préacinct, and lio was appointod and acted, ut did not liva thers, that was mo ronson for rojocting tho vato of tho proclnct, concoding that tho Bourd was a compotont tri- buual to decida tha quoation, Ho aduitted that TILL NEGEPTION OF ILLEGAL VOTES would vitlate tho eloction, but olaimed that tho Board had no suthority to set it asldo, quotin from nuthorition to suntain this positlon, an giving tho reasons why the Board conld not de- oldo upon the logality or illegality of tho votcs oagt, 1f thoy did, thoy ehould do It upon ovi- | the tribunal was ronchod which had . wai Ronit Lo pursiia in the cago. referred: |, doncs for which the witnessos would bo held rosponsiblo, AMr, Trumbull romarked that ho liad rataed no such qaeation, M. Bwott—Do you contend that you lavo a right before thoso canvassors to prove that tho Judgas of tho eloction WEILE PERSONAT.LY DISQUALIFIED ? Mr, Trumbull—Undoubtoedly ; that tho roturn in no raturn,: s Nr. Bwott—Woll, it tho Court 1s to go into thot question I want subposas for witnostcs. Tho gentlemaa would not contond that tho cauo was to Bo triod ex parte, o wanted the Cour it it win a court to judge that quostion, to gran| him compuliory procons to bring in witnosses. If tho matier was to bo adjudicated, had he novight to oross-oxamino the persons whio had signed o bundlo of aRldavits which tho gontloman had in his possesslon P Had it 1ot become a provorb in tho conntry that tho man got his seat who had tho mo#t votes in Congress ? Yo looked upon tho objections ae an offort, undor another namo, 1o get tho canvassora Lo’ disfranchiso . cortain portion of tho yotons of Cook County, Tho du- ty of tho-Tonrd was simply to count’ the votee, and report upon the return, ¢ Mr, Trumbull—=Wo dony that it 18 8 return, Mr., Bwatt—You deny 1t i o return becsuso you say thore wero Nlegal votes, ' Mr, Trumbull—No, no; beeauso it is fraud- ulent, Mr. Bwott—~What {8 that but illegal yotes ? Mr, Teambull-—Fraud in tho act ot the ofllcors, Ir wa can show such fraud a8 the Supremo Court [ Bnys will' rojeat tho roturs, wo havo tho right to do it. g : Mr, Swott—Wo havo the fraud limited now, If tho Board in to judgo of the fraud as to an ofliginl, why shell it not judgo of thatof & votor? THE BOATD 18 NOT A COURT. It oannot pwear witnosses, or test tho question of fraud in the oleotlon, Its dutlos wore wmochnni- cal—mathiematical, and 1t could not go back of thio: returns, It might judge whethor tho rotyrns wera in form, but, ufter doing so, it could only computs the votes for tho soveral candidatos, and doclarg tho rosult. Ho contend- od. that, undor tho declsions of -tho Bupremo Court.of this Btato, tho Bonrd of Canvassora could ‘not - decido the queations which Judgo ‘Trumbull had preseoted in his protest. Thero were two questions, First, whother o reiurn embrncing cartaiu votes should bo rojeotod bo- cnuso certain directory requiremonts of tho law bad: not boen complied with, and, second, whothor thoy should be rojected becatise of ille- golity and fraud “in gho cloction. Those quos- tions mhoutd bo nvostiyated, aud, whenover urisdiction of thom, aud whoso deciston should bo final, be would bo s roady to moot them s the othor side was to pregent them, 1o sald S LET THE COURT PROVIDED JI¥ LAW take ohargo of the question; lot tho witnesoa on both sides bo summoned aud sworn 1 suoh a, mauuer 88 to altsch a ssnction snd a punish- ment it thoy perjured thomsolves; ob them be subjectod to cross-cxamination ; let nll the facta in yolntion to tho olection bo vontilated to- their utmont oxtout, and lut the court which the law provided pass upon the result, Notbing could bo productive of gronter mischiel, or frsud, or avil, thau the recoguillon of the courso which it At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning Judge Trumbull Lag coma in with his objections, and o pockot-tull of afidavits, and ot 3 o'clock claimed a bearmg without having gwven his opponent a chance to ntudy the case, sud hio camo in_again that morning, and pro- . posed that tho Donrd, withont over heving seon the wituessou, aud withont autbority to pass upou the questions fuvolved, should yojece the votoof certain pracinets. i ended tho urguments; aud the County Olork stated that tho Board desired to holda consullation, und therefore & recess “vonld ho takon until § o’clock, whon their decision would b given. . N~ AFITERNOON SESSION. DEGIMION OF TIE BOARD. The Bonrd reassembled at tho Lbourmentioned, tlo attendance of spectators being larger than during tho morning sesslon, nearly all of tho County Commissioners remsining, and & number” of others having come iu to hoar tho declsion, since tho rosult might determino, tomporarily at lesst, who was entitlod to repro- sont tho Third Distiict {n Congress. Among tha now arrivaly was Ald. Corcoran, of the Twenti- oth Ward, whoso sont in the next Council do- ponds npon the countiug of tho voto of the Fiist Pracinet of the Twentioth Ward, Aftor ravping on the table to stop the convor- sotionai buzz, tho County Clork gave tho decis- ian of the Board, as followa: Upon consultation tho Bonrd of Canvassers have decided to admit the testimony or the affi- davits upon one poiut. Judgs Trumbnll proposes to eliow that tha roturns of tho Second Procinct of Evanston, the Third of the Eightoenth Ward, and tho Firsc of the Twentioth Wurd catnot be reccived bocauso thoy are no returng at sll, Upon that point tho Board hos decided to roccive tho alliduvits and cousidor them, If any othor romnrks aro to bo made upou that point we aro rondy to hosr them. {I'wing spplause.] I should siato further thnt tha Board have positively decided as to tho other poiots,—the illogality of votes, tho removal of the batlot-box, and the rojection of the chal- longer,—not to rocave evidenca regarding thom. MR, TRUMBULL oaid bo had no doubt that the Bonrd had come to n correst conclusion in rogard to its power to determino whether tho papers boloro it woro re- turns or not, and, porbaps, if the objectivns had beon drawn with mors care, it would” have been seon that it was nover intonded to ask tho Doard fo oconsidor (ho recoip of illegal votes in any othor conucction than at showing such gross fraud as would . render tho rolurns utterly void; not for tha purpose of showing who had the most or the fowest votes, He bad hod no opportunity in tho diecussion in tho morning to roply to the longthy argument of Mr, Bwott I,I}mll tho'morita of tho caso, aud ho wat rolievad of tho nevossity of doing so by tho declsion, o might bo pormitted, Gowovar, to romark that not one of the suthoritios reforred to touched tho question presoutod. The objec- tion ho made was that the judl.:ea conld by no poesibility ho qualified ; that they woro person- ally incapucitated from 'scting, and, whoro that was g0, thoy could not make a roturn, And tha onjy use lio ovor contomplated making of the afidavitsjproving fraud in the eloation was for the purpose of showing, in conuection with tho fact that the poxsons who assumed to act 88 judges could by no powsibility hold tne posi- tion,—thiat thero bind also beon grass fraud and irrimalarities in their conduct, for tho renl objodt, after all, ways to nscortain who had ro- ceived the mont votos, and who was the porson outitled to the oftico, whatover it might bo. Ho thon proceeded to show that it was ontirely com- patont for the Board to summon and swoar wit- uesses, for how could thoy make their inquiry without doing that? The afiidnvita which ho u-ouldlp)uaouc upon the point to which Le bad Doen fimited by the Court would show certain facts, snd ho unaeratood there were no aflida~ vits in opposition, Judge Lockwith—Whon you read your aflida- vits wo will road ours, Mr, Trumbult did not proposo to rond them at Iongth, bul ouly tho substance of them. Ifo then submitod TILE_APFIDAVITE of Edlon D, Kelloy, J, M. Burrey, snd Mand Cht- ford, to ehow that Goorgo slakely, ono of tho l{oruuuu whoassumed tu net as judgo of oleo- ion 1n the Firat Irecinet of the Twontioth Ward, and who Joined iu making tho roburn from thab precinet, wns not a rosidout thovo, but had fora long tima lived ot No, 08 West Washington streot; also tho affianvit of Nicholas Kubmor, to prove that Ilonry Roas, who acted us ono of tho clorks in lhnlmgmuhml, was not o resldont thore, but lived at No., 222 North Olark stroov; slao tho' afidavits of M- ohaol Drow and T, L. Toohy, tho latter limuolt one of tho julJ;iM of oloction, to prove that Mr. Spink, who actod as ono of the judges of olection in the Kocond Prooiuct at Evauston, Wag not o residont thero wheu choson to ot ag Judgo. Tlo then roforrod to the statuto Lo sus- tnin lug opsertion that those facts made tho olootion in thoso pracinots ilegal, and vitiated the vote, contendiug that unloss tho judgos wora qualilied thoy had no right fo mako n ro- turn, and saying that If such roturns were sa- mitted olootions would become furcical. JUDAK NEOKWLIIE Liore araso and submitted the uilidavit of William Chiapiin toprove that Qeorgo Blakoly waa a judse of oleotion in the Virnt Previuot of the Twentioth Ward, and the aldavit of George Diakoly setting forth that Do was a residont voler of fhe pre- olnot ; nlso tho afidavits of TFred W. Bpink, B, L. Toohy, Aundrow Jubngon, O, IL° Wharion Lrank Keoney, and I I, Payno, to show thol Mr. Bplnk was a qualifiod olootor of tho Becond Procluot in Lvauston; and slio au afidavit ’ i i 0 Stnge : 7 showing the_charactor df tho wiy/ Drow. M Backwith then answer bull. Ho esid tho cano.was nowy 55 ‘to tho Bmpoulnnn asuggested, by Mr. Swe| &8 portho onrd would go into o'trinl of 6 qy Sa of fact, a8 to whoro tho rosidoneo of two | Geay ;was ot tho duy of olection. Oir th ano Nt «[thossas #woro that Mr. Blakely did not roside in tho Tirat Proclnct of “tho Twontioth Ward; and on the other, that tho County Donrd appointed him'.Judgo, supposing 1 WA such resldont, avting upon the question and adjudging that ho was n_votor of tho pracinet, snd Mr, Blakoly himsel[ sworo positivolyand un- mistakably that ho bad boen an clactor of that preciuot fgr many yonra, Ae to Mr. Spink, ho W38 not nppainted by tho County Bonrd, but waa ohosen !g tho other judges of tha Second Pro- oinoy in Fvanston, 1lo had rosided thoro—. Mr. Trumbull—That is doniod in the afdayit. Judgo Beckwith—Taoly wwonrs Loth wayn, Dir, Spinks' brother snys Jio haa residod sitlt his motlor,—that ho has no othier homo or place of resldenco, and all the nolghborssay tho samo og- copt thoso who go around and offor £100 apieco for aNidavits, No objoction was .mde when he was appointod _ oxcopt by Toohy, who anld for " Mr, Trumbull that ho did objoct,. but for us that Lo did not, Tho spoaker next urged that the Board was' not n compotont tribunal to nacertain tho facty, cover- ing nearly tho same ground whioh Mr, Swett went over, but atrongthoning his position by citing ndditional authoritics, iis conclnsion bolng that, whatever might be tho rulo with regard to throwlug out tho Toturna by ronson of inoligis bility of ono or moro of the judges, the Board should not undortake to {mns upon tho question, 1o insintod that tho inoligibilily of the juidgos, if such wora tho fact, wes 110 redson for reject~ ing tho roturns, and that the Board could vot go into tho trial of o quostion of fact, What tho Board onght v do, was _ proclsely that which tho . Bupreme Court of Dol sald wag thelr. duty—baving ascertainod that tho 1elurus wero wmado, Lo prepara n abstract of thom nnd cortify them, lenying nll other questions to bo dooided by tho tribunal having authority to inquire futo them, to the ond that ovary citizon wmighi rocoive justico, and bo protectod in big rights. In closing, Juuge ‘Urambull called attontion to.tho fact fliat the gontloman on tho other sido Liad involved bimself in . AN INCONBISTENOY, - . 1o had startod out by denying altogethor the powor of the Board to inke comnizanco of ques- tions of fact, but had ended by adwitting thoir power to thus dixoriminato 1n cnses of forgod ro- turus, or of judges of eloation acting .without any gemblanco of authority. In making this ad- mission, they had practically congeded all that ho way contendlog for. How could the Canvassing Bonrd dotormine whelhor or not returns wero forged, nuloss thoy took ovidenca ns to tho fact ? How could thoy know whether judges of oloc- tion ncted without eemblunco or pretenso of suthority, unloss they took evidonco? Tho posiion taken by Judge Beckwith, that tho Doard had “not the power to sdminislor an oath or tako testimony, was oloarly orroncous, aa tho stavutes oxpressiy sulborized Justicon of the Peace, ju any matter camug bofora thom for sottlemont, to adminis- tor au vuth If nccessary to ouablo them to dotor- mino the quoxtion at issuc. A to the attempt to ehow that s judgo of eloction need not necos- sarily bo s votor in tho procinct m which ho was appointed to act, the speaker chnrneterizod it as a vory lamo and funlty construction of tho stat- ute, Which oxprossiy provided that a judge of election mugs bo an oloctor, aud plainly defined an_eloctor as o cilizen who bad “resided in the Siate, county, aud precluct the requisito timo next precoding tho election, Whore could beno otlior reasonable and intolligont meaning attachad: to the laugungo of tho statuto than that & judgo of clection must bo an olactor in the preciuct 1n which lio was appointed and gorved. THE COUNTY OLEBK snid, a8 thore were a groat munv roturns yot to Lo corroctod by tho judres and sigued by tho clerks, and thoe eauvass could not bo completed 080f 1872, known as the Elootion Tnw, requiring 1 membora of 4o Moturning BosrA 10 Os olacton Tros all political partics, wuouid bo compilod with, Inas miteh, howaver, na it s now cluimad that the DTty opr posing tho Repiiblicat party during the rocont olece ',‘:’.';,5":7.‘:1:‘,“."’"’“:?}“‘.’{; on o listurning Loard, 1 o uggiet i Reniatlon on your Baurd, | o o alewed ropre Tho Democratic Congervative Stato Commuttos have appolutod & commiltos of threo to ho pres- ont duriig tho sittings of thio Roturning Toard aud witness the canvaes and complation of the roturns. At the rounion of tho (Vhite Longue organiza- tlon to-night, resolntions woro adupted looking to the proteotion of colorad Consorvatives, many of whom linve recontly boon asanulted by col- ored Ropublionus; also & rosolution for proe moting & botter fooling botweon white snd col- ored citlzens, Murdock waa not apnointod Ohiof of Polico, but a momber of tho Police Board, Baldy is atill tho active Chief, ——— JUDGE POLAND ON THE LATE ELEC- ON: i TT 3 From the St, Lowis (linbe, Nov, 11, . Tho Hon, Luke 1. Poland, of Vermont, are nivod in Bt Lonly last ovening, on kls way ta Lite Roek, Ark., where, ns Ohairman of a Spoaial Committeo appointed by Conpress, he will investigate the eircumatancos attending the Brooks-Baxtor insurrction of last summor. After o plonsant introductory grooting, our re- porter alluded to tho political eyclono of the 3d inst,, nnd oxpressod bfs regrot’ that Judge Po- Innd hind been -welocted by an unhappy fate for ono of tho victims, *Yos,” sald tho Judgs, **J woat down with tho reat ; but thero wore a groal many eircumstances which mado mine o special caso," **I noticod,” said tho reporter, *“that tha pa- nord fu thio Enat wore aftor you protty hot durlng the canvags about what thoy eall tho Gag Luw. Didn't that hurt you ““Yos," ropliod Judgo Poland, “tho papers irented me badly, 'Thore wasn't o good word for mo in auy of tho Ropubllcan papors. Hla thoa outored iuto s lengthy explanation of what is callod. tho Gag Law, and; the circumstances undor which it was introduced by him and pagaod by Congress, Tho Now York papers took it up a8 somotling intonded cepecialy to puoieh libel and arrost oditors in New York or clsowhore. and briug thom to Washington for srial. ‘This was all 8 mistako. Undor the laws ns thoy staod boforo tho passnge of tiiu act » man might come- mit murder in the District of ColuuWia, and if fo cscaped futo Maryland or Virginia bo coutd not be arrested. 'I'ho so-callod Gug Law morely [)mvldud that for any offounso punishable by tho aws mude by Cougross for the District of Co- lumbis, and committed in the District, a man could be arrested olsowhora and brought bnek for trial, As thero isno such thing an a Congros- sioual libol Inw, the nct of Jagt session canniot up- p]r to tho offeuso of libel,” * To au inquiry asto the statuto undor which libel was puuishible 1u tho District of Columbia, Judge Loland roplied that it wos tho law of Muryland, Ho @id not boliovo thoro was any statute Inw in Marylaud on the subject ; his ime pression was that in that Stato libol was treated under the conumon law, but in any ovent 'it was an olfanso which, in the District of Col umbis, was punishable under s ygeuneral provision :fillch mado the lnws of Marylnnd inoperative 010, “8o you soe,” sald the Judge, “ it was not fair to persocuto mo for that.” “ Did you report the bitl 2 “Yes,” It wnu ot the lnst scssion of the Committeo. Butlor was Chsivman, * Boss Shophord,"ss ey ool im, aud Haerlnglon, tho Attornoy for tho District, brought a bill of that ¢y, the Honrd bad decided to dofer their decision s to the recaption or rojection of tho votes of tho prosincts i question until 11 o'clooks this morning. "o Board then adjourned, MISCELLANEOUS, CONGRESSIONAL DIS- TRICLS, VOTES OF CONGHt] ILLINOIS TONAL DISTRIOTS, (Complete,] VIIL TFord,. Troquois Kunkuke Livingston, Morsindl Woolford., Total vote.. Majoritics. 2,210 2,15 X 11,126 10,850 5 13,480 Bajoritics .. 128 200 e LOUISTANA RETURNING BOARD, TROUBLE ANTIOIPATED, Swectal Disatch to Lhe Chicuao Tribune, NEW Onteans, Nov. 12,—A vory pecutiar and critical condition of atfairs exista in this city and Stato at the present time. Although the eloc- tion hes passed off without open violenco and actual shadding of blood, it does not, from pros- out appesrances, seom likely that wo aro long to onjoy mmunity from oithor, Tho troublo Is likaly to arige from tho action of the Returning Board fn making official returns of the olection. 1t is by law mado tho duty of the Boara to inves- tigato all complaints which may bo made ns to tho fairness of olections held, and, in easo it is domonstratod to their sntisfaction thay VIOLENCE OB INTINIDATION hayo boon oxercited ot nny parish, precinet, or poll, it is. their duty to throw out all such from {hoit compilations, Tho law croating tho e turning Board was passod for the P“mum of dis- couraging and preyounting that intimidation of colored yotors which 1s 80 oaslly accomplishied, and the Bourd cannot ovnde_tho duty of making invontigations it they would. Among the curi- ous fentures of tho olootion is tho fact that "IN DESOTO PARIN, whose tegistrar, Dowes, was ouc of the mur- dored Coushattn prisonors, and which lis hore- tofore cast o Republican mnjority, but 116 votes wero this year cast for tho Hepublicau ticket, sgalust 1,209 Domocrats. In Habino Tarish the yote was, Domocratic, 842; Ropubliean, 2. 1u Bionvillo, with o voting population of about 1,600, nearly oqually tivided 08 to color, the vote wns, Democratic, 780; Ro- this nature to us, It was suggested thot it could be much roduced in size, and [ was ap- poiuted to condonso it. Then Butler asked mo to report it, sud I did 803 but I uevor dream- ed of auything abous nuwa%mpnrs or libels at the tima, and, as I Lave sald, you coulun't ar- vest & man to-day for libol under if." TUTLEUISAL AND PROUIBITION. After roferring to other causes which led to his defont,~local jealousies, old political rival ries, cte.,—the Judgo, by request, gave his opin. jon of tho causes which Ied to the gonoral dis. nstor of Tucsday woek, He could spesk more accurately, Lie said, of the troubles which beast and bampored tho Ropublican party in Massa- chusetta; they wero, to put it bricfly, Ben But- ler and Prohibition. * What was_the particular point against But- for " mq’ulrod ho Globe reportor. “Woli,” snid tho Judgo, ** the pooplo had, or thought ' thoy ad, cverything against him, ' In fact, with tho country-pooplo not only of Mnssa~ chugetts, but of Now Lngland, thera is an im- prossion’that Bon Butlor is o écamp; and thay aro so strong [n this bollef tunt thoy mill bent auy purty that_undortakos to carry Butlor with 1t, or to aliow Butlor to control it. Thoy were vexed with the Anministration for allowing But- ler to dictato the sppointmont of Simmons as Colloetnr, and the nomination of Cushing as Chiof Justice. They ware dotermined ¢o put sn ond to Butlor’s domination of the Republican purtyin Now ngland, and they voted against tome very good men meroly to oxpress their viows on that point,” And you mcntionoed Prolibition, also, as one of tho causes of dofeut?™ “Yes; thoy havo beon running that t0o stron; in Masgnchusolts, ‘Choy wont to extromes, an the people datormined ta chieck thom." i “\ill the now Logislaturo ropeal tho Prohibi~ tion laws 2" " “ Noj; but it will modify them. It will repeal what fa coliod the Constabulary act, by which & spocisl polica forco is ewmployed ull ovor the State for another purpose thau to enforce tha Prohibitory lnw. It wasa vory fanatical idea— the worst fonture of the wholo system. Ital- ‘most amounted to the right to soarch a men's honso on suspicion of fluding & bottlo of cham= pagno in it The paonle of Massnchusotts are wiiling to submit to fair and rossonable temper- anes fuws, but this Constabulary businces was & little too muclt for them.” THE THIRD TERN, Tt is, ot course, impossibla to conduct an inter- view without alluding to tho journslistic bete nowr familiurly known ns the Third Torm, v0 tho ro- portor iutrodueed tho Judge to this gim appari- tion, and asked his views onit. Tho roply waa that the Toird Torm wna not thougnt of in Now Lngland, and had no eflfect upon tho clectiona thero; undoubtedly, howovor, the Judgo said, it hnd some offact in Now York, beczuge the papers bad been Ill\rElug on it so ncessautly for the purpase ot makivug political capitsl against the Tiepublican party. iV, GENERAL DIGASTER, Thus much a8 to New England, and now the @Globa man's offorts wero directed to Judge Po. Iand’s opinfous a8 to tho causes of tho dafeat olsowhero than upon the gncrod soil of Yankee- publican, none. In Union Parish, the roghtra- tion books aud papers wero stolon tho night bo- foro oleotion, but the clection was earriod on in- formally and without data, resulting in 800 Dem- oevatio majority. 1t is diftieult to concoiva how the Returning Board can, undor tho law, roturn tho olections in thoso parighos as faitly and lo- golly conducted; but, if thoy thraw thom out, it will decide the' na yot unscttlod quos- i as to which \mfly bas boan succoestul, by iving the Ttopublicans a large majority on their tato ticket, and would slyo elect Smith (R'T“h. liean) for Congress in tho Fourth Distrios, "This, it 18 doolared by the Demoerats, will BESULT IN JILOODSILED, and throats of assnssination sre made to the mombers of the Returning Bomd and leading Ropublicans gonerally. At prosent, the Board is at wark on tho re- turns of th city, abont whioh thero itf not much dinpute, and tho'most difloult question will not Lo arvived at for a fow dnys at lonat, Tho Board {¢ composed of ex-Gov, J, Madison Wolls, Gon. James Longstrost, Gon. ‘Thomae O, Aunderson, G, Cansanave, and Lows Kounuer, who are MEN NOT LIKELY TO BY FAIGUTENED Into a courso which they deom wrong nud une awfnl, At tho samo time they will undoubtediy bo in danger of purening the opposite vourso, for, shthough the United Btatea iroops coutd robahly provent or supprosa an opon outbrenk, t would he moro diloult to pravont a seorey and poworfnl orgnnization like the White Loague from assaesiunting individuals if it had the dis- position, and thut the Demosratio papors de- claro thoy have in oaso the Bourd doos not ack in a manner (o suit their party, (Totho Assvciuted Presn New Onuuans, Nov, 12, —The Returning Board met to-day, and adjourned to awajt the appolutment of the Commmittes by the Conserva- tives $0 ho proseut during tho count, Gov, Kol- logg to-day addrossed n communication to the Roturning Bourd, in which ho suys: Wheu the Houute clovted the present Returning dom. It wos not ditienlt to get an in- tolligiblo and plausiblo rsponso. *Kivory. thing wos ngainet ue, espocially tho bard times; but tho worst of all was tho amount of bud Llood within tho party linos—ill-feoling botweon this man and that man, aud the attompe of one mau:to Lreak the athor down. For in- stance, the' Ways and Means Committeo spunt sovon months invertigating Sauborn and Jayno aud the other ‘Lreasury muttors. It waw dono for tho purpose of spattering Bon Butlor, but it amirched a great l\mui) othors besides Butler, Nobody evor doubted Butler's counection with theeo things; Lo was tha attorney for some of tho purtios implicated, o was tho attornoy for Suuborn and for Jayne, and it is not long sinco Lo gt & verdict for $425,000 for comobody else iu tho semo business, Ido uot think & mombor of Cougress should act as an attornoy in casos liko that; it is bad ellullf:ll for a lawyer who iy not in Congroes to do {t. Dut the fact [e, tho people got disgustod with the daily revolations af corruption nud fraud, and thoy ‘concluded to Bold-the party in powor responsiblo for thom all, Undoubtedly; too, thero hus beon n gront donl ot corruption and frand for whioh men who have veen identified with tho Iopublican party ara responsiblo.” s TRE DEMOCHATIO PROSPECT, 1o you think," askod the reporter, * that the Ropublican pacty cau recover i lossos in time to win thoe Prosidontial raco fu 767 " w1 don't know nbaut that," replied tha Judge. w1t Is anly the shortnass of timo that will pro- vout it, it it Is preventod, If tbo Democraty bt the ITouso of Ropresontatives to them- wolvos for u couplo of good lovg ossions, they would boat thomuolves. I don't*know but the Dent way to give thiem a chance would bo for tho provont Congross to pass su act convoning its siceeRuor noxt spring,” »But,” said tho roporter, *they wouldn't do anythwig but meot and adjourn. Thoy ara too wmurt to ba caught,” “No, they sin't,"” sald the Judge, * Thoy are yory anxious (o got & vhance to moet.