The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-12-10
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4 7tiJune Washington special says nn
,Ypf9un'led rHp.or that Secretary Fish
haI resigned causel great excitement
.toiniSht, tho reason being Indifference
81, pninjj99n in tho Cabinet on The South
GGiar9lipiaA nm question, II is understood
tAat secEs}arys Fish ,apl Morrill, arc
Qtfair FIJI mecorI with. Chandler anh
Cameron. on tho, question. There is
reason % believe, tho, troops viii only
he used 10 keep pence. aud will not
.rjcct mcmIprs. ,,n .j., i,,,., ,Ia.,...s.,
II was ,eliacSvercd yesterday that the
Nebraska Constitution provides that the
Legislature canyass electoral votes, md
the Governor not being nwarc Of this,
hal uot. convened tho Legislature, nnd
was about to canvass himself, when IN
formed Of the ,lawi he hastily issncd n
proclamation couvening the assembly.
The Democrats. it, seems. had been
coguixant of this fact; nnd kept silent,
hoping By tcchnicalities TO throw out
thc,vote OF that State. Certain Western
Democrats claim Colorado eau be
thrown Out because some details Of the
Enabling Act were not complied with,
hoidingi'rthat as the present Demo-
cratic Delegate WAS elected for two
years. he cant DO displaced by recently
elected Republicans till the two years
expire. =. f..-:-:.., :
.rs,,.i.n1 H'.l > NEW YOIiK, Dec. Q. ,
.ls'A A 7Tm,I' Columbia dispatch lins Ger.
tainiy been reccivod by the Democrats
, nS well MS tile Republicans, that the
President will rccognize Mnckcy ( Rcp.)
as Speaker, and order RuScr 10 put M
end tothc disorder by ejecting all per-
tons who have not certificates Of cleo.
tion, from Etho Bonrll Of Canvnssers.
. Thu Democrats hnve determined to Sc
cOdcin n Gudy il tho Elgeficid ind
Laurcns monhors inrc excluded, md
they will then form Sciiatc for them.
. selves. The Democratic Senators have
heretofore acted quietly with the Re
pnblieanS, and recognized AInckcy in
tho House on Tuesday, though they nf-
forwards protested. Tho Senate hns
thirty.tlircd members! seventeen being
ncpulillchns.' j Thd nDein0crata have,
without counting tho Ei4eiicld md
Lnurciis Senators, who havn not yet
been seated, fourteen members, or sin
teen with thsm.t They have not IL
QUORUM under my circumstances. Tho
.sercGdord, however, aIe men to carry on
the revolution. They will ,lcclnr"
lIumpton Governor upon copies 0f Re
turns nn Iilc III the Clerks offices OF the
YariunE spuntics.
rho Sm says: Saturday morning
rX.GovcTnor Stanford, Of California.
stepped into Charles Hluckman's i breed
ing establishment, and, after look
ing Tie horses well over, picked out
thirteen, asked the prices, and then
conciscly said: I will tNko tho lot,'
The thirteen, carpo Ia. SII, 200. The
highest single price, ,$l9,5Oo. was paid
for Elcctionesr, an eight year old bay
stallion, by Risydicks' IIamblctonian;
dnin. Green Mountain Mnid, tho dam
0f Prospect. Mr.. Dlockman male him
u present of three ycnrling iiIlics. Tie
stock Is bought for Tho Governors 1900
acre breeding farm at palo Alto. Cali
fornia. o.,
a '
4 TritnHc'F Now Orleans special aays
no one in Nnw Orloausj seems 10 have
changed his opinion in the Inst two
wcoks in regard to what tho report Of
tho Board will DO. Republicans nnd
nemocrafs alike expect returns for
Hayes and Packard, tho only question
being tho siko Of tho mnjoriiies, nnd
which polls slnll 10 rejected In order
to bring about this result. Tho Rcpub.
licnils think tho evidences OF iniimidn.
lion ample 10 cxclu lo cvUry poll il. Ave
.hnll.hozcl pariGhcs, and sOm0 III othors.
but u Is rrQhublO ihnl those IN tho large
towns of those parishes, where United
Stntcs trOHlR wcro stationed, and where
the culorcIl troops voted the Ropuhli.
can ticket IN greatest nntubrrs, will 10
counted, Oh tho ground TINT tho clec-
tion at thnsD points wna in some degree
free. This will bu more favorable for
Hayes aud Packard than the rejection
OF tho vote Of those iiyO parishes nlto-
gpthcr, since they thon will hnso Homc
Innjority in each, The Democrats say
That even when this Is done, Tiltlan aud
Nichols will bo NhGGt, mud II to got rid
Of this majority Tho polls IN New Or
leans hG thrown out, IL wOuld bn lInrd
To lind u person la this. city, OF either
rnrty, who would not bc nstonished II
the lIoard should officially return Niol-
0ls., f.. .....tE ..,.....fl5 :r. a..
-, \ Trib11tf Washington spcciai pays
IL is suggested here. Tonight. that The
south Oarolina imhrogiO may result IN
a,eompromisG which will giyo Hump
lon tho GpVCrnorship, Chamberlain tho
uhitod States HcnatOrhip, md leave
tho Hayes electors undimurbod.. - -...,
th.ra. a.. nrs}W WAsnrNdroS, Dec. q.
,a The following telegram was received
ny tho President, Thursday night; 81
. ''... '.. CoLUMDfA, Dco. 30.
To M, EtrfiicntN, u. s. Grami:--Tho
Democratic mcinbcrs OF tho Lower
House, CO IN number, met quietly IN
.gEHltr fa. a.j. ,.I.' Jas