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ANOTHER ELECTION MIDDLE.
CONNECTICUT ECToRs.
Two Said to be Ineligible.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Legislature Democratic by l Vote.
GARRISON OF WASHINGTON.
Sailing Of War Ships.
Democratic Gathering at Columbus.
Speakership Of the House.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Legislature Democratic by l Vote.
GARRISON OF WASHINGTON.
Sailing Of War Ships.
Democratic Gathering at Columbus.
Speakership Of the House.
CONNECTICUT.
The Eligibility OF Two Democratic
ELECTORS Questioned.

NEW " k, Nov. PA Hartford dispatch
to the Herald says:-The Post yesterday al
legged that both of the democratic electors "a.
large are ineligible. IL is claimed that the
difficulty i'm the case of Gov. IngerSoll who
led the electoral ticket, is that he holds an APP
pointment as u. s. commissioner. and as 10
Gen. VIM. b. Franklin, of Hartford that ne
had held an important appointment from the
Treasury department, and there was no proof
that he had resigned this appointment. He
was SAID TO be on a commission appointed
by Secretary Bristow 10 examine the alleged
irregularities i'm the construction OF the Chi
cago courthouse.
WHAT GEN. FRANKLIN SAYS ABOUT IT.
Gen. Franklin, i'm an interview, said the
case Is just this: In August, 1865. Secretary
Bristow invited several gentlemen as a com
mission OF experts To examine the Chicago
court house. was a member of the commits
sion. We met in September, made our ex-
animation, prepared and presented our re-
port, received our compensation, and that
was the end OF il. / was no more a United
States officer while holding that commission
than lawyer who is called in to assist a
United States district attorney i'm some par
ticular case. He receives his fees when the
case is finished. aud his duties to the govern
ment are at an end, as mine were, when the
commission had presented their report.
REGARDING INGERSOLL's CASE,
Gen. Franklin said: If he is a commissioner
all he has 10 do is To resign or TO convene the
state legislature and have healing act
passed providing for filling the vacancy a
power which is delegated to the states" The
correspondent says: The case OF Governor
lngersoll is of a different nature. He received
his appointment as United States commits
sioner from the United States Circuit Court.
and the Connecticut Register, an official pub
LEGATION, has his name in the list of commits
sioners for this year. Judge Waldo, of Hart
ford, clerk OF the court, stated to-day that IL
is his impression that Governor Ingersoll re-
signed the office about 1870, when he secured
the appointment OF his nephew, Jonathan In
gersOll, as commissioner Judge w. stated
while IL is probable that he then resigned
his Office the court records do not show the
fact of resignation. He also said that il had
never been customary To record designations.
Judge Waldo further remarked that the at
tending circumstances were favorable To the
fact of Governor Ingersolls resignation. be-
cause for at least four or five years past tn
court has not been advised i'm any manner %
show that he has b zen acting as a commits
sioner. The deputy clerk OF the court states
that he indistincty recollects that a written
resignation was sent in by Governor Inger-
soil, but such letters are not regularly filed
and II Is doubtful whether il has been pre-
served.
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
had conference last evening, and the case
OF Governor Ingersoll will be further investi-
gated. The board OF state canvassers will
meet here to-day TO canvass the electoral vote
and the republicans will serve formal notice
on them suggesting that Governor Ingersoll
is ineligible, and requesting them to inform
him, provided they feel il their duty To de-
clare him elected, that his right TO act as an
elector will be contested before the courts.