The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-11-12
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.! ga.al Il Is reported here that Dre1el. the
In, Washington banker, has tclegraphed TO
- Europe that Hayes is elected. A dis
.lsj patch received here from Secretary
ND, Zach Chandler, states that Hayes is
a.r surely elected. n ,s,ri..,-, 80,
III eG,Since the election there has been
g! j. much Talk about frauds in this city.
id The Democrats claiming that in view Of
la,i the immense vote pOlled iund the Re-
ttg'publican majority, that such must
sim necessarily exist. The matter is under
.ryr stood to have, been discussed by. Gov.
fAi! Irwin, Mayor Bryant and others. and
.YE;i y q result, the Board OF; Supervisors
,,r,i4t met this afternoon and instructed the
,Io, Finance Committee to investigate the
az 81 conduct Of the officials, md everything
=; 4, pertaining TO tho election. In accord
"a, ,,ance with this, The Finance COMMITTEES
presented tho County Clerk, Reynolds,
WHO has in his Keeping the ballots, ceri
1" tiIiGates, afidnTits, etc, to turn Those.
," !" articles over to th6 Sheriff, This raised
1''.l d tremendous breeze, the Republicans
A'"t openly alleging that tho obvious pur-
4@ai pose WINS to obtain possession Of all
-gb those pnpers and then find means to
tnh materially modify the result of the
"Eui1o election in the city, There was vast
'slo9 ainnnnt OF rushing around for mn hour
or 80, as tho result OF which q: meeting
y took place in the Mayors Office. Geo
e.; Gorhani A. G.. Abel. u. S.; District
.bau Attorney coghlnn, md others, repre-
mi, scented tho Republican Interest, while
~. Supervisor Wise, Chairman Of Finance
Colnmittec OF Board or Supervisors,
,,t,i Capt, Mullan, j. f., ,Napthaiy.i AMI
others, We're in attendance. On tho
y Democrat tic side. Mayor Bryant prcsid-
Ing, County Clerk Reynolds nIso pres
ent and number Of interested citizens,
:, tho consolidating net was brought for
war,l in evidence, and it was shown con-
cluSiyeiy that tho attempted transfer OF
-: election documents was utterly illegal.
"oi' Tho County Clerk being tho only law
"l'i 'ful ctistolinn, Mr.. Wise admitted that
'itii' tho action Of the Committee III demand
go Ing tho election documents was con-
g trnry to tho law i'll the case and after
- considerable discussion it, was decided
siit TINT all those papers shorld he de-
..!t#posited in the Clerks vault, under seal,
.: with u trusted deputy in his, ,oiIicc. and
,lu ~. 8. Deputy Marshal TO, look after
them. where they, should remain TN
a touched until Monday, when the vot
q; would bc cAnyassed, after which tho |
Finance Committee, which consists Of |
/. vo Democrnis aud ono Republican,
should examine into tho question OF
frauds in pablo session, It being agreed
that nothing shouid he done except
when all other members wtro present.
end every safeguard observed against
any tatnpering with documents. The
affair at first created prodig;uns excite
ment at the Republican headquarters,
where it vas alleged to be q trick to de-
priTe tho party OF the results OF tho
-: election. md II wns freely asserted that
81 tho proposed action in removing
81. documents from the custody Of Tho
80" County Clerk, who Is himself Demo
-. cTht, WAS carried out, that every one in
~ - torestod in such notion would bc at onco
arrested on q charged Of felony.
-'i - Coco. Gorhnm received % dispatch
81 MITCHELL and Congresgmon elect
g. Williams, stating that Senator Kelly
conceded tho State To tho Republicans
by 800 majority. ,;'t al "
~ .i' Tho Chronicle has Il dispatch snying n
".in Now York Tribune special reports back
81 countIc5 Of North Carolina arc coming
- y In with very large Republican inajorilics
'n ahd tho State is assrIrGd for Hayes;
also that tho Tribune claims Hayes
g. election by 106 YUtes Florida being
.3a safe for linn, ?; .art... rf.nl
-1'"i Nothing in tho way of .nows is be.
- ing rocOived ut headquarters Of either
,t';'I'parsy this morning, AMI tho crowd ut
ami both rlacoB dependent upon press
dispatches for information. Some
-. change in feeling has taken place
-jIi since yesterday, tho Dcmocrnts now
=, fool conlidant Of victory; tho Rcpub-
licans, without yot giving up tho
-" fight still admit that tho prospect is
~, less Cheering. Great satisfaction is
$50, expressed by tho lattGr nj tho I'M.
oxpectodly heavy Republicnn ma
JpIitJ i'NNhS' A|NhpI IN 'IiNti-
p. tanned OF PGchocoB election, rs re-
r., y Turns to date aro Bomowluut against
him. Strong hopes aro entertained
a. Tint hIcKenna is elected, md dis.
patches Hro momontarily expected ut
headquarters from tho nortllcrn cotln.
,s-. tics ysIiieI. will probably settle tho
~ question. On the street to-day tho
.gy crowd remains almost uIItlminisllUh,
~ but much less noisy, owing probably
l% to tho fHot that dispatches arc few
.i..1 and fur between and not Of u particu
larly cheering nature 10 either party.
There was gOmo talk among tho
Democrats this morning, Of claiming
W. Oregon, bul latc ndviccs havo had
tho effect 10 crush thoir hopes Of that
~, fla in 4, g,..,, a.,