The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-18
The Southern Investigations,
THE FLORIDA INVESTIGATION.

TALLAssEg, December 16.-In the mat.
ter Of a mandamus, the Board Of Can.
yasse.s, before the Supreme Court to-day,
the defendants made an answer which,
after argument, the court characterized
as insufficient, and ordered that II be
amended and brought into court by Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock.
The Committee OF the National House
oi Representatives closed It's investigation
Of Leon county to-day and will enter on
Montrose county on Monday. No official
report will be made on any county until
ali have been investigated. The United
States Senate Committee arrived to-day
and will begin It's seasons on Monday.
New YoRK, December l6.-The Times
has the following special from Florida:
TALLAHASSEE, December 10.
The State Canvassers through their
counsel, Judge J. P. G. EmmonS, formerly
OF Detroit, liled their answer to-day. The
counsel for the Democratic candidate
moved 10 strike out the whole Of the
answer. This the court refused to do,
bu. ordered tho answer to be amended SO
as 10 show the fact, not the evidence on
which the canvassers acted in the reicc.
ton OF the returns OF certain precincts.
The amended answer will be made on
Monday at 10 o'clock. The part Of the
Congressional c Committee at work here
concluded their inyeJtiSatien a. 10 the
alleged frauds in Leon county to-day.
1t was held by the Democrats that frauds
had been committed here, aud that an
examination Of the election proceedings
would bring 10 light facts that would
yitiate and overthrow the election in this
county with Its 2,l0o Republican major:
ity. Believing the representations Of
the Democrats, the committee have spent
week over one county, and are relieved
by finding all the evidence OF raScality
on the side Of the Democrats. The DEM
ocratic members OF the committee are
disguSled. They find, like the Northern
Democrats who came here upon the rep
resentation Of the State Democratic Com.
mittee to witness the State can
vass, and expecting TO find a ma.
jority for Tilden, that they have been
deceived, and that there is no reliance to
be placed on the statements Of local Dem.
ocratic POLITICIANS. Over one hundred
colorsd men who have been turned out Of
their homes or out Of employment aud
otherwise maltreated since the election
for voting the Republican ticket were In
the city to give evidence, but the commit:
tee did not want any such evidence, and
did not receive It. A certificate was pro-
duced which was signed by the Chair.
man and Secretary Of the County Demo
cratic Committee, and which was given
to a colored man named Jones, who had
voted the Democratic ticket. The Ger.
ti6cate recommends him 10 the favorable
consideration OF all Democratic planters
and storekeepers as q good retormer.
Jones, 1t was found, Is minor, and has
not been In the county for four months
He was bribed TO swear that he was oI
age and entitled to vote.
The postion Of the Committee who
went 10 Jefferson county, returned TO-
day, and unanimously report that they
have been unable 70 discover any eyi'
dence OF fraud In the election there
This condition Of things Is dishearteninV
to Democrats. Tis reported the House
Committee will leave for Jacksonville
Tuesday. From appearances the Com
mlttee are no. going to investigate the