Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-05
A POLITICAL CRISIS At nayp.
Last nights Dispatches tn Rcfcsesce
90 the Ffecteraf Vote
sorTH CARnI.INA

SUI III NAhRlsANA
TIE democratic house continued On caucus
ell yesterday afternoon; whatever action wsS
taken - unknown. The rcpabiicsn mem
ire rssuiar bonr a. n,s.s,sS ~, ,.o,s
which was not harmonious, aud last a unit
y. M. When the senate met the session wa
unimpcrfant until just before y. m. wiies
IL vas moved that Oe senate adjoarn This
motion was carried by q vote NJ 10 ayes - u
noes. This action was regarded a. import
ant. a. O'Clock yesterday was the hour sc
for counting the vote for governor. and A.
the senate adjourned without considering
mat question or paStponing q To some future
day, ~ was virtually disposed az by that
body and must originate Ina the house 90 cssns
up again. The question II whether the SEQ
ate will recs,enize uaa Msckey house
constitutional body. s-ith a membership %
nny-six only holding certificates from the
ooard of state canvasssers, while sixty -thrse
Is necessary 10 a quorum, ar the Democratic
house with sixty members. requiring only
Three 20 make quorum. The city last nigiiS
Wa tuli OF pssopic, and others were arriving.
The supreme court heard ule argument dur-
ing the entire day on the application Cor q
mandamus requiring the secretary % state
10 deliver the returns for governor and lacu-
tenant governor To SPEAKER Wallace, and st-
Journed NJ 10 y. nm. until to-day at u a Va
AS this question involves the other Questaon
a. 10 which Is the legal house of representa-
yves, the action OF the court II looked Tor
wand TO with great interest
FLORIDA
Yesterday morning AT Tallnha SSee was con-
summed principally with The presentation %
| the general argument OF the dsmocrais rms
was prepared by Tie Democratic iew,ers
| who are There, and was presented by Colonel
George W. Biddle. OF Philadelphia. n Is sa
elaborate document. laying down certain
general and well-settled principles OF law
and then discussing the cases Of the contested
counties under one or the other of these pria-
| ciples. IL closes by asking; First, thai the
board simply figure up the face OF the returns
IN which IL claims i29 majority FOR Tiiden: o.
| IL IL sees fit TO go behind the face Of the re
| turns. that a. throw out certain counties aod
| precincts which will leave majority Of 81
| for the 1ilden electors. The republicans o.
| Tered no general argument, but spent the dav
4 I'm Offering new affidsyits and testimony. Ths
| decision OF the board IL confidently looked
| sonable guess a. Ia what II will be.
| Mr. HumphrieS, republican candidate Tor
| elector, who was reported 10 b. ineligible TO
az fP eSesndp as ne was Shipping mss,er
day and swore that he resigned i'm OctOber.
and that his resignation was accepted a week
! before the election.
| NEBRASKA.
At Omaha Yesterday counsel Tor the rep,i,-
| ican electors asked Judge Savage 20 pat the
/ case wherein democratic electors petition Coz
| an injunction Ia prevent the former from cas- =
| ing their votes over TIL this morning. But
| the judge decided he would hold a night ses-
| sion. Counsel then put in a demurrer. and
| werearguing IL last night, quoting authorities
| 10 show that the petition Il not perfect one,
and also that the court has no iuriSdition in
the matter. Should the court overrule the de-
| murrer, the case will be tried on its merits to-
/ the republican electors will meet aud cast
| their votes without regard Ia the decision OF
the case Energetic efforts continue 10 be
made by the republicans TO get quorum at
| the extra session of the legislature at Lincoln
| to-day. A Eood many members passed
| through Omaha yesterday en-route there.
| The democrats are welding all their powers
TO prevent a quorum being present.
| OREGON.
| \ Salem, Oregon, press dispatch saws IN
ofhcial vote was canvassed by the secretary
OF state Yesterday, in the presence OF a large
number of prominent republicans and demo-
Gratis. The republican majority is l.i6S A
protest was fled, signed by Senator Kelly
and eight other democrats, against the iSsu-
ance of a certificate TO Watts, and an favor OF
giving IL 10 the elector receiving the next
highest vote The governor gave notice that
he would hear arguments on the subject to-
day. The republicans will not argue the
matter before the governor. claiming he has
no jurisdiction. hedecision Of the governor
VIII be given tomorrow night.
LOUISIANA
All sorts OF rumOrS are afiOat. hut nothing
reliable has transpired as To the result of the
canvass OF the returning board Governor
| Kellogg stated yesterday that the compiis-
ton of the electoral vote would at be COM
pleted before Tuesday afternoon.
81 The author of 'Helen's Babies" is a
man after ALL Indianapolis Pcoplc. .sAfter
alp" Did anybody ever suspect that the au-
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