The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-12-21

given the clerks OF the Senate committee
by the secretary of the returning board
was defective in several particulars, as it
did not indicate the vote thrown out, in de-
tail, but simply gave the aggregate num-
Der; whereas, it was desired to obtain the
vote reported in each poll. Mr.. Marcy,
OF the Republican counsel, stated that it
would be we'll for the committee to take
the testimony of a witness, Eaton Logwood,
who said he was about 10
DIE WITH WOUNDS
received in Ouachita parish, and wa, now
in the city. Mr.. McGlain, of the Demo-
cratic committee, urged that in cases where
it was alleged that the witness could not
appear before the committee on account OF
sickness, q doct ,r's certificate to that Office
should be filed with the committee. After
some discussion, as to the best way of tax
ing the testimony of Logwood, it wrs de-
termined that it should be taken before q
commissioner at his residence
TIE EVIDENCE rIIcrrEp
was materially the same as given by Log
wood before the returning board, on No
vember %, and included in Senator Sher-
mans report to the President. The clerk
was instructed to procure the required ia
bles from the board, the committee then adj.
journed until Wednesday.
THE EVIDENCE.
The counsel for both Republicans and
Democrats submitted, to-day, to the Senate
Committee, long and elaborate statements
of the line Of evidence they purpose bring
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in relation to the recent election in this
State, no brief synopsis of which will give
much of an idea of what they contain, but
the substance of the evidence will be given
as it is brought out.
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
Gen. Thos Onderson, OF the returning
board, was before the committee tonight,
and presented to the committee 3 written
statement of his reason for not bringing the
documents called for IN the subpoena, but
the committee declined to receive it. The
reasons are about The same al previously
given by ex Governor Wells. Gen. Ander-
son answered some of the questions touch
ing the vote cast in the State, why returns
from some parishes were thrown out, and
stated that the whole vote OF Orleans parish
for electors, was counted, and that il any
statement to the contrary had been filed
with the Secretary of State it was incor-
rect.
| THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
of the committee are elated over the result
of the examination of General Anderson,
whose testimony, they think, fully vindi-
Gates the action of the board in rejecting
the votes in the "bull-dozed" parishes, and
in the competation of the vote OF the State,
and also the evident operation OF tie ma.
| iority OF the committee TO allow him 10
give his reasons for declining TO furai h the
official papers ordered by the committee.
CALL.
San Francisco, Cal, December 10.
A Portland, Oregon, dispatch .ays that
s. T. Bel niger, chairman OF the State Dem
ocratic central committee, has issued a call
for meeting of the commit at Salem,
Thursday, the Dist inst, the call being is
sued in
| OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS
received from the national Democratic
committee. The object and purposes of the
meeting have not been made public, but il
in surmised that the movement means a
thorough organization to meet what emer-
gencies may arise in the future bearing up
on the question Of the peacable or forcible
inauguration of Tilden. BeIllnger has no,
intimated, in his call, the object of the
meeting, and the question is exciting much
public comment and concern:
GOV. GROVER
has Just published a long and deliberately
prepared statement of his official action
regarding the recent electoral muddle in
Oregon. The statement is designed by him
as an executive decision, and is a studied
defence of his official conduct. After dis
cussing, At great length, the legal features
of the case, and citing numerous authorities
in support of his position, the Governor
concludes his statement as follows:
believing this to be inevitable logic, de.
ducible from the law and premises, con-
clude that Watts is not entitled to the Ger.
ti6cate of election, because the Constitu-
ton of the United States declares that he
shall not be appointed, and that E. A Croniu
is entitled to the certificate of election a
one of the electors of the State becau.e he
is an eligible candidate, having the high
est number of legal votes cast
for that Office. Any other copclu.
sion would disfranchize the State of Oregon
rs to one third of her representation in the
college of electors. To my mind, it ia q
clear, positive injunction in the Copstitu-
ton Of the United States, on the subject oil
electors, and should be enforced. and tina,
in maintaining in thi, particular result a.
above declared.
| THAT nrcrop
ST. LOUIS, december ia diepatch
from washington says the Senate sub-com-
mittee on privileges and elections began to-
day, tine investigation OF the alleged ineligi'
bility OF Gen. u. NJ. Frost, Democratic
elector from the third district, IN this city
Thomas Thoroughman, one OF the Demo
cratic electors OF the State, Chas. +. Srfel,
the Republican elector who claimed the
right 10 NIL fLosts place IN tne electoral
-sr. Examined and Testified n nrec;seIv
the same condition of sff.irs a, Wa. 70.
norted In these dispstcbe, At The time the
electoral college met At Jefferson Civ and
cat their vote
| tcBEAE AND CHARTER
The commissioner. who for the past two
or three weeks have been recounting the
vote cast last August for the adoption or
rrcepiion of the scheme TO seperate the city
from the county. and a new charter for the
city. concluded Il cir labors TO-DAY. and will
report the result to the Circuit Court in a
| day or two. Their count OF tie vote cast
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