The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-14

The State and Federal Com
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The canvassing Board proceeded tC
count the vote, declaring the election
of majority of Democrats to the Leg
islature. Yarmouth, the Governor
who is now acting with the Democrats
called this Legislature by official proc
lamation.
Senator Kellogg, the Republican
candidate for Governor, who claims tC
have been elected, thereupon produced
mandamus from the courts enjoining
the board from counting the votes
Warmoth, not to be defeated, then
signed a law passed by the last Leg
islature, abolishing the Return Board
The Custom House or Republican
Board then met, declaring Kellogg
elected Governor, with majority OF
Republicans.
The questions were then presented
to the United States District Court,
Judge Durell presiding, upon bill
fled by VIM z. kellogg, against Gov
ernor Warmoth. The allegations in
the bill are that 10000 citizens of the
State have been, on account of race,
color, and previous condition, deprived
of registration, and after due proffer of
the right to vote and that 10000
votes, which were in fact cast for the
-ccss s4GSss.lsss sssssss7l ,s5eyeFnes.
have been suppressed by an illegally
constituted board of returning officers,
aud that without the interference of
the Court these votes, both those re-
fused and those east, which ought to be
counted for the complainant, will be
lost to him, and that thereby he will be
->defeated for said office.
The United States Judge sustained
Radical side of the question, and
- - ISsarshal with United States troops
took possession of the State houses aud
all its approaches.
The Warmoth or Liberal party have
made application for protection to the
United States Supreme Court, but with
no great probability of success.
Ia the meantime. the bogus Legis-
lature has impeached Warmoth for
high crimes and misdemeanors in Office
The Governor has been arranged, nd
is to be suspended pending the pro-
ceedings against him.
There IS no doubt that the custom
house crew have the advantage as the
fight stands. Warmo;h will of course
be speedily convicted and removed from
office, and, unless forcible resistance is
made to the decree of the Rump, it
will carry on the affairs of the State
with high hand. Pinehback, the /
Lieutenant Governor is now the acting
Governor and is in sympathy with the /
Ring.
wARMOTH STATEMENT.
Reporter hat is the cause of the I
present trouble?
Governor Warmoth-Senator Kel-
logg was determined at all hazards to
be Governor OF the State He declared
publicly before the election that if he
was beaten he would send all the lead
ing Liberals in the State to the peli-
Tertiary. The registration laws OF the
State are very strict, and the super
visors were Instructed by the State
supervisors to see the laws faithfully
executed. In consequence mauy per
sons, minors and others disqualified by
law, and those who had been fraudu-
lently registered in 1870 or who held
the certificates of dead men or Of alb
sentees, we're rejected. The United
States Marshal instructed his deputies
the State to collect the
names of all who had been unable to
register, and some thousand names were
most OF them represented by
cross marks, and these were appended
to previously prepared affidavits, alleg
lug refusals to register by the State
officers. There has never been any in.
quiry as to whether the reiusals were
justified or not No testimony on the
other side has been taken. 1t is rea-
sonsbly certain that not one-third of
the persoss purporting to be represent
ed by these affidavits could be found in
the State.