Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-25

lINN Nan WIZ"
having misappropTia.ti ihe moaef
Nav OulrAss. April line
sletiion Is passing ~ very qni.l9
ihr whites voting universally IA.
Nod, of ths tity u very large, aud
but nW fraudulent votes haNe beeH
detected. Tho larger part Of lho
nrsfn vote was easi today =
many cases the eolurpi men N"ssA
the Democratic ticket
RicnMoNB, Va, April II -ueneF.
al Sshoheld visited and addressed
die Cnnvention To-day, III SAID
HAT the ir0n-ulad oath ~ office "a
the Constitution Was extremely 90.
jeelionahle. lilo had administered
Decentralization laws ia tho stale
l,r moro than a year, and the resai,
Of his experience was that u Woaii
be practically impossible TO carry
an the government Of Virginia on
such a basis, la appointing regis
terlng officers lac had found one
pehaps two, capable persons IN Il
county who could take this oath
aud vet there were thirty civil ON
GERS in those counties, Ia his oplh-
ION. the oath would he fatal TO the
constitution. In other respects TIC
constitution was neither better nor
worse than those Of other States
but mush depended upon those first
elected TO carry il out, and that the
oath restricted the range necessary
for the selection OF the best men
- a party measure il would DO Ia
tai. =, .lt....
and amer Gen. Schofeld ie:f, q heat
ed debate commenced in efforts q
reconsider the vote adopting the
oath. 49, ~
WASHINGTON, April NV, w
Anthony, OF Cleveland, testified that
most of the PRESIDENTS speech IN
Cleveland was in response Ia
interruptions, and that n large ma
iority of the crowd We're disorderly,
Barton Able Of ST, Louis testified
that tho President spoke there un'
der earnest solicitations.
Several others testigcd, but moth
| ing new was elected. +. W Seward
testified regarding the rohtine o.
certain officers, More documentary
evidence regarding removals admit
ted. 7,rst
Secretary ofNavy Welles wa
called upon and stated that no wa'
appointed in 1861 by Lincoln. His
son reported, having been to . par
Ity where orders from Gen. Emory
was received for all officers TO repair
to Headquarters.
Secretary Wclics directed his sor
to inform the President. The mex
dav he informed the President him
self.
CUES; What passed between YOU
and the Prcsidcnt2 Objc cti o n
Judge Chase decided to hear th'
answer.
/ ANS: The President said he didn'
i know what Emory meant and wouI'
send for him. At the Cabinet meet
ing the same day, the Presiden
mentioned Stanton's removal AM
Thomas appointment; that Slanto'
yielded, on ~ requiring time I
/, move his papers.
A long argument ensued on tn
admissability of t h i S evidence
Chase decided the evidence un
doabtedly admissible. Appealed
/. Chase's deciion sustained 26 to %.
Wells continued: "Thc next day
1.-The 22d, the witness saw the nom
t ination of Ewing to the war Oflic
, in the hands of the President"
: The defense asked questions re
: garding the Cabinet discussion o
|, the Tenuro-of. Office Act, intendin
to prove that the Cabinet object t
. the same onaction Of unconststn
c tionality, and that Seward a n
Stanton were assigned to the dut
t of preparing the veto messag
: Objected to.
# Butler opened at length; Evar
c followed, when the Court adJourne,'
! Tho argument on this point, to !
Y continued morrow, is consldere
!. very important in Wow of exhibl
: ing the sources of information fro
d which the Presinent derived h
,f ideas of duty, under the Const't'
ton and laws, to the country al
V himself, and fixing to great extet
[, the criminality or virtue OF the Rr
ID sidents action.
S. Conkling voted on the Liber
a side for the first time to day on al
l-limportant issue. The result is d;
W lly becoming more doubtful in t
in minds of those who watch even
he most closely.
81 Senators regarded doubtful g
o no indications to hang a hope
of fear upon. Morton Of Indian vo
On almost alWayo WIN WY
a. does Sumner, but their final vo
ief are regarded certain for convictl'
Rails laid ON the summit OF I
les Rocky Mountains on the 10Th,
of 242 feet, the highest in the worlc
A full Cabinet to-day 'Stanp
H. rystill indisposcd.
at No business before the House,
eb. NEw York; April 1S.-Tho 81
We, RENE Court of this State reser'
Il decisions in case forbidding dir
ed tors of the Southern Express U
he pany of which Gen. johnson '
~ Presidsnt, from contracting dc
as, or levying assessments.
ng / WASHINGTON, April iS-Hous'
en- Colfox took the chair, informi
before the hour of meeting and "
ma. such members as were present
DIV companied the managers TO 7
court. Discussions resumed on
,av ,,ost;on of the admission OF y;