Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-05
fs'szs {. cri on Frauds
boCI!I CAROLINA,

uaubcrs pl the Senate HELD Il Gauclis ,,rcyiJuS
. tie regular hour Of the meeting of !ho bJdy |
HEiah wao net harmonious. just !,a!o-! , p.
u, it was moved hat the Scnate adjourn. This
motion WAS calElci IL vote Of Is ayes to IL
noes Th!. aetlDn WAS regarded a. IN pUTtant,
IS 2 0 cioc. Waa the !iolir yet for counting lac
vote for Governor ans! az the Senate adjourn
cd without considering t;iat question or post
poniug it 10 sc.nc iature day it il eventually
disposed Of ID that body. AMI ma@t originate
ia tn: huu5a 10 come up agair.
The question NOW is whether the 3eGate will
the Mackey House as constitutional
body. with membership OF Sc only holding
certificates from the Board Of State CauVassels,
while e. aIa necessary to QUORUM. The demo
erals have -, IeQuIriug uait ilirs? 10 maze
Guolu!a. The city last night was iu OF PEG
pie, AID others were arriving, he cupreuAG
Cou.t lard arguments duFiGg TIC cntre Gay
ou ;ns application lei iuaE;!alnu3 requiring
The ,Shrrstury 0! Stale ~ deliver the returns
fer Governor and lieutenant l'avrCnor TIC
Speaker Waace, ai.d adjduiGa,: Cu.lt to-day.
As this question Involves the other qu2stloa us
to wi,.o!i Is tha !agG! House OF representatives,
the action .: tie court Is looked forward to
With great interest
FLORIDA
Yesterday Was constituted i'rnclpa!i, with
the presentation al Tie general argument OF
the democrats This vas prepared By the
AruQcfni;c lawyers, and Was presented by C0l.
i Gorge ". RId!a, OF Philadelphia. 1t closes
b. a,kin.. frat, that the board simply figure
-, Il. r:;hi clo
i29 maiority for 1i!iien, or, il ii sees fit TO go
behind tie face ii the retAras thar i; throw
out certain cour;es and precincts, which Will
leave = majority cl l,29I l3: the illden cleo
tors.
The radicals offered 40 genera! argument
ont spent h" day in Offering new afhlavts and
testimony. Tie decision Of the board is con-
Gient!e locked :ay to-day. II IS net posi-
BILE 70 make Il rea3oIahlc gu2ss as 10 what it
vii! BE-. iiuri!ir!cs radical candidate Tor eGec
tor. Gha was reported 10 be Ineligible 10 90
cIactorzhiI, A. he Has !. chipping master al
Pensacola. como ha!orc the board yesterday and
sworc Tia; he resigned in October. and that
his +, :.gna:la:. was acr5 pied week halnre The
election.
LOUISIANA
Tie Returning Board went into secret SOS
sion yesterday, aud worked with closed doors.
All sarts 0i rnG.ols we're atoat, bat nothing
reliable transpired as to the result Of The can.
v.as Governor kellogg stated yesterday that
the coin pli.llOu 81 the electoral vote would not
be completed beiure this afternoon.
a later dispatch says the official count OF
votes canvasjad ~ the Returning EOard will
I be published to-day Packard will have abQp.
.. 900 majority, aud the highest Hayes eiector
will have about l.: 300; the lowest 400 majority.
This result IS secured by throwing cut parishes
where Intimidation aud violence arc said TO
have been practicel, and also some Of the
wards il New Orleans, in which traad5 arc
| said 10 have been discovered.
TIE Columbia correspondent OF the Baiii
moe Sun sayS the democratic House OF Repre-
s.ntaiipca t.! South Carolina lett the State
house yesterday because Speaker Wallace was
Informed that The State Cons;abuIary ordered
to eject them Sgo:,ld be reinforced b; u. ).
| troops, whom they had Determined not to re.
sisi and ais, because early 10 tbs luo.n!ng Cen
gresham Hewitt had notliad tic chairman Of
| tilc Democratic committee thai the President
isouli not recognize as lawful House any body
Dot liz. lux :.iaLy, three members holding ctri.
| iiaatc5 fran The State Board Ut tanyassers
Under his ruling neither body is q quorum.
| The House Of Representatives,. By the oonsltu.
| .ion, consists: of Que hundred anA Renty-iour
members. A the late eleoIlou the democrats
elected alZtyIo;,r iueu!hers aud the republicans
| sixty mtilh"y>, making Jnt hundred aud TWEEN.
u Jour. The i:3ard OF State CauvasserS, how
ger, gave certificates to only | Ii members re.
| !u,iug to give certificates tc the eight member
| csec from t.igcEcId and ]laureEs. These cgh
members a:c democrats, ~ thai ttysE DEM
! ncra!s aud sixty republicans had certificates
| The constitutional House orgaulz,l with SIXTY
| i've licuibGrs. These were the iilty.s! deuoo.
Gratis who held certificates, the eight Democrats
WHO Tcia elected, but We're ra:usea certificates,
! aud Mr. l.GtLisl 0! ,sraaeaharg, who 10 d1ui-
ocgai t.It va! alr5i1i On tho republican ticket
! Tho Gayonet House had Gfiy.nine members
| with certificates OF this numb Der three, Mcssrs.
| Hamilton, Ntsibury aud Myers have auce
brcn .57uru in as members Of the constitutional
| House, giving this body sixty members holding
the Credentials required by the President 81
the UaitcG! States. leaving The bay3net iiG;:sc
With Only iiIiy-slz members having ;h7s? ere.
| dcntia7.
l. The 5a50rlat l:ov13 i. .eycl shcri II . 40
| r.r!, aud the constitutional House, Without
cuuut,nS the Ldgelicll aud iAnrcns members,
is any three short. II will BE- comparatively
easy icr he democrats 0 eG;n three, while !, Is
impossible for The bayoret body e eain seven,
OF sham lour are democrats. in ihG meantime
il the Hr2::len,! word Is law, the baYonct
House a:t: 10 nothing bat adjourn from day to
day without action. a. i: did today, aud this
postroae' indefinitely tie declaration Of the
vote Tor Governor.
4 Salem, u!egon. Press dispatch says the
official vote vas can7assed By the Secretary Of
Stale to-day liz tho presence OF a number q!
pronaoct Republicans and dcmocral.. Tb1
republican, majority is l,lG;I;. = r:otess vas
filed, signed ~ Senator Kelly and eight other
democrats, agair she Is>nauco Of o certificate
to Waits aud in favor Of giving it to The cleo
.1r receiving the highest vote. The Governor
gave rotiaa tina: re would hear arguments Oh
the sntj"ct II morrow. The republicans will
cot argue !hc matter before the Governor,
claiming he has 10 jurisdiction The decision
CT Tie Governor vii! be given "Wednesday
night
/: nov appae:s t:.a. INC Constitution Of
EjG-th Carolina requires chat the voters 10 that
Stale shah kn regjlIera6 and that thn oyaot