Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-12-05
THE SITUATION.
An Exciting Day at Columbia.
The Bogus House Leaves the Cap.
It'll.
GKEATCROWDs OF PEOPLE THE
CITY.
1900 For Hayes in Louisiana
SOUTH CAROLINA,

COLUMBIA, December 4. Upon the assemblage
of the Houses the democrats withdrew from the
several seats in body and met in Carolina Hall
in secret session.
The republicans also went into secret session.
Great excitement prevails and the town is full Of
people.
Herald special says Hampton and Haskell
| have received detailed communication from a
Hayes republican, known to be responsible, er-
planning contemplated movement to-day. 1t is
| said 60 desperadoes, approved by Chamberlain,
under State constabuary, wearing badge, are
to be introduced into the hail. armed with reyol-
vers This move is intended to clear the hall of
democrats before o'clock, when it is intended to
declare Chamberlain governor. This commnn-
cation was sent to Gen. Ruger, and Hampton had
conversation with him.
NEW YORK, December 4. A Herald Columbia
despatch predicts much trouble there to-day and
says there is q plot to introduce roughs in the
places Of Legislators, said roughs to remove Il
democrats, unawsres, at q signal from Msckey
The plot is said to have been frustrated Saturday
night, it being made known to Gen. Ruger
Precautions were quietly made. BY midnigh,
1000 people will be here to attend the State Fair
and for several days there will be 10000 people
here to witness it. If the Inauguration issue
can be stove of until they come, it probably will
not be made at all, for every republican leader
and their tools used to perpetrate outrages, will
meet with certain vengeance.
COLUMBIA, December 4. The democratic
House continued in secret caucus all this after
noon. AT in the afternoon the Senate met. The
session was unimportant until just before o'cl'k
in the afternoon, when it was moved that the
Senate adjourn. The motion carried by q
vote of 10 yeas to II nays. This action is re-
Rarded as important, as O'Clock to-day was the
hour set for counting the vote for Governor, and
rs the Senate adjourned without considering that
question or postponing it to some future time, it
is virtually disposed Of in that body, and must
originate in the House to come up again.
The Supreme Court heard an argument during
the entire day on the application for mandamus
requiring the Sec'y Of State 10 deliver the returns
for Governor and Lieut.. Governor, to Speaker
Wallace, and adjourned at I 80 O'Clock this even
ing until ii o'clock to morrow morning. Thi,
question involves the other question as to which is
the legal House of Representatives.
FLORIDA.
TALLAHASSEE, December 4. Mr. Humphries,
republican candidate for elector, who was report
ed 10 be ineligbl to an eectorship, as he was q
shipping master at Pensacola, came before the
board to-day, and swore that he resigned in Oct,
and that his res gnation was accepted q week be-
fore the election.
TALLAHASSEE, December 4. The morning was
consumed principally with the presentation OF the
general argument of the democrats This was
prepared by the democratic lawyers who are here
and was presented by Col. Geo. w Biddle of Phil
pdelphia. 1t is an elaborate document, laying
down certain general and well settled principles
Of law, and then discussing the Of the con-
tested counties under one the other of these
principles. 1t closes by asking that the board
simply figures up the face of the returns on which
it claims l29 majority for Tilden, if it sees fit
to behind the face of the returns, that it throw
out certain counties and precincts which will leave
. majority of 1897 for Tiden electors.
The republicans offered no general argument,
but spent the'dsy in offering new afidayits and
testimony.
The decision Of the Loard is confidently looked
for tomorrow.
LOUISIANA.
A New Orleans special to the Herald says it has
leaked out that the returning board will certainly
throw out nine parishes, thus giving the State to
Hayes by 200 majority, and that besides, many
parishes and city officers elected by democrats,
will be counted out.
The Trbune's despatch says Tilden will receive
the electoral vote.
NEW ORLEANS, December 4. All sorts of ru-
mors are sfoat, but nothing reliable has trans
pired as to the result of the canvass by the re-
turning board. Gov. Kellogg stated to-day that
the CON plsion of the electoral vote would not be
completed before Tuesday afternoon.
OREGON.
The secretary of State canvassed the vote to-
| day. The republican majority is ,l65.