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November 26, 1876
The Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
What is this article about?
In Louisiana, state canvassers decide to count only votes actually cast for Hayes electors, rejecting assumptions for partial tickets. This fair ruling prompts Democratic admissions of honesty. Natchitoches tickets were correctly printed; supervisor error corrected, boosting Hayes majority by about 400 votes.
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The Canvass in Louisiana.
A New Orleans dispatch, Nov. 25th,
says:
The question of what disposition
would be made by the State canvassers
of the tickets which bear only the
names of part of the Hayes electors,
about which there has been so much
discussion, has been fully decided by
the members of the board. They have
announced that they will count only
those votes which were actually cast.
That is to say they will not assume, as
they were advised to do, that tickets
bearing the name of Hayes and Wheel-
er, and two electors at large, should be
counted for the district electors, whose
names were printed from the list.
This wise and just decision, they have
spiked another Democratic gun, and
have forced from a number of prominent
Democrats here a confession that all
their proceedings thus far they have been
perfectly fair and honest. Regarding
the Natchitoches tickets.from which it
was first believed that the names of two
of the Hayes electors had been omitted,
it was discovered this morning that
the tickets had been accurately printed
and bore the names of all the electors,
but that the supervisors of the polls had
made a mistake in their returns of
tickets, and the mistake in the count
was made by the supervisors. The ma-
jority for Hayes will be increased about
400 votes.
A New Orleans dispatch, Nov. 25th,
says:
The question of what disposition
would be made by the State canvassers
of the tickets which bear only the
names of part of the Hayes electors,
about which there has been so much
discussion, has been fully decided by
the members of the board. They have
announced that they will count only
those votes which were actually cast.
That is to say they will not assume, as
they were advised to do, that tickets
bearing the name of Hayes and Wheel-
er, and two electors at large, should be
counted for the district electors, whose
names were printed from the list.
This wise and just decision, they have
spiked another Democratic gun, and
have forced from a number of prominent
Democrats here a confession that all
their proceedings thus far they have been
perfectly fair and honest. Regarding
the Natchitoches tickets.from which it
was first believed that the names of two
of the Hayes electors had been omitted,
it was discovered this morning that
the tickets had been accurately printed
and bore the names of all the electors,
but that the supervisors of the polls had
made a mistake in their returns of
tickets, and the mistake in the count
was made by the supervisors. The ma-
jority for Hayes will be increased about
400 votes.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Louisiana Canvass
Hayes Electors
Election Tickets
Democratic Admission
Where did it happen?
Louisiana
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Louisiana
Event Date
Nov. 25th
Outcome
majority for hayes increased about 400 votes
Event Details
State canvassers decide to count only votes actually cast, not assuming missing names on tickets for Hayes electors. Natchitoches tickets correctly printed; error by poll supervisors in returns corrected.